Help! Expecting twins and can't agree.

[august'smom]

Help!*

My husband and I had talked about having a second baby for a little over a year before we started trying. And once we started, boy did it happen fast. And then, surprise! Twins! We've been so busy scrambling around, getting ready to go from 1 kid to 3, and moving to the 'burbs, that we haven't had any time to think about names. Now here we are, less than two months from having twins, completely unprepared to name them. Help!*

We have a handsome little guy named August. He goes by August and Gus pretty evenly. His name fits him so well and we both love it, but deciding on it was, well, interesting.*

When I was pregnant with August, we learned, somewhat surprisingly, that we have very different taste in names. I love classic, timeless and "traditional" names like William, Thomas and Philip. My husband, on the other hand, leans towards more "modern" names like Miller, Dashiell, Ronan, and Westley. To me, popularity is a nonfactor. To my husband, it's a major factor. We agreed on August literally the night before I went into labor, and neither of us were thrilled with it. It worked out well in the end and I can't imagine August being named anything but August. But I'd really like to avoid going through that again.

But, that will be easier said than done. Because we're having twins and we're both against the idea of finding out the sexes, we need four (technically eight) names that we agree on. Right now, that seems impossible.*

Please help us by suggesting names that you think bridge the gap between my "traditional" and his "modern", and that go well with big brother August.*

Thank you so much!*

[east93]

Hmm, well some ideas are:
Nathaniel
Gabriel
Eli
Henry, it's old fashioned, but kind of a modern hit atm.
Lucas/Luke
Liam
Eric
Damon
Jeremy
Cole
Theodore
Ambrose
Anthony
Andrew/Drew


Alexandria
Alexia
Victoria
Selena
Kerensa
Katerina
Adriana/Adria
Audra/Audrey/Audrina/Audriana
Aurora
Lilia
Lila
Elena
Livia/Olivia
Allegra
Katia
Antoinette
Odette
Eloise
Elodie
Melody
Josephine
Meghan
Margo/Margeaux
Nicolette
Colleen
Gemma
Freya
Stella


Most of these are probably way too modern for your liking though.

[lemon]

August is great! Also, I don't think your husband's name taste is modern - Dashiell is certainly not modern - but he does favor the surnames. Those could be a good option for you guys!

Archer - Classic surname with a vintage nickname, Archie, for you.
Bingham - More for your husband, but think about this with August. Are you swooning?
Beckett - A modern surname with immense historical appeal for you.
Clay - It feels new with its nature-y vibe, but it's really pretty old-man chic.
Davis - A surname spin on classic David.
Emmett - All I can say is as old as this name is, it's hot about now!
Everett - A little more unusual today, but equally as charming, especially with Ev and Rhett as nickname options.
Holden - It's got a modern appeal but it's also got a nice literary backbone that fits with August's style.
Jasper - Jazzy and chic, handsome and playful, but totally vintage.
Leon - A handsome, old-man spin on name-of-the-moment Leo, this one has style.
Lennox - It feels historical, but it's got that new-age surname feel and a powerful nickname, Knox.
Milo - Easily mistaken as a new name because of that hot ending, this one is classic through and through.
Miles - Go one step further in the vintage set and use Miles with Milo as a nickname.
Orson - Totally uncommon name with literary appeal, spell it Orson or Orsen. You could even call him Bear (check the meaning!).
Philip - This one is all in the nickname, sprightly Pip. Imagine it now: Gus and Pip. Cool, right?
Quentin - Or Quintin. Quinn is hot for both genders, but Quentin feels a little older. Equally chic. Totally handsome.
Russell - A bit fusty, but how neat are Russ and the classic Rusty as nicknames? Too close to Gus? Maybe...
Silas - More your classic taste, but Si is fun and fresh.

Like any of those for boys? I won't even pick my favorites.

For girls, I'll just list some options:

Colette - Coco, Lettie
Cecily - Cece, Celie
Della - Del, Dee
Eveline - Eve, Evie
Estella - Essa, Estelle, Stella, Elle, Star
Emery - Em, Emmy
Faye
Gwendolen - Gwen, Wendy, Dolly
Georgia - Georgie, Gigi, Gia
Imogen - Gen, Mo, Immy
Juliet - Jules, Jet, Julie
Jessamine - Jess, Jessie, Jessa, Sam, Ami, Mini
Katherine - Kit, Kat, Kate
Louisa - Lou, Lula, Lulu
Lucille - Lulu, Lucie, Cici, Cissy, Celie
Olive - Liv, Livy
Pippa - Pippi, Pip
Prudence - Prue
Phoebe - Bee
Ramona - Romy, Roma, Mona
Susannah - Sosie, Sanna, Sunny
Tamsin - Zinny, Tee

Sometimes you can make a vintage name with a spunky nickname. Try these out on your husband. Good luck!

Lemon
Viola

[minorbeatrice]

I love August! And congrats on the twins.

BOYS
Roman
Silas
Rafferty
Rafael
Elliott
Elias
Jasper
Miles
Milo
Hugo
Ivo
Ivor
Frederick
Ferdinand
Leo
Axel (surprisingly an old name)
Leon
Micah
Ray
Gray
Evander

GIRLS
Daphne
Mavis
Alice
Esme
Emmeline
Nora
Cora
Florence
Beatrix
Rhea
Thea
Gaia
Elena
Helena
Cecily
Maeve
Lillian

[lucystone]

Boys
Miles
Spencer
Foster
Austin/Austen
Nathaniel
Grant
Finn
Ewan
Ethan
Blane/Blaine
Emory
Emmett
Evan
Max
Adrian
Hugh
Elliot
Eamon
Riley
Arthur
Zachary
Mason
Elias
Blake
Dwight
Cameron
Wyatt
Graham
Landon
Rory
Asher
Reid
Forrest
Greyson

Girls
Antonia
Lucy
Carolina
Devon
Tabitha
Cecily
Georgiana
Cecilia
Rena/Renna
Felicity
Laine/Lainey
Shelby
Evelyn
Harper
Avery
Estelle/Estella
Genevieve
Raina
Lydia
Naomi
Jillian/Jill
Evangeline
Lena/Lina
Liana
Piper
Loretta
Paige
Helene
Mia

[aria-may]

Charlotte, Victoria, Emily and Phoebe
Finn, Alexander, Oliver and Leonardo

[flexiballetgirl]

August and:

Girls-
Harriet (Hattie)
Eugenia (Genie)
Eugenie (Genie)
Beatrix (Bea, Trixie)
Coralie (Cora)
Cordelia (Cora, Delia)
Theodora (Thea, Thora)
Charlotte (Lottie)
Louisa (Lulu)
Verity

Boys-
Lewis
Deveraux (Dev)
Isaiah
Charles
Winthrop
Winslet
Everett
Hiram
Hartlen
Dean

[shaymin2]

Some ideas:

Girls
Amity
Claribel
Delia
Eliza
Isolde
Jemima
Lolita
Lottie
Mercy
Nola
Nova
Opal
Petra
Savannah
Temperance
Zita

Boys
Ace
Asher
Ammon
Benedict
Graham
Grant
Griffin
Harper
Horatio
Houston
Hudson
Justus
Leopold
Linus
Ludwig
Malachi
Orion
Roderick
Rome
Rollo
Roswell
Solomon
Solon
Theron
Tobias

[catloverd]

Since your having twins this time, have you thought about allowing you to name one baby and your husband to name the other? For people with different tastes, sometimes that's easier than finding names you agree on.

For twins I always think it's cute when the names match up somehow, like Lily and Rose or Everett and Emmett.
Charlotte and Annette would be super cute. Aloutte would work too.

I am not good with boys names, so I have no suggestions for those.

[firsttime]

Here are four names off the top of my head... I think they all work together either boy/boy, girl/girl and girl/boy???

Henry Charles
Luca William
Ivy Josephine
Ada Celeste

So together for girl/boy I like

Henry Charles
Ivy Josephine
OR
Luca William
Ada Celeste