What do you think sounds better for t...

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Fri, 05-12-2006 - 9:22am
What sounds better for twin girls? We have an Emma now



  • Abby and Erica
  • Abby and Isabella

You will be able to change your vote.




Edited 5/12/2006 9:23 am ET by ivfmiranda


Edited 5/12/2006 9:24 am ET by ivfmiranda
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Fri, 05-12-2006 - 9:35am
I voted for Abby and Isabella. I really like Erica, but I think Isabelle is a better match. I hope you are planning to use Abigail with Abby as a nickname though. Abby is sweet and cute for a little girl, but she'll need a full name to use for formal things like resumes and job applications. Besides, Emma and Isabelle (or Erica) are full names, so it would seem very strange to have Abby rather than Abigail for their sister.


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Fri, 05-12-2006 - 10:49am
I voted for Abby and Isabella, but I strongly object to Abby being a given name, especially when your other kids have non-nicknamey full names (or they will once you have Isabella). I think that Emma, Abigail, and Isabella are beautiful. The trendiness factor of Isabella just doesn't bother me because it's a real name (as opposed to names like Kaylee, etc. that seem invented), and because it's strong, feminine, and pretty. This leaves open the opportunity to have Emmie, Abbie, and Bella, but it also lets them become adults.
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Sat, 05-13-2006 - 9:54pm
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Sun, 05-14-2006 - 9:27am

I actually like Isabella Jade, but here are a few others:

Isabella Marie
Isabella Faith
Isabella Hope
Isabella Jane
Isabella Violet
Isabella Rose
Isabella Kathrine (kinda long though)
Isabella Lynn
Isabella Leigh

 

 

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Sun, 05-14-2006 - 12:20pm

Well I'm thinking I'm going to go with Isabella Faith, our babies are IVF babies, so I feel like "Faith" has alot of meaning in it.


Thanks girls!


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Sun, 05-14-2006 - 12:23pm
Great choice, I think Faith goes beautifully with Isabella, and with Abagail Grace!

 

 

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Sun, 05-14-2006 - 12:33pm

I think those are beautiful choices. My only quibble is I think that you should use the Abigail spelling as opposed to Abagail. Last year there were about 15,500 baby Abigails born vs 283 Abagails. That means that if you go with the less common spelling it will look mispelled and she will constantly have to spell her name for others.

Abigail Grace and Isabella Faith are lovely though.

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Sun, 05-14-2006 - 2:51pm

Why, oh why, are you spelling it Abagail instead of Abigail? I think you've taken one problem and turned it into another instead of just solving the first one. Abigail is classic, gorgeous, feminine, sophisticated, and smart. Abagail looks like her parents were illiterate (I'm not saying you are...I'm just saying that if I saw someone with this name, I would assume that her parents were perhaps a bit uneducated and more concerned with making a name "unique" than they were with giving her a good name). Also, I can't understand the reason for it. I recently saw a baby announcement for a girl named Abbygail, and though I thought that spelling was stupid, at least it's obvious that they wanted to call her Abby and wanted the nickname to be in the name. But replacing the I with an A doesn't really accomplish anything. It just turns a fantastic name into a misspelled one.

I love Abigail Grace paired with Isabella Faith, even though I usually don't go for virtue names (including Joy, Love, and others). But, in your situation, your faith has been challenged, I would imagine, and finally, God has graced you with two little pink bundles. So, I think it's quite fitting and touching. Another you may consider is Hope. I like them evenly, though, so I'm not trying to convince you to change a middle name name that you've decided on...just trying to convince you to change Abagail. :-)