Do these names need to go together?

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Registered: 04-15-2007
Do these names need to go together?
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Sun, 04-15-2007 - 4:43pm

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site - a friend referred me to this board for the baby naming experts.

I am 6 months pregnant with twin girls (first children for my husband and myself). My husband and I have had our two nieces (siblings) living with us for the last two years because their mother (my SIL) has been unable to take care of them. We are not sure how long we'll have them with us - but it seems as though it will be a while, and that is fine because they're great kids. Okay now to the point - do our girls' names need to fit with our nieces??

My husband and I are thinking about names like Charlotte, Caroline, Alexandra.. just normal English style names (my husband and I are both from different backgrounds and are both first-generation english speakers, so we want easy names for our girls to fit in). Anyway, our nieces are Oxana and Katya - do I need to name our twins similarly??

Thank you for your help!

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Registered: 10-14-2005
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 1:47pm

I love Alexandra nn Sasha. Alexandra is so elegant, and Sasha is a great nickname that helps it feel less popular (since all the Alex names tend to clump together and feel pretty popular).

I also love Charlotte and Carolina, but I wouldn't use them together because it definitely makes me think of Charlotte, NC. Alexandra and Charlotte would be a wonderful sibling set! Both are gorgeous classics and you could give them less-common nicknames like Sasha and Lottie.




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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-15-2007
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 4:58pm
These are your children and you do not need to match with your nieces. I like the names you have thrown out there so far. Good choices!
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Registered: 04-15-2007
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 8:06pm
Thank you - I had no idea that both names were forms of Charles! We don't have a huge rush to choose names but Alexandra and Charlotte are my favorites. Husband likes Camilla but it's not my favorite.
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Registered: 09-29-2005
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 8:39pm

Glad to help. ;) I like Camilla a lot, btw, but LOVE Camille. Charlotte and Camille might be a nice option for you. The Cs are a little matchy (for me), but they don't sound similar in the least, so that's a plus.

Not sure if you were the one considering Alexandra with the nn Sasha, but I like that as well. It defintiely helps avoid the common feel of any and all the Alex- names a bit.

HTH


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