{"id":11662,"date":"2015-10-06T14:10:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=11662"},"modified":"2016-02-27T23:24:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T03:24:49","slug":"twin-baby-girls-egan-with-an-l-cora-jean-and-_________","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2015\/10\/06\/twin-baby-girls-egan-with-an-l-cora-jean-and-_________\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Baby Girls Egan-with-an-L: Cora Jean and _________"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!<\/p>\n

I am so excited to be writing to you because I had my baby names picked out & was almost disappointed that I couldn’t ask for help.<\/p>\n

I am expecting a baby (now babies!) in March, I did my quad screen and got a strange result–which turned out not to be so strange since there are two babies in there. (I was doing a lot of freaking out and crying.) I had a feeling about twins, but I assumed boy\/girl. The technician said it looks like girl\/girl to her (of course, they can make mistakes), but I don’t have two girls’ names!<\/p>\n

Our last name is “Egan” with an L in the front.<\/p>\n

The girl’s name we are using is Cora Jean.<\/p>\n

The boy’s name we love is Robert Kyle (named after my father–who died a few years ago, and a close cousin who also passed away). When I said Robert and Cora together, it sounded like I knew them from somewhere–of course, they are from Downton Abbey! When we found out it was likely two girls, my husband looked up the Downton Abbey cast list to look for other names! :) We do like names of that era (I know they are back).<\/p>\n

At the moment, we like the name Gwen. But we aren’t 100% sold. It would also be wonderful if I could somehow integrate my dad’s name (Robert) into the name (he would be thrilled). I’d also love to integrate a family name from his side. Family names for girls on my dad’s side are Ann and Margaret (there’s an Ann or a Margaret every generation–my middle name is Ann, I have an Aunt Margaret, my grandma was Ann, her mom was Margaret), so I think it would be cool to incorporate that. Another very meaningful family name for me is Debby.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if that’s too much information or just enough to be a fun challenge. So, Downton-era first names (or something of that ilk) and a family middle name (or first–we’re open). We don’t want the names to be too matchy-matchy (Cora and Clara) but also not from two completely different styles or eras (like Cora and Britney–that doesn’t work for me!).<\/p>\n

I would appreciate any help you could give. What a day!<\/p>\n

Thank you SO much,
\nHeather<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I went right away to see the Downton Abbey characters list! Here are some pairings I really like (keeping in mind I haven’t seen the show, so might have chosen combinations that would be awkward to people thinking of the names in the context of the show):<\/p>\n

Cora and Rose
\nCora and Violet
\nIvy and Cora<\/p>\n

I especially like Cora and Rose. I like a little extra coordination with twin names, so in addition to liking the way the names go together in sound and style, I like that both are four letters and both have R and O. And yet they’re not overly matchy or cutesy.<\/p>\n

More possible names to consider:<\/p>\n

Fern
\nLouise
\nEloise
\nEliza
\nEsther
\nBeatrice
\nAgatha
\nWinifred
\nJosephine
\nMillicent
\nHarriet
\nFrances
\nIris
\nJune
\nJane
\nFiona
\nRuby<\/p>\n

There were so many others I liked but wasn’t sure about them with the surname: Alice, Delia, Dalia, Pearl, Lydia, Hope.<\/p>\n

Are Cora and Jean family names? I’m wondering about balance: if Cora and Jean are names from your husband’s side, for example, that would make me lean toward using names from your side for the other baby; or if one name is from your side and one from your husband’s, that would make me inclined to do something similar for the other baby; or if neither Cora nor Jean are family names, that would make me lean away from filling the other baby’s name with family names.<\/p>\n

I think I would advise starting from scratch. That is, Cora Jean may very well end up being the name of one of the girls, but naming two babies instead of one is enough of a shake-up to reconsider the whole thing. For example, it might be fun to use Ann for one and Margaret for the other, either as first or middle names. Honor names may need to be re-distributed to cover two girls instead of one, and it may be a good opportunity to honor both sides of the family at once. If Debby is a particularly important honor name, it becomes more significant which twin you give it to—or would you want to use it as a middle name for both twins? And there are all the fun twin-name possibilities to consider, such as swapped initials (CJ and JC, for example) or coordinated middle names (Rose and Violet, for example, or Jean and June).<\/p>\n

I love Cora and Margaret together. Cora Ann and Margaret Jean would get them both into the Ann\/Margaret tradition.<\/p>\n

Would you like to have more babies after these two? If so, I might recommend saving the name Robert Kyle for a possible future boy, and not attempting to find a way to name one of these two girls after your father. If you’re stopping after these two, Roberta is the fastest namesake to spring to mind; I’d use it as a middle name, and would probably use it as an excuse for the nickname Bertie\/Birdy. Robin would be another sweet choice; again, I’d use it as a middle. Bobbi might work, especially if your dad went by Bob. Bobbi and Debby might make a nice set of coordinated middle names.<\/p>\n

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Name update!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey Swistle!<\/p>\n

Our girls arrived on 2\/23. We are thrilled, sleep-deprived, and so in love.<\/p>\n

We decided on Cora Jean (Jean is a family name on both sides) and Margaret Rose (Rose honors my dad Robert & she also shares it as a middle name with my stepbrother’s daughter–I like the connection it creates. We did check in with them first!)<\/p>\n

Here they are:<\/p>\n

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Maggie on the left, Cora on the right. They are big for twins–15 lbs total! I can’t believe I carried them!<\/p>\n

We still have a little Downton connection–can’t beat Dame Maggie Smith as the Dowager! :)<\/p>\n

Thanks again to everyone for your help!
\n-Heather<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! I am so excited to be writing to you because I had my baby names picked out & was almost disappointed that I couldn’t ask for help. I am expecting a baby (now babies!) in March, I did my quad screen and got a strange result–which turned out not to be so strange […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-326","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11662"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11911,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662\/revisions\/11911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}