{"id":13195,"date":"2018-02-04T09:51:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T13:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13195"},"modified":"2018-02-08T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T19:25:04","slug":"baby-twin-girls-lund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2018\/02\/04\/baby-twin-girls-lund\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Twin Girls Lund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/p>\n

Our twin girls have arrived a bit early and we’re under the gun for picking their names, as they lay there and stare at us in shame. We thought we’d have more time! Sigh… We had come upon Olivia and Ava fairly organically, only to find out how popular they are, and as a pairing too. That really took the luster off for us, and now we’re trying to decide if we want to stay with that initial thought or move to something at least a little more unique.<\/p>\n

We’ve since come up with a Lennon\/Marlo pairing, or maybe Lennon\/Ava, or Lennon\/Olivia. Other names heavily considered were:
\nMabel
\nRowan
\nIsla<\/p>\n

Last name will be Lund. We haven’t even gotten into middle names yet, haha. We’re a baby naming mess.<\/p>\n

Thank you in advance,<\/p>\n

Andrew III + Taila<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lennon Lund is a lot of L and N for a name; I don’t like the way it feels when I say it, but of course that sort of thing is heavily subjective. Rowan Lund is okay, but feels a little clunky. Marlo Lund is better, but the -lo\/Lu- combination is a little awkward; I feel the same about the -el\/L- and -la\/Lu- of Mabel Lund and Isla Lund. I would not pair Lennon (unusual, unisex, surname name) with either Ava or Olivia (Top Ten, used exclusively for girls, non-surnamey).<\/p>\n

Now that I have dismissed all the options except the one that no longer has luster, where does that leave us? Well, we could look for names similar to Ava and Olivia but a little less common.<\/p>\n

Aubrey
\nAudrey
\nCora
\nEliza
\nEva
\nEvelina
\nFiona
\nGeneva
\nGenevieve
\nIvy
\nJosephine
\nLydia
\nMavis
\nPenelope
\nRuby
\nSabrina
\nSylvia
\nVeronica
\nVictoria
\nVienna
\nVivian<\/p>\n

Eva and Lydia has a very similar sound to Ava and Olivia, but is quite a bit less common. Ivy and Vivian is another similar-sound option.<\/p>\n

Can you put a finger on what you like about Ava\/Olivia? Is it the V-sounds? The long vowels? The -a endings? The way the two names share sounds (that is, it wouldn’t necessarily have to be V or the -a, but just any repeated sounds)? The two\/four-syllable pairing? That might help you to form a new pairing.<\/p>\n

For middle names, it can be fun to take advantage of the twin situation to honor two equivalent people at the same time: both grandmothers, for example, or perhaps the two of you each have one sister to honor, or would each like to honor one aunt. Or perhaps each of you would like to choose the name of an artist\/scientist\/actor\/author\/activist you admire. Or, since you are using the father’s family surname, perhaps both of the mother’s grandmothers could be honored, or perhaps the mother has two sisters. Or you could honor the parents with middle names Andrea\/Drew and Taila. If you like twinny things (I did\/do), you could consider giving Baby A a middle name starting with A, and Baby B a middle name starting with B. Or you could give them matching middle initials. Or if you still love the names Ava and Olivia but don’t want to use them as first names, they might work as middles. Or if it ends up being very hard to narrow down first-name options, the hard-to-let-go runners-up could be used as middles.<\/p>\n

Edited to add:<\/strong> The parents are having the same commenting problem<\/a> many of you are having (we have had no luck getting the website host to fix it, nor any luck figuring out anything in common among people who are having trouble), so here is the comment they were unable to post:<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for the in depth thoughts and analysis! Its so amazing to get your third-person view without the pressure of family\/friends. There’s a lot to parse through in there, and we will be thinking long and hard about the list you’ve offered up! You and your readers are crazy good at this!!!<\/p>\n

Its interesting because we can now actually look at our babes, call them a name and see if it works. We eliminated quite a few names that way to get to the list in the initial email (Cora, Asa, Maeve, Amelia, Wren).<\/p>\n

Mom loves the Ls, Ms, Os and soft sounding names. Dad loves the As and Vs. Both Mom and Dad like the idea of repeated sounds, names that work well together without being the same… Mom and Dad also like the idea of semi-unisex names that keep open the world of possibilities for the girls as they grow into themselves. We really think about what type of people we’d love for these girls to become (strong-willed, independent, creative, hard-working, loving\/caring, etc.) and what kind of names exemplify those traits.<\/p>\n

For middle names, Dad really likes the idea of Mom’s surname (Fisher) as a middle name for one or both of the girls, or even as a second middle name. Mom is keeping her last name, so it feels appropriate to pass it along to the girls in some fashion.<\/p>\n

As we continuously talk about names, we do keep coming back to Ava and Olivia and wondering if it really matters all that much that they are popular. There was an initial distaste to finding out their chart position (#2 and #5 in 2016) [note from Swistle:<\/strong> according to the Social Security Administration<\/a>, Olivia was #2 in 2016 and Ava was #3], but maybe it wouldn’t affect them so poorly, and we do still really like them, aaaaand they do fit the girls.<\/p>\n

Other random question: What kind of pairing could work with the name Mabel? We haven’t been able to get a second name that suits sister well.<\/p>\n

Thank you again and again and again. This is so needed and insanely helpful!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Heyo, the website let us comment!<\/p>\n

We are overwhelmed by everyone\u2019s kindness and thoughts for our two little ones.<\/p>\n

Based on Mom and Dad\u2019s conversations and your comments, we ended up putting Ava and Olivia back into the mix. We axed Lennon and Isla, and while we loved Mabel neither sister fit the name. Soren was a wonderful late addition, but we couldn\u2019t find a middle name that fit for us.<\/p>\n

Eventually we happily landed on Ava Brie Lund and Marlo Fisher Lund. Brie is Mom\u2019s middle name.<\/p>\n

Thank you again for your help. While we didn’t follow all of your advice, it was really really helpful to set a baseline that Mom and Dad could jointly work from. Here’s a few pics of our little nuggets. They’re still in the NICU but hopefully soon to leave :)<\/p>\n

Andrew III + Taila<\/p>\n

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Ava<\/p><\/div>\n

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Marlo<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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