I\u2019m freaking out and am \u201cscheduled\u201d to deliver B\/G twins on 2\/24 (if I make it that long)! We had \u201cdecided\u201d on a girl name way back in the day\u2014Harper–and haven\u2019t really discussed changing it since we found out we had one of each. We thought we were set on her name and struggled with the boy\u2019s name for a while until we settled on Felix. He will be Felix Henry Daniels. Henry is a family name on both sides, and also a name that has become hip again.<\/p>\n
We have been going back and forth and have not found a middle name for Harper. With the H__D, I\u2019ve been avoiding vowel middle names. We\u2019ve discussed the following:<\/p>\n
Jane, June, Beatrice (I love, he hates), Brynn, a couple other B names to pay tribute to my husband, Brian. I think Harper Jane sounds too much like Harper, Jane. Brian and I met while working at a Victorinox store back in the day, so I liked the middle Victoria\u2026.until the Beckham\u2019s named their daughter Harper!<\/p>\n
I have been calling Felix by his name for months now, but really always call Baby B Girlie. I am having anxiety about her name now, and wonder if the reason I can\u2019t pick a middle is that I don\u2019t feel settled about the name Harper (which seems increasingly popular). I had a dream last night that she was born and I changed her name to Harlow. I love this name!! What do you think? Is it common to have this anxiety? What does everyone think about Harlow vs Harper?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nYes, it is definitely common to have last-minute name anxiety. Because you’re not having the same anxiety about Felix’s name, I wonder if this has more weight to it than the usual end-game jitters. But it could just be that Felix’s name is a more recent decision.<\/p>\n
I have mentioned before that I love twin names to have just a WEE name gimmick. In this case, if I were you I would be very tempted to find a middle name starting with F for Harper\/Harlow, so that the twins would be F.H. and H.F. I wonder if you’d like any of these:<\/p>\n
Harper\/Harlow Fairly
\nHarper\/Harlow Faith
\nHarper Farrow (this gives some of the sound of Harlow)
\nHarper\/Harlow Faye
\nHarper\/Harlow February
\nHarper\/Harlow Felicity (Felicity is the feminine of Felix)
\nHarper\/Harlow Fern
\nHarper\/Harlow Fiona (maybe too much long O with Harlow)
\nHarper\/Harlow Flannery
\nHarper Florence
\nHarper\/Harlow Frances
\nHarper\/Harlow Frederica
\nHarper\/Harlow Freya<\/p>\n
If you want a name to honor your husband, I suggest Harper Brianna.<\/p>\n
As for Harper versus Harlow, I think both work great with Felix. I like the sound of Harper Daniels a little more than the sound of Harlow Daniels. Harlow is currently less common than Harper, but I suspect that won’t be permanent; for peer purposes, though, a girl named Harlow born this year will likely have fewer girls sharing her name than a girl named Harper.<\/p>\n
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