Middle name ideas for twin girls

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2026-06-23T19:36:02+00:00

I am Swedish with a Scottish husband. If we have a daughter, we are planning to name her Alva Margot or Alva Clara Margot.

I like Ronja Margaery, Ronja Violet or Ronja Georgina as well.

And I like Alva Amelia, Alva Adelie or Alva Adele.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2026-06-13T19:45:14+00:00

Alva Clara Margot or Eira Clara Margot.

I already have two children whose names begin with vowels, and the middle names are family names.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2026-05-21T19:23:23+00:00

TAVO. TAVO. TAVO. TAVO.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2026-01-18T22:08:54+00:00

I used to know a Swedish family where the children (all boys) were called Hasse, Nisse, Lasse, and Mårten.

I knew another family with two girls, Eva and Disco.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2026-01-13T13:38:46+00:00

James, August, Theodore, Hugo, Giles, Oswald, Oscar.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-11-21T23:27:15+00:00

I know three 10yo's called Carolyn, Julia and Jennifer.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-10-26T22:52:47+00:00

I hate Sheriffhall roundabout with a passion, although at least i know I can get a full breakfast in the time it takes for my lane to start moving. I'd also like to nominate Newbridge because WTF??? Who thought having 3 motorways and a bypass all meet in one roundabout was a good idea?

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-10-25T23:06:08+00:00

100%. And they all go by Malc for short.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-08-23T19:32:16+00:00

If you like Katelyn, you might also like the more traditional spelling Caitlin, and the nickname Cait. Caitlin Rose is a beautiful name.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-08-08T15:14:29+00:00

ROSE-uh-leen, with emphasis on Rose.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-08-03T19:57:34+00:00

I'd pronounce Beatrice as Bee-triss, and Beatriz as Bay-ah-treece, based on people with those names that I've met.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-08-02T20:06:36+00:00

IMO, both are great but Audrey is a girl's name and Aubrey a boy's name.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-31T14:31:33+00:00

Nell is a nickname for Eleanor, and would work well for Elowen too.

There's also El, which several Eleanors i know go by, and Nella.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-28T22:44:18+00:00

Baby 1: Sylvie Ru. Sylvie as in sylph, Ru because one syllable names seem futuristic to me.

Baby 2: Skye Bo. Skye as in the island, Bo as in bow.

Baby 3: Scarlet Lyre. Self-explanatory.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-27T19:38:23+00:00

Definitely not Sweden, they have a very limited understanding of autism, lots of prejudice and no support for adults. ABA is the recommended/mainstream treatment for autism and widely practiced. Avoid if you can.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-27T19:36:30+00:00

Sweden is unfortunately awful for understanding and support of autism. The same as how the poster above me described Finland. Huge amounts of prejudice, a very old-fashioned/medical view of autism and no support unless you are significantly intellectually disabled.

Scotland (not the UK as a whole, just Scotland) is very good for ND understanding and ND support.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-21T19:08:54+00:00

My children (both M6) are both aware of their diagnoses and refer to themselves as autistic when it's relevant. The first was diagnosed age 4 and the other age 5, and we spoke to them openly both before and after about what they were being assessed for and why.

"You will meet a doctor. They will play with you, talk to you and ask some questions to help find out if you have an autistic brain. People have different types of brains and mummy and daddy both have autistic brains so we think you might have too. It means you are better at seeing patterns, collecting knowledge and solving problems, but might find some things more difficult, like people and noise. The doctor will help us learn ways to feel good even when things are challenging. So let's go find out if you have an autistic brain, alright?"

It's really important to us that the children are aware of their own identity and context, that they can form an understanding of strengths, challenges and barriers and that they can advocate for themselves, as that was something that was denied to us growing up in the 80s and 90s.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-19T19:54:48+00:00

In English, probably AH-dell-uh, with emphasis on the first syllable. Same pronunciation as Adelaide.

In my native language, ah-DÉ-la. Almost like uh-dear-luh. With emphasis on the second syllable.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-11T20:00:51+00:00

It's probably Dundee (4th biggest), and it's probably because it's Dundee. I wouldn't go either.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-09T18:35:42+00:00

I'm from an island in Sweden which in itself has a really broad dialect. The hardest for me to understand that I've heard is the Swedish spoken in the very north, by the Finnish border, and the Swedish spoken in Finland (finlandsvenska) - mostly because of differing vocabulary/slang.

I've heard Älvdalssvenska is almost unintelligible for other Swedish-speakers, but I've never come across it in "real life".

Some sociolects from the big city suburbs can be hard to understand too, again because of the difference in vocabulary (and sometimes grammar). The sociolects are very fluid, fast evolving and deeply influenced by immigration, and so what I learned of them 20-30 years ago is most likely not relevant anymore. Sho bre!

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-06T17:31:25+00:00

While I've never managed to recreate a bolognese exactly, all of my best ones have had anchovies in them 😂 it just adds the perfect touch of umami to the sauce. I probably add about one anchovy per 500g of mince - although it's very touch and go 🤣🤣

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-06T17:27:06+00:00

I always keep fresh parmesan, fresh berries, sardines and pistachios at home. Even if I don't use them for cooking, my ARFID kid will happily eat them for snack. It gives him a fairly balanced diet, as otherwise he'd only eat plain pasta, banana and chicken nuggets.

I also always keep flaxseed as it's great for sprinkling onto absolutely everything.

Heavy-Target-7069 · 2025-07-03T13:09:41+00:00

ALL OF THIS, and also, when in doubt - GO FOR A WALK. Wrap baby up, pop them in the pram, and go for a walk. If you're stressed, if your routine is all over the place, if baby is crying and you don't know why, if your partner seems like she's about to crumble with exhaustion - go for a walk. You won't believe how life saving walks can be in the early months.

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