Ten-name Tuesday: Girl names for twins

It’s lunchtime, and you’re in line at the McDonalds (don’t judge! they have good salads!) chatting with a woman one line over. She mentions that she’s pregnant with twins, and that she and her husband have different preferences when it comes to baby names:

Looking for twin girls’ names – brother’s name is Finnian, who we call Finn. I like the names Liv & Aria and my husband likes the names Fern & Penelope; our last name is a Scottish name beginning with “Mc” so no M names.

“Do you have any suggestions?”

You’re a name-lover, and you could potentially give her many, many suggestions. But you’re both nearly at the counter, so you only have time to give her ten baby name suggestions — five for each twin.

But here’s the fun part: Instead of blurting out the first ten names you come up with (which is what you’d be forced to do in real life) you get to press a magical “pause” button, brainstorm for a bit, and then “unpause” the scenario to offer her the best ten names you can think of.

Some things to keep in mind as you brainstorm:

  • Be independent. Decide on your ten names before looking at anyone else’s ten names.
  • Be sincere. Would you honestly suggest these particular baby names out loud to a stranger at the Mickey D’s?
  • Ten names only! All names beyond the first ten in your comment will be either deleted or replaced with nonsense words.
    • DETAILS: Please comment with no more than 10 female names — either a list of ten, or two groups of five, or five pairings.

Finally, here’s the request again:

Looking for twin girls’ names – brother’s name is Finnian, who we call Finn. I like the names Liv & Aria and my husband likes the names Fern & Penelope; our last name is a Scottish name beginning with “Mc” so no M names.

Which ten baby names are you going to suggest?

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