Calling all babyname nerds! Help me name this twin!

[Adaline'sMama]

I know you're out there, you ladies who love to comment on baby name threads. Since the DDC's are all social groups now, you have all been lurking about with no where for your baby name opinions to go. Well, now it's your turn to help (me, mercilessly begging for ideas). Please help me name twin B! (Both twins are girls). 

Here's the scoop:

~DH has a lot of opinions about baby names, but refuses to look for names. He only vetoes mine. This is why I need new ideas.

~I have 6 baby name books and a crapload of name websites bookmarked, none of them are helping me right now.

~We cannot have any names that start with H, X, or Z. (our last name starts with a Z and everyone on my side of the family seems to start with H)

~No names that are associated with tragedy or evil. This rules out Clementine (because of the song) and my favorite, Ophelia (because of the whole suicide thing). This is an issue that DH is not willing to budge on, and I have to respect it. 

~No "boy" names, last names as first names, or gender neutral names. We are dealing with some gender disappointment, and we dont want a lot of "oh, it sounds like daddy wanted a boy" or our kiddo growing up thinking that we wanted her to be a boy. 

~We like old-timey names, with the first name being kind of rare, and the middle name being pretty normal. 

~It's always a plus for us if the first name has a great nickname. 

Anyway, I know that's kind of a lot of limitations, and Im totally out of ideas, so help me out!

Here are our current names:

DD:       Adaline Sarah- "Ada"

Baby A: Calliope Mae- "Callie"   (also, Poppy is apparently a common nickname for Calliope in Greece. My dad is Poppy, so that is pretty unlikely, but I like it)

Current Baby B ideas: Evelyn, Olivia, Lucinda, Natalya, Lydia, Elise, Alice. (DH just hasnt vetoed these yet.)

Oh, and also:

I don't really care if the twin's names "go" together, but they can't be silly- like we can't do "Callie and Hallie: or "Calliope and Penelope."

Just in case one baby turns out to be a boy, those names are already picked out, so we will have boy backups. 

I know we have plenty of time, but no name has ever just "come to us" for our kids besides Adaline (and that came when I was about 10 weeks pregnant). We need to pick a couple of good ones and live with them for awhile. 

Thanks so much ladies! I look forward to hearing all of your expert baby naming ideas!

[Mittsy]

Here are my favorite names, I think most of them would fit your requirements:

Anneliese

Ariadne

Beatrix

Daphne

Eliza

Eloise/a

Fiona

Gwyneth

Guinevere

Gwendolen

Klara/Clara

Katharina/Catharina

Lyra

Lucille

Magnolia

Magda

Marta

Mathilda/Matilda

Theodora

Theodosia

Vera

[Adaline'sMama]

I really like Matilda, Beatrix and Eliza.

We have discussed using Elizabeth as a middle name. It's really funny that I have SIX great aunts on that list :) Southern old lady names!

[Bokonon]

I LOVE the name Beatrix.  If I didn't have a friend who had a Beatrix before I was pregnant with DD, that likely would have been DD's name.

I also love the name Mabel.

[themothership]

I am a fan of Vivian. 

[josie423]

I don't have any suggestions, but how cute would Calliope and Beatrix be?? 

[BaileyB]

I am a fan of Beatrix also, Bea for short, cute!

Cora is an older name and kinda goes with Callie. I also have been interested in Laurel/Lauryl, however you spell it. I think that is an older name but it is one that you either love or hate. My daughter is Clara and we get a lot of positive responses when people hear her name.

[ella'smommy]

Evangeline

It was my grandmother's middle name, I'm thinking of using it as a middle name if we have a girl this time. Since everyone likes Beatrice, my DD has a best friend Beatrice, her sister's name is Audrey. I think the two names gel together well :)
 

[philomom]

Thalia... a sister muse to Calliope in the ancient mythology.


Daphne and Theodora also "match" to me with the Greco-Roman goddess vibe.

[LittleBlackBug]

I love my great grandmother's name, Aurelia.

[Bokonon]

Originally Posted by BaileyB 

I am a fan of Beatrix also, Bea for short, cute!

Cora is an older name and kinda goes with Callie. I also have been interested in Laurel/Lauryl, however you spell it. I think that is an older name but it is one that you either love or hate. My daughter is Clara and we get a lot of positive responses when people hear her name.

I grew up with a Laurel and have always been surprised that it never became more popular.  It's such a lovely option to Laura and Lauren, with its own meaning.

[skycheattraffic]

Don't know if the tragedy thing vetoes it but how about Cassandra? Might be too matchy with Calliope ... Callie and Cassie... Or Callie and Sandy :-)
A name I love but had to drop was Miranda and another one was Bianca.
I also love Lydia.... DD said "liddyliddyliddy" a lot while babbling around her first birthday. DH and I laughed saying if only we named her Lydia she could have been saying her own name lol.
All this name talk is making me want to get pregnant again lol

[ella'smommy]

DD also has a friend named Maggie, and the other day I heard her dad say her full name, Magnolia. I think it's sweet.
 

[kathymuggle]

I like Thalia and Beatrix (well, actually I am not in love with Beatrix, but I do think it goes with Callie and Adalaine, and Bea is cute!)

If you want an homage to Elizabeth, you could go with Bethany.

K.

[mama2soren]

I love classic names. Here are some of my favorites!  

Violet

June/Juniper

Greta/Gretchen

Cora

Sonia

Ivy

Nora

Clara

Nell/Nellie

Eleanor

Margot

Lillian/Lily/Lilibeth

Ruby

Iris

Amelia

I also love Hazel, but that wouldn't fit your "no H" requirement :)

[CA Country Girl]

Hi Adaline'sMama- thanks for asking us to weigh in on names for your new LO.  I agree on not liking matching names.  I have a Juniper, so I obviously like that name.  Calliope was also high on my list with both girls- I love it.  I think you should go with a longer name with a good nickname because of your other girls. Beatrix/Beatrice is great.  On your list, I really like Elise; it was my great-grandmother's name and Ellie is a nice nickname.  I also like Evelyn and Lydia.

[Sharlla]

if i had twin girls they would be named Echo and Whisper
 

[Bokonon]

Originally Posted by Sharlla 

if i had twin girls they would be named Echo and Whisper
 

Wishful thinking?  ;)

The lead singer of the band 311 has a daughter named Echo.

[ollyoxenfree]

I think most of my suggestions have been posted - 

Matilda - shortened to Tillie or Millie 

Eleanor

Nora 

Olivia

Amelia (but there is the Earhart tragedy)

Julia  

Josephine

Jocelyn

Rosalie 

[Aurora]

I love Calliope! I adore the name Beatrix! It is my favorite girl name. I wanted to name dd3 Beatrix but my dh vetoed it.

Beatrix (Bea)

Margaret (Maggie)

Matilda

Hazel

Genevieve (Evie)