Charlotte at the blog To Harriet Louise (which is actually named after a name she loves for a future child!) posted in a really namey post yesterday (in which I got a shout-out! Woo!) her ideas for triplets, inspired by a forum on Nameberry (which I would link to except every time I’ve popped over there in the recent past I get a big scary “Viruses! Malware!” notice — anyone else? I’ve emailed them, they’re looking into it …).
Anyway, I loved Charlotte’s ideas (she used the archangels as inspiration, awesome!), and I thought it was a fun challenge, so I thought I’d give it a whirl here (for mixed-gender trips, they’re listed in fave order):
Girls
Faith Immaculata
Christiana Hope
Josefa Caritas
(nods to the Holy Family and the three theological virtues! Woo!)
(one of our readers has a daughter named Faith Immaculata 🙂 When I first heard it, I was blown away by its gorgeousness and significance, and I continue to be so)
(nicknames are difficult here … Faith doesn’t need one, but Faithy’s cute … I love Christiana and I love the idea of Christi being Latin for “of/belonging to Christ” — what are your best nicks for the Chris- names? Or maybe Ana instead? Josefa could be Josie, or maybe even Seffy? Sef? Or Fa? Hahaha jk!!) (I mean, just kidding about Fa — Seffy/Sef are kinda cute)
Boys
Joachim Patrick
Benedict Leo
Ambrose Edward
(just some of my fave heavy-hitting saintly boy names)
(nicks: Jake, Ben, and Sam, easy peasy)
How about you all? If you were naming triplets, what might you choose?
Iris Therese
Edith Maria
Alice Marigold
Middle names on those three were a struggle, because it’s remarkably hard to find a good middle name for Alice. I think Alice flows really well into a name beginning with a vowel, but couldn’t think of one I liked enough to use (since I already have an Elisabeth, plus these three vowel names). I like Alice Mary a little better than Alice Marigold, but Marigold is such a favorite, and ties together the floral Marian first name for Iris and the traditional Marian middle name for Edith. Ultimately I decided it didn’t matter if Edith & Alice had the same middle initial.
George Xavier
Henry Ignatius
Edmund Jude
So, I struggle mightily with boys’ names, but I already plan to use Xavier as a middle name if I have another boy (first name undecided), and we know another family who used Ignatius as a middle name, which I loved. So I figured I’d go with a Jesuit theme here, and used Edmund to tie together the Jesuit and English theme. Jude is because we have honored the apostles with our other sons’ names, but didn’t use it as a first name because I feel J first names are overdone in our family.
If these names didn’t have to go with our mildly awful last name, I’d have chosen Gabriel Edmund for the third boy.
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I love these! Awesome job tying them all together!!
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Whoa… I’ll have to give this one a thought. I’ve honestly never thought about triplets! For twin boys I always wanted Lucas and Liam…. and for girls I wanted Melody and Harmony. In all reality, I probably wouldn’t do the girls’ because they’re too cliche, but I still like to joke about it. Ha!
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I always thought Thomas & Tavish would be handsome for twin boys since they both mean “twin” AND start with “t”. BUT, I wouldn’t name my real children that for many reasons.
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Oh yeah, I like those. Tavish is so intriguing … I’ve always liked Tamsin (for a girl) for similar reasons. Or Cosmas and Damian. Ooh — that reminds me — I posted a link to a twin post a while back! https://sanctanomina.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/naming-twins/
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There is something really fun about figuring out matching themes for multiples! I love your Lucas and Liam — Luke and Leo are one of my twin ideas! And I actually know sisters (not twins) named Melody and Harmony!
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For added difficulty I’ve tried not to repeat any first initials with my current six children. I did let our current boy New Testament theme.
Lucy Caroline
Grace Elizabeth
Stella Maris
Lucy Caroline
Grace Elizabeth
Henry Thomas
Grace Elizabeth
Henry Thomas
Louis Gregory
Henry Thomas
Louis Gregory
William Timothy
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I don’t know how I missed this comment before Laura! You did an amazing job not repeating your current kids’ initials! Wow! And they’re each such great combos!
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No idea — we’re struggling to come up with 1 solid girl name and 1 solid boy name for GenderlessInUtero babyG as it is.
That said… I laugh whenever I see “Joachim”. I love it. But growing up – and I mean I discovered my error *in high school* – I thought it was pronounced “Wah-KEEM”. You know, like Joaquin Phoenix? Yeah. Mom found that hilarious.
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Ahhh Marie Bernadette (gorrrgeous name, you!), MOST people I know either have no idea how Joachim is pronounced or very very often assume wah-KEEM! Especially because of Joaquin Phoenix!! I’m just impressed you knew about him, nice! His unfamiliarity and multiple pronunciations are major obstacles to my hubs, *sigh*. (If you want my thoughts on names for your green bean, just let me know! 🙂 sanctanomina@gmail.com)
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P.S. I often mispronounced things growing up — things I’d read but never heard. The story my mom *still* find hilarious is that I thought tuberculosis was too-ber-CUE-losis. Hardy har. 😛
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That seems to be very much how tuberculosis is actually pronounced… ???
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Hm. Well I was corrected back then by my mom (and have since only heard it pronounced her way) thusly: too-BER-cue-LO-sis.
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It was all about where I was putting the emphasis.
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Love your ideas!! (And all of the ones in the comments – especially George Xavier, Lucas and Liam, and Lucy Caroline.) Of the more obscure saint names, Ambrose is one of my favorites. Sam is a great nickname for it – I also like the idea of Bram.
I think Cara would work as a nickname for Christiana (though I’d likely go Anna -> Annie). Fifi could probably be a nickname for Josefa, but with all the Hunger Games hype lately I think Effie would be really cute and definitely wearable.
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Right? Sam and Bram are so doable for Ambrose!! Love them both. I like the idea of Cara! Fifi and Effie are super cute too!!
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I have way more fun thinking of imaginary b/g twins. Some of my favorites:
Jude Thaddeus and Stella Maris
Gabriel and Elizabeth (Gabe and Libby)
Peter and Lucy
John and Grace
Thomas and Theresa
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Those are great combos! I’ll have to think of some …
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Ooooooh! I’ll use leftover names from our last babies!
All boys:
The “T” theme:
Teague Simeon
Trent Maximilian
Thane Gideon
OR
Pierce Gideon
Teague Simeon
Seth Maximilian
All girls:
Martina Celeste
Simone Gianna
Lorna Camille
I could make a million combinations. 🙂
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I love them all!! You have the coolest taste!! I’d love to profile your kids’ names on the blog and the how’s&whys sometime! Maybe when the baby’s a bit older and you have a few minutes to think? 😉
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You’re so sweet! I would love that!
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I’m not sure exactly what I would pick, but I love a lot of the above suggestions! I would NOT choose same first letter or rhyming names for any multiples! My husband, Kris is a twin and all of their sibs have K first names to go with Krueger — Kathleen, Kurt, twin Karl and Kris. People (neighbors, teachers, etc.) just didn’t bother trying to call the brothers by their correct names, especially the twins. My husband is really laid back and it even cheesed him off. We agreed to none of the matchy matchy (and his mom’s 2 siblings also stuck with the trend Barry/Brian/Bethany, Jake/Jill). Sorry for the mini-rant, but that’s why we won’t even double up on first initials among our several kids :o)
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WOW that’s a lot of matching!! Haha! Feel free to rant away! 🙂
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I have boys born seven years apart (with a sister in between!) named James & John and I frequently regret it. Just today I said, “Is John watching James?” when I meant it the other way around. That said, James was born & named first, and given our favorite boys name. Later, when I’d nearly despaired of having another baby, the name John was “given” to me in adoration, so I knew I had to use it. He’s two now, and it’s only just starting to grow on me. When we named him, I did it out of gratitude and duty, not because I loved the name! Lol!
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I love that John was given to you in Adoration! I’m with you — I wouldn’t have questioned it. Gratitude and duty — those are two of the best reasons to use a name in my mind, especially when intertwined like that, and in the context of Adoration. How lovely!
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Ooh, that’s interesting. I have a 4 year old named James (sometimes Jay) and have often wondered if John would be too close for a future sibling. We considered John for my 1 year old son but did decide a James and a John 3 years apart with no sibling in between would be pretty confusing, but it remains on my list.
Of course, I do mix up my older 3 boys anyways even though their names don’t sound anything alike.
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Amen. I have a twin sister. It’s hard enough getting people to try to call you by your name instead of, “Hey… you… “.(avoid eye contact, avoid eye contact).. alliteration or rhyming guarantees people will forever be confused. We are identical, so we really, really, really don’t need anything else to be too similar as having a literal mirror image of yourself walking around is quite profound on its own, haha. That said, my mom did do an awesome job connecting our names in subtle ways, and I love so many of these names listed! And now, there are probably a set of twins out there who thinks I am nuts and loves having names that are similar! So feel free to ignore me. 🙂
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Haha! “(avoid eye contact, avoid eye contact)”!! Oh Sarah I think I’m guilty of that!
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Haha! I’ve done it to other sets of identical twins, too, even knowing how it feels on their end, but ack, they were IDENTICAL and dressed almost the same too (not fair! Parents-of-twins, I am looking at you!! :)) I did redeem myself by becoming good, lifelong friends with a guy who has an identical twin, and I can tell them apart. Most of the time.
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Whew! Haha!
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I don’t have that much of an idea of what exactly I would name triplets. I tend to just have vague ideas of names I wish to use in the future, not exact combos. I know though that they will not have match-y names. I babysat a few times for twins named Emma and Ella and 99% of the time when I was trying to say their names it would come out as Emmala instead of Emma and Ella 😦
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Emma and Ella!! I would have a hard time with those as well!
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I didn’t think I had any ideas, but last night they started rolling in. (Disclaimer: if I actually had multiples, I’m sure I would just give them each unique, tasteful, unrelated names.)
I was thinking how fun brothers Felix and Clement would be, so let’s add a sister: either Joy or Merry.
Lourdes Marita
Fatima Mary
Guadalupe Marie
Ida Irene
Iris Imelda
Imogene Inez
And I have no boy ideas, due to boy naming overload IRL.
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Oh and I gasp a little whenever I see her blog name, because I know a Harriet Louise IRL, but reversed (her two grandmothers’ names).
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Haha I’ve def had names wiggle in when I didn’t think I had any ideas! Love Felix, Clement, and Joy/Merry — clever! And the Marian apparition names! And the I- names! Nice job!
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Oooh! I’m a little late to the party, but still want to play. My ideal twin names have always been Benedict and Beatrice. Matchy, but the literary connections are just too geeky and good for me. ( also, love Ben and Bea.)
Lets see what I can come up with for triplets:
Anastasia Joy
Juniper Marie
Rosalind Therese
Annie, Junie, and Rosie
Too tired to think of boys right now. Probably from racking my brain for boy names for 8 months!
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LOVE Ben & Bea!! Annie, Junie, and Rosie are so sweet, love them!
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