Ranking Pretentious British Baby Names

[@goatsfordays2451]

As a twin myself, I ask you to please make sure they have different initials! Data systems can have a complete meltdown when two people have the same or very similar initials and surnames. It's been more than a headache for me and my sister lol. Also, again, congrats! :)

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

There was a girl in my elementary school with the same first name and last initial as me. So many confusions. To this day people will confuse me with her and I think "No, I'm the one with the pink hair and she's the one with the baby."

[@bearo8]

Especially if you also have the same birthday, which is a thing that is often used to sort people in databases. Sounds troublesome.

[@ohleander02]

As a twin, I agree with this message.

[@XFireRoseX]

This reminds me of databases deleting people's information if their last name is "Null". I hate the databases and computers have the ability to change the way we name ourselves.

[@lmc689]

Those database issues happen with legacy names, too. My folks named me (initials the same as my mom's) before it was a known issue so for most of my childhood my mom and I had to make sure doctors were looking at the right records cuz they got us mixed up a lot.

[@meinkanta]

Nobody tell Claudia there’s a Rupert in Thomas The Tank Engine too 😂

[@reneechristensenpillow8373]

Then.she needs a Percy...lol

[@beckybugbee5696]

And a Thomas 😅​@@reneechristensenpillow8373

[@goodsoupdad]

rupert is actually pronounced "SIN jin"

[@reneechristensenpillow8373]

@goodsoupdad roflol

[@JL10199]

You guys are killing me 😂😂😂😂

[@lazylittledragon]

bertram barnaby kellgren-fozard sounds like a new bridgerton love interest and i'm kind of here for it

[@theincredibleknuffibar4834]

Same!!

[@af2313]

😂

[@bcgrote]

Spends all his time monitoring his sister Cressida Delphine 😂

[@felicityhollis4613]

Lavada was my grandmother’s name

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

Here’s the Bridgerton name formula (for fun): Lord or Lady + middle name + last drink you had (add ton to the end) + Of + first part of your street name (and add shire) I am Lady Kobler Earlgreyton of Summitshire. 😂 How lovely to meet you!

[@IvyBellwether]

As soon as I saw your pregnancy announcement, I thought of Anastasia as an option. Anastasia Kellgren-Fozard sounds so nice all together!

[@yunglynda1326]

oh i like this!

[@BeanBall-hp8ek]

Oh that's so good

[@vivishii_]

I loooooove Anastasia, it's such a pretty name

[@allisonw-fk8fi]

and honestly there’s some good nickname options too. ex. Annie, An(n)a, Ann(e)

[@bonniea8189]

@allisonw-fk8fi Stasia, Stazia

[@Professarlector]

21:10 I think Jessica is entirely correct. Naming someone a full name gives them options. Plus it lends itself well to moments of surprise in official ceremonies where their full name is read out and people find out their real name.

[@jaspriest1997]

Agree! I’m a Jasmine who goes by Jas most of the time, but I like having a formal option

[@dancing_fig]

I agree, *except* in cases where families give someone a full name that they never intend to use. 3 of my 4 parents are in this situation, and it makes my autistic brain just hurt. Thank goodness for my stepmother's restful, straightforward name. (To make it worse: 2 of these people were named after folks who LOATHED their full names, and thus always went by nicknames unrelated to their first name. So, to honor these individuals, what was done? Let's give these babies the loathed full name! And not use it starting from birth! Baffling.)

[@obscuremusicbox]

Theodora and Beatrix would fit well with how British and traditional Rupert's name is... Or similarly Theodore and Frederick (names that adapt well to nickname options)

[@lizregan1949]

Love both names.

[@my-name-is-faith]

could call them Theo and Bea! or theo and freddy

[@rebeccacrow9427]

Teddy and Freddy *incoherent cuteness overload sounds*

[@agustinamagpie]

Not Beatrix, by God. I know someone who changed it because since middle school she was teased CONSTANTLY and called "Dominatrix". She just changed it to Beatrice to avoid that

[@SusanSheehy]

Theodora and Fredericka if girls!

[@sweetlorikeet]

Evelyn would be an extremely appropriate name for one of your little ones - it means "Desired/wished for". Nicknames include Eve, Evie and Lyn. Irving means 'green river' and I think that Irving Kellgren-Fozard has a nice ring to it. I like that Claudia is very aware about the fact that people WILL use common abreviated versions of whatever names you choose. My aunt called her son Thomas and then got EXTREMELY mad any time anyone called him Tom. Auntie. You had to have seen this coming. Our country loves nicknames. Nobody is going to call him Thomas.

[@jrowme9230]

Ivy could be cute too

[@Densenugs]

My cousin Thomas does not go by Tom. Atleast not from anyone in the family! Also Tom is an old guy name. My cousin is like 20 or 19.

[@bumbabees]

oh, i love the name evelyn.

[@linpollitt8950]

Evelyn is also a boy's name...Evelyn Waugh.

[@AnitaLichtenberg]

​@@linpollitt8950 Yes, and Evelyn Waugh ("he-Evelyn") was married to Evelyn Gardner ("she-Evelyn")

[@jinglepet]

i'm a twin myself, and i am very grateful for my mom explicitly choosing names that are VERY different. when you're a twin (especially identical like us) people usually view you as a set and your individuality just doesn't exist. it was so weird, but people usually assumed what the other child's name was based upon the one they learned first, which always felt presumptuous and awkward. when they found out our names were very different, it really felt like they saw us as two individuals, and it was comparatively much less uncomfortable/confusing than the pair of twins we went to high school with...one of them grew so annoyed with it that she went by her middle name only just so people would stop associating her with her twin as a matching set, even though they were totally different people. the two of you are very good about meeting rupert where he's at as a human, and as a twin growing up it really does mean the world for our individuality and separation of identity to be supported and reinforced by at least one person in our lives (like our parents and siblings), because the world around us tends not to!

[@saffronlisa01]

Exactly this! My twin sister and myself have very different names and separate personalities.

[@Sitislik82]

I’m an identical twin with a very similar name to my twin sister (Victoria and Veronica) and it complicates everything especially medical records in adult life. I also agree that we were classed as the ‘same’ person growing up 😢 I always advocate for different sounding names.

[@thefluffywaffle8388]

@@Sitislik82wow those names are beautiful but WAY too similar! The V I O and A letters are basically in the same place!

[@jinglepet]

@@Sitislik82 oof i can only imagine :( school, doctors, everyone always messed up the clerical stuff, even with our first and middle names being so different...having the same f/l initials must be awfullll!!!! 😭

[@tinnagigja3723]

@@Sitislik82 Have you argued over which name has the better song?

[@connie6545]

I JUST love to see how you BOTH make each other laugh to the point of tears. It's really a beautiful thing!

[@RoadkillbunnyUK]

My twin nieces (also IVF as it happens) are called Charlotte and Olivia and are often known as Lottie and Liv. They are about to turn 15, oh how time flies. I have this memory of them burned into my brain from when they were only a few weeks old and both still under 6lbs. While my sister had some time to sort herself I had one baby on each shoulder with crossed arms patting their backs. My own youngest daughter was playing at my feet and that wonderful new baby smell. If you could bottle contented love that moment would be among the most potent and heady mix of love and happiness. You both have it all to come and I know it’s a cliche but it true, it does go by so fast, I have one daughter away at university training to be a nurse and my soon to be 17 year old who will be applying to go off to uni later this year. I adore my mostly grown children but I still wish I could have the early years back sometimes.

[@LittlestSamurai]

Beatrix Kellgren-Fozard goes really well, and Bea/Trixie are cute nicknames. I like how it's also connected to children's literature - Beatrix Potter, Rupert the Bear...

[@maddieb_99]

very true!! i like the literary connection.... then for the other twin, maybe one of the characters from beatrix potter's books, such as peter (from peter rabbit) or jemima (like jemima puddle-duck)!

[@FrenchToastedSouls]

​@@maddieb_99 Jemmy would be a cute nickname for Jemima as well

[@marezzy2548]

Lovely name! My Beatrix went by "Beattie" and "Beat Beat" as a baby

[@openlybookish]

Love this suggestion.

[@ThatGingeOne]

If they're girls Beatrix and Winnifred (Winnie for short like Winnie the Pooh)

[@bartho5212]

I actually did a spit take to Jessica’s “I can’t remember my kids names, it’s fine they’re both called ‘Darren’”. Her sense of humor is impeccable.

[@jennifers5560]

They are both so funny!

[@nirvanawayne9503]

With the name Honoria people might pronounce it with stress on the wrong syllable '''oh-noh-REE-ah'', pronounced similarly to a certain disease...

[@witabit15]

I was thinking that too

[@kanayaauxiliatrix6434]

I was looking for this comment.. 😅

[@Shifterai]

yeah that particular school bully nickname is very obvious

[@bethanychomiak1399]

Honoria is also a character in PG Wodehouse books that the main character, Bertram, accidentally gets engaged to.

[@xBloodGarnetx]

​@@bethanychomiak1399She's my favourite 😂

[@ThatGingeOne]

I'm a Madeleine and ginger so I LOVED those books growing up! Had a poster of the front cover on my bedroom wall for years

[@Maggiebearie]

I loved them too, even though I'm Magdalen not Madeline specifically

[@ctopanga14]

I couldn’t believe you brought up the name Perdita as a good cat name!! I have a black cat named Perdita, and she was a shelter rescue! I have a thing for Shakespeare names, and she is has the loudest purr I’ve ever heard. It is a great cat name! 😹🖤

[@AngelavengerL]

that is so super cute!

[@arcovich9748]

My first kitten (born to a stray, under a friend's house) was Perdita, a tortie. That cat was never lost, even when she went missing for 9 days as a blond 18 year old. She always knew where she was, who she was, and what everyone else should be doing.

[@pippastrelle]

One tip my mum had is to name the twins in reverse alphabetical order, so they'll have situations where each of them gets come first! (i.e. out of Atticus and Bertram or Catherine and Elizabeth, the first baby would be Betram/Elizabeth (second in alphabetical order) and the second baby would be Atticus/Catherine (first in alphabetical order)).

[@cormorantcolors]

Oh I love that!

[@francescafrancesca3554]

That is so smart!

[@bluesoldierette]

So like Adam and Zane? Is that what you mean? If not I’m confused and probably need more sleep lol 😆

[@pippastrelle]

@bluesoldierette Say the older twin is Elizabeth and the younger twin is Catherine. In age order, Elizabeth goes first. In alphabetical order, Catherine goes first. Likewise, Atticus (first in the alphabet) would be the second-born twin and Bertram (second in the alphabet) would be the first-born twin etc!

[@amb5972]

thats so smart!

[@PrismsinaKaleidoscope]

I immediately associate Algernon with the deep sad short story "Flowers for Algernon".

[@jennifers5560]

That was the first thing I thought of too.

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Yes! I read that decades ago and it still breaks my heart to remember it.

[@randomusername429]

For me it immediately makes me think of The Importance of Being Ernest

[@charliep123]

@@randomusername429me too

[@nenya3273]

honestly that was also my first thought. i see i'm not the only one, either

[@amy_jane_]

Was crying with laughter at the Sin-jin chaos along with you both 😂😂

[@abilevitt3334]

Me too! Oh my goodness! 😂😂😂

[@AnitaLichtenberg]

My first girlfriend had the baptism name Joanna, after St John Baptist. It seems unnecessary to actually include the "Saint"

[@mackenziebrynnrap]

I mean, I'm always a fan of gender neutral names, that way their sex doesn't really matter, and some old school, vintagey ones I can think of/have found can be Sidney, Frances, Robin, Ainsley, Dorian, Sterling, Rene, Emerson, Marion, Ellison...there's more but that's all I got for now. Congrats, by the way, if I haven't already said it! So exciting for more Kellgren-Fozards in the world!

[@misskelevra]

I'll put a vote in for Robin, that one is so beautiful!

[@twerper3010]

Oh, Rene and Robin!

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

I did these tests when naming my five kids: - could I spew out all of them in order without stumbling if someone asked me my children’s names? Often there’s a name we liked but it didn’t rap well with the others. - were the initials okay? No VD or BJ, etc. - I don’t care for diminutives so we tried to pick names that weren’t easily shortened-although some people are determined as when my own father picked up newborn Noah and said, “Hi Noey! It’s okay. Grandpa is here.” 😡🤣 - We checked to make sure there were no murderers or infamous criminals or politicians with that name. - we checked on the social security website to make sure the name wasn’t in the current top 100 so the kid would not potentially be sitting in class with a bunch of kids with the same name. - we didn’t want the poor kid to have to spell or repeat the name all their life. To test this, I’d tell friends a name we were considering. If they said, “What?” Or “How do you spell that?” it got scratched off the list. Another no go were names with optional spellings. My own sister was a Cheri. There are ten ways to spell it and she got misnamed mail and medical records, etc. her whole life. - final test was to stand at the door and yell the name. Like when it’s time for dinner. Any name that didn’t yell nicely was eliminated. We’d go to the hospital in the evening when it wasn’t busy and our friend would page the name in her soft, hospital-y voice: “Horace McGillicutty, please call the operator. Dr. McGillicutty, call the operator, please.” We’d be sitting in the cafeteria listening. 😂 Finally, hubby (professional musician) would announce the potential name from the stage during a gig like he was introducing a guest guitarist. The unaware audience would clap. 🤣 If the name sounded great no matter what the preborn person grew up to be, it would make the cut. 🤎🥰

[@rmrgreeneydgrl90]

I love these!

[@JenniferDrake-pn7ns]

❤this!

[@johnnarogers5636]

That's an awesome idea. I only have pets so when naming most of them I really used the "how does it sound yelling" which is good because I yell for them a lot. 😅

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

@ For sure!

[@thefishinthebowl143]

@@johnnarogers5636 I’m in the same boat. I also wanted to make sure it was easy for the dog to hear while doing training and in public. I got my cat second hand so I’m stuck with the name he has but atleast it follows the rules.

[@sweetdreampoison]

Persephone with Percy for short was my dream daughter name before I gave up on having children due to my health so yes some people call their daughters that. Persephone was the Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld. I love it shows the duality of nature and how a woman can be both sweet and fierce. Also she was more dangerous than her husband Hades.

[@elinorawestfall]

I nearly called my daughter Percy! (It was vetoed) She's now called Eliza 😅

[@bitchenboutique6953]

It’s such a strong name!! I love that.

[@addangel]

that’s such a cute name

[@Vauhtia]

Persephone is not a good name from any Finn's perspective, since it just makes us think Perse (finnish, meaning ass)and phone (english). So just.... Assphone.... Although you probably can't avoid weird things like that with many of the names :D

[@tuanoini]

​@Vauhtia came to write this but you were faster! I salute you, fellow Finn! 😄

[@thefandomsk8er]

As a twin that doesn't share a rhyming name with my sister and we are grateful because of it and i am happy you agree that it's not necessary

[@lesliebrickey8357]

Yes, a rhyming name would be so confusing, When you call a child's name both of them would come

[@tejaswoman]

​@@lesliebrickey8357I don't think rhyming names are so much confusing as it would really get old for the kid. It can be hard enough for twins to feel like they have separate identities, especially if they turn out to be identical, and they don't need the cutesiness of rhyming names.

[@starsailorzs]

I'm an identical twin & me and my twin sister have very different names. it's already dehumanizing being treated like we're conjoined our whole lives, but i couldn't imagine that + the struggle of having similar names. the identity crisis is already bad enough lol. it means the whole world to me when my individuality is reinforced. the other day an old lady stopped and asked us if we were twins, when I said yes, she went on a tangent about how us being twins doesn't mean we're the same person, that we only look similar. she told us to never let anyone dehumanize us. I went to the bathroom and tried not to cry, it meant so, so much. it's refreshing to see you guys don't agree with rhyming names, and i'm sure you'll both be great mothers.

[@pinkeysherbet7249]

I just realized the name Sinclair comes from St Clair because the beginning is pronounced the same as St John (Sinjin) holy crap mind blown Also I’ve only ever heard the name Purdita pronounced pur-DEE-tah

[@MagentaMoonshadow]

Perdita was the female dalmatian in 101 Dalmatians. The male was Pongo.

[@sarahjenkins5591]

Wow, that just blew my mind too

[@dianagreene4257]

"They're both pronounced sin-jin" had me in tears! So funny

[@AdaminaCarden]

Omg Claudia dying at Algernon being pronounced "SinJin" was hilarious

[@ChristineSG19]

My mom made sure to give my twin and I names with the exact same amount of letters. Meaning she has a slightly odd spelling. I personally don’t think it would’ve mattered to much to me if one’s name was longer and one shorter but it’s nice to hear about how much consideration she put into making things fair. She also refused for us to be baby a and b or baby 1 and 2 so I was baby one and she was baby a.

[@DeadStuffGuy]

I love baby 1 and baby A so much, that’s so nice and fun

[@trinaq]

Theadora is cute, though I would personally shorten it to "Thea", which is Greek for Goddess.

[@Jacob-ps5xl]

I knew someone with that name, but she shortened it to Teddy, also knew a Theodore who shortened it to Teddy as well lol

[@xBloodGarnetx]

​@@Jacob-ps5xl Very versatile

[@Ceilidhish]

Adora also works, which is… adorable

[@PlasmicPenny]

Theodore/a is Greek for gift from the gods :)

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

It's so so so common right now. Personally (at 5 months pregnant myself right now) I do not want a common name for my child.

[@j.rinker4609]

I remember reading of a woman named Kathy, who specified her name was "Kathy, with a K", and got it written as "Cathy Withakay".

[@KristinBowles]

The hysterical laughter segment was incredible, and I must agree with Jessica-it was 110% CUTE! I don't have any real name suggestions, but maybe doing a reverse-lookup starting with some meanings you both like could be an interesting approach! By which I mean, "Names meaning light" or "Names meaning water" etc.

[@sarahjanefrost]

Sin-jin vs St. John is very Bouquet vs Bucket.

[@barbaralamoreaux328]

Charlie Bucket-from Willy Wonka fame!

[@zivagoldman2001]

@@barbaralamoreaux328 More like Keeping up Appearances! :)

[@angelareimann6433]

It's how it's pronounced 😊.

[@sarahjanefrost]

@@zivagoldman2001 Yeah, Mrs. Hyacinth Bucket is where I was going with that reference.

[@angel794]

Horrible

[@FrogCities]

I asked my friend who is a twin if they had any advice, and they recommended being proactive about preparing twins for dealing with getting compared outside of the home. They said it’s not enough to just not compare them as parents and giving them tools and having conversations for school could help a lot!

[@Siseja]

I agree with giving the kid the full name even if you're planning to use the shortened nickname.

[@jennifers5560]

Plus it gives your child options for what they want to be called.

[@JenniferPerez-rk1cq]

Same. I wanted to call my daughter Eliza but gave her the full Elizabeth as her legal name. My dad's legal name is Jimmy and he resents it still, at age 73.

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

On a subreddit I was in, a lot of people seemed to think it was stupid. It's literally to give the kids options?? It's also really normal to call loved ones by nicknames, including your children???

[@Siseja]

@gwendolynrobinson3900 yeah!! Like let them have the option to go full name in like formal settings! So that they don't have to be "cute little Billy" their entire life and get to actually grow into an adult William at some point if they ever feel like it! Babies aren't just cute accessories you can name fun things like with any pet. They grow into a human being who has to live with the consequences of your actions for the rest of their life!

[@redthroatedloon]

i was just named the shortened name and i’m really glad, but it’s also not a cutesy name at all, just a version of the name, which personally i find a lot less confusing for legal documents etc. but i absolutely think you should envision your child as an adult before naming them a nickname

[@machellegraves9889]

This video was amazing not for the names, but for your banter back-and-forth the way that you guys laugh until you cry together what a beautiful site to see

[@lilykatmoon4508]

Lavinia was also a tragic name in Downton Abbey, do you remember Lavinia Swire who was supposed to marry Matthew but died of the Spanish Flu? There was Cressida Cowper in Bridgerton who was definitely “out there”, lol. I always liked Algernon because of the book Flowers for Algernon and The importance of Being Earnest as well. Although now that I know what it means, I’m less enamored 😂. Fun video!

[@FlutesAndStrings]

i have long maintained that Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch the 3rd has the most pretentious name out of the british acting pool. will there be a new champion?

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

I see your Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch the 3rd and raise you a Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes !

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz the Third isn't British, but his name would deceive you.

[@FlutesAndStrings]

​@@gozerthegozarian9500i had to google that just make sure it was real. lmao. winner.

[@charliep123]

Benedict Cumberbatch the third? Also don’t forget the CBE.

[@Caprabone]

​@@charliep123 I thought his name was Benadryl Cumberbund.... 😂

[@maddieev]

Claudia saying Lavinia sounds like something you'd call an air freshener absolutely killed me 😭 These videos are too good, I can see why they're some of your favorites to make!

[@ezrathenon-binary2143]

I thought the name sounds kind of like vineyard, and those are quite nice looking

[@julieroyce4497]

My daughters are Victoria (Tori) and Alexandra (Lexi). The love their names as they can use the more formal strong name or the cute casual nickname. As they are at opposite ends of the alphabet they both have had chances to come first when teachers etc decide to start at the end of the alphabet.

[@freddie.spaghetti]

i’m so happy and excited for you both!! for some reason i feel like both eudora and theodora would go quite well with a name like beatrice. and bea is such a cute nickname! plus, i agree with jessica that more boyish nicknames for girls are lovely, so theodora has the added bonus of shortening to theo!

[@uhwhat4665]

Herbert’s antics really made my day - seeing him snatch your paper slips occasionally made me laugh far more than I should have 😂 In terms of names, I really like the name Eleanor, as you could shorten it to Ellie or Lenny! I also really like the name Madeline that Jessica suggested around 7:44 . It feels a bit longer, but it sounds very elegant to me. I’ve noticed a few commenters have suggested Theodore - which is also super pretty to me! Overall, this video was a delight. We’re wishing you all the best 🎉

[@busterfly131]

The SIN-jin bit toward the end had me cracking up along with you two. It's so sweet seeing Claude make you laugh so hard, Jessica ❤

[@jamkwasowski5207]

Strongest agree on girl names with "boy" diminutives, like Rory for Aurora! Which I would pair with Minnie for Minerva. The goddesses of the dawn, and of wisdom and war.

[@hvnterly8388]

I’m a girl named Hunter (more popular in the US?) and I’ve met 5 other female Hunters. It makes me think of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, but many a simple person thinks I shouldn’t have a “boy’s name.” I pay them no mind because I love my name!

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

Diana is the Roman counterpart to Artemis.

[@lnt305]

I really love those kinda names, too! Sadly, most names this works for sound incredibly American to me and idk that always sounds weird for non-American kids to my ears.

[@josi_k.]

Uhh I really like Aurora, I also like the name Sophie/Sophia, but I'm not sure if it sound's as good in English as in my language

[@mxrdersimulator]

i have the inverse! i'm a guy and my name's diminutive is generally interpreted as more feminine, i love it :] i think slightly gender non-conforming naming is so so cool

[@enixon8268]

My mother has a friend whose name is Wilhelmina. She was always called Billie. My grandmother was Winnifred. I had a great great aunt named Gordon; after the nurse who helped in the birth. Nurse was named Margaret Gordon, but there was already a Margaret in the family. May I advise against same initials as well as not rhyming. I had twin friends whose first and middle names each start with the same letter and often the school thought it was a typo and eliminated one or the other from the registry.

[@anonymousperson4214]

My aunt was named after the nurse who helped in the birth. Appearantly they wouldn't bring my grandmother dinner until she gave them a name to write down and she was Really hungry 😂

[@nonakabyrd5759]

Wilhemina and Beatrix ❤

[@danielsims6483]

Winnifred is under-rated. Can be Freddie or Winnie (a friend of mine). Means friend of elves or something joyous.

[@enixon8268]

@danielsims6483 my grandmother was always Win or Winnie. They would need to choose the other twin name carefully if they went with Winnie, having Rupert already. Two of the most lovely bears in the UK.

[@yaboofernoodle]

My cousins are twins named Aliyah and Amelia but always called Ali and Mia. I always liked that their full names were matchy but their nicknames are more distinct!

[@froggypals38]

Rupert, Thomas, and Beatrix. (Tommy/Tom and Trixie/Tris/Bea) Rupert, Henry and Adriana (Ana/Ria/RiRi). Rupert, Allistair and Margaret Ali and Mags). Rupert, Daniel and Isadora (Dan/Danny and Isa/Dora) Rupert, Urban and Evelyn (Urbie and Eve/Evie/V/Lynny). Baby names are such fun!

[@zwergnase1989]

Personally, I like botanical names for girls. That way they could match without being too matchy. Also there's so many to choose from: Poppy, Hazel, Rose, Daisy, Azalea, Marigold, Dahlia - and so many more.

[@originalgabbo]

Flora!

[@trinaq]

@@zwergnase1989 Hazel is cute, and I like Rowan, Lily, Holly or Violet as well.

[@Rickettsia505]

Some of our family names were Ruby and Pearl.

[@fannie255]

Oh I totally agree. My personal favorite botanical girls names are Willow and Aster

[@deniseleighann2]

One of my twin girls is called Hazel 😊 I think Hazel and Azalea go well together.

[@berlinerlandpomeranze5261]

I'm German. My great grandmother was named Wilhemina, we called her "Oma Minna". The story behind the name was that when birth began, the mid-wife said: " Oh, this is gonna be a strong boy." My great great grandfather was so happy that he ran away to the registry office to get the documents for "Wilhelm". In the end it was a strong girl and in the registry office they told him they wouldn't change the name but they could add a letter. So she became "Wilhelmina".

[@sandramiles7065]

My first daughter is Wilhelmina also known as Nina

[@Alone_and_awesome]

Harriet Tubman’s actually name was Araminta. She changed it to Harriet when she was an adult. She was very important in the American Civil War. I think it’s an adorable and powerful name. Edit: her nickname was “minty” 😊

[@FayeVert]

She was also disabled! She had epilepsy from a head injury she received as a child or teen.

[@keepcloudcityweird]

“Araminta” was given to her by her slavers tho, “Harriet” is the name she chose for herself.

[@foraged_porridge]

​@@keepcloudcityweird She was likely named by her parents-- most enslaved people chose their own children's names, not the slavers. She chose the name Harriet after her mother.

[@nataliatheweirdo]

Jessica has a historical profile of harriet tubman on her channel ^_^

[@melalepou]

@@keepcloudcityweirdi was gonna say, i don't think it's nice to say "actual name" to mean birth name when somebody has changed their name, no matter the reason. but in this case, even more so

[@fantasyk87]

Please do a part 2 😂 this was so fun! Perdita is an italian word, literally meaning ‘lost’ or when you get blood on clothes during your period (or other issues) you say ‘I got a perdita’.😂 Atticus is such a pretentious name..just no, too strong for me. I love Percival, Percy for short, from the 12th century novel around the Holy Grail and King Arthur (also a lovely name).

[@_maxgray]

My English class watched the Jane Eyre miniseries instead of reading the book. When our test asked about "St. John," none of us knew who that was 😂

[@strawberrymilk_nya]

You could name them something to do with the moon because of Claudia wishing on the harvest moon! Some examples could be Luna, Selene, Harvest, or Diana.

[@angel794]

HARVEST as a person's name??? PLEASE, NOOOOO!!

[@RileyLiebel]

@@angel794omg I came across a Harvest at a playground once!! I did a double take 😂😅

[@shellegriffin]

Alora - In Africa it is from Botswana in the Bantu language means "My Dream. In Latin it's laurel tree meaning a symbol of victory.

[@ryeryeflow]

I like this one a lot!

[@openlybookish]

That's a beautiful name.

[@openlybookish]

Sounds like a name that would be in Sleeping Beauty.

[@booksvsmovies]

Hey, I'm from Botswana, and I've never heard that name before. It doesn't sound particularly like Setswana it actually sounds more Spanish to my ear. Can you specify what language it is (bantu isn't a language, it's a family of languages like romance languages)

[@rose_ugh]

I cannot wait to meet little Abacus!

[@MustAvoidScurvy]

Abacus Algae ❤😂

[@yunglynda1326]

Abacus & Calculus 😅

[@openlybookish]

@@yunglynda1326hopefully they'd like math. 😅

[@angel794]

NOooo! Abacus??? You may as well call the baby CALCULATOR

[@ambroseelon9989]

That’s a wizards name

[@AnthroAD]

"Theyre both pronounced Sin Jin" had me in hysterics 😂

[@100FactChecks]

Congratulations!!!! I am also a twin. My twin and I do not have matching names- we are both grateful and happy about that! Individuality is very important growing up, especially for twins. We're not different sides of the same coin. We're two unique people whose parents hit the two-for-one sale! Our mother tried to dress us alike, but we rebelled against that very early on.

[@ademers03]

Perdita is also the name of the mom dog in 101 Dalmatians lol

[@brittanyagm]

who is British because they are from London lol

[@lesliebrickey8357]

Ha, ha I had forgotten that!

[@michellemachesney1487]

yes i knew it sounded familiar 😂

[@jennellejohnson9239]

I came to the comments just to see if someone else would mention that.. lol

[@nicola546]

Same 😄

[@Shifterai]

I once wrote a story with brothers named Atticus and Theseus. A tip I once saw about deciding baby names was to call out their full name as if they were in trouble and see how it sounded

[@trinaq]

@@Shifterai Haha, yes, that's a great idea. My parents did the same, just to see how they would sound.

[@chloe--1374]

Yes or like you're calling them in the playground

[@Rickettsia505]

Yes.

[@lesliebrickey8357]

With the name Atticus you have the positive association with the lawyer from the book To Kill A Mockingbird. But then the name is also reminiscent of the New York Correctional Institution, Attica.

[@pheonixrises11]

atticus sounds very satisfying to yell, lol

[@baralinni79]

Perdita hit me with such nostalgia since Disney's 101 Dalmations was my fave film growing up 🥰 The mama dalmatian is called Perdita, nicknamed Perdy. Though they pronounced it "Per-dee-tuh", at least in the Swe dub, which I think sounds a lot prettier than "Perdituh" 😂

[@diane8996]

It was Per-dee-tuh in the US, too. That's why it surprised me to hear them pronounce it "Perdituh". Never heard that version of the name.

[@cherylrosbak4092]

@@diane8996 In the original Italian it would be pear-DEE-ta, so the film version is correct as far as I know

[@tonidunkinson1826]

Joanna Lumley played Perdita in The Avengers. Purdy for short.

[@robinmeva3782]

Wouldn't be a great choice in Ukraine I'm afraid as it sounds like "perdity" which means "to fart"

[@teganmartin8751]

My son is called Theodore and one of his nicknames is Theodorable😊. I haven’t had a girl but we had Livia Rose aside as our main girl choice. I also love Isolde and Freja, but I think I am destined to be a mother of boys only.

[@JG.Firestar]

My cousins are identical twins. Their names are liam and levi, and their big brother is leon. I love them so much, but people always get confused when i say their names fast. ❤❤ I'm so happy for you guys. I can't wait for them to be here.

[@Robloxian2106]

Call one Monty and one Python

[@Show_Love_Serina]

Brilliant XD

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

Hahaha that's oddly both so British and so American

[@lizregan1949]

Haha funny..

[@lnt305]

The latter then simply must go into software development. Or zoology, I guess

[@Pan-13]

Thank you. You made my day ❤

[@roxanameyers649]

Our nearly 3 year old also just told us she doesn’t want us to call her by her nickname anymore! Toddlers owning their identity - so bittersweet!

[@Statuess]

Mine wants to be called just about anything but her actual name 🙃😅🤣

[@unremarkablechannel8194]

7:42 My sister's name is Madeline! She was, in fact, named after the book character. My dad's (surgeon) coworkers gave my mom a children's book about surgery after she had her c-section to have me. It came with a Madeline doll that has an appendectomy scar. So I, being three, named my sister after my favourite doll!

[@benjisaac]

Why does the doll with the scar sound so familiar to me?? My grandma had one Madeline book and it wasn’t about the appendectomy which I just found out about the other day, but I feel like I read a different book in which someone was given a doll like yours and described the scar?

[@Larissa-eo3pt]

If Delphine is too French then surely Madeline is too?

[@rainbowtropolis]

I love the twins in the comments giving advice 👍☺ "Silas" Origin: Aramaic, Latin, Greek Meaning: "of the forest; or prayed for"

[@ashertenobe6689]

The only appropriate thing to do whilst waiting for more baby videos is OBVIOUSLY to binge watch the pregnancy videos with Rupert 😊

[@cynhanrahan4012]

My twin cousins were Mary Ellen and Phyllis after their deceased grandmothers. When I was pregnant with my daughter (didn't know which sex, old days) I kept a list for months of names that I liked and crossed off the ones that didn't hold up, and added new ones I liked. She became Amanda and refused to be called Mandy. She even corrected her first teacher "My name is Amanda, and I would appreciate your using it." The teacher called me later laughing hysterically and praising Amanda's vocabulary.

[@tammypearre5033]

My Amanda has never been called Mandy!

[@amandamandamands]

@@tammypearre5033 I'm an Amanda that has never been Mandy either.

[@amandabartell1502]

Me too 😂

[@amandas.6729]

Same❤

[@helenm1085]

I know an Amanda who goes by Ama (pronounced Arm-ma)

[@Zillah82]

I really loved all of the vintage girl names like Pearl, Opal, and Lucinda. I only had boys. I love that you were both in stitches at the end. I do like Atticus.

[@trinaq]

I actually have a soft spot for "Atticus", probably due to my love of "To Kill a Mockingbird." It's definitely an unique name.

[@zucchinigreen]

Same, but I named my dog that when I was younger. 🥹

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

I have a soft spot for Atticus cuz of the dog from Infinity Train. I alwayd think of him and his royal ass name.

[@humanoidcat9633]

I like Atticus because of Nine Inch Nails

[@Julia-b7f1c]

Wasn't the Dick van dyke character Atticus in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

[@rcb2470]

I like Scout because of that book

[@plantfeline]

both of your laughter is absolutely infectious!

[@avamcconnell3968]

I really like Adaline, Emmeline, Adelaide, Amelie etc. Also even though I love my name, as someone who's never had a nickname, I would have loved a longer version that I could have shortened to my current name

[@El_Ophelia]

"They're both called Darren." 💟 I love your sense of humour. Congratulations to you both, and I'm looking forward to the names you eventually select. Love you both. You look beautiful together. 💟

[@jennifers5560]

This is my brother Darren and my other brother Darren, we call him Sin-Jun. 😬

[@SilverHawk214]

Triplet here. All of our names are traditional and different enough from each other to avoid crossover but all of our names start with J so it's still connected. I think that's quite nice.

[@andrewhaywood3853]

Doesn’t it cause privacy issues with your post as you grow up?

[@crazycatchick4111]

Might I suggest the following; Alastair: "man's protector" Celeste: "heavenly" Felix: "happy/fortunate" Cordelia: "daughter of the sea" Duncan: "dark warrior" Gwendolyn: "white ring" Jasper: "bringer of treasure" Sebastian: "vulnerable/revered" Beatrix: "she who brings happiness" Luther: "renowned warrior" Briony: "to sprout" Frederick: "peaceful ruler" Florence: "flourishing/prosperous" Hugo: "intellect" Jessamine: "jasmine" Edgar: "spear carrier" Arabella: "beautiful lion" Penelope: "weaver of dreams" Beaumont: "beautiful hill" Wesley: "western meadow" Winston: "joyful stone" Constantine: "steadfast" Xavier: "new house" Avery: "ruler of the elves" Aurelia: "from the flower" Magnus: "great" Emmeline: "hardworking" Spencer: "steward"

[@violetx9668]

I kind of like Jessamine and Cordelia as homage names to the mothers. Though I can see that counting against them as well!

[@fireflythinking1290]

Céleste is such a pretty name!

[@Pibealges]

I have a friend who has twins who are Felix (happiness) and Isaac (laughter) which I enjoyed as meanings that go together, but also distinct names.

[@crazycatchick4111]

@violetx9668 Definately a double-edged sword!

[@crazycatchick4111]

@@fireflythinking1290 Right?! It's one of my favorite names on the list for sure!🥰

[@piplupinabasket9035]

I like Ada too, as Claudia briefly mentioned at the end there. A very smart but short & sweet name with Ada Lovelace as an association I also agree with Jessica about Cressida??? 😭 What she said just…makes sense lol Perdita made me think of Petra, which I think is much cuter, so that’s one little suggestion I have Josephine is also a name that seems to be on the up and up and could fit Jessica’s liking of boys names on girls with Joey as a nickname

[@danielsims6483]

Ada is lovely. Cressida in classical myth betrays her lover.

[@deamea5098]

This is the best baby names video I have watched in awhile. Indeed more of these

[@InevitableSecrets]

Araminta sounds beautiful but also like the poison in an Agatha Christie novel

[@fannie255]

Oh nice catch. When I first read it I misread it as “amrita”, which means immortality ahah

[@jasmin2186]

Yes! It also kinda makes me think of "aromatic" somehow 😂

[@fannie255]

@@jasmin2186 ahahaha, that paired with the "mint" of Araminta, this name is turning out to be rather fragrant!

[@mayammink]

seeing y’all laugh til you cry was so wholesome and lovely ❤ personally I love androgynous names - names like ashley, quinn, charlie, avery, morgan

[@camille1324]

Hear me out, not Eudora but Adora. Also I think Cecily deserves a comeback

[@lizregan1949]

I agree with ,what a beautiful name.

[@kirstenmanson5515]

Netflix's "Shera" reference! And a lovely name.

[@AbsoluteSolver_98.7]

Ohh! Reminds me of She-Ra! :) I just finished watching that series for the third time haha

[@benjisaac]

The little girl in Wicked is named Cecily and hearing people calling her name on the red carpet it sounded so gentle and beautiful

[@Pibealges]

Speaking of The Importance of Being Earnest....

[@Blitz-.-]

5:15 My nickname growing up actually was Bear, because my actual name is Claire, so it rhymes, and i hated it as a kid. My coworkers started calling me Claire Bear, as well, and im like "noooo not the nickname i hated as a child" but i do quite frequently lament that bears are actually dangerous and you can't hug them, so i was like "ig i accept the nickname."

[@kelly1827]

"Percival: One who pierces the valley" Am I the only one who thought of a *completely* different reason to think they'd hate it? 🤣

[@catherinerw1]

"St John" makes me think of reading Jane Eyre in school English lessons, and thinking that the name was "Saint John" (He's the boring god-body who wants to marry Jane so she can be his missionary help-meet). b

[@abieggleton7045]

This video was literally how I realised how his name was meant to be pronounced all along

[@lemontree666333]

I had a roommate in Uni who was named Sinclair- I wonder if her name started out as St. Claire at one point.

[@catherinerw1]

@@lemontree666333 Looking it up, the Scottish clan seems to have been interchangeably St Clair and Sinclair. (Connected to Roslin Chapel).

[@WanderingStardust]

I know your last example was Tim, but I actually quite like Timothy as a name. Rupert, Timothy, and Oliver sounds so cute to me -- assuming the twins are AMAB. For AFAB names, I love floral sounding names like Ambrosia, Juniper, or Sable.

[@lemontree666333]

If you wanted to think out of the box, Timothy's nickname could be Mothy. very stylish i think, haha. I also really like Sable, cute name for a kiddo, and also a pretty cute little animal!

[@colineleroux2873]

As a French person, I've always been puzzled by the importance of nicknames in English speaking countries. A nickname in France is only to be spoken by your good friends and family, and I've been surprised a few times founding out about some English peaking people's full names after thinking all this time the person's name was their nickname. So all this thinking about having good nicknames whilst ranking potential names is so interesting for me !

[@marygold22]

This was actually so funny. Your laughs are infectious.

[@Blehg]

14:30 My cat is named Purrcival 😅We just call him Percy,but I think his name is quite cute.

[@sanne157]

The "give a long name, use the short version" is basically how Dutch people do naming! A lot of people have a "baptism name" (the long one) and a "calling name" (the one people actually use

[@Mare416]

And in the past (I don’t know if it’s still true), the diminutive name used day-to-day would be based on a middle name, because the Dutch had an incredibly strong tradition of naming children after relatives, so there would be multiple cousins in the same generation of the same family who had the exact same name. (There are so many people named Cornelis Willem and Phillipinna Aletta Johanna in my family, going back for *centuries.*)

[@helenenichtfischer6181]

I absolutely adore Wilhelmina/Mina but I am also very biased because I love the novel Dracula so much. And book Mina is simply the best: She’s modern, she’s smart, she’s a wonderful friend and partner and she’s also definitely the MVP in killing the Count. ❤

[@Pibealges]

Between loving Dracula and that my Great-Grandma was Wilhelmina, although she went by Minnie. That's an unfortunate nickname these days because of Disney. Mina has definitely aged better as a nickname.

[@nettie607]

Almost 40 years ago, I was pregnant with twins. Mine were fraternal, a boy and a girl. I had friends who were twins named Monica Anne and Monique Anne. They sternly told me NOT to go with cute "Twin" names. We went with Luke and Nicole, and were constantly stopped when people oo-ed and ah-ed the babies. People wondered why I hadn't given them names like Romeo and Juliet. Because of course I would have named a brother and sister after famous lovers! And even after finding out that I had a boy and girl, people still were curious as to how I told them apart!

[@lemontree666333]

My younger siblings are boy girl twins, and sadly my parents did not go with my suggestion of 'Jasmine' and 'Chair'. so weird... They went with the more standard Anna and Michael lol.

[@nriamond8010]

As an identical twin, I really don't get why people even CONSIDER super similar names or "matching" names for twins. Yes, it's cute for babies but people don't stay babies for a very long time. And twins already get confused, why give them confusing names additionally??

[@AmyClerk996]

Throwback to that couple that named their kids Aziraphale and Crowley and got upset when they (spoiler) kissed

[@TorchwoodPandP]

@AmyClerk996😂😂😂

[@KayoEll]

I'm a pediatrician, and I love hearing stories of how often parents of boy/girl twins are asked if their children are identical. I would come up with so many smart-ass answers.

[@DeadStuffGuy]

I’m so excited for you both, I’ve been watching old videos from when you were pregnant with Rupert and when he was an infant and when I was watching your first baby name video I absolutely loved Genevieve and hoped it would make the list for these babies. I think Genevieve and Theodora would be a lovely pair and sounds very nice with Rupert. Also mentioning that girls with boy nicknames is cute you could call Theodora Theo!

[@lucia9806]

Loved seeing claudia so happy and giggly!!

[@anmarbhchrios]

And there is of course Emmeline, as in Emmeline Pankhurst, the Suffragist!

[@ukwhitewitch]

Yes, gorgeous name ❤

[@meinkanta]

I also like her daughter’s name, Christabel, another suffragette

[@saffronlisa01]

Beautiful name.

[@katiquattrocchi2581]

My suggestions - Allegra and Imogen Jemima and Francesca

[@Christina-hj4hh]

We had our daughter through IVF and decided on the name Freya after she was born (we didn’t know the gender until birth). The reason we chose Freya is because she is the goddess of love and fertility, so the perfect moniker for an IVF baby. And she also didn’t seem like any of the other girl names on our list.

[@emmelineart]

im an emmeline!!! pronounced like emma-line as in like, a straight line. everyone i know just calls me emmie though :) fun fact- emmeline pankhurst was a famous suffragette in england!

[@fairycat23]

Imagine if you named your son Algernon and then, as an adult, he couldn't grow a mustache.

[@missnaomi613]

Seeing you two laughing together is such a joy! 💖💖

[@imjustdandy9799]

As someone nonbinary, I’m am very happy my parents happened to give me a unisex name, now I don’t have to change it! But if you like more masculine of feminine names, making sure the nicknames are more unisex can be good planning too!

[@ProdavackaDivu]

I had the random thought that if Rupert ever feels that way he could go by Ruby

[@shellnet411]

Percy Shelley, as in Mary Shelley was married to him the writer of Frankenstein husband he was a poet. Sir Percival was one of the nights of the round table. I believe it was something in Arthurian legend

[@ambergardener9114]

you could try and find names you like no matter the gender, that way you don't have to consider so many names and gives room for the kid to fit the name no matter what their personality is!

[@mariannakaridis4190]

I think Percy is really cute! Additionally, I attended an international high school and met many lovely people with interesting names like Bramble, Caoimhe (pronounced 'Kwee-va'), Ivy, Anastasia, Wyatt, Briar, and Avery.

[@KiriaDK]

First of all, congratulations! Ada is a lovely name, plus Ada Lovelace was awesome. It would pair well with other shorter two-syllable names (e.g. Isa, Emma, Una, Lora, Hannah (or Hana, which is also a Japanese feminine name meaning "flower"), Kara.) I personally always wanted to name twin girls Heather and Erica for science nerd reasons, because they sound completely unrelated, but Ericaceae is the botanical family that heather belongs to. If you liked Honoria but don't want the silent H, there are similar names like Annora. Fun fact: Theodore and Edward can both have Ted/Teddy as a nickname!