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.

[@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 😂

[@meinkanta]

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

[@reneechristensenpillow8373]

Then.she needs a Percy...lol

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!!!! 😭

[@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

[@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! 😄

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@amy_jane_]

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

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@rose_ugh]

I cannot wait to meet little Abacus!

[@MustAvoidScurvy]

Abacus Algae ❤😂

[@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 😂

[@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.... 😂

[@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

[@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! :)

[@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 ❤

[@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

[@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 😄

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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?

[@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!

[@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.

[@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. 😬

[@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!

[@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!

[@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?

[@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.

[@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!

[@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. ❤

[@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

[@marianneshepherd6286]

Perdita is a character from the Shakespeare play A Winters Tale. She is the daughter of the king Leontes, who, in a fit of madness, casts her out as a baby. She is raised by shepherds unaware of her royal status. She falls in love with the prince of bohemia, and they end up at her biological fathers court. The play ends with them all reunited and happy ❤

[@ragnkja]

Perdita is a good name for a foundling (or a formerly stray cat).

[@katiehowell2537]

​@@ragnkja Or a Dalmatian ofc

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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.*)

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@lorrainethomas241]

Naming children is so fun and so difficult! We worked so hard on the names we chose, and our daughter ended up going by one of her middle names. I couldn't stand my first name and went exclusively by nicknames until, as my mother predicted, I grew in my first name. Now I love it. Point is, do your best, but it's a crap shoot.

[@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!

[@universalqueenfern]

I love Persephone. I wanted to name my daughter Persephone but we named her Cassandra. Jasper, Rowan, Willow, Juniper and Serafina were other names on my list.

[@fannie255]

These are all beautiful names X you have good taste! I see you went for another Greek myth, with Cassandra rather than Persephone

[@katelynpratt257]

Cressida makes me think of watercress so I totally get where you're coming from with not liking names that make you think of other words 😆

[@LesleyHayes4]

This was seriously one of my absolute favorite videos of yours. You remind me of myself and my best friend. I could see us doing this when it comes to future baby names, even though we are both married and done having kids. You two are a breath of fresh air in a smoke filled world. (I live in Los Angeles)

[@AlleGratilla]

💖Atticus! (A bit biased, I don't have kids so I named one of my rescue cats this wonderful name many years ago. His soul was golden, also it was fun to give "Atty-kisses" 🥰

[@maggieschrader1601]

I volunteer at a shelter and one of the stray cats was named "Catticus". I assume whoever adopted him changed it but it always made me chuckle.

[@AlleGratilla]

@maggieschrader1601 oh my GOSH, THAT is adorable!! 😻💖 squeee!! Love it! All support to you for what you do, not easy work but the blessings are mutual, more than words. Cheers, keep up the great work, thanks for sharing the smile! ✨️👍🏽💞🐈‍⬛🐈

[@limerence8365]

In the anime Tokyo Mew Mew, one of the girls was called Letuce. Her name in the English dub was Brigette. I still find that fact funny today. It was the first anime I ever watched.

[@AllicentIsMe]

This was so much fun to watch, oh please make a second part. I love this

[@jennifers5560]

Maybe Shakespearean names?

[@leah3801]

"You're pregnant and in hysterics again" "Yeah...."

[@HepzebahLupo]

I never comment! But I just had to say you two having such a good time together was a joy to watch!😂

[@carlyblack42]

LOL! I loved this video. The laughter was absolutely contagious. My best friend's daughter is a Wilhelmina, and Mina for short. She's named after the main female character from Dracula. I like more classic names as well. I love Emmaline (Emma or Lina for short), Adelaide (Ada or Adele for short), Eliza (Lizzy/Lizzie), and Charlotte (Charley or Lottie for short) for girls. Nathaniel (Nate/Nathan), Milo, Theodore (Theo), Edmund (Eddie), and if you want something to go with Atticus, Ulysses (Uly for short) could be cute, but it's a heck of a name to saddle a baby with. Best of luck naming the babies!

[@RedSquirrelful]

Watching from Australia while enjoying my breakfast on my first morning back at work after the Christmas New Year break.... you both crying / laughing about "Sin-jen x2" made my day 😂😂😂

[@zucchinigreen]

There are C Cybils, Claudia! Like Cybil Shepherd the actress

[@aghststlemygndr]

i really like the name Wilhelmina. In the shadowhunter books, there is a warlock called Tessa and her first and second husbands were best friends and parabatai, but one became immortal and the other stayed mortal. Tess is immortal too, so it's tricky. Her and Will named their first child 'James' after Jem Carstairs, and, a century later, Jem and Tessa named their daughter 'Wilhelmina' for her English name, after Will Heronadale. sorry for the rant, shadowhunters is my special interest! also, some twins names really are very strange. in shadowhunters there are a pair of adopted siblings called 'Jonathan Christopher' and 'Jonathan Christopher'. Thank god for nicknames. there are also 2 Christopher 'Kit' Jonathans.

[@AmeliaJustGotHere]

My daughter's name is Amelia. My family calls her, Mia. It means a hardworking and strong character. If it's a boy, Kane (little battler) or Luke (light giving)

[@fannie255]

Amelia is such a pretty name, and there are so many potential nicknames for it! Mia, like you mentioned, but also Amy, mel, lia - melly? You can really get creative ahah.

[@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

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

I always love seeing the way the two of you laugh together! Relationship goals! I rejoice with your rejoicing!😊

[@thinkingbout]

I like it when sibiling names go well together (e.g. the lenght, the sound, or the feeling of timlessness etc.) but far more important is that they don't sound too similar at the end part of the name, because that can cause confusion which child is meant when you call them 😅 And I find it sooo great that you directly think about potential nicknames, too❤

[@brittanyagm]

I really love the Name Rupert for your first, but as an American, it definitely reads as very very British name ;P Currently pregnant with number 3 and Sybil/Sibyl is on my short list for a girl!

[@fmcm7715]

I’m Irish and I agree it’s very English. In fact I’ve never heard of an Irish Rupert. It also sounds very posh!

[@sevensongs]

Agree! Rupert is a SUPER stereotypically upper class British Isles.over in the States. 🙂

[@amb5972]

help im crying over algernon/st john 😭😭😭😭😭

[@hebbyful]

Casimir/Casimira (meaning either "preacher of peace" or "destroyer of peace"). Theophilus. Xanthe. Phryne. Cordelia. Ardeth. Ardetta.

[@Wonderlandish]

Cordelia is especially gorgeous

[@TheNetherLord5240]

Just make sure the names don't sound too similar! My sister and I are identical twins, and our names are basically the reverse of the other (A-B and B-A) so EVERYONE mixes us up and it's incredibly annoying :/

[@buntglas_]

Poor Jessica, seems like Claudia is a tough customer when it comes to baby names hahaha

[@jennifers5560]

Jessica trying to sneak more names into the keeper pile. 😂

[@courtney104]

the laughing at the end was so contagious that i was crying on my couch by the end 😆 best of luck in deciding on names for the twins!! 💜

[@clairethompson5549]

As an adoptee, I will now die mad that my name isn’t Perdita.

[@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.

[@jennifers5560]

I know lots of people want to come up with uncommon names for their children, but I love having a popular name. It’s fun when someone introduces themselves as “Jennifer” and I can say “Me too!” I grew up with 2 other Jennifer’s in class with me. We never got tired of asking “Which one?” whenever any of us heard our name. (I don’t know how much the teacher or the rest of the class found it amusing, but oh well.)

[@Crystal-nv4jt]

im cracking up at sin-jin being a pronunciation twice XD 18:02

[@lizzyrbits1283]

Holding out hope for Earnest and Algernon 🤞😂 And I was like Rupert, I informed everyone that my name was *Elizabeth* not any nickname 😂

[@SenoritaSevilla]

Algernon makes me think of the story “Flowers for Algernon” and it’s very sad.

[@kattemma]

I'm crying laughing at the Sin-Jin situation 😂😂😂

[@curlygirly8896]

Cressida sounds a bit like you mashed Claudia & Jessica together. I feel like it would get confusing 😂

[@June_isYourFriend]

My favourite baby name I've ever heard (which anyone can steal because I can't have kids.) Is Avery, and Emerson. I can't remember of the top of my head what Emerson means, but Avery means elf king, in I believe French, if I am correct.

[@Accentline1145]

Congrats and good luck with the naming! Now all I can think for is the book Flowers for Algernon... I haven't heard that name in years. For the twins you could go with a theme for the names without them being rhyming. Like Heather and Violet are both girl names and flowers. Obliviously doesn't have to be those names, but once to decide on one name, it could help with brainstorming for a second name. Also your son is Rupert, so you could choose a S and a T name for the twins.

[@Hoosier_StepDad]

Flowers of Algernon will always have a soft spot in my heart. It was such a wonderful read.

[@Olli_H210]

I think Fredericka is a gorgeous girls name you might like (it can be shortened to Freddy!) Great video as always! ❤

[@reofba]

I personally love Alma [AHL-ma], which is spanish for "soul"

[@kittymervine6115]

Atticus would be very popular as one of the best novels ever written, is about a family with the father, a lawyer, named Atticus. Not used much in the US (though Scout, the nick name of one of the children) is used. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is admired greatly and Atticus is the true hero.

[@ryansg9]

I went to school with a girl called Ariadne, and it's always stuck with me as one of those typically pretentious British names.

[@froggybangbang]

Suggestions: Theodore, Annabelle, Eleonore, Edith, Judith, Aurellia, Elton, Edwin , Phineas, Everett, Ernest, Matthew, Pearl, Ruth, Blanche

[@AurinneA]

I feel like you could plunder Gilbert & Sullivan operettas for names you might like to consider. They have names like Marmaduke, Mabel, Josephine, Frederick, Reginald, Patience, Aline, Iolanthe, etc.

[@aikya5684]

Leopold makes me immediately think of the Belgian kings... Especially Leopold II and Leopold III who definetely weren't great persons lol

[@seorikkuns]

i'm swedish, and in sweden, the british show midsomer murders is really popular, so barnaby just makes me think of that show

[@kattemma]

Samma här! 😅

[@nathaliemlromer]

I recall Jessica having a favourite flower. So, if the same is true for Claudia, a name for each child that's related to a favourite flower would work for the twin. 🙂

[@annajackson9001]

This was funny as usual, old names are in fashion again. How about, Violet, Iris, Olive, Dorothy, Florence, Maude or Emma, Victoria. Boys names, Henry, James, jasper, Edmund, Edward. Any good?❤

[@caitlinboycher8596]

These are all awesome and as an American are very traditional British to me.

[@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

[@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"

[@sarahsmith7548]

I love names that are thematically related for twins- like Aurora(means daybreak) and Leila(means night), or Rubi and Esmeralda(both gemstone names), or Marina(means from the sea) and Coraline(variation of coral 🪸)

[@maggiemacha5552]

This was such a fun video to watch! Seeing you two getting the giggles as you reviewed the pretentious names 😄 I am a fan of Veronica, also Augustus, Maggie, Regina, Rhoda, Wren, Jane, Jay, Violet, plus many others! I love name discussions! Happy New Year 🎉

[@nadiakent4082]

Percival a weak name?? Knight of the Round table, key figure in the quest for the holy grail, and known for his encounter with the Fisher King, a weak name? No, no. Respectfully it is one of the strongest names out there.

[@pwhite2579]

Atticus Finch 'To kill a mocking bird'

[@PortobelloPink]

18:04 Algernon, pronounced SIN-jin 😂😂

[@Luna-po5ui]

Lavinia ALSO died on Downton Abbey! I love that you're followers of the Downtown Abbey school of naming, though, it's very charming lol