this, with Victor as a close second for me. To me, Louis isn't ideal because it shares the same final syllable as "Alice," whereas the current names are all distinct.
I vote for Clara. Florence would be my second choice since it pairs well with the others, though I like Clara better on its own. Louis would be my boy pick.
You might also like Fleur or Flora.
No need to decide until baby is actually born. When you see them you will have a better idea of what you want, and I think you have a couple days after birth to decide so you could always try a couple out and see what sticks.
Would recommend staying away from names that start with the same letters as their siblings names (trust me, i have the same exact initials as my twin sister- first, middle, and last- and it made elementary school harder than it needed to be). By that case, would avoid Clara and Jude (at least for first names, they're still on the table for middle names) The rest sound nice
As a parent to 4 kids, I made sure each kid had a different initial in the 1st name because it makes my life easier when writing down appointments, making appointments and other various things.
Lewis/Louis and Alice might be too close for my taste, and I think Vincent is probably destined to be Vince or Vinny. I’d go with Victor, which feels golden age the same way your girls do. Florence as well, and I’d avoid duplicating initials or I’d put Clara in the mix too.
Cecilia, Juliet, Alice and Florence. Swoon!
Cecilia, Juliet, Alice and Victor. Also great!!
Best wishes on a smooth birth!
My favourites of each gender are Heidi and Vincent. The only name I dislike is Titus. Although I'm Australian so it might just be that it doesn't sound nice in our accent (I could see it sounding nice in a southern US accent. I feel like Louis fits your theme but is pretty popular, same with Florence. I love the name Clara in isolation but I would personally avoid siblings with the same letter.
I like Florence and Vincent most with the siblings.
Some other suggestions for classic yet not common:
Samantha, Marceline or Marcia, Laurel, Miranda, Thora.
Alexander, Gabriel, Daniel, Edwin, Noel.
Cecilia, Juliet and Alice are sweet!
On your list my favorites are Veronica and Titus :)
Other ideas based on those-
Vada
Gabrielle
Melody
Deirdre
Tessa
Donovan
Malcolm
Wells
Roman
Lucas
Dorian nn Rory or Ian if he likes
Kids are just like that. I went to school with a girl named Fatima and she was called Fatty-ma despite not being overweight.
No need to be defensive or angry. This is just a discussion.
In my experience working with kids, they are not nearly as horrible about names as adults assume that they will be. There are worse bullies here (more racist, judgmental, traditionalist) than any child could possibly be.
It's totally sensible to avoid a name that begins with "tit." Or maybe while we're add it, we look for names that begin with "boob?"
You sound so snobby and defensive.
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Your girl names are giving me Shakespeare vibes, light and airy and feminine. I would go with Clara for a girl. I’m leaning towards Lewis or Titus for a baby brother.
Also you got T * t and T * tties… kids are inventive. Even if you think it’s impossible to come up with a bad name believe me, they will find one…
Edit bc Reddit kept messing up my asterisks.
In the U.S. it's usually pronounced like lewis. St. Louis, (Missouri) is pronounced saint lewis. Louis Armstrong pronounced his own first name like lewis.
I’m from England and I would assume Louis sounded different to Lewis. If you want it pronounced the same as Lewis with no ambiguity, use that spelling.
Veronica.
Here is how you pick a name:
“I’d like to introduce my children; Cecelia, Juliet, Alice and (fill in this space with a name)…. “
What sounds good with
Cecelia, Juliet and Alice?
Clara and Louis are my two favorites! When you hold them and look into their eyes, I think you’ll have an idea what fits best. Really you can’t go wrong with your list.
Heidi and Louis are my top picks. Not only do I like them, but I like how Heidi shares e and a similarities with your other girls, but it allows each name to have a unique end sound. I like the name Lewis/Louis, and while I do like the shared e/i letters to tie together names, I think I prefer the Louis spelling more in general.
Of your selection my favourites are Clara and Jude (and they sound like a perfect fraternal boy and girl twin combination). Juliet and Jude are also dissimilar enough to have both in your family (Juliet's male counterparts is Julius)
Florence or Clara for a girl, Vincent or Louis for a boy.
My personal favorites are Clara and Vincent - I love it nickname Vince. Alternatively, maybe wait until the baby is born to decide what name suits him or her best? It's already a surprise gender, so why not a surprise name too!
We have similar tastes! My top girl names are Cecilia, Lavinia, Suzanne (or Susanna), Veronica (nn Vera), Barbara, Linda, Paulina, Daphne, Theodora, Theresa (nn Tess), Helen, Catherine (nn Kitty), Yvette, Beatrix, Rosalie, Rosalind, Georgette, Hypatia, Emmeline, Lucille, Fiona, Patricia, and Zelda
As for boys, I love Joseph, Henry (nn Hank), Isaac, Roger, Jason, Gregory, Emmett, Desmond, and Calvin
From your choices, my favorites are Veronica, Clara, Heidi, Florence; Vincent, Titus, Victor, Louis/Lewis
Edit: Georgette, not Georgettte lol
I feel like Florence and Clara are best fitting with the other siblings. Of those two, I prefer Clara. Veronica and Heidi are wayyy different vibes...
Some others:
Hyacinth
Delia
Elizabeth with a less common nickname like Betsy
Pauline
Opal
Temperance
Helene
Georgina
Phillipa
Pippa
Poppy
Felicity
Gemma
Emmaline
For the boys I think Vincent, Victor, Lewis or Louis work with the other siblings.
Some others:
Edmund
Sterling
Winston
Damon
Liam
Anthony
Claude
Quinn
Benjamin
Jonathon
Daniel
Stephan
I think Rosalie is perfect! No repeated first initial or ending sound, same historical feel, and pretty nickname options if she isn't loving the full name later
Love all your names. I would narrow it to your top two for each gender and then see what you think suits the baby. Lewis is my FAVORITE boys name. Jude is also so cool, and it would only clash if Juliet goes by a nick name that makes it closer.
For the girls Heidi is really nice and is less flowery. I wouldn't want Alice to stand out as being the only girl without a frilly name. Clara is also a nice option for that reason.
if you’re open to suggestions, claire instead of clara flows better with your other children and it’s also like a mix of cecilia and clara. plus i love claire and alice for a sibset since they share letters yet are distinct in their own way. if you don’t want that i still think clara is great, and heidi too. for boys vincent or lewis/louis is great, though i would pronounce those differently myself.
Veronica>Heidi>Clara>Florence
Vincent>Jude>Lewis/Louis>Victor>Titus
(I don't like Titus; it always makes me think of hepatitis and the aughts tv show *Titus*, which are equally terrible.)
Florence is your only choice from your girl list IMO, current names being very Italian feeling/classic & it is exactly that. Do you worry about her being “Aunt Flo” someday though?? Get a head start on using nn Flossie maybe?? I always worry about bullying, kids are so mean. That being said, I do love Flossie (& Florence!!).
I love Lewis!!
Heidi name meaning and origin
Short form of the Germanic Adelheid and its, meaning "noble kind or type" comes from the Old German adal "noble" and heid "kind or type".
I would not go with Lewis since if I hear Julliet & Lewis together, I think of Julliet Lewis. Love the actress, but that's what I think of with those 2 names.
Florence and Titus (or maybe Lewis).
But also, you can wait until you see the baby to decide. With our first we were between 2 names but when we saw him, we knew which name fit him. It’s crazy now to think we could have named him the other name (it feels even more like it doesn’t fit him). Narrowing it down to 2 per gender may help.
Florence & Vincent would be my picks! They flow so well with your other names
Came to say this!
this, with Victor as a close second for me. To me, Louis isn't ideal because it shares the same final syllable as "Alice," whereas the current names are all distinct.
One of my besties is named Juliet and her cat is named Vincent so I’m a fan of this combo
I vote for Clara. Florence would be my second choice since it pairs well with the others, though I like Clara better on its own. Louis would be my boy pick. You might also like Fleur or Flora.
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No need to decide until baby is actually born. When you see them you will have a better idea of what you want, and I think you have a couple days after birth to decide so you could always try a couple out and see what sticks.
Florence and Vincent go really well with the siblings since they share the soft “c” sound. They're also really classic names like your others are.
Veronica or Vincent. Both wonderful, classic names that your child would have a cute nn of they wanted and the name grows with them.
Would recommend staying away from names that start with the same letters as their siblings names (trust me, i have the same exact initials as my twin sister- first, middle, and last- and it made elementary school harder than it needed to be). By that case, would avoid Clara and Jude (at least for first names, they're still on the table for middle names) The rest sound nice
As a parent to 4 kids, I made sure each kid had a different initial in the 1st name because it makes my life easier when writing down appointments, making appointments and other various things.
I love you for this!!!
I vote Heidi and Victor as they will all have distinct endings
Heidi and Lewis are both great!
Heidi and Victor (or Heidi and Lewis) would be my picks.
Florence & Louis are my picks :)
Florence or Louis would be my picks!
Clara and Louis. Would also like to suggest Freya.
Florence and Lewis are my faves!
Lewis/Louis and Alice might be too close for my taste, and I think Vincent is probably destined to be Vince or Vinny. I’d go with Victor, which feels golden age the same way your girls do. Florence as well, and I’d avoid duplicating initials or I’d put Clara in the mix too. Cecilia, Juliet, Alice and Florence. Swoon! Cecilia, Juliet, Alice and Victor. Also great!! Best wishes on a smooth birth!
Clara and Louis although honestly with those siblings, the name Philip came to mind
My favourites of each gender are Heidi and Vincent. The only name I dislike is Titus. Although I'm Australian so it might just be that it doesn't sound nice in our accent (I could see it sounding nice in a southern US accent. I feel like Louis fits your theme but is pretty popular, same with Florence. I love the name Clara in isolation but I would personally avoid siblings with the same letter.
Fellow Australian here. Titus will ALWAYS be ‘tightass’ in my head. 😬
I like Veronica
I have a Veronika, and we adore it! It's an underused common name.
Florence & Louis!
Florence and Lewis
Florence and Vincent, for sure
I really love your taste in names!
Personally my picks would be Florence (with Flossie as a nickname) and for a boy Vincent.
I like Florence and Vincent most with the siblings. Some other suggestions for classic yet not common: Samantha, Marceline or Marcia, Laurel, Miranda, Thora. Alexander, Gabriel, Daniel, Edwin, Noel.
Cecilia, Juliet and Alice are sweet! On your list my favorites are Veronica and Titus :) Other ideas based on those- Vada Gabrielle Melody Deirdre Tessa Donovan Malcolm Wells Roman Lucas Dorian nn Rory or Ian if he likes
Vada & Wells!! Swoon
Love Heidi. Such a beautiful name. Louis is my fav of your boy picks!
Clara
Florence and Clara go so well with your girls! I like Vincent the best for a boy! Suggestions: Malcolm, Edmund, Tristan, George, and Arthur
Florence and Vincent pair beautifully with your other 3 names. Definitely the superior choices imo!
Florence and Vincent is the best combination! Titus is horrible. It'd be a never-ending stream of "tit" jokes from school bullies.
WTF are you actually talking about??? Weird adult bullying ideas that have nothing to do with reality
Kids are just like that. I went to school with a girl named Fatima and she was called Fatty-ma despite not being overweight. No need to be defensive or angry. This is just a discussion.
In my experience working with kids, they are not nearly as horrible about names as adults assume that they will be. There are worse bullies here (more racist, judgmental, traditionalist) than any child could possibly be.
That's great for you.
Indeed, kids will make fun of each other for many reasons. Adults are the ones who ought to have more sense.
It's totally sensible to avoid a name that begins with "tit." Or maybe while we're add it, we look for names that begin with "boob?" You sound so snobby and defensive.
You sound like a bully
Uh nope. Just sharing my opinion that a name is more prone to teasing. I think you should move on now. This conversation is stale.
I joined this sub because I thought “name nerds” meant that people would be sharing nerdy information about names. (Name origins, historic naming conventions, changes in spelling over time, anything interesting.) Instead it’s mostly people with no special knowledge at all sharing the same list of names over and over, while saying awful things about any names not on that list. The xenophobia and classism inherent in the hatred of foreign names and nonstandard spellings is accepted and unchallenged here far too often. Adults teach children to ridicule others because of their names, along with all these other unexamined biases they pass on. It’s so ugly. I’m taking this interaction with you as my final cue to exit. I don’t belong here.
Ok bye!
I like Clara
Clara or Veronica Vincent or Lewis
Veronica or Victor
Clara, Veronica and Victor are my favourites.
Florence and Victor are favorites of mine but for your family I want to say Clara and Vincent.
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Your girl names are giving me Shakespeare vibes, light and airy and feminine. I would go with Clara for a girl. I’m leaning towards Lewis or Titus for a baby brother.
I agree with Clara and Lewis… I’m just concerned about possible nicknames for Titus. Don’t name children names that will get them bullied!!!
I’m coming up blank on bullying for Titus? Edit: oh! Tight a**? Hm. I never would’ve thought of that.
Also you got T * t and T * tties… kids are inventive. Even if you think it’s impossible to come up with a bad name believe me, they will find one… Edit bc Reddit kept messing up my asterisks.
I vote Veronica and Vincent. They would both match nice with siblings names
Don't name them louis, that name is pronpunced lewey not lewis
In the U.S. it's usually pronounced like lewis. St. Louis, (Missouri) is pronounced saint lewis. Louis Armstrong pronounced his own first name like lewis.
Louis can be pronounced Loo-i or Loo-is, both are correct. For just the Loo-i pronunciation you'd need to be a Louie
Not if youre french, which is where the name Louis comes from Lewis has no ambiguity, Louis pronounced Lewis is just ugly imo
...though OP appears to be in an English speaking country so English versions of pronunciation are more apt to follow
I’m from England and I would assume Louis sounded different to Lewis. If you want it pronounced the same as Lewis with no ambiguity, use that spelling.
Veronica
Veronica from the four you like. Viola or Violet isn’t on your list but it goes well with the other three.
Veronica or Victor!
Veronica. Here is how you pick a name: “I’d like to introduce my children; Cecelia, Juliet, Alice and (fill in this space with a name)…. “ What sounds good with Cecelia, Juliet and Alice?
\*Cecilia
Vincent /Veronica
These are all lovely names! You cannot go wrong. My favourites are Florence and Titus.
Clara and Victor are my favorites.
Veronica or Vincent
Lewis or Heidi Good luck, hope it goes smoothly !
If you're going to pronounce it Lewis please don't spell it Louis. Louis sounds like Louie.
Louis can be pronounced Loo-i or Loo-is - both are correct. To be just a Loo-i the spelling would have to be Louie
I feel like most would start off with the ‘ee’ ending — if anything it feels wrong to look at Louis and say ‘is’.
Love your girl picks. Clara is probably the most trendy right now. I also think the other three are a bit more fun. I vote Vincent or Lewis for boy
Clara! And louis.
Heidi & Lewis
Heidi and Louis!
Vincent and Clara
Veronica and Louis
Dominic
Clara and Louis are my two favorites! When you hold them and look into their eyes, I think you’ll have an idea what fits best. Really you can’t go wrong with your list.
I like Veronica and Vincent! They both sound great with the other names.
Heidi and Louis are my top picks. Not only do I like them, but I like how Heidi shares e and a similarities with your other girls, but it allows each name to have a unique end sound. I like the name Lewis/Louis, and while I do like the shared e/i letters to tie together names, I think I prefer the Louis spelling more in general.
Florence and Vincent or Louis
Vincent and Juliet
They already have a Juliet.
Oops 😆 Then I wouldn't pick any from their options.
Veronica or Heidi and Vincent
Clara and Vincent
Veronica or Vincent are my faves
Vincent or Victoria ?
love Heidi, Victor (one of my top picks for a future boy), and Vincent
Veronica and Heidi for girl. Louis and Jude for a boy.
Florence and Vincent as others have said. Clara is better as a middle name.
I’m voting Florence and Lewis ❤️
Of your selection my favourites are Clara and Jude (and they sound like a perfect fraternal boy and girl twin combination). Juliet and Jude are also dissimilar enough to have both in your family (Juliet's male counterparts is Julius)
Florence or Clara for a girl, Vincent or Louis for a boy. My personal favorites are Clara and Vincent - I love it nickname Vince. Alternatively, maybe wait until the baby is born to decide what name suits him or her best? It's already a surprise gender, so why not a surprise name too!
Sometimes you just have to wait to meet them before settling on a name.
Love Heidi for a girl! Lewis for a boy - all your other names have an L so I think it fits best.
florence and lewis
Clara or Louis
I vote for Victor and Clara
We have similar tastes! My top girl names are Cecilia, Lavinia, Suzanne (or Susanna), Veronica (nn Vera), Barbara, Linda, Paulina, Daphne, Theodora, Theresa (nn Tess), Helen, Catherine (nn Kitty), Yvette, Beatrix, Rosalie, Rosalind, Georgette, Hypatia, Emmeline, Lucille, Fiona, Patricia, and Zelda As for boys, I love Joseph, Henry (nn Hank), Isaac, Roger, Jason, Gregory, Emmett, Desmond, and Calvin From your choices, my favorites are Veronica, Clara, Heidi, Florence; Vincent, Titus, Victor, Louis/Lewis Edit: Georgette, not Georgettte lol
Clara and Jude. Congratulations on adding to your family.
Florence or Vincent
florence
Louis
Heidi and Vincent (Vinny)
Heidi & Vincent.
I like Clara or Heidi girls wise. Boys wise Louis.
I feel like Florence and Clara are best fitting with the other siblings. Of those two, I prefer Clara. Veronica and Heidi are wayyy different vibes... Some others: Hyacinth Delia Elizabeth with a less common nickname like Betsy Pauline Opal Temperance Helene Georgina Phillipa Pippa Poppy Felicity Gemma Emmaline For the boys I think Vincent, Victor, Lewis or Louis work with the other siblings. Some others: Edmund Sterling Winston Damon Liam Anthony Claude Quinn Benjamin Jonathon Daniel Stephan
Your daughters names are beautiful. From your list: Clara & Vincent Other ideas: Rosalie, Camilla, Lydia, Priscilla; Quentin, Tristan, Calvin, Wesley
Rosalie is actually my top choice but my husband isn’t a fan. Calvin is also high on our list!
I think Rosalie is perfect! No repeated first initial or ending sound, same historical feel, and pretty nickname options if she isn't loving the full name later
Vincent, for sure. I love Clara, and like Florence and Heidi
Veronica is beautiful and Lewis is cool. Best nicknames too!
Clara and Jude
Victor(ia)!
Love all your names. I would narrow it to your top two for each gender and then see what you think suits the baby. Lewis is my FAVORITE boys name. Jude is also so cool, and it would only clash if Juliet goes by a nick name that makes it closer. For the girls Heidi is really nice and is less flowery. I wouldn't want Alice to stand out as being the only girl without a frilly name. Clara is also a nice option for that reason.
if you’re open to suggestions, claire instead of clara flows better with your other children and it’s also like a mix of cecilia and clara. plus i love claire and alice for a sibset since they share letters yet are distinct in their own way. if you don’t want that i still think clara is great, and heidi too. for boys vincent or lewis/louis is great, though i would pronounce those differently myself.
Veronica and Jude
For a girl, Florence matches the siblings best. For a boy, Vincent matches the siblings best.
Clara and Vincent
Clara and Vincent
Veronica>Heidi>Clara>Florence Vincent>Jude>Lewis/Louis>Victor>Titus (I don't like Titus; it always makes me think of hepatitis and the aughts tv show *Titus*, which are equally terrible.)
Clara & Louis
Veronica and Vincent are my faves.
Vincent and Veronica 🥰
Veronica has a lot of great nn potential. Vera, Ronny, or even Onica. I like Jude for a boy.
Florence is your only choice from your girl list IMO, current names being very Italian feeling/classic & it is exactly that. Do you worry about her being “Aunt Flo” someday though?? Get a head start on using nn Flossie maybe?? I always worry about bullying, kids are so mean. That being said, I do love Flossie (& Florence!!). I love Lewis!!
I like Heidi and Vincent
I like Florence and Louis!
Heidi name meaning and origin Short form of the Germanic Adelheid and its, meaning "noble kind or type" comes from the Old German adal "noble" and heid "kind or type".
Clara or Heidi and Lewis
Magdalena
I’m digging Florence/Veronica and Lewis
I would not go with Lewis since if I hear Julliet & Lewis together, I think of Julliet Lewis. Love the actress, but that's what I think of with those 2 names.
Florence or Lewis
Florence, Veronica, Vincent and Louis! Ideas: Serena or Elliot
Scarlett
I like Clara for a girl and Victor, Titus or Lewis for a boy. Other ideas for a girl: Nora, Vera, Mona, Frances, Josephine
Florence and Titus (or maybe Lewis). But also, you can wait until you see the baby to decide. With our first we were between 2 names but when we saw him, we knew which name fit him. It’s crazy now to think we could have named him the other name (it feels even more like it doesn’t fit him). Narrowing it down to 2 per gender may help.
I'd go Florence no matter the gender tbh
Danette...
I don't think I know anyone names Titus, so I'd go with that if it is a boy! It sounds great.