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my mom hates the name we picked
We are having twin girls due june 6th and are super excited!
We picked the names Hadassah Rose and Chloe Lily, which we both LOVE! Hadassah is the hebrew name of Esther and Chloe is a biblical name as well from the new testament. We chose Rose because they have been my obsession since I was a little girl. growing them, they aren't all over my house in fabric patterns or anything. Lily because when my dh was growing up he would write stories about a girl named Lily and my nickname was Lily when I was growing up. I know you'd think it would be rose but I gave that nickname to my best friend. Anyways its an important name to us. Plus we love that they have somewhat coordinating names with the middle names being flowers.
So, mom loves Hadassah Rose but hates Chloe Lily. Says that it doesn't flow right and I might as well be naming her Garbage Bag. I wouldn't think twice about keeping it, it is our daughter after all but she told me everyone else thinks that its not a good name either. She may be making that part up but if that's true then maybe I am making a mistake. I know friends will try to be nice and not step on toes so I was hoping since you guys don't really know me if you would be straight up honest about it.
Sorry this was so long!
We picked the names Hadassah Rose and Chloe Lily, which we both LOVE! Hadassah is the hebrew name of Esther and Chloe is a biblical name as well from the new testament. We chose Rose because they have been my obsession since I was a little girl. growing them, they aren't all over my house in fabric patterns or anything. Lily because when my dh was growing up he would write stories about a girl named Lily and my nickname was Lily when I was growing up. I know you'd think it would be rose but I gave that nickname to my best friend. Anyways its an important name to us. Plus we love that they have somewhat coordinating names with the middle names being flowers.
So, mom loves Hadassah Rose but hates Chloe Lily. Says that it doesn't flow right and I might as well be naming her Garbage Bag. I wouldn't think twice about keeping it, it is our daughter after all but she told me everyone else thinks that its not a good name either. She may be making that part up but if that's true then maybe I am making a mistake. I know friends will try to be nice and not step on toes so I was hoping since you guys don't really know me if you would be straight up honest about it.
Sorry this was so long!
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Re: my mom hates the name we picked
I actually really like the mn's switched.
I would NEVER tell my mother a name choice. She was insane when I was pregnant. SO sorry yours is being a huge pain. It is VERY rude and not for her to decide!
I agree!
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I agree that I like the middle names more switched. i'm not a super big fan of the first name, but only because chloe is so well known, I think people will know that name but wonder how to say or what the other name is.
that said, we decided to keep our final picks private.. our family thinks they are entitled to veto any names they don't love. um.. they aren't.
I must say, I agree with her that they don't flow very well, but it's not a huge deal, and it's CERTAINLY not "Garbage Bag."
What do you think of Chloe Lillian? That flows a bit better.
The names Hadassah and Chloe don't sound like they are in the same family and definitely not twins. I do agree with pp that Hadassah Lily and Chloe Rose sounds better.
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And those who didnt help create the baby/babies, don't get a say. That's the problem with telling people before your baby is born, you have to deal with the people who are negative towards the name you pick.
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There is nothing wrong with the names you picked. Chloe Lily may not be everyone's cup of tea (simply because both names are two syllables and end in the "ee" sound), but both names are gorgeous and they sound fine together. Plus, most people simply call her Chloe, not "Chloe Lily."
You could consider switching the middles (so the names would be Hadassah Lily and Chloe Rose). Rhythmically, they do sound a little better that way. The main argument against doing so would be that the names seem a little more "unbalanced" this way: Chloe Rose would get the more common first name and the more common middle name, while Hadassah Lily would get a very rare first name and a middle name that is also more unexpected. Also, Chloe Rose would be three syllables total, while Hadassah Lily would be five syllables. (In contrast, Hadassah Rose and Chloe Lily are each four syllables total.)
I do want to comment on one other thing, but please feel free to disregard what I'm about to say. After all, there's no hard-and-fast rule that siblings' names HAVE to coordinate stylistically, and if you've found two lovely names that you are happy with, you should feel free to keep them as is. However, it's my personal opinion that Chloe and Hadassah are a bit of a stylistic mismatch for sisters, especially for twins. Despite them both being biblical, Chloe is so common nowadays and Hadassah is so rare that I find the pairing to be odd. Haddie and Chloe, though, are adorable together, so if you're planning to call her Haddie primarily, it should be fine. You mentioned Esther: I find Esther and Chloe to be a better stylistic match. Or perhaps Hadassah could pair with one of these biblical names: Jerusha, Adah, Keziah, Keturah, Keren, Junia, Miriam, Phoebe, Salome, Tamar, Sarai, Zipporah, Naomi, Lois.
I do agree that Chloe Lily doesn't flow all that well, even though the individual names are lovely. I agree with switching middle names, or maybe doing Chloe Lillian or Chloe Liliana. And I do see what pp's mean about Hadassah and Chloe seeming kind of mismatched for sisters/twins, though Haddie and Chloe are pretty cute.
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I think Garbage Bag actually has nice flow...so I'm not too sure what your mother's issue with it is.
Now, Chloe Lily just seems like there's a lot of L's and -ees but regardless is very pretty.
This really is the part that bothers me, that your mother would refer to your children like this and express such a vile opinion in a situation where her opinion doesn't really matter in the decision making here. I would have totally bitched my mother out for making a comment like this.
The name Hadassah is NMN. I really like Chloe, in fact it would be on my short list if it didn't present an alliteration issue with our LS. I also agree with the others that the names do flow better if you switched the MN's. They are otherwise good names and your mother should be ashamed of herself.
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I think they are both very nice names! I do think Chloe Lily doesn't flow that well because of all the "L"... I think Hadassah Lily and Chloe Rose would be better combos.
Sorry about your mom. This is why we are keeping the name a secret this time around with #2... we had a few situations like this with #1.
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What a mean thing to say to anyone, let alone a pregnant lady with twins! Don't people realize that when you share a name with them you aren't asking if they like your shade of nail polish?
I'm with whoever suggested Chloe Lillian. It's something about the -ey sound at the end of Chloe and Lily that make it very rhyme-ey
But that's also dependent on your last name. If you like the flow that's all that matters, and the only time you will be saying the first & middle names are when you are mad, so just yell the names angrily and if you like it, it's a winner!
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I'm sorry, but your mom is acting like garbage. It's really none of her business what you name your children.
I have a similar problem with my mother...when I named my youngest DD Genevieve she told me that I was dooming her to be a stripper, because only sl*ts have that name. Say what??!!! Obviously I ignored her because she is ridiculous. (Also, I find it funny that to this day she still won't call DD by her real name...she calls her Ginger, which is funny because to me that sounds a bit stripper-ish.)
I do agree with the other posters that switching the middle names will make them flow better, but they really are solid names and no one, especially your mom, has the right to tell you what to name your child.
And congrats on twin girls!!!! They are going to be such good friends.
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