Choosing names...times two, argh

I can't believe how hard of a time we are having picking out names.  When I had my son- I knew I wanted "Spencer" from early on.  With the twins, it's proving much more difficult.  I want a name that is uncommon, but "real" -if that makes sense.  All the names that I have loved forever have become very popular- especially for girls. 

We settled on a boys name- it is completely kick ass:  Cecil.  I love it- would never have thought of it,  My husband came up with it.  It's unusual, simple and strong.

But now, we cannot come up with a girl's name that we agree on.  ARGH!!!!!  I thought having one boy and one girl to name would make it so much easier.  I guess not,  Thank goodness I'm not having two girls-  I'd really be in trouble!!! 

I think I'm having a harder time with the girl name, because I there are so many things that can be read into a name.  With the boy- i wanted  strong and simple.  With a girl, I want it to be able to be cute when she's little, but fit her as she grows into a teenager and then a grown woman.  

I think my hormones are getting the best of me...

No matching, no rhyming- so Ceclia is out.  And to be even MORE difficult- I'm trying to avoid anything that starts with a "S" sound, since we'll have both Spencer and Cecil already.

I know I know- I'm being difficult!

serena!?! i like it   idk .. im partial to Allison ;)

I like Laurel. I googled "Cecil" because everytime I hear that name Laurel comes to mind.... nothing came up though.

Happy choosing!
-Janine

What about Camille?

I like Hannah, Bailey, Rileigh, Kayleigh and Grace. Good luck on finding the right name and I'm sure what ever it will be it will mean angel :)

~~Gina

Grace is at the top of my list- so simple.  But a friend of ours runs a daycare center and she said that right now Grace, Isabella and Sophie are uber-popular and there are several of each.

I am right there with you on the two name thing- DH and I had a really hard time agreeing on a name for my daughter four year ago, and now that we have two boys- Well, we had a chat but can come up with nothing we both like and really want to take seriously. I haven't really thought of girl names, other than Giorgia (Italian spelling- DH and I spent years in Italy) but we won't be using it! Good luck!

Carrie

Ok...so I missed the update for the gender. ONE OF EACH??? Fabulous!!! Cecil was my great grandfathers name, I love it. His middle name was actually Clare, which is where Sydnie gets her middle name from. Anyway, I love the name Claire for a little girl. I wanted that to be Sydnie's first name but couldn't find a middle name that I liked for her. There was always Marie, but that's mine so that was out too. Ok...I'm going on about myself again. I like Claire. I think it works with both young and old, and it doesn't rhyme nor clash with Cecil. Question...is that pronounced "see sil" or "sess il"?

So yeah...Claire is all I have for you. We had hard time with girl names too.

I know- I am so excited about having  a boy and a girl. I wanted a girl so badly-  I've had 18 years of football, farts and breaking crap- I need some pink! :)

We will pronounce it  "see-sil". 

My problem is too many people have beat me to that names I like-  Sidney, Emma, Annabelle. Or they have just become soo popular- Isabella, Grace, Olivia.

Plus- Ben seems to believe that when I throw out names we are playing word assocation.  Example:  I say "how about Claire" he says "Claire is a fat girl's name".. refererencing the movie Breakfast Club.

I really like Elizabeth Ann- the middle names of our grandmothers. But we cannot decide on a nickname.  I want Libby, he hates it.

Maybe I should just wait until the day I have them-  not like he'll tell me "no" minutes after I've given birth to twins... right?