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My sister gave birth to twin daughters just over a week ago, and is just now finalising her name choices. She wanted the gender to be kept a secret, but always thought it was a boy and a girl. Her husband wanted daughters [there's not many men I've met who'd want to raise two daughters at once, for some reason], strangely enough, but she wanted one of each [of course, they're both delighted and would have been delighted either way]. The names she's currently considering are Xanthe and Magdalene. Xanthe's a bit obscure, but it is, in my opinion, a beautiful name and a bit of a family tradition. Magdalene was her husband's choice. What do you think?

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Of course, I've been asked for opinions and I like them both, but they're stumped for name ideas, especially for middle names. My brother in law likes Xanthe Anne. My sister hates that, but, hey, if people think it's nice she might consider warming to it? It's just that Xanthe's so exotic, Anne seems a bit rediculously plain. Errr... so...any suggestions? Also, feedback on what you think of the names would be nice.

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Also, do you think Xanthe is too hard to pronounce? It wouldn't be a problem this side, but I don't know if my sister's in-laws would really have a clue, let alone schoolfriends and teachers. Spelling could be a problem, and is it -too big- a name for, say, a five year old girl or something? Name suggestions and nickname suggestions for either Xanthe, Magdalene [Lena's been suggested here? Maggie and Magda aren't appreciated, sadly] or any name suggestions are -more- than welcome.

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I hate to bother you with these questions, but my sister and brother in law are finding finding a name pretty tiring and so far have lists and nothing, no combos or anything, that they've really fallen in love with. My suggestions aren't appreciated either :P Anyway, we're all sick of calling them 'Baby 1' and 'Baby 2', so... help? :P