A number of people have been asking about the names we chose for the twins so here is the story behind them:
Since my (Jen) preferred names got shot down (Josh and Reva, Brandon and Brenda, Washington, Lyndon, etc) we had to get serious about acceptable names. As with Evan – I wanted each baby to take some sort of family name.
William Fredrick
I personally always loved this name. I love the short name “Will” and how William can sign his name “Wm”. This is not a direct family name, but there are several family members with this name on both sides. Frederick is Amy’s father’s name and so we wanted that to be part of the name. (I personally like to pronounce it Friedrich).
Cora Louise
Amy and I really liked Cora and if Evan ended up a girl instead of a boy – it made the top three names (Olivia, Cora, Grace). After trying name combinations together, I decided it would be really nice to give her my paternal grandmother’s name Louise. Since Cora Louise sounded better than Oliva Louise – we chose Cora. (Will and Grace would have been too weird)
So there you go…