Ivory Janae
I've always loved the name Ivory, and I had a friend named Ivori when I was about 9 years old and I absolutely adored her name. Janae is the middle name of my best friend, Isabelle. Isabelle has helped me since I started dating the girls' dad and hasn't left my side since I found out I was pregnant, so I wanted to honor her.
Jade Isabelle
I had originally named Jade Jayde, with a y. But I've recently changed it because I think the spelling error was a dumb trendy thing that I don't want my child to live with. I only added the y to make Ivory and Jayde have the same amount of letters but it wasn't worth it, she's just Jade. Isabelle is, again, after my friend.
IJ & JI
I knew the moment I found out I was having twins that I wanted their names to be connected in some way, but I didn't want identical initials, so I did reversed initials. I chose the letters I & J because I wanted to honor Isabelle Janae, but I also knew I wanted her name in the middle spots for the girls. I also was really into colour names at the time, so I ended up deciding on Ivory and Ja(y)de. Other names I was considering were India, Ireland, Isis, Iris, Ivana, Irina, and Ivette. For the J, I was thinking about Jacqueline, Janessa, Jayleen, Jazmine, Jessica, Jubilee, Juliet, and Jeanie. But I wouldn't change either of the names.