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Help[Opinions] Actual twins names.
I thought it would be interesting if people posted the names of twin they know. You always hear people saying what they would name twins if they had them, (eg: Patsy and Putsy), but in reality, do people actually go that far?
I know a few sets of twins so here they are. These are all friends/ aquaintances.
Steven and Eric (Age: 18)
Michaela and Shauna (Age: 17)
Sylvia and Rose (Age: 16)
James and Rachel (Under 1 year old)
Megan and Emma (Age: 9)
Funny story though: Michaela and Shauna were teling me the other day that their mam wanted to name them Ocean and Sky until somebody said "Imagine calling them for their dinner!". I laughed so much because if you knew Michaela and Shauna you would know that they are no Ocean and Sky!
I'll add more if I remember them.
I know a few sets of twins so here they are. These are all friends/ aquaintances.
Steven and Eric (Age: 18)
Michaela and Shauna (Age: 17)
Sylvia and Rose (Age: 16)
James and Rachel (Under 1 year old)
Megan and Emma (Age: 9)
Funny story though: Michaela and Shauna were teling me the other day that their mam wanted to name them Ocean and Sky until somebody said "Imagine calling them for their dinner!". I laughed so much because if you knew Michaela and Shauna you would know that they are no Ocean and Sky!
I'll add more if I remember them.
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Aaron and Corey (18)
Jeremy and Jessica (18)
Terrence "Terry" and Tyler (24)
Matthew "Matt" and Stephen (24)
Aaron and Andrew "Andy" (25)
Colin and Peyton (b) (2)
Joshua "Josh" and Jason (24)
Casey (g) and Carson (24)
Alexander "Alex" and Nicholas "Nicky" (10)
Clark and Chloe (1)
Gordon "Gordy" and Paul (25)
Jeremy and Jessica (18)
Terrence "Terry" and Tyler (24)
Matthew "Matt" and Stephen (24)
Aaron and Andrew "Andy" (25)
Colin and Peyton (b) (2)
Joshua "Josh" and Jason (24)
Casey (g) and Carson (24)
Alexander "Alex" and Nicholas "Nicky" (10)
Clark and Chloe (1)
Gordon "Gordy" and Paul (25)
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David and Jennifer
Melanie and Michael
Brian and Michael (These top three sets lived on the same side of the same street in my neighborhood! Brian & Michael and David & Jennifer are the same age as me and Melanie & Michael are just a year older!)
Kelly and Jamie (girls, also from my neighborhood)
Zachary and Jason
Emily and Errin (spelled like this)
Heather and Karen
Dana and Deena
Danielle and Diane
Andrew and Alexander (::headdesk::)
Gisela and Jutta
Melanie and Michael
Brian and Michael (These top three sets lived on the same side of the same street in my neighborhood! Brian & Michael and David & Jennifer are the same age as me and Melanie & Michael are just a year older!)
Kelly and Jamie (girls, also from my neighborhood)
Zachary and Jason
Emily and Errin (spelled like this)
Heather and Karen
Dana and Deena
Danielle and Diane
Andrew and Alexander (::headdesk::)
Gisela and Jutta
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They're all from my year group (anyone else amazed that in a year group of less than 120 students there are six sets of twins?)
Alistair and Camille
Joshua and Isaiah
Gemma and Jayde
Jonathan "Jono" and Judith
Matthew and Jacob
William and James "Jim"
As you can see, they are all far from interesting, and not at all themey. This is not at all surprising as I actually haven't met anyone with any really unusual names.
Alistair and Camille
Joshua and Isaiah
Gemma and Jayde
Jonathan "Jono" and Judith
Matthew and Jacob
William and James "Jim"
As you can see, they are all far from interesting, and not at all themey. This is not at all surprising as I actually haven't met anyone with any really unusual names.
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Brett David and Michael Keith (24) - my brothers (Michael is deceased)
John David and Marie Ellen (19) - my adopted brother and sister (John's birth name was something else with the initials JD)
Liane and Kelly (18) - one of my students and her sister
Brandon and Gabrielle (14) - my students
Keaton and Myles (3 years) - my online pal's boys
Adam and Francis "Frankie" (2 years) - sons of a family friend
Chloe and Zoe (22 months) - daughters of pregnancy message board friend
Lydia and Averill (22 months) - daughters of pregnancy message board friend
Colin William and Gavin John (22 months) - my twins
John David and Marie Ellen (19) - my adopted brother and sister (John's birth name was something else with the initials JD)
Liane and Kelly (18) - one of my students and her sister
Brandon and Gabrielle (14) - my students
Keaton and Myles (3 years) - my online pal's boys
Adam and Francis "Frankie" (2 years) - sons of a family friend
Chloe and Zoe (22 months) - daughters of pregnancy message board friend
Lydia and Averill (22 months) - daughters of pregnancy message board friend
Colin William and Gavin John (22 months) - my twins
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I've met a few 'themey' twin sets
Off-hand:
Manda & Mandy
Kailani & Leilani
Other twins I've met:
Rachel & Bradley
Luke & Paul
Kara & Kelly
Megan & Michael
Jacob & Rachel
Elizabeth & Veronica
Allison & Bradley
Antonia & Julia
Darien & Samuel
Off-hand:
Manda & Mandy
Kailani & Leilani
Other twins I've met:
Rachel & Bradley
Luke & Paul
Kara & Kelly
Megan & Michael
Jacob & Rachel
Elizabeth & Veronica
Allison & Bradley
Antonia & Julia
Darien & Samuel
This message was edited 6/13/2008, 11:43 AM
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Maria-Lynn and Monica (20)
Jeremy and Nathan (20)
Ada and Harriet (11 or so)
Nathan and Noelia (2)
I also knew a pair of twins in like third or fourth grade. One of them was Caitlin, I'm pretty sure, but I'm blanking on the sister's name. I want to say Sarah but for some reason I'm thinking it's something more "twinny". I have no idea where my yearbooks from that time period are, either. Ah well.
Jeremy and Nathan (20)
Ada and Harriet (11 or so)
Nathan and Noelia (2)
I also knew a pair of twins in like third or fourth grade. One of them was Caitlin, I'm pretty sure, but I'm blanking on the sister's name. I want to say Sarah but for some reason I'm thinking it's something more "twinny". I have no idea where my yearbooks from that time period are, either. Ah well.
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Some I know
Ned and Ted - 15
Rebecca Rae and Sarah Lynn - 32
Jay and Jeff - 19
Emma Faith, Natalie Hope, Lilyanna Grace - Triplets, 1
Scott and David
Some people don't realize that twins are their own individuals. My SIL dresses up the triplets the same, 24/7. The bedding is the same. Everything is always pink. It drives me mad.
Ned and Ted - 15
Rebecca Rae and Sarah Lynn - 32
Jay and Jeff - 19
Emma Faith, Natalie Hope, Lilyanna Grace - Triplets, 1
Scott and David
Some people don't realize that twins are their own individuals. My SIL dresses up the triplets the same, 24/7. The bedding is the same. Everything is always pink. It drives me mad.
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This is Caroline the poster who's been around here for 5 years, just so you know.
Twins I actually know:
Anna and Emma (under ten, sister Tyler)
Caroline and Mary Margaret (23)
Caroline and Loring (brother Benjamin "Ben") (g) (19)
Susan and Katie (23)
Adam and Andrew (triplet sister Kyla) (24)
Benjamin "Ben" and William "Will" (sister Alexandra "Ally") (24)
Lyle and Loren (in their late 40s)
Annie and Melissa (15)
Twins I actually know:
Anna and Emma (under ten, sister Tyler)
Caroline and Mary Margaret (23)
Caroline and Loring (brother Benjamin "Ben") (g) (19)
Susan and Katie (23)
Adam and Andrew (triplet sister Kyla) (24)
Benjamin "Ben" and William "Will" (sister Alexandra "Ally") (24)
Lyle and Loren (in their late 40s)
Annie and Melissa (15)
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I didn't realize there was another Caroline, sorry, I changed my posting name.
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Twin sets I can think off the top of my head:
Jeffrey and Joshua "Jeff and Josh" (21; I could never tell which was which in school)
Diana and Danielle (21)
Cassie and Lydia (14)
Logan and Tavey (both boys, born to an eighteen year old girl last yearish?)
I can't think of any others at the moment. But yeah, people name twins stupid stuff. It definitely happens.
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ETA: Richard and Robert "Ricky and Robby", who are also 21, but who lucked out in the fact that they looked completely different. (One was tall and stocky, while the other one was shorter and looked like a rat. Different natural hair colours, the works.) I also know of twins around 14 with one named Hope, but I can't remember what her sister is. It's something Biblical, not wordy, like Sarah or something.
Jeffrey and Joshua "Jeff and Josh" (21; I could never tell which was which in school)
Diana and Danielle (21)
Cassie and Lydia (14)
Logan and Tavey (both boys, born to an eighteen year old girl last yearish?)
I can't think of any others at the moment. But yeah, people name twins stupid stuff. It definitely happens.
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ETA: Richard and Robert "Ricky and Robby", who are also 21, but who lucked out in the fact that they looked completely different. (One was tall and stocky, while the other one was shorter and looked like a rat. Different natural hair colours, the works.) I also know of twins around 14 with one named Hope, but I can't remember what her sister is. It's something Biblical, not wordy, like Sarah or something.
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I put MNs for the ones I know. I really don't know any nice twinsets, some are pretty matchy
G/G
Julie Lorraine and Jolie Michelle (18, about to turn 19)
Amber Marie and Chrysta Leigh (18)
Jennifer and Jessica (20)
Heidi and Holly (17)
Catherine and Misty (17)
Aidee and Aracely (14)
Shacharyah and Tushiyah (14)
B/B
Daniel Lynn and David Lee (named after twin uncles Lynn and Lee) (20)
Jacob Charles and Lucas Gene "Jake and Luke" (18)
Brandon and Brian (20)
Zachary and Jacob "Zach and Jake" (14)
Bradley and Benjamin (17)
Brent and Cory (17)
Logan and Mitchell (18)
Cody and Kyle (18)
B/G
Brayden Ray and Aiden Rene (Almost 1)
Ryan and Rachel (18)
Derral and Sheryl (48)
Shalin and Shari (18)
Benjamin and Ruby (18)
G/G
Julie Lorraine and Jolie Michelle (18, about to turn 19)
Amber Marie and Chrysta Leigh (18)
Jennifer and Jessica (20)
Heidi and Holly (17)
Catherine and Misty (17)
Aidee and Aracely (14)
Shacharyah and Tushiyah (14)
B/B
Daniel Lynn and David Lee (named after twin uncles Lynn and Lee) (20)
Jacob Charles and Lucas Gene "Jake and Luke" (18)
Brandon and Brian (20)
Zachary and Jacob "Zach and Jake" (14)
Bradley and Benjamin (17)
Brent and Cory (17)
Logan and Mitchell (18)
Cody and Kyle (18)
B/G
Brayden Ray and Aiden Rene (Almost 1)
Ryan and Rachel (18)
Derral and Sheryl (48)
Shalin and Shari (18)
Benjamin and Ruby (18)
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Just a theory...
I don't think any of us would really know very many Patsy/Putsy-esque twins, nor would we know any twins named Tyler and Taylor or Christina and Christopher. I have a theory that we wouldn't care about names as much as we do if we lived in an area with no sophisticated, interesting names and if every baby we knew was called Samantha or Nicholas. I like both of those names very much, but they're boring. We need "name stimulation" to get us interested and thinking about names.
If this theory is correct, the majority of us would come from communities that have a few interesting [note: not neccessarily good, but *interesting*] names to spark our interest. Therefore, we probably wouldn't know too many themey twins.
Does this make any sense? It's very logical to me, but I can't phrase it correctly when written out. :/
I don't think any of us would really know very many Patsy/Putsy-esque twins, nor would we know any twins named Tyler and Taylor or Christina and Christopher. I have a theory that we wouldn't care about names as much as we do if we lived in an area with no sophisticated, interesting names and if every baby we knew was called Samantha or Nicholas. I like both of those names very much, but they're boring. We need "name stimulation" to get us interested and thinking about names.
If this theory is correct, the majority of us would come from communities that have a few interesting [note: not neccessarily good, but *interesting*] names to spark our interest. Therefore, we probably wouldn't know too many themey twins.
Does this make any sense? It's very logical to me, but I can't phrase it correctly when written out. :/
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I think that very few people in general, in any area or from any socio-economic class, give twins themey names or names that are too similar. I think that the vast majority realize that it is silly, that if they do so they and their twins will encounter a large amount of eye-rolling throughout their lives, and they know that twins need a sense of their separate identities, which themey and similar names would be an obstacle to.
In my example, only Mary Kate and Mary Beth, and Lamar and Lamont, were themey and too similar. I always rolled my eyes at Mary Kate and Mary Beth. Lamar and Lamont are not quite as bad. But in my experience, those kind of twin names are in a small minority.
In my example, only Mary Kate and Mary Beth, and Lamar and Lamont, were themey and too similar. I always rolled my eyes at Mary Kate and Mary Beth. Lamar and Lamont are not quite as bad. But in my experience, those kind of twin names are in a small minority.
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True
I don't think very many people would use Mary Kate and Mary Beth together. However, look at this list:
http://ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/twins.html
Nearly all of the top names for twins are very themey or sound similar. :/
I don't think very many people would use Mary Kate and Mary Beth together. However, look at this list:
http://ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/twins.html
Nearly all of the top names for twins are very themey or sound similar. :/
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I would say that's because people who use less similar names for their twins are less likely to use the same set of names as someone else so even though more people don't follow themes their sets aren't as popular or common.
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Patsy and Putsy! lol! [m]
Sylvia & Rose and James & Rachel are really nice together.
I have a rather large number of friends with twins (4 of my closest friends, somehow...they're all fraternal, too). I've included mns where I know them.
G/G
Rachel Elizabeth & Amanda Carroll (20)
Dounia & Katia (18)
Allizarin "Allie" & Psolde (prn SOLE-dae) (18)
Rosa & Sachiko "Sachi" (19)
Augustine & Esther (dead, would be 100+ years old)
B/B
Kyle Casey Matt & Kevin Michael (19)
Samuel Pitkin "Sam" & Robert Tobias "Toby" (20)
Trevor & Nathan "Nate" (20)
B/G
Samuel "Sam" & Virginia "Ginia" (20)
Max & Zoe (17)
Bret & Kristina (late 20s)
Sylvia & Rose and James & Rachel are really nice together.
I have a rather large number of friends with twins (4 of my closest friends, somehow...they're all fraternal, too). I've included mns where I know them.
G/G
Rachel Elizabeth & Amanda Carroll (20)
Dounia & Katia (18)
Allizarin "Allie" & Psolde (prn SOLE-dae) (18)
Rosa & Sachiko "Sachi" (19)
Augustine & Esther (dead, would be 100+ years old)
B/B
Kyle Casey Matt & Kevin Michael (19)
Samuel Pitkin "Sam" & Robert Tobias "Toby" (20)
Trevor & Nathan "Nate" (20)
B/G
Samuel "Sam" & Virginia "Ginia" (20)
Max & Zoe (17)
Bret & Kristina (late 20s)
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Let me think....
Adam & Jeremy (15)
Angela & Florencia (15 or 16, not sure)
Lea and Lindsey (16)
Danielle & Stephanie (13)
Amber & Holly (17)
Rosalie & Michael (15)
I know a few more, but I can't think of them at the moment. And I know some, but don't know the other twin's name.
And I just have to comment that Sylvia and Rose and beautiful.
Adam & Jeremy (15)
Angela & Florencia (15 or 16, not sure)
Lea and Lindsey (16)
Danielle & Stephanie (13)
Amber & Holly (17)
Rosalie & Michael (15)
I know a few more, but I can't think of them at the moment. And I know some, but don't know the other twin's name.
And I just have to comment that Sylvia and Rose and beautiful.
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Ooh, Sylvia and Rose! How beautiful!
I know:
Janice and Elaine (my mother and aunt)
David and Jerome (father and uncle, who I've never met- the uncle, not the father)
Max and Zach (went to middle school with them)
I know:
Janice and Elaine (my mother and aunt)
David and Jerome (father and uncle, who I've never met- the uncle, not the father)
Max and Zach (went to middle school with them)
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In high school I knew:
Identical twin girls named Lee and Ellen.
Boy and girl twins named Theodore nn Ted and Patricia nn Patty.
My husband was friends in college with identical twin guys named Joseph nn Joe and Thomas nn Tom.
I knew identical twin girls in college named Mary Kate and Mary Beth. I don't know whether or not they were actually Mary Katherine and Mary Elizabeth, or if Kate and Beth were their full middle names.
I once knew a woman who had a twin brother, although I never actually met her brother. They were named Janet and Anthony nn Tony.
We knew a couple who had fraternal twin boys named Alexander nn Alex and Maxwell nn Max.
My ex-boyfriend's cousin has two sets of twin boys. The first set is fraternal and named Lamar and Lamont. The second set is identical and named Aces and Aries.
My brother and sister-in-law have fraternal twin boys. They're named John Richard Jr. and Andrew Bryan.
And my niece had twin girls this past May 13. I don't know if they're identical or fraternal. Last I heard she had picked out a first name for one of them but not a middle name, and still hadn't decided on any name for the other one, even after they were born. Once I have more information, I plan on posting about them.
Identical twin girls named Lee and Ellen.
Boy and girl twins named Theodore nn Ted and Patricia nn Patty.
My husband was friends in college with identical twin guys named Joseph nn Joe and Thomas nn Tom.
I knew identical twin girls in college named Mary Kate and Mary Beth. I don't know whether or not they were actually Mary Katherine and Mary Elizabeth, or if Kate and Beth were their full middle names.
I once knew a woman who had a twin brother, although I never actually met her brother. They were named Janet and Anthony nn Tony.
We knew a couple who had fraternal twin boys named Alexander nn Alex and Maxwell nn Max.
My ex-boyfriend's cousin has two sets of twin boys. The first set is fraternal and named Lamar and Lamont. The second set is identical and named Aces and Aries.
My brother and sister-in-law have fraternal twin boys. They're named John Richard Jr. and Andrew Bryan.
And my niece had twin girls this past May 13. I don't know if they're identical or fraternal. Last I heard she had picked out a first name for one of them but not a middle name, and still hadn't decided on any name for the other one, even after they were born. Once I have more information, I plan on posting about them.
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