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Help[Opinions] Re: B/G Twins
in reply to a message by Immovable
Whenever I think of twins, whether for a CAF or even just siblings in general, if I already have my top favorites for B/B or G/G, I just take my number one top favorite for each as the B/G combo instead of picking entirely different names, but that's just me. And as a twin with a cutesy name set myself, I see absolutely no point in matching, so if anything, I'd be less inclined to pick twin names solely so that they match. Twins, like any other children I'd have, would be named because I like the names or they mean something to us, not because they're twins. They'll be reminded of that enough.
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I completely agree with this. I'm also a twin and I know that when growing up twins will always be seen as a set rather than individuals. You would be doing your twins a favour by not giving them matching names because not having matching names won't make you less of a twin.
ETA: I'm not against subtle name themes at all. It's just that I can't stand twin names like Sophia and Sophie, Jake and Jack etc
There are more sophisticated ways to create a theme or relate names which I think you are trying to do. Ignatius Carlisle and Blaise Donovan are great names for twins.
I completely agree with this. I'm also a twin and I know that when growing up twins will always be seen as a set rather than individuals. You would be doing your twins a favour by not giving them matching names because not having matching names won't make you less of a twin.
ETA: I'm not against subtle name themes at all. It's just that I can't stand twin names like Sophia and Sophie, Jake and Jack etc
There are more sophisticated ways to create a theme or relate names which I think you are trying to do. Ignatius Carlisle and Blaise Donovan are great names for twins.
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Ignatius Carlisle and Blaise Donovan are great names for twins.
Thanks. I know Isla and Iona are too close for comfort, but they are more about honoring my heritage (they are Scottish islands). I admit that I came up with Isla Primrose first, and went hunting for a twin that "matched".
Ignatius and Blaise just... happened.
I see what you guys are saying.
Thanks. I know Isla and Iona are too close for comfort, but they are more about honoring my heritage (they are Scottish islands). I admit that I came up with Isla Primrose first, and went hunting for a twin that "matched".
Ignatius and Blaise just... happened.
I see what you guys are saying.
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Well, of course I am talking only about myself, but I see twinsets as one more possibility create an interesting um...work. It doesn't need to be as stupid as "omg we have twins their names are Jack and Jake/Lily and Rose". You can also put a nice theme that is seeable only to the people who are close to you - I don't see there trying to connect the twins with one more bound. They're just born at the same time, and that gives you a chance to create a set. A very rare chance, and wouldn't it be shame not to use it?
You might ask here, why not to use the same "chance" on normal siblings. Well, with twins it is already clear, how many are they, but you kan never be sure, how many children you will actually have. And so you can't really plan of a set with a theme. Imagine you've started a set with E. A. Poe-names, and end up with having six children, but after you've named four of them, you can't find any Poe-names you'll like. Well this was a stupid example, but you got the idea. :D
You might ask here, why not to use the same "chance" on normal siblings. Well, with twins it is already clear, how many are they, but you kan never be sure, how many children you will actually have. And so you can't really plan of a set with a theme. Imagine you've started a set with E. A. Poe-names, and end up with having six children, but after you've named four of them, you can't find any Poe-names you'll like. Well this was a stupid example, but you got the idea. :D
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I agree
I'm not asking that they be "themed", just that they sound related .
I couldn't possibly name my twins Bertha and Ashley, but Clara and Frances sound good together, and have no "seeable" relation.
The same goes with Ignatius and Blaise. They each have a Latin origin, but the meanings are completely dissimilar. In my mind, they are connected though (which is why I said related "by a strecth").
I'm not asking that they be "themed", just that they sound related .
I couldn't possibly name my twins Bertha and Ashley, but Clara and Frances sound good together, and have no "seeable" relation.
The same goes with Ignatius and Blaise. They each have a Latin origin, but the meanings are completely dissimilar. In my mind, they are connected though (which is why I said related "by a strecth").
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