Before I got pregnant with my twins, I never thought I would end up with overly matching names for my kids. My eldest son is
Corbin Michael ("Corby") so I knew I was going to have to search a bit to find something to compliment his name. My husband and I took a long time to agree upon two names for both genders once we knew we had twins coming. And we did end up with a theme...
Colin William &
Gavin John
But you know what? All of their names suit them. I think names that sound really similar (ie
Michael &
Micah or
Jesse &
Jessica) are difficult in any family set and should probably be avoided.
Here's a few other twin sets I know:
Brett David &
Michael Keith (identical, my siblings)
John David &
Marie Ellen (fraternal, my adopted siblings)
Sarah &
Madeline "
Maddie" (fraternal, my students)
Andrew &
Zachary "
Zach" (identical, one is my student)
Leo &
Kate (fraternal, my mom is their nanny)
Thomas "
Tom" &
Kevin (identical, one is my student)
Evan &
Dana (fraternal, one is my student)
Zachary Edward "
Zach" &
Erin Rose (fraternal, my friends' babies)