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because- as you so atutely observed- that would make sense.

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people like matchy twins and therefore make names that match come hell or high water. that's all there is to it. be damned the factthat your child has a fairly common sounding name with a spelling she will always have to correct people on. it matches and it's oh so cute...right??? :-/

lol, I read that as Mel-LOAD-ee and Maloney (rhyme baloney).
Then I thought it sounds like Mellowday and Maloney?
OH...

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I like Melanie and Melody ... not the different spellings though.

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When they want to call both twins I bet they will just call out, "Melon-dee"

This message was edited 2/21/2014, 3:42 PM

Yeah, Meloney only sounds like the fruit to me. Melodey's not great, but at least you can figure out what it's supposed to be. Not to mention the spellings are so close... it's probably going to make things confusing at school!

Wrong question. You ought to be asking "Why did they use names that sound so similar that even in quiet settings they are close to indistinguishable?" Seriously, I have a very hard time hearing the difference between Melody and Melanie in normal speech/conversation.

I like Melanie, and Melody is OK. They are too close to be used on twins, though.
Melodey and Meloney just look stupid. Poor Meloney, what if she will get very big...you know...?

Anything that cutesy can't be good! But, I've been experimenting with Melony and Melanie, and whatever I try, they sound the same. Do you pronounce Melanie differently? (In Afrikaans it sounds like muhLAHni with a very long AH, but no doubt not where you live!)