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Help[Opinions] Naming twins
Hi !!!
What is better doing in your opinion when you have to name twins?
I give you some examples:
* Give them totally different names
* Give them different names but with a similar / opposite meaning.
* Give them names that start with the same letter.
*Give them names that end with the same sound/letter
*Give them names with etymologies from the same language.
*Give them names of famous sibset, couple (real or fictional).
I'm a twin (with a sister but not identical) and we have totally different names. I used to hate when twins names were matched BUT currently I'm thinking about: 'Being a twin is something special, why don't reflecting it in names?".
These are some ideas.. WDYT?
I'm very curious!! Let me know! :)
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
What is better doing in your opinion when you have to name twins?
I give you some examples:
* Give them totally different names
* Give them different names but with a similar / opposite meaning.
* Give them names that start with the same letter.
*Give them names that end with the same sound/letter
*Give them names with etymologies from the same language.
*Give them names of famous sibset, couple (real or fictional).
I'm a twin (with a sister but not identical) and we have totally different names. I used to hate when twins names were matched BUT currently I'm thinking about: 'Being a twin is something special, why don't reflecting it in names?".
These are some ideas.. WDYT?
I'm very curious!! Let me know! :)
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
This message was edited 4/7/2019, 1:39 PM
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Hmm. Alliteration or similar endings, I wouldn't do, personally. For any sib-set I'd want names that have similar etymologies of 'vibes', but with twins I might choose matching / opposite meanings, or be keen that they had the same overall syllable count.
If I had to name twins right this second:
Cecily Inès
Tamsin Hélène
Cecily Inès
Elian Tomás
Leon Tomás
Ezra Corentin
One of my absolute guilty pleasure ideas for twins is first names Tamsin and Tomás, because the meanings are just too perfect, plus Tomás would be honouring for me and Tamsin is one of my favourite girls' names ever, but it's just too much, I think. The children would hate you. So I just work one or other in, aha.
If I had to name twins right this second:
Cecily Inès
Tamsin Hélène
Cecily Inès
Elian Tomás
Leon Tomás
Ezra Corentin
One of my absolute guilty pleasure ideas for twins is first names Tamsin and Tomás, because the meanings are just too perfect, plus Tomás would be honouring for me and Tamsin is one of my favourite girls' names ever, but it's just too much, I think. The children would hate you. So I just work one or other in, aha.
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Give them totally different names
No. I don’t like it. I baby sat my twin baby cousin for several years, identical girls, and it drove me crazy that they had such different names.
* Give them different names but with a similar / opposite meaning.
No, I’m not a fan of this either.
* Give them names that start with the same letter.
This, yes. It’s what I did with my twins. I love alliteration.
*Give them names that end with the same sound/letter
Nah, I don’t care for that much. Somebody once told me they liked rhyming twins, like Mason and Jason, etc. and after I really thought about it, I didn’t really like it.
*Give them names with etymologies from the same language.
Nah to this too.
*Give them names of famous sibset, couple (real or fictional).
Defintely not. This would just be way too corny for me.
I suppose I never really understood the whole feeling of “twins are separate people and need separate names”...
A name doesn’t exactly make a child-it’s how a parent treats them. I picked names for my twins that started with the same letter, different middle names, because I liked the names, how they sounded together, and how they sounded with my older sons name as well. I personally think it’s quite silly when people make such a big deal about it!
I’ve asked them if they wished they had different names and they just look at me like I’m dumb-“why would we want a different name?”
No. I don’t like it. I baby sat my twin baby cousin for several years, identical girls, and it drove me crazy that they had such different names.
* Give them different names but with a similar / opposite meaning.
No, I’m not a fan of this either.
* Give them names that start with the same letter.
This, yes. It’s what I did with my twins. I love alliteration.
*Give them names that end with the same sound/letter
Nah, I don’t care for that much. Somebody once told me they liked rhyming twins, like Mason and Jason, etc. and after I really thought about it, I didn’t really like it.
*Give them names with etymologies from the same language.
Nah to this too.
*Give them names of famous sibset, couple (real or fictional).
Defintely not. This would just be way too corny for me.
I suppose I never really understood the whole feeling of “twins are separate people and need separate names”...
A name doesn’t exactly make a child-it’s how a parent treats them. I picked names for my twins that started with the same letter, different middle names, because I liked the names, how they sounded together, and how they sounded with my older sons name as well. I personally think it’s quite silly when people make such a big deal about it!
I’ve asked them if they wished they had different names and they just look at me like I’m dumb-“why would we want a different name?”
This message was edited 4/8/2019, 11:41 AM
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Interesting! I'm not a twin, and have never had twins among my good friends, so this is guesswork:
* Give them totally different names
Yes, if possible; not so different that it's obvious what you're doing.
* Give them different names but with a similar / opposite meaning.
Like Dawn and Eve? Blossom and Fleur? Deborah and Melissa? Beatrice and Dolores? I like some of those names better than others, but I really don't like the idea.
* Give them names that start with the same letter.
Only if you'd have chosen those names for non-twin siblings. And only if they have different initials for their middle name/names. Laura and Lucy, yes. Laura Gillian and Lucy Angela, maybe. Laura Margaret and Lucy Maria, no.
*Give them names that end with the same sound/letter
Interesting. Helen and Susan, no; Helen and Suzanne, for some reason, yes. Perhaps it's just less obvious when a different syllable is stressed. And, I once knew an Ian with a brother who was John - could never make sense of it.
*Give them names with etymologies from the same language.
Anne and Ruth! Or Mary and Rachel, though I don't like them as much. I don't really mind where the names I like originate, though I do tend to prefer classic English, well-established ones. Gerlinde and Irmela? Too non-English, though I like them both.
* Give them totally different names
Yes, if possible; not so different that it's obvious what you're doing.
* Give them different names but with a similar / opposite meaning.
Like Dawn and Eve? Blossom and Fleur? Deborah and Melissa? Beatrice and Dolores? I like some of those names better than others, but I really don't like the idea.
* Give them names that start with the same letter.
Only if you'd have chosen those names for non-twin siblings. And only if they have different initials for their middle name/names. Laura and Lucy, yes. Laura Gillian and Lucy Angela, maybe. Laura Margaret and Lucy Maria, no.
*Give them names that end with the same sound/letter
Interesting. Helen and Susan, no; Helen and Suzanne, for some reason, yes. Perhaps it's just less obvious when a different syllable is stressed. And, I once knew an Ian with a brother who was John - could never make sense of it.
*Give them names with etymologies from the same language.
Anne and Ruth! Or Mary and Rachel, though I don't like them as much. I don't really mind where the names I like originate, though I do tend to prefer classic English, well-established ones. Gerlinde and Irmela? Too non-English, though I like them both.
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Give them their own names, the two names I’d name them if I was having singletons one after the other. Twins barely have their own identity as it is, especially identical twins, without cutesy matching or even worse rhyming first names to make them even more of a matched pair.
Right now mine would be:
Avielle & Sylvie
Avielle & Franklin
Franklin & August
Even then Avielle and Sylvie are a little similar sounding for me, I might be tempted to go with one of my other girl favourites just to avoid that - maybe Geneva or Xanthe or Florence.
Right now mine would be:
Avielle & Sylvie
Avielle & Franklin
Franklin & August
Even then Avielle and Sylvie are a little similar sounding for me, I might be tempted to go with one of my other girl favourites just to avoid that - maybe Geneva or Xanthe or Florence.
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I'm going with etymologies from the same language only because I think that would mean they would complement each other the best that way. I think you should name twins names that are very different, but still feel like they fit together. They should have the same "vibe" so that would include etymology.
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I would not use two names that sound alike or rhyme. I wouldn’t do that for regular siblings, why would I do that for twins. I might do something with similar meanings, but not something a average Joe would pick up on.
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Agreed. A covert theme would be OK, but nothing obvious - especially if they're identical.
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I know fraternal twins named Monica and Carmen. As a kid, I remember liking the asymmetry.
My sister and I aren't twins, but we were intentionally given names that begin with the same letter. That's fine with me but not something I'd do.
If I was a twin, I don't think I'd like having a name that intentionally had the same meaning as my twin's. I'd think: we're separate people; we should have separate names/meanings. I don't think I'd appreciate our names being opposites either; it'd be like setting us up in opposition to each other.
If I had twins, I wouldn't want the names to clash (same for any sibset), but I wouldn't intentionally match them. I might worry less about using similar sounding names, though...like, Astrid and Esther are a couple of my favorite names: I wouldn't use those for non-twins because they sound too similar to me, but maybe I would for twins.
My sister and I aren't twins, but we were intentionally given names that begin with the same letter. That's fine with me but not something I'd do.
If I was a twin, I don't think I'd like having a name that intentionally had the same meaning as my twin's. I'd think: we're separate people; we should have separate names/meanings. I don't think I'd appreciate our names being opposites either; it'd be like setting us up in opposition to each other.
If I had twins, I wouldn't want the names to clash (same for any sibset), but I wouldn't intentionally match them. I might worry less about using similar sounding names, though...like, Astrid and Esther are a couple of my favorite names: I wouldn't use those for non-twins because they sound too similar to me, but maybe I would for twins.
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Because being a twin is already special in its own way, you don't need a cutesy naming theme to reflect that. But, in my experience, twins really aren't that special anymore anyway. With the huge rise in twins due to fertility treatments I just see so many of them it doesn't really wow me any more. Higher order multiples, though...that's interesting and special. But even so, they don't need cutesy name themes either.
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I think most everything is fine, but not rhyming names, which are corny, or names of famous couples, which is fine for pets but not people. I knew somebody who had a pair of (incredibly stupid) basset hounds named Bonnie and Clyde.
I do think twin (or sibling names in general) should at least sound like they come from the same family. No LOctavius and Jayden or Kaylee and Desdemona, for instance.
I do think twin (or sibling names in general) should at least sound like they come from the same family. No LOctavius and Jayden or Kaylee and Desdemona, for instance.
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