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I think it would really depend. I always somewhat imagined myself having twins since it runs in my family but I could name them almost anything.

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I look for the sound of the names more than themes or whatever. I think it’s cute, like Celia and Alice, but I’m not a fan.

I’d give them names that were similar and yet different. Probably of the same ethnicity but not starting with the same letter or worse rhyming.

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Katherine and Elizabeth (Classic English girls names)
Andriy and Dmitriy (Slavic boy names)
Julia and Hadrian ( names from Ancient Rome)
Kieran and Grainne (Irish names)

I'd probably use a similar theme or length/stressed syllables, but nothing too matchy-matchy

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I'm childfree, but I really like how Flora and Roscoe sound together. Or Eleanor and Seraphine. Or David and Eros, even though I'd never name a child Eros where I live lol

If it were me, I may make the names match in some way. I especially like to do matching lengths of sibling names. I'm not for the "Tara and Sara" rhyming names.

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G/G: Delina Jan and Hester Lea
G/B Jane Amaris and Ezra Damian
B/B: Evander Florian and Maurice Tristan

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I'd give names of a similar style, but not necessarily directly connected, nor too similar in sound.

I'd try not to make them too matchy matchy but might end up using names that I liked with some sort of commonalty between them like same theme or same initial. However I would also do this for non-twin siblings.

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Today mine would be:
Rowan & Elliot (b/b)
Rowan & Imogen (b/g)
Imogen & Violet (g/g)

I would use twin names with similar meanings, to give them a secret connection but not make it too obvious.

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David and Mabel (mean loveable/beloved)
Kit and Tilda (diminutives that work as standalone)
Cosmo and Gaia (Universe and Earth)

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Wren and Primrose (nature related)
Evangeline and Seraphina (angel related)
Margot and Greta (diminutives of the same name)

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Nathaniel and Theodore (mean gift of god)
Arthur and Wilbur (animal meanings)
Gabriel and Raphael (angel names)

I wouldn't want their names being too similar. I usually think its confusing and corny. There are exceptions. I like:
Howard & Christopher
Alexander & Nicholas
James & Michael
Dawn & Aurora
out of what you listed.

Amara & Elodie
Lydia & Clara
Alexandra & Georgiana
Charlotte & Beatrix
Hazel & Luna
Lola & Zoe
Eloise & Araminta

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Jasper & Miles
Owen & Leo
Arthur & Felix
Alexander & Henry
Alfred & Theodore

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Henry & Beatrix
Caleb & Violet
Caspian & Helena
Sylvan & Calypso
Archimedes & Lavinia

I think the new names, though the matchiness is cutesy, are much better than Jennifer and Frances, which don't sound like they're even from the same generation.

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I'd just use two names I liked best.
James and Brianna

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James and Benjamin

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Brianna and Jessica

Once upon a time, using all family vintage names, my thinking for twins was Thaddeus Mckinley and Matthias Sanford, Laura Damaris and Rachel Augusta. Pretty sure I would pick something else today.

I'd name them:

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G/G: Alexis and Kate
G/B: Kate and Enzo
B/B: Enzo and Luca

I would give them distinct but cohesive names, the same as I would with siblings born at different times.
Actually, they would probably have slightly more cohesive names than regular siblings as my opinions would be likely to change between children.

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Right now, taking my partner’s opinions in mind, I’d do something like:
Gwen and Lillian
Gwen and Bram
Bram and Nathaniel

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Right now, if I didn’t have to listen to my partner:
Cecily and Margot
Cecily and August
August and Ezra

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G/G: Rose & Aura

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B/B: Dean & Theo

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B/G: Dean & Rose

Dawn & Eve is an awful thing to do to twins.

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I would definitely not give twins linked or matching names, unless by accident. If I were to have twins right now (hah) they would be:

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Rowan & Frederick
Rowan & Freya
Naomi & Fern

I gave my girl twins completely different first names (different initial, end with different letters, have different number of syllables and come from different origins; the other is a feminisation of a name derived from germanic name and the other is derived from a Finnish nature word). Their middle names are matchy though, both of them have a floral middle name (as their elder sister has as well) and both have a second middle that starts with the letter E (stylistically they are very different though). I don't really like overly matchy names for twins or "normal" siblings.

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If I had twins right now (horrible thought!) they would be:
g&g Emma and Tove or Tuovi
b&b Aukusti and Frans
g&b Emma and Aukusti

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Amy and May
Andrew and Matthew
Amy and James