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Helpa question about twin names?
I'm freaking out because my I'm now 34 weeks pregnant and I've finally picked a name but here's my problem...
My son has said for the past 10-15 weeks that Mommy is having two babies. Even if I tell him I'm having one, he insist that I'm having two. So, even though I don't think I am, I want to be prepared because sometimes things like that happen.
Do you all think that twins should have common names? Either starting with the same letter or rhyming with each other. Or even if they just sound a lot alike.
Or should each name be different and unique so the twins have unique and different personalities? Just your personal opinion.... I'm undecided on the issue!
My son has said for the past 10-15 weeks that Mommy is having two babies. Even if I tell him I'm having one, he insist that I'm having two. So, even though I don't think I am, I want to be prepared because sometimes things like that happen.
Do you all think that twins should have common names? Either starting with the same letter or rhyming with each other. Or even if they just sound a lot alike.
Or should each name be different and unique so the twins have unique and different personalities? Just your personal opinion.... I'm undecided on the issue!
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I definitely wouldn't want name them anything that rhymes or even starts with the same letter.
I think the only sort of "mathing names" that wouldn't be totally embarrassing to the twins would be names that mean the same thing, but are totally different. Or names that are related under a common theme or something of that sort.
Even then, though, I think it's better just to give them unique names so they're not forever known as "so-and-so's twin" & have their own separate identities.
I think the only sort of "mathing names" that wouldn't be totally embarrassing to the twins would be names that mean the same thing, but are totally different. Or names that are related under a common theme or something of that sort.
Even then, though, I think it's better just to give them unique names so they're not forever known as "so-and-so's twin" & have their own separate identities.
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I don't think twins should be named any different than siblings would be. And I don't think siblings should be named any differently than they would be individually. The bottom line is pick the name you love best at that time. If there are two babies, pick the two names you love best.
Don't pick a substandard name just because it's more matchy.
Don't pick a substandard name just because it's more matchy.
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I'd say....
Definitely the latter -- each name should be unique and different from the other. They will most likely always be viewed as one so this would give them some sort of individuality! I also kind of think that, while "matching" names for twins is cute (i.e. Deanna & Daniela) I think it might be getting kind of faux pas nowadays -- no? Maybe not, I don't know! If I had twins the only thing I might consider doing is using the same initials but reverse them -- i.e. if I like a combo with the initials A.L., I might give the other a name with the initials L.A. I probably would not match the names if I had twins.
Good luck! Please let us know if your son's intuitions are right!
Definitely the latter -- each name should be unique and different from the other. They will most likely always be viewed as one so this would give them some sort of individuality! I also kind of think that, while "matching" names for twins is cute (i.e. Deanna & Daniela) I think it might be getting kind of faux pas nowadays -- no? Maybe not, I don't know! If I had twins the only thing I might consider doing is using the same initials but reverse them -- i.e. if I like a combo with the initials A.L., I might give the other a name with the initials L.A. I probably would not match the names if I had twins.
Good luck! Please let us know if your son's intuitions are right!
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I prefer seperate unique names.
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Or should each name be different and unique so the twins have unique and different personalities? YES! People trying to be cute when naming twins freak me out. They always seem to think much more about themselves than about the babies.
Please, just use two names that you like (in case you're having twins but you're not)!
Good luck during the final weeks of pregnancy.
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Please, just use two names that you like (in case you're having twins but you're not)!
Good luck during the final weeks of pregnancy.
better to be poor than be a fat man in the eye of a needle
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I think you should use two names you really like. Name them like you would name siblings (it sort of fits, but not overly). I think it is fun to have matching mns, because you harldy use them anyway, but that's just my opinion. The twins I've know in real life, never had overly matching names, they were always the same style, but not more matching than that.
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Every time you break it
I pick up the pen I hold in my hands
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I like it when twin names have some kind of connection (i.e. both are named after characters in books, both are named after relatives, or the names have a similar meaning), but I hate it when twin names sound too alike, like Kylie and Kayla or Tim and Tom. People, even twins, are individiuals, and shouldn't be named like an item.
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I think the names twins have shoulf flow well together, but I don't think they should be too rhymy or similar
however, middle names with similar meanings or themesmight be kind ifa nice way to show the special conection between twins
however, middle names with similar meanings or themesmight be kind ifa nice way to show the special conection between twins
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They should have completely different and unique names.... They are two people, dont put them together. If anything "similar" if you want to, make them two longer names that can have short nn. Like Nicholas and Alexander (Nicky and Alex, Full House) or Joseph (Joe), Timothy (Tim)...you get the picture....
I hate it when people try to play the twin cuteness and give them similar names. They are two completely different people, and they may look alike and be best of friends and the same/similar DNA, but they are not one. You wouldnt give one child a name and then the next child born a similar or rhyming name, would you? Some would, and thats their choice, but I think most people, especially on the boards, agree to give them their own name to display who they are as individuals.
~~Kris~~
I hate it when people try to play the twin cuteness and give them similar names. They are two completely different people, and they may look alike and be best of friends and the same/similar DNA, but they are not one. You wouldnt give one child a name and then the next child born a similar or rhyming name, would you? Some would, and thats their choice, but I think most people, especially on the boards, agree to give them their own name to display who they are as individuals.
~~Kris~~
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I think twins' names out to be whichever two names you like most and want to give them. :-) Personally I'd avoid making them rhymy or sing-songy or themey myself. I think being too 'cute' with twins' names is kind of tacky. Using the same letter for a first name isn't bad since names can still have distinctively different sounds--some of my favorite names are Elizabeth, Evelyn, Elaine, and Emilia, for example. But sounding alike or rhyming is too much for me; twins could face a lot of being seen as one unit together instead of individuals, and I wouldn't want to add unnecessarily to that.
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I think the sounds should be completely different from each other, there is no need to proclaim that they're twins with rhyming names or names that begin with the same letter, plus you wouldn't give rhyming names to any other set of siblings so why do it to twins? However, if the names have the same meaning (like Dorcas and Tabitha in the twin names section) then I don't have a problem with it, just as long as its subtle.
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Different and unique, imo
And I'm a labor nurse, I can tell you that you're more likely to win the $350mil lottery than turn up with an extra baby when they told you there's only one - but note I didn't say it's impossible! Good luck!
And I'm a labor nurse, I can tell you that you're more likely to win the $350mil lottery than turn up with an extra baby when they told you there's only one - but note I didn't say it's impossible! Good luck!
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I don't think I am... but it's funny to hear my son be so set on the idea when no one has ever mentioned that to be a possibilty, he thought of it all on his own.
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Kids are amazing that way
My oldest son told me my second was a girl in, like, my 7th week. The two of them both told me my third was a girl almost as early, though I argued with them the whole time, saying it was time for another boy. Then the three of them correctly pronounced my fourth a boy, again, nearly as early. And mind you, I deliberately did not have ultrasounds with any but the last, and then only at the end. Good luck, let us know how things go and *what name* you choose!
My oldest son told me my second was a girl in, like, my 7th week. The two of them both told me my third was a girl almost as early, though I argued with them the whole time, saying it was time for another boy. Then the three of them correctly pronounced my fourth a boy, again, nearly as early. And mind you, I deliberately did not have ultrasounds with any but the last, and then only at the end. Good luck, let us know how things go and *what name* you choose!
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