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I wouldn't name twins anything I wasn't willing to name singletons so no same initials or rhyming/similar sounding names. Similar style of name doesn't bother me much because if that's the style of names the parents like then that's the kind of name they're going to use regardless of whether the children are twins or singletons.
I think Milo and Linus are fine for brothers but I disagree that they are completely individual names. I think they are similar styles. Both names have two syllables, the same cadence and the same vowel sound in the first syllable. But since I see no problem with giving children similar style names I see no problem with Milo and Linus.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
I think Milo and Linus are fine for brothers but I disagree that they are completely individual names. I think they are similar styles. Both names have two syllables, the same cadence and the same vowel sound in the first syllable. But since I see no problem with giving children similar style names I see no problem with Milo and Linus.
~Mark Twain
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I agree that Milo and Linus would fall under the "similar style" category. I think that completely individual names would be something like Tyler and Amadeus, where they have completely different styles of names. I think twin names sound best if they are different-sounding names but with a similar style (like Amanda and Danielle: totally different initials and sounds, but a similar enough style that they go together well). However, twin names that are completely individual might be preferable to the twins themselves, since later in life they will want to have their own very distinct identities.
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and the second question
It seems most twins I know have either similar sounding names, Don and Ron, and Don and Dan; or names with the same first letter, Kim and Kay, Jacob and Jonathan, Tim and Tony, Brent and Brian. It seems that boy/girl twins are the most likely to have names that don't follow a pattern or theme.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
It seems most twins I know have either similar sounding names, Don and Ron, and Don and Dan; or names with the same first letter, Kim and Kay, Jacob and Jonathan, Tim and Tony, Brent and Brian. It seems that boy/girl twins are the most likely to have names that don't follow a pattern or theme.
~Mark Twain
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