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Help[Opinions] Re: Naming twins
in reply to a message by Felie
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 names of famous sibset, couple (real or fictional).
Oh dear, here come Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam! Romeo and Juliet! Brad and Janet! Frank and Rocky!
I suspect that naming twins is much like naming singletons - at first, it doesn't occur to the child to like or dislike its name. Then the name is disliked and the parents get the blame. Then the name is liked or at least accepted, often being used in a nn form: no longer Antoinette but Toni.
* 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 names of famous sibset, couple (real or fictional).
Oh dear, here come Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam! Romeo and Juliet! Brad and Janet! Frank and Rocky!
I suspect that naming twins is much like naming singletons - at first, it doesn't occur to the child to like or dislike its name. Then the name is disliked and the parents get the blame. Then the name is liked or at least accepted, often being used in a nn form: no longer Antoinette but Toni.
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