Identical Twins!

I knew two sets of twins when growing up:

Tracey and Teresa (Trace and Trees!)
Karina and Tamina

Neither good, particularly the rhyming pair!

If possible, try and avoid names that run together and make another name. I know the twins won't always be referred to together, but names like Rose and Anna can run together into Roseanna and make it sound like you are lumping them together into one person. It's unlikely that people would be so silly as to thin of them as one person, but anything you can so to limit it helps

I a an identical twin, and my sister has a name starting with the same letter as mine.

DON'T DO IT!

Ideas from sets of twins I know:-

Thomas and William
Joshua and Callum
Isabel and Sophia
Edward and Michael
Nicholas and Stephen
Millie and Ella

I would go for name which are similarish (e.g. both classic/traditional or both a bit more modern, whichever is your preference) but not one classic and one really unusual.

So Thomas and Daniel, fine, but Thomas and Alvar maybe not....

Grace and Eleanor fine but Grace and Skylar maybe not....

Nothing wrong with Alvar or Skylar (in fact Alvar is one of my favourite names) but you would need something else unusual to go with them.

I know several sets of twins
Isobel and jessica [Izzy and Jess]
Harry and Elizabeth[Harry and Lizzie
Callam and Isobel [Callam and Izzy]
Oliver and George [Ollie ]
Paige and Ryan
Nicholas and Timothy [Nick and Tim]
Alexander and Thomas
Barny and Zac
Tara and Leia

Fair enough. Do they have names of similar length, or was your suggestion born out of weeks of complaints that "my name is harder to write that his/hers"?? !

EvilTwins - yes I do. They are about the same age as yours.

oops - mine, not mind.

I agree CrossordAddict. My DTDs are ID, and are only 4, but I was pleased, on parents evening, that their teacher said that they don't cling to each other and are entirely independent.

Naming twins should be no different to naming siblings. The matchy-matchy names-that-go-together thing is too twee.

Mind are Daisy and Emily. I also know a Tallulah and Grace, a Phoebe and Liam and a Jessica and Evie.

Do you want people to realise they are twins? I mean, when they are in secondary school, do you want them to go round in a pair all the time. Our twins are in the same class and when we went to parents' evening recently one teacher hadn't even realised they were twins! (They are non-identical girl twins btw)We rated that as a success. They are separate people and deserve different names.

I suppose you could try May and Amy?

I think in terms of differing length/complexity, there is something to be said for avoiding extremes - it might be weird to have Vercingetorix and Joe.

What schmee said...it's a brilliant point. Twins will be learning to read and write their own names at the same time.

Friends with twins have all suggested this...you don't want one twin to feel like 'it's' being left behind because their is harder to spell!

I have Freddie and Stanley

and I know

Max and George
Erin and Freya
Alex and Ethan

I think its the same as picking any siblings names, nice to go together but not to alike.

I know twin boys called Versace and Armani (could also be used for girls_ However I would nEVER Suggest this,its only to make your friend laugh as you can be so tied carrying twins and need a wee laugh. Also when I was a practicing Midwife (I am doing a different job now) I answered the phone in the labour ward to a delighted granparent of twins a by and a girl and she asked me if I could tell her if they were identical!!!! as she lived a distance away and wouldn't be able to make it to the hospital for a couple of days,It was only when I laughed she realised what she had asked,both of these stories are geniunely true.Best wishes to your friend fo a healthy pregnancy,safe delivery and two healthy babies.Karen x

schmee - do you have twins? That's a bizarre suggestion.

One tip is to make the names about the same length/simplicity - useful when they are learning to say/read/write their names.

I want to echo that the names should have different initial letters and not rhyme. Oh and it goes without saying, twin names should never be almost the same name, for example I know a twin set of Tyler and Taylor, and that is just plain wrong.

I'm a twin with twins.

I've got a non-identical twin sister and we're Harriet (me) and Violet. (We're named after our dad's grandmothers).

I have identical twin daughters, Eleonora and Dorothea.

Other nice 'same sex' twin sets I know:

Alexander & William
Alexander & Nathaniel
Caspar & Sebsastian
Elijah & Reuben
Thomas & William

Catherine & Eleanor
Elizabeth & Margaret
Lucy & Sarah
Miranda & Tabitha

I have a Ebony & Baylee.

Twins I know-
Jaimee and Teigan
Cara and Ailey
David and Gary
James and Thomaas
Ruraidh and Ewan

There is also an Isla and Sky at DS' school which is a bit cringeworthy when you hear mum shouting Isla Sky come here...

Wow 2 sets of twins

wow two sets of twins! bit of a handful :-s

We just went with names we liked for ours - we have a Grace and Jessica who are 2 and expecting a set of boys in a few weeks and think we have decided on Elliot and Oliver

twins who i used to go to school with...

Maddie and Grace

April and Kirsty

Amy and Lauren

I like the name maddie and grace I think they fit well together :-)

I've always fantasized about having twin girls called Linnet & Wren. Probably a good job it never happened.

How about Rufus and Duncan for boys? They're both colour names but not obviously so.

Katherine, Elizabeth, Abigail.

Edward, Alexander, Thomas.

I agree with no mathchin initials. I think I like Katherine and Elizabeth together best and for boys I like Alexander and Thomas best.