Twin names - only in America....

I promise it is not a joke! Why would it one actually?
I would not go for it for obvious reasons (Percy) but Percival is a name I quite like and it has a nice literary reference. DH and his brothers decided they would not call him "Percy", so my nephew also gets shortened to "Pierce".

I don't think either that the names have to match, it seems just nicer but I am pretty sure I would give two very different names if I had twins.

Also heard in NY: Harper and Viola; Rose and Lily; Grischa and Misha
haha Mark and Spencer! I am sure there are sets called like that.

Percy and Pippa? Surely that's a wind up?

Naughty naughty SIL!

Love Mark and Spencer!

Gavin and Stacey?
Terry and June?

Maybe a british suggestion to go back with:

2 boys - Mark and Spencer??

Just as well we didn't have twins as my OH went through a "Stella" and "Artois" phase.........I hope to god he was joking!!! I actually quite liked Stella but not with my surname!!

seriously?

Perhaps better not to ask for opinions then. I am making an effort not to be too cruel honest

And Fish and Chips.

They forgot to add salt and pepper to the list.

Magdalena, I read your SiL's suggestions as Percy and Pepper and thought she must have had a pig theme. Pippa is better but I still don't understand the matching names thing.

OP, what names do you like? I would definitely avoid having the same initial because that can be confusing with post and stuff later. Rhyming names or names which sound as similar as possible are just totally incomprehensible please don't inflict that on your dc. Do you want a theme with names? If you really really want a theme perhaps go for one a bit broader. You could choose "virtue" names - there was a recent thread about male virtue names. Or "space - related" names so you could have constellation names or something, e.g. Lyra and Leo (although same first letter). Or just don't have a theme and choose 2 names which you like.

A friend of friend in NY called her twins Brooklyn & Chelsea and I know of a Sage & Basile set of twins too (in Florida). The last one is just stupid..

My favorite twins' names is my SIL's creation: Percival & Philippa (Percy & Pippa, they just go so well together, not sure I would be brave enough though).

Ha, ha, thats brilliant!!
Esp. like Braelyn & Kailyn and De'vonte and De'onte???!!

I do know of twins called Faith and Hope over here in good old Blighty - wouldnt have been my choice though probably the 'best' from those listed.

I've only ever personally known of 2 sets of twins and they were Ian & Rachel and Ian & Stuart - obnviously Ian was popular twin name in the 80's??!!

My twins would be:
Joseph & Nathan
Chloe & Georgia
Nathan & Chloe

I agree help is definitely needed!