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Xavier and Xander twins

36 replies

auratheexplorer · 12/09/2017 13:09

Too similar?

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stevensupersquirrel · 12/09/2017 20:07

oops cross post!

stevensupersquirrel · 12/09/2017 20:06

Sandy as a nickname instead?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 12/09/2017 20:03

Fabulous OP.

Tour · 12/09/2017 20:02

If Xavier is pronounced with a H isn't is habier? I had a friend with this pronunciation. How are you pronouncing Zavier OP?

Tour · 12/09/2017 20:00

What about sandy for Alexander?

Sophronia · 12/09/2017 19:54

I don't think they're too similar.

Kr1s · 12/09/2017 18:52

Too similar

Pennywhistle · 12/09/2017 18:51

I assume they are babies just now?

When you are yelling their names as they run different directions in the park it's helpful for them to be distinguishable.

Glumglowworm · 12/09/2017 18:49

No, too similar

RupertPsmith · 12/09/2017 16:42

The anglicised pronunciation of Xavier is ZAY-vee-er.

MammieBear · 12/09/2017 16:35

Too close. I see why you want to connect to the names you could go
Xavier and Paxton (contains the X)
Xavier and Francis (after St. Francis Xavier)

Tinty · 12/09/2017 16:24

How about Lexi for Alexander as a nickname. My DS has a friend called Alexander and the all call him Lex now he is an adult but as a baby he was called Lexi

Yourshakraishangingout · 12/09/2017 16:17

Think I pronounce Xavier wrong🤔🙈

theconstantinoplegardener · 12/09/2017 16:01

A bit too Topsy and Tim, in my opinion. The names look confusingly similar and sound similar too (assuming most people pronounce the first one Zavier, which many people would (including me. How do you pronounce it, OP?). Sorry!

GeorgeTheHamster · 12/09/2017 15:52

Isn't it Hav ee ay?

PotteringAlong · 12/09/2017 15:45

I think most people will pronounce it Zavier and Zander

bigbluedustbin · 12/09/2017 15:14

They're not too similar at all. The X is pronounced completely differently for each name (the first like an 'h' sound and the second a 'z' sound).

noitsachicken · 12/09/2017 15:10

Are you saying Xavier with a 'H' sound?
If so I don't think they are too similar, and if your Xander is officially Alexander I don't see it as much of a problem.
Are they already here?

PotteringAlong · 12/09/2017 15:07

Far too similar.

MissHavishamsleftdaffodil · 12/09/2017 15:03

I really don't like twin names that make each twin one half of a cute name unit. It's for the benefit of adults, not for the people involved.

I grew up with one pair of twins with cute twinny names (think Sarah and Sorcha) and have twin friends also a victim of this (think Harry and Barry) - they argue it might as well have been Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and Harry called himself Henry as soon as he was old enough that people listened to him and not his mum, who thought it was adorable.

TheVanguardSix · 12/09/2017 14:55

I'm sorry.
They sound like Peppa Pig characters.
Xander/Zander/Zoolander
I just don't like it. Sorry. Sad

I don't know any twins with names beginning with the same letter.

Yourshakraishangingout · 12/09/2017 14:52

Change it to Zander and problem solved...they then don't start with the same letter or have the same initial sound, so in my opinion not similar at all! Also, if they grow up and decide they are too similar then Zander can go by Alex amongst his peers.

Hersetta427 · 12/09/2017 13:56

yes and too twee

hlc123 · 12/09/2017 13:55

I don't think they are too similar

girlwhowearsglasses · 12/09/2017 13:31

Xavier and Zander (have twins - different initials essential)