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Quinn and Castiel

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2019 18:38

Or
Icarus and Ignatius

Identical twin boys

Thoughts or suggestions?

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pepperpot99 · 14/08/2019 23:00

Willy and Dick?
Petrol and Diesel ?
Ham and Shem?
Barabbas and Judas?
Batman and Robin?

It's the thread that keeps on giving....

MirrorrorriM · 14/08/2019 22:57

Romulus & Remus?

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 14/08/2019 22:50

I love strong names, just not the ones you have mentioned (sorry!)

How about Saxon and Theodore.....same 'type' of name.

Courtney555 · 14/08/2019 22:37

Bilbo and Frodo Grin

Seriously though. Please don't name your twins any of those combinations. Speaking as an expectant mum of twins also.

I've been trawling through books and the web for ideas and names that complement each other. Yours are up there on the "dear God no" level of Scott and Charlene.

CassianAndor · 14/08/2019 22:30

There have been billions of Jacks for it not to have one specific association, whereas there is only one Icarus anyone’s heard of. It’s an awful name to saddle someone with.

CassianAndor · 14/08/2019 22:29

Quinn I see as more of a girls name but either way it is much to close in sound to quim, so that would be a no from me.

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2019 22:28

Do you know what happened to Icarus? but you can pick apart any name. I mean there's enough Jack's been named despite the noteriety of Jack the Ripper etc

How about Thing One and Thing Two? it may yet happen lol

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CassianAndor · 14/08/2019 22:28

Castiel (I would assume you were a Supernatural fan) and Ignatius.

If I was going to choose a boys name beginning Cas I would go for Cassian, obviously Grin even if it is made up.

Heratnumber7 · 14/08/2019 22:25

Do you know what happened to Icarus?

How about Thing One and Thing Two?

NotAgainKen · 14/08/2019 22:20

I agree with a pp - Icarus isn't a great association (esp when it comes to listening to your parents...)

tootsiesandtopsies · 14/08/2019 22:17

Bilbo and Frodo

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2019 22:15

@Newearringsplease it worked for Mr Crane

@Howtotrainyourhamster I'm sure it won't surprise you to know Ophelia is on our girls list!! Castiel is pronounced Cass T L and it hadn't occurred to me it would be hard to pronounce Tbh but that's the thing when you know a name I guess

DH said def no to Caspian

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Flowerspowersy · 14/08/2019 22:15

Quinn is more popular for boys. It sounds so strong and masculine like Finn. I prefer Quentin personally but Quinn is a good nickname

soupmaker · 14/08/2019 22:14

This is superb. I was needing a laugh tonight. I'd suggest Benson & Hedges or maybe Balonz and Balonz2.

Flowerspowersy · 14/08/2019 22:13

Quentin (Quinn) and Cassius (Cass)

would be my choice for boy twins

Howtotrainyourhamster · 14/08/2019 22:12

Icarus doesn’t seem a particularly auspicious name to give a child, so even though it’s a nice sound I wouldn’t use it (I feel the same about Ophelia!)

Quinn is ok, but maybe more of a girl’s name. Castiel looks like a misprint, I’m not even sure how to pronounce it.
Ignatius is just a bit silly...

Idris and Caspian sound nice together (I love Idris, shame you don’t like it!)

goingdownsouth · 14/08/2019 22:07

Isn't Castiel a brand of soap?

Newearringsplease · 14/08/2019 22:04

Icabod? Go on, I dare you

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2019 22:01

DH just said no to Orpheus and Leander. We both like Orpheus but not enough to use it iyswim

Not keen on Quentin, prefer Quinn

Cassius could be an option instead of Castiel

Not keen on Idris or Ivo

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Jamhandprints · 14/08/2019 21:58

I like Kriss's suggestion of Orpheus and Leander best.

AverageMummy · 14/08/2019 21:58

Ivo
Idris
Quentin
Cassius

All similar sorts of sounds but an improvement....

AverageMummy · 14/08/2019 21:50

I thought the first were not ones I really like but then I opened the thread and saw the lizard names & suddenly the caster oil pairing doesn’t seem so bad! Confused

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2019 21:49

@ZenNudist.i adore Gideon but was vetoed. Cassius was on the list but I prefer Castiel

@Merename it's cass T L

I love Ignatius, Icabod and Icarus, but I guess the whole point of the Baby Names is to garner honest opinions

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jellymaker · 14/08/2019 21:38

Salt and pepper
Bangers and mash
Peas and carrots
Are we naming guinea pigs or children here as those names are a wind up.

Merename · 14/08/2019 21:38

Love Quinn, never heard of Castiel, how do you pronounce it?

Icarus and Ignatius - you surely wouldn’t actually do this to children? I hate to be brutal but you have asked for opinions, this would actually be one where people would be saying ‘can you believe, I heard of twin boys called...’