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Twins (hypothetical!)- to alliterate or not?

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TeddyTonks · 09/01/2022 17:12

Just day dreaming really.

What do you think about alliterative names for twins? Cute? Awful? My favourite boy and girl name both begin with 'R'- what to do? Use them both or go for a less loved name for one of them?

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Snoopsnoggysnog · 11/01/2022 19:35

Fingers crossed for you OP Flowers
Mine are IVF too and I remember that wait - hope you’re looking after yourself

BluebellsGreenbells · 11/01/2022 18:45

It took a lot of working out to realise we were dealing with twins rather than 2 separate patients

Well you were dealing with 2 patients weren’t you?

LondonQueen · 11/01/2022 18:39

Honestly go for it, I have twins (boy and girl) in my class at school and for initials we do AA (boy) and AA (girl)
I love the names.

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TeddyTonks · 11/01/2022 18:30

...and distracting myself considering hypothetical dilemmas Grin

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TeddyTonks · 11/01/2022 18:29

Thank you @Crunchymum I'm just praying there is at least one baby in there at the moment 🤞

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Crunchymum · 11/01/2022 18:03

Wishing you lots of luck, how very exciting for you.

I adore your names by the way. The alliteration wouldn't bother me at all as the names are quite different despite starting with the same letter.

Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy.

ChateauMargaux · 11/01/2022 17:41

The credit rating thing can be problematic. A colleague was living with her parents and applied for a Laura Ashley store card.. it was refused because the system thought she had applied for one before... it was her sister with the same date of birth and the same address..

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TeddyTonks · 11/01/2022 17:36

@Crunchymum Rufus and Rosie are my favourite names!

I've no idea if I'm pregnant with twins or not (had IVF and transferred two embryos, waiting on scan to confirm all is well and how many) so it's entirely hypothetical at this stage but interesting to muse and hear views.

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Snoopsnoggysnog · 11/01/2022 17:29

I do think it makes a difference if they’re identical or same sex. My two are boy / girl, look completely different, and don’t even go to the same secondary schools. Their names being the same initial makes no difference to their lives.

Crunchymum · 11/01/2022 17:06

Depends on the names?

TerribleCustomerCervix · 10/01/2022 18:34

Definitely different initials.

I have a twin and thankfully our initials for both first and middle names are different- dad picked one twin’s name, mum the other.

We had enough hassle at school constantly being referred to as “The Twins” and people pretending not to be able to tell the difference etc, I can’t imagine adding stupid matchy-matchy names into the mix as well.

Edenember · 10/01/2022 18:05

Ideally I think different initials are better. However if they’re your absolute favourite names and nothing else comes remotely close, then I’d weigh that against it. No point in picking a name just to provide a point of difference if there’s a massive gulf in how you feel about it compared to the other. But defs not rhyming. And I’d give middles they could use as alternatives if they feel it’s an issue when older.

batmanladybird · 10/01/2022 01:41

I have twins. Not alliteration. Though I love it generally. the older twin has the higher alphabetical initial.

Enough4me · 10/01/2022 01:07

No, but I wouldn't go for names that really contrast either, e.g. one classic and one made up name.

Snoopsnoggysnog · 10/01/2022 00:59

I have twins with the same initial and I also have the same initial. Couldn’t give a c crap if it’s naff - they have lovely names and it wasn’t deliberate, just the way it turned out. The names are very different and they are b/g twins so not too matchy at all

Ellmau · 10/01/2022 00:51

I wouldn't.

user1471604848 · 09/01/2022 22:41

I have twins and I deliberately gave them names that start with a different letter.
Otherwise it would be too confusing at the doctor to have two people born on the same day, same address, same surname and same initial.

I also named the firstborn alphabetically second.

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TeddyTonks · 09/01/2022 22:11

Oh deary me Blush Angel and Holly and Holly and Dolly are both awful.

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1moretry · 09/01/2022 22:09

We have 2 in our class... Holly & Dolly.

Ohyesiam · 09/01/2022 20:59

I knew twins born at Christmas called Angel and Holly

JackieCollinshasnoauthority · 09/01/2022 20:44

Good point @Spidey66. I've just remembered when I worked in a bank and had twin customers with the same initials and their credit files combined somehow. It was a right faff.

Spidey66 · 09/01/2022 20:30

I think it would be too confusing especially with the same date of birth. Any records e.g. school, medical records etc will get confused.

I'm a community mental health nurse and remember being referred twins (young adults, about 20). They both had similar issues (eating problems iirc) and were referred at the same time, same address, same GP. It took a lot of working out to realise we were dealing with twins rather than 2 separate patients. I think they were similar names too.

I'd avoid tbh but "normal" siblings would be ok if they were very different names.

JackieCollinshasnoauthority · 09/01/2022 20:22

No.

Poor Posie!

Nadiae · 09/01/2022 20:21

I’d avoid matching names (initials, rhyming, themes) if at all possible. I find it a bit naff honestly! And I’m sure I’d hate to have a matchy name if I were a twin, like my name had been chosen just to be part of a matching set. That said, I do prefer twin (or sibling) names to have the same kind of “feel”, like Anna and James rather than Anna and Jupiter.

toastofthetown · 09/01/2022 18:36

I wouldn't. In general for any siblings I'd avoid matching initials, but if the only names I liked matched initials I wouldn't lose sleep over it, but for twins matching initials, themed names, rhyming names would all be a hard no.