Naming twins

I’m a twin- we don’t have the same initials thankfully, as it was hard enough trying to have separate identities outside of “the twins” right throughout our childhoods.

I personally wouldn't stick with A. The twins won't even notice, you will be Mummy and Daddy anyway I assume.

It's hard enough to find names that you love me very mind restricting yourself to one letter.

If your names all start with the same letters aren’t you always going to be opening each other’s post?!

Anyway, ideas…
Abel
Ashley/Ashleigh
Abigail
Adam
Astrid
Alison
Alice
Annabelle
Andrew

My brother and his wife both have A names, then their eldest is an N, and the youngest another A. I had never even thought about it until I read this thread.

OP, I think you should pick names you really love regardless of the initials. It would suck to fall in love with a name then be like "oh, can't use it, it starts with an H..." Pity also to cut yourself off so many options. Most people never think twice about initials.

(I was baffled for a long time by MN's hate of matching initials, until I realized that apparently in the UK you get a lot of mail addressed to Initial Lastname... In my country it's usually sent to Firstname Lastname so it really doesn't matter. Even so, frankly I think it is a non issue ! I doubt your children will care one way or the other).

Theirs!

I have twins, tbh I wouldn't give either of them a name beginning with A but something different for each that's just there's. They have to share everything from the moment they're born so I take any opportunity to give them something of their own. Good luck, twins are great xxx

Can you go for a different letter but the same for both of them? But a letter which can be pronounced differently.

Charlton and Celeste
Charlton and Cosmo
Celeste and Corinne

Or something where the letter is the same but a NN would be different

Annabelle nn Bella, with Andrew nn Drew
Matilda nn Tilly with Menton nn Tony
Elizabeth nn Betty with Edward nn Ted

I'd go for A names but different types of name so something like Anya and Artemis or Austin and Arabella (different lengths and style)

I would disagree that they will feel put out by being different.

I think they'll thank you for it! They're going to have a lifetime of being "them", "the twins" and potential mix ups with their names as it is - giving them they're own initial is showing that you view them as an individual rather than a unit.

It's not going against the grain, it's going against the flow

Just call the twins the same name. It needs to start with an A. Alexandra or Amelia and Amos or Alastair

Going against the grain, I love the A theme! Also like the using 2 B names idea though.

Aspen and Anya

Definitely avoid the all names start with A, it's all a bit Kardashian and twee.

I think they names need to go together and sound like a good combination rather than actually starting with the same letter.

I don't think I'd have gone down their path.

But as you have, my fist thought was of the fan nicknames fir the Corrie twins - Aldi and Asda

Other 2 syllable A names:

Asher, Abner, Abram, Aaron, Aidan, Alan, Aldous, Austin, Anton, Arnie, Asaph, Aubrey

Abbie, Ada, Adele, Afra, Agnes, Aileen, Aisling, Alma, Anis, Annette, Avril, Astra, Astrid

I wouldn't go for 'A' names but definitely choose the same first initial for them both... personally I would choose 2 different sounding names and different meaning names with your only theme being the same initial ie: Bruno and Bennett or Caspian and Conrad. Just pick your favorite name/sound/letter and work from there ensuring that all your kids names sound good together when called out.

Give them separate initials to you all and each other.
Also don't make them too rhymey or a pair
They are already twins, and individuals.
Choose them some great individual names you love.

Don’t go with A names, all six of you with the same initial would be ridiculous

If you don’t want 4 As and 2 random letters then use the same letter for both twins, just not A.

I know a family who all have the same, they are referred to as the Kardashian clan in our area - the names don't start with K but it's still a "thing". That would be enough to put me off the idea personally 🤣

I’m going to go against the grain and say you should go for names beginning with A. You started it, you need to commit now I think it’s sweet. Also I think in some ways it would be worse to give them matching names with a different letter. As if because they are twins they are different from the rest of the family.

Aria
Aurora
Autumn
Aurelia
Anna
Alice
Alyssa
Ariana
Amber
Athena
Artemis
Ariadne
Alba
Alma
Ayla
Ava
Adeline

Atticus
Austin
Apollo
Axel
Ace
Abel
Amos
Ambrose
Arthur
Albert
Alfred
Asher
Archer
Auden

I met a nurse once who had twins. She told she regretted giving the same first initial as it caused problems for them with banks and when they applied for driving licenses there was an issue as it looked like a fraudulent applications as their NI was one digit different as well.