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Twin boys names, which are your two faves?

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starkid · 28/05/2022 08:36

Hi, so I'm having twin boys and am wondering which two first names you like the most from my list for them? ☺️
(Don't really need a bunch of negative comments on them all, just a pick of two favourites would help! 😂👍)

Jasper
Luca
Xander
Flynn
Eli
Ronan

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INeedtobealone · 28/05/2022 09:45

Xander and Jasper.

Could go for Elias on birth certificate if you want Eli?

caringcarer · 28/05/2022 09:43

Luca and Roman (non keen on Ronen)

Imsittinginthekitchensink · 28/05/2022 09:42

I like Jasper, but none of the others.

PaintingClocks · 28/05/2022 09:40

Snowiscold · 28/05/2022 09:31

How? One’s Italian New Testament and the other is Jewish/Hebrew Old Testament. They’re really different.

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The way they sound works well together. I also don’t think they’re really that different

Ikeameatballs · 28/05/2022 09:36

I think I like any two from Xander/Eli/Luca best.

I don’t like Flynn and Ronan is too close to both Roman (which I really like) and Rowan. I feel like Ronan sort of gets lost between those two names.

Jasper is ok.

Copernico · 28/05/2022 09:35

Luca and Eli

Snowiscold · 28/05/2022 09:31

PaintingClocks · 28/05/2022 09:29

Luca and Eli work really well together

How? One’s Italian New Testament and the other is Jewish/Hebrew Old Testament. They’re really different.

PaintingClocks · 28/05/2022 09:29

Luca and Eli work really well together

Louise0701 · 28/05/2022 09:28

Jasper & Finn

MolkosTeenageAngst · 28/05/2022 09:27

Luca and Eli

MysticCT · 28/05/2022 09:25

They are all lovely but Flynn and Xander sound really nice together.

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starkid · 28/05/2022 09:22

@Snowiscold thank you, yes Eli is a regular separate name!

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PinkWisteria · 28/05/2022 09:14

Luca and Eli

Snowiscold · 28/05/2022 09:14

Eli and Elijah aren’t related names. Eli is not a short form of Elijah.

SpringIntoChaos · 28/05/2022 09:13

Jasper and Luca...but they are all great names 😍

Maharajah20 · 28/05/2022 09:10

Luca and Eli(jah)

CatSeany · 28/05/2022 09:09

Eli and Luca

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starkid · 28/05/2022 09:08

@Snowiscold yes I thought that with those two as well, think two names with different sounding endings might go together best?

They'll be non identical and don't really want 'matching' names, just two that don't sound awful together/are nice haha!

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Greenpurplepalm · 28/05/2022 09:07

Eli and Flynn or Luca and Eli

Eli is definitely a shortening for Elijah so worth going for Elijah nn Eli if you like that

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starkid · 28/05/2022 09:05

It would just be Xander on the birth certificate as I like that name on it's own, not Alexander/Alex. I like Elijah well enough, but feel Eli is quite different in pronunciation so not sure it's a natural shortening for it?
Either way I think Eli and Xander stand up as names in their own right 👍☺️

Thanks for the picks so far, interesting!

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Snowiscold · 28/05/2022 09:05

They’re a bit of an odd mix to me. Apart from Flynn and Ronan, the names don’t go with each other, though fine on their own.

I’d go for Jasper and Xander (only if short for Alexander) - but they are a bit too rhymey at the end.

blakeway45 · 28/05/2022 09:05

Luca and Xander

Jelly4444 · 28/05/2022 09:05

Luca and Finn are beautiful. Flynn is more like a surname to me.

Or Luca and Alexander?

ElenaSt · 28/05/2022 09:03

Jasper and Flynn.

itssquidstella · 28/05/2022 08:59

Jasper is my favourite.

I like Xander and Eli if short for Alexander and Elijah/Elias.

Luca is nice but overused. I hate Flynn.

Prefer Roman to Ronan.