Matching names for twins Yay or No

Ted (Edward) and Nick (Nicholas) are great names! Congratulations op, glad you and your dp managed to meet in the middle because his suggestions were bad 😅

@GoldDuster 😆 actually laughed out loud at that.

No, not matching

If you go to twin groups/societies etc there’s very clear advice not to do matchy names. Also there’s a difference between using the same letter which is slightly matchy to your husband’s suggestions which seem like a joke.

Don't particularly like any of your names very much but matching names are off the scale horrendous. You might as well call them Tweedledum and Tweedledee and be done with it.

Speaking as a twin, it is horrible when people don't let you develop your own identity.

Give them different names.

Gorgeous names! And welcome to the twins club, it's a very lovely place xx

The names go together well. Ted & Nick. The longer names are nice too.
So pleased for you, OP.

Ted and Nick are lovely names, congratulations!!

I think complementing names can be cute, but too matchy just isn't my preference. For example names that have the same nick name like Jayden and Jaylen I think are too close as they would both likely answer to Jay

Some combos I think still coordinate in an obvious way but have a little more individuality -

Nick and Noah

Troy and Tristan

Jayden and Julian (think this is a nice mix of your styles as well)

Malcom and Mason (Mack & Mase)

Adrian and Bellamy (Twin A and Twin B)

Max and Wells (both halves of Maxwell)

Cassian and Christopher (Kaz & Kit)

Cole and Clay

Sebastian and Nicholas (start and end with S/N)

Evan and Ezra

Leopold and Conrad (both end in -d)

Sterling and Spencer

Niall and Brooks (water)

Hawthorne and Holden (both literary classic names)

Lance and Lincoln

Nico and Owen (start/end with N/O)

Fitz and Ford

Will and Liam (two parts of William)

Asher and Archer (Ash and Archie)

Kieran and Quentin

Maxim and Marcel

Alec and Xavier (both derivations of Alexander)

Nico and Elio

Dawson and Dimitri

Flint and Brooks (fire & water)

Mine would be matching same initial but it’s personal preference. Some parents name all their children with the same lettered first names but I couldn’t do that.

Congratulations!

Congratulations, @Kiswahili! I hope that you, Ted and Nick are all doing well. Those are really good names

@PurpleAirGuitar , my rules are almost the same, but with the names ideally not of more than 2 syllables. I'd also call DT2 a name that alphabetically comes before DT1's.

Tom & Matt is fine but Sebastian and Dominic too long.
Maximilian and Jack - just call them Max & Jack

My personal rules for twins (disclaimer: I haven't got twins)

1. definitely not the same first initial (but I would try to avoid that for non-twins too)
2. not rhyming
3. not closely or distantly related versions of the same name
4. possibly some sort of unifying theme, e.g. both biblical or both Gaelic, but not absolutely necessarily
5. both about the same length (I wouldn't actually count letters or syllables, but I wouldn't have a Maximilian and a Jack)
6. I would probably want to shorten either both names or neither of them. So I wouldn't have Matthew and Thomas, but always call Thomas Tom and never call Matthew Matt. I'd make sure I liked the short forms of both.

Of all the names on both lists, I only really like Tristan (spelt that way) and Nico. They would actually make quite cool twin names in my opinion. You could always have more matchy middle names if it's important to DH.

Sebastian and Tristan?

What if they both like the same things? Then should I prevent them from it?
No.
Treat them as two individuals not two halves of a set.

I think definitely go Edward and Nick, Sebastian and Nick or Tristan and Nick.
As regards your DH wanting unique matching names like Jupiter and Saturn because 'how many of those do you meet', there's a reason you don't meet people with those names, it's because they sound ridiculous so no-one chooses them. I know siblings called River and Rain and when people hear the names the only response is 'are you joking?' I also know twins called Aileen and Aideen...nobody seems to think it's cool or quirky, just silly and very confusing.
I agree with pps that the twins should have their own individuality as much as possible rather than being some sort of Jedward duo. Whatever you do, do not agree to any of your husband's ideas straight after the birth as you'll be all hormonal and not thinking straight!! Hold off on names if needs be and good luck with everything x

Bertie & Toby
Charlie & Oliver

You've had a lot of advice directly from twin mums and twins themselves. You might not understand it now, but within a few months of having them, you'll get it. Please listen to what we are saying.

I'm not a twin mum so it may be different but I have 2 girls only 13 months apart and they're always referred to as the girls if talking about both of them, it's much quicker than saying their names! It's never bothered them either

As a mum of twin boys, please don't go for matchy names. They are individuals, not a set of bookends.

It worked for Pinky and Perky...