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Matching names for twins Yay or No

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Kiswahili · 20/06/2023 18:41

Expecting twins boys on 23June. My husband is obsessed with matching names. I am more flexible but to be honest I'd rather not.

My favourites are
Sebastian and Dorian
Florian and Tristian

My husband's
Jayden and Jaylen
Nick and Nico

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RedRiverSun · 20/06/2023 20:45

Martin and Sebastian are lovely OP.

RedRiverSun · 20/06/2023 20:45

They need to be individuals. Names that are too close will make that hard and honestly it will be brutal for teachers, family and friends. It's completely avoidable.

QueenOfThorns · 20/06/2023 20:37

Fred and George. How has no one said this yet?

orangeblosssom · 20/06/2023 20:33

Sebastian, Benjamin and Nico

ComeTheFuckOnBridgett · 20/06/2023 20:27

almostoverthehill · 20/06/2023 18:48

Ronnie and Reggie
Bill and Ben

Don't even get me started. I actually know twins called Ronnie and Reggie.. apparently not after^^ the Ronnie and Reggie 🙃

LateOnTheBandwagon · 20/06/2023 20:26

As for other stuff. Try to avoid calling them "the twins" and encourage close friends and family to avoid it too.
You will get loads of matching outfits when they are born. Immediately mix them up in the drawer.
Don't buy joint gifts (at least once they are old enough to notice)
When still young, do not price match Christmas / birthdays. The number of parcels is all important.
Always buy them a birthday cake each with their own candles.
Once at school, never let teachers report on both children at once.
Really, just treat them as siblings, not "twins".

FangsForTheMemory · 20/06/2023 20:25

Bill Bryson describes a fictitious couple with children named Bonnie Connie Donnie Jonnie Lonnie Ronnie and Tammy-Wynette.

A horrible warning.

dartsofcupid · 20/06/2023 20:21

I don’t hate Martin. It’s been out so long it’s probably due a revival, the youngest Martin I know is 48. Sebastian and Martin sound like brothers.

whitabout Dexter? Or Magnus?

InceyWinceySpidy · 20/06/2023 20:03

Hi, mum of twins here.

Don't do this.

They will spend their lives being compared. Not maliciously, just inherently. The first to walk, talk, who's the cleverest one, who's the sportiest one, the funniest one, the tallest, the more academic, the more street smart...

They need their own individuality, desperately. They need to feel they are enough, not just one half of "the twins."

mosiacmaker · 20/06/2023 19:55

I really really like Florian and Tristan - those are great together.

No to your husbands, especially the Nicks as just seems like a nn!

Koalawhala · 20/06/2023 19:54

Sebastian and Tristan would be better I think. Seb and Tris are good nicknames too

Your husbands suggestions are not good!

ConfusedGin · 20/06/2023 19:53

If you introduced me to your sons Sebastian (Seb) and Nico, twins or not, I'd assume you were maybe F1 fans. So, in that sense, they sort of are a matching set but not as overt (or cruel) as some of the others.

Windowcleaning · 20/06/2023 19:51

Speaking as a twin, Benjamin and Nicholas are perfect. Same number of letters, one syllable abbreviation of three letters, but completely different names.

dontdillydallytoolong · 20/06/2023 19:49

As a twin absolutely not.

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Kiswahili · 20/06/2023 19:47

I am glad everyone is having a laugh. Thanks to everyone who answered to not just make fun of me though.

So no matching outfits, no same initials,
any other faux-pas?

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DuchessOfSausage · 20/06/2023 19:44

Henry and Dyson

SmirnoffIceIsNice · 20/06/2023 19:43

Jeez, imagine taking your kids to the park and calling them back to you "Poseidon! Poseidon darling, please come here". You'll certainly give other families something to laugh about!

Seriously though, from these suggestions I like all combinations. Nice, ordinary names...
Sebastian and Benjamin
Sebastian and Nicholas
Benjamin and Nicholas

Katela18 · 20/06/2023 19:42

Personally I'd go Sebastian and Benjamin as I think Seb and Ben are nice!

But honestly all 3 of the combos you listed are lovely timeless names xx

3isthemagicnumberrr · 20/06/2023 19:42

Your husband’s names are awful! I have twins and have lots of twin mum friends. Only know one set with matching names.

jannier · 20/06/2023 19:41

TurnipsMyArse · 20/06/2023 19:18

Your husband might also like:

Eric and Ernie
Ant and Dec
Simon and Garfunkel
Laurel and Hardy
Tom and Jerry
Mario and Luigi
Woody and Buzz
Fred and Barney

You missed Jed and wood

DuchessOfSausage · 20/06/2023 19:40

Tweedledum and Tweedledee?

Twazique · 20/06/2023 19:40

Sebastian and Nicholas!

Maybe your DH can have some fun with middle names...

jannier · 20/06/2023 19:40

Kiswahili · 20/06/2023 19:04

Well his reasoning is :

It would make them look unique while looking the same : How many Poseidons have you met?

I mean that's what he said to me lol

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Does he really think they are toys?

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 20/06/2023 19:39

Squirrelsnut · 20/06/2023 19:07

Dawn and Lucy
Thomas and Oliver
James and Robert
Felix and Kit
Edward and Sam
These are the twins I have taught fairly recently. Proper, non-matching names.

Dawn and Lucy's parents had the theme of 'light' for the names. Could you have a themed meaning rather than matching names?

Kit and Felix, with a little sister Imogen, shortened to Moggie?

(I did know sisters Katherine and Imogen who were known as Kitty and Moggie.)

jannier · 20/06/2023 19:38

Kiswahili · 20/06/2023 18:55

I think he's just excited to have 2 little boys that look the same.

The only names we agree on is Sebastian and Martin.

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They may look the same but they are two separate people with their own personalities not dolls. My twins are absolutely identical apart from one has a slightly darker mole than the other they are so similar their names are the only thing they can say are different especially as everyone they meet treats them as one....having a parent who does would be awful like you couldn't be bothered to think of two names.

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