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Favourite twin name combinations from our shortlist for boys and girls

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Thinkibell · 28/05/2026 14:20

Afternoon, DH and I are expecting twins, we haven’t found out the sex’s and don’t plan to, but I am due very soon and wondering what of options for combinations of names you like best.

So for girl/girl
We are stuck between
Leonora and Margarita (my favourite but DH worries it’s a bit “heavy”)
or
Leonora and Carlotta
or
Charlotte and Madeleine

Boy/Girl
Gabriel and Leonora
Gabriel and Charlotte
Sebastian and Margarita

Boy/Boy
Gabriel and Sebastian
Augustus and Sebastian
Gabriel and Theodore

Which combo is your favourite? Any you really dislike? Any combinations you think we might like?

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FoxHedgehogBadger · 28/05/2026 15:21

These would be my top picks from your options.

Girl/Girl
Leonora and Charlotte (Lea and Lottie)

Boy/Boy
Gabriel and Sebastian (Gabe and Seb)

Girl/Boy
Leonora and Sebastian (Lea and Seb)

Advocodo · 28/05/2026 15:20

Hugo and Margo.

NuffSaidSam · 28/05/2026 15:20

Thinkibell · 28/05/2026 15:15

Why? Margarita is a beautiful Spanish name?

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But it is also a pizza and a drink unfortunately.

NuffSaidSam · 28/05/2026 15:19

From your girls list the two nicest names are Carlotta and Madeleine, they also go really well together so I'd go for those two.

From the boy/girl list you've lost your two best girl names! I'd reinstate those and go with Gabriel and Carlotta or Sebastian and Madeleine. They're all lovely names I can't choose between them.

From the boy/boy list it has to be Gabriel and Sebastian. Lovely combo.

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Thinkibell · 28/05/2026 15:15

VanillaIceIceBaby · 28/05/2026 15:11

As the first combination of names had Margarita in, I thought this was going to be a joke thread and that the next pair was going to be something like Helena and Pepperami. Or Tibalt and Daquari.

Why? Margarita is a beautiful Spanish name?

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VanillaIceIceBaby · 28/05/2026 15:11

As the first combination of names had Margarita in, I thought this was going to be a joke thread and that the next pair was going to be something like Helena and Pepperami. Or Tibalt and Daquari.

Trouserstrouserstrousers · 28/05/2026 15:00

Congratulations and good luck. I have twins (now 17) and a singleton. What I've noticed over the years is that the twins names are said together much more than a twin and a singleton. So what I'd advice is you say out loud in your accent the two names together if its difficult think of a young peer of the twins being able to say the name and how annoying the dt might find miss pronunciation. Also any shortenings of the names (because even if you don't shorten them they or their peers or teachers may).

itsgettingweird · 28/05/2026 14:34

Personally I love some of your choices and some others I really don’t.

id go for

Charlotte and Madeleine
Sebastian and Charlotte
Sebastian and Theodore

Candleabra · 28/05/2026 14:33

Leo and Margo are cute nn for girls
Leonora is a lovely name, though agree together with Margarita is a lot. Maybe Marguerite better for the second name?

faerylune · 28/05/2026 14:28

I really like Leonora, Charlotte and Madeleine. I agree with two long names it might feel too big to name them vowel heavy long names.
I like Gabriel and Theodore

suggestions
August
Lucian
Bernard
Marcus
Frederick
Roland
Edmund/Edward
Julian
Arthur
Elias
Aurelian

Juliet
Helena
Beatrice
Georgina
Lucia
Daphne
Florence
Maryelle
Rebecca
Olympia
Aurora
Cecily

I would vote for Gabriel and Theodore, Gabriel and Leonora and Charlotte and Madeleine.

ShetlandishMum · 28/05/2026 14:23

Leonora & Charlotte.
Theodor & Sebastian

Theodor & Charlotte.

Miyagi99 · 28/05/2026 14:23

Margarita is just a drink to me! Augustus is Augustus Gloop. The rest are fine.