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To ask for the best twin names ever?

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Notmilitantbutmycardismarked · 08/10/2019 18:28

I have twin boys. I won't tell you their names but they are not related or themed. Think Dave and Tom rather than Jack and Daniel.

I do love hearing about twin names though and how different parents deal with it. Do you do obvious links, themes or just two completely different names?

OP posts:
Dollyjh · 09/10/2019 10:22

I have twins, boy and girl- James and Ava
But my partner wanted Ronnie and Reggie if we were to have 2 boys 🙄

SVRT19674 · 09/10/2019 10:38

My cousin's kids are Apollonas and Apostolos. Great combination.

Mishfit0819 · 09/10/2019 10:43

I have cousins named Joanna and Jonathan... but both shortened to Jo from a young age Hmm

Scoose · 09/10/2019 10:56

I'm an identical twin and we have unrelated names our nicknames at school were Ronnie and reggie Hmm

Suebnm · 09/10/2019 11:00

I know a Red and a Blue. Boy and girl twins. I asked 'why not Pink and Blue?' I don't like Pink the singer was the reply.

loulou20106 · 09/10/2019 11:05

@WarshipWarrior I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but have you ever seen the programme Angry Boys? It's an Australian comedy and the twin boys are called Nathan and Daniel it's hilarious Grin

Basecamp65 · 09/10/2019 11:11

We Know a
Piper and Harper
Willow and Rowan
Ruby and Scarlett
I love all these combinations

We also know a George and Edie
Emily and Harry

theruffles · 09/10/2019 11:55

I knew a Roxanne and Thomas - fairly normal and a Sharon and Karen.

MsMustDoBetter · 09/10/2019 13:47

@Tillylantern No shit!

BABSYA · 09/10/2019 16:23

Hope and Faith

FithColumnist · 09/10/2019 16:36

Loquax and Antiloquax.

BelgianWhistles · 09/10/2019 18:59

I knew twins called Alexandra and Alexandrou. They had older siblings called Simon and Simone.

TheWernethWife · 09/10/2019 19:04

In the 60s I worked with a woman who had "Zac and Zoe" very trendy at the time.

Ritascornershop · 10/10/2019 04:46

I went to school with twins Parminder and Sharminder, and their cousin Karminder.

Thehop · 10/10/2019 06:34

My local paper once had twin girls called febreze and Leonor.

Thehop · 10/10/2019 06:39

@RustyBear I know of a She’s only a toddler though so not the same one. As if there are more of them!

Thehop · 10/10/2019 06:39

Sorry rusty ear that’s ribena

hardyloveit · 10/10/2019 07:01

There's twins in my dds school called Elle and Beau (pronounces bow) you are always hearing elbow in the playground

EmmaGrundyForPM · 10/10/2019 07:03

Last year I sat on a plane in front oa woman with identical twin boys aged about 4. They were called George and Harrison.

neighbourhoodwitch · 10/10/2019 07:05

Misti and Stormi

RustyBear · 10/10/2019 08:46

@Thehop - Grin at rusty ear!

smalalalalalala · 10/10/2019 09:13

Not twins bus sisters, all with a name like: Kelly, Betty, etc.
7 of them !

mamaduckbone · 10/10/2019 18:38

My mum has cousins called vivien and vernon.

HonestlyThough · 10/10/2019 18:42

I was genuinely at school with boy twins named One and Two.

Ginfanatic · 10/10/2019 19:02

Mine are Matt and Dan 20 now...with gin, under my breath when they were little 'twit and tw*t'