to give my twins rhyming names?

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Before I knew it was twins, DH and I were debating between our two current favourite names... names which happen to rhyme with one another.

WWBU to use them both anyway?

(Both names are unisex, as is very common in his culture... so the question applies regardless of sex. His culture has a broadly similar-ish range of attitudes to rhyming twins as in the UK... so they'd be equally likely to be teased there as here.)

so they'd be equally likely to be teased there as here.

Go for it, I say. Never too young to toughen them up. In fact, if they’re both boys, I vote for giving them rhyming girls names.

If that doesn’t de-snowflake them, nothing will.

Another saying don't do it...

I knew a Teddy and Freddy. Their dad was Eddie. Really really naff.

Don't do it.

Your twins are individuals and their individuality needs to be plainly stated from the start, there will be enough people who refer to them as, "The twins", without bothering with their names at all (which would annoy me if I was mother of twins); if you named them, "Matt and Pat", for example, people would just not bother.

As a non twin sibling, it used to really piss me off when people referred to my sister and I as "The Girls". We were two separate people, not 2 parts of a whole! (I admit, other problems may have made me more sensitive, though).

I can't imagine what it would be like to be an identical twin and almost denied an identity of your own from birth.

wins2019 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:40:32
Please don't. You will be massively sleep deprived for the first few months and will struggle to remember who is who as it is. Of
They are identical I think it'd be an even worse idea.

My identical twin terrors just turned one and there is also real joy in seeing them understand and respond to their own name. I think they would struggle with that if their names were phonetically very similar and I am strongly of the view that they need to have a real sense of self being part of a pair from birth! I don't dress them the same either - I get asked about this a lot, my answer is always they have the same face and birthday why should they also have to have the same T-shirt! Same goes for names in my view....
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That is a very sensible post. You can make identical twins look a bit different too, for example do their hair differently (when they have hair :-), and do things with them individually when you can. Generally schools split them into different classes which is good.

No. Just no. Unbelievably naff and grossly unfair.

Nope, no, NO! Don't do it... life of ridicule ahead... so, so naff.

They will be lumped together their whole lives, give them this one shot at individuality!!

I've met twins called Timmy and Tommy. They are about 19 years old. It makes them sound like a brand instead of people.

Names beginning with the same letter is better.

Examples

Archie and Albert
Arthur and Alfie
Ethan and Elliot
Leo and Lucas
Reece and Riley
Oliver and Oscar
Connor and Callum
....

Or individual names that compliment like

Arthur and Thomas
Freddie and Archie
Marley and Rio
jack and Alfie

But things like
Ronnie & Reggie
Timmy and Tommy
Leo and Rio

It just makes them sound like accesories rather than people.

I though of Phil and Lil from the Rugrats. Fine in cartoons but not in real life.

I knew two twins with rhyming names at school.

Please don't.

Presumably they will have the same surname and birthdate. It might be sensible to give them different first initials, then there is less confusion with identity / appointments etc.

there will be enough people who refer to them as, "The twins", without bothering with their names at all (which would annoy me if I was mother of twins)

My mother used to take great exception to this and any teacher foolish enough to refer to us thus brought her wrath down on their head. She hadn't got great people skills so it was horrible to behold.

Oddly enough, at home she used to call us collectively "the girls" and didn't see any irony in that at all!

OP please don't call them rhyming names, give them something different, with their own initial. Don't be unkind to your own children.

No, and if they're the same sex then don't dress them the same either, so naff.

You want to deliberately start your career as parents by putting an unnecessary obstacle in the way of of both your children? Why would any loving parent do that purposely? Children aren't a joke.

You are not thinking about years to come when you have to shout for one of them and they cannot tell which one you are calling.

Someone I know has a husband, Alan and they called their son Aaron. Alan realised way too late (Aaron is now 20) and they both get mail addressed to Mr A Smith. No thought went into this!

My great gran had twins named Paul and Pauline. I always found that an odd choice! Give them their own separate names.

No, just no. I have twins, and they have had enough twin stuff to deal with without inflicting something like that on them which will encourage more "cutesy" type attention. I know of people who have use the same initial, and I wouldn't even do that.

It's a shame if these are names that you really like, but still no. They need their own identities.

I accidentally gave my children rhyming names . I didn’t realise for a couple of years and no one pointed it out. I blame sleep deprivation.

What are the names? Can you tell us? It may depend, but sounds like a bad idea.

I think you (and they) would find it annoying, because everyone would notice and comment on it, probably almost on a daily basis. Not directly related but, my DH is unusually tall and he gets comments every single day. Do you really want a constant dialogue about this going on for you and your girls?

Why? Why would you do that to your children?

Don't be so unkind. As humans we like to have a sense of individuality. Already being a twin is tough - sharing EVERYTHING. Now you're going to add their names into the mix to make it even harder to feel separate.

Don't do it!!

or maybe they are boys / mixed gender...

Would you consider going for Balonz and Tralonz?

Sufficiently different and yet retaining the original sound?

I know twins called Nicholas and Richard, shortened by everyone, ever to Nik and Rik.