What to call twins?

[TripleSprog]

Twins on the way for July and already in a stress about names! DH quite traditional so all 'flowery' names seem to be out. Love Henry for a boy, but not sure about if two boys. And as for girls... quite liking Sadie and Emily, but DH like Harriet (doesn't go with Henry though if one of each). Ideas v welcome - finding out genders soon so can hopefully narrow down! Already have DD with fairly trad name so need to match (ish) - argggh

Emily
Alice
Hermione

Edward
Harry
Zak
Theo

Suppose Dolce and Gabbana are out then?

Eliza
Eleanor
Rebecca
Persephone

Michael
Andrew
William
George

John
Oliver
Miles
Frederick
Alexander
James
Charles
Nathaniel

Abigail
Josephine
Lucy
Miriam
Lydia
Victoria
Louisa
Ivy

Hi and congrats!

I think we need a bit more to go on! Would you choose names with the same initial or different initials? Do you prefer names that sound very similar/rhyme or individual sounding names?

Also would you want a different inital from DD or all three with the same initial? And if so what's her name or initial?!

Im pregnant with my 2nd set of twins - the last 2 were girls and these 2 are boys.

All of ours have ended up with names with a different 1st initial and a different ending of the name too (by fluke the ending was though) I personally dont like keeping them matching just because they are twins.

I am a lucky twin as my Aunt stepped in and named my DSis and me.
My mother wanted
Averil and April
April and May
Polly and Anna
Ann and Maire

Fortunately my Aunts and Dad insisted on family names, My DSis and I are best friends who freak everyone out by just understanding each other without having to speak.
Please don't go matchy with the names as it does not help with people seeing them as individuals.

How about...

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Emily and Harriet
Sadie and Harriet
Sophie and Harriet
Harriet and Henrietta (Hatty and Hetty!)
Jessica and Rebecca
Emma and Anna
Catherine and Charlotte - same initial, different sound

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Henry and James
Henry and William (!)
Henry and Matthew
Henry and Robert
Henry and Michael

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Any combination of the above!

I agree with Pixie - definitely don't go for alliterative or rhyming names. I think it's ok to have two names which "go together" well, but things like Tom and Tim or Milly and Molly are just ridiculous.

Thanks everyone! That's quite funny that the names above all include mine2, DH's2 and our siblings! DD is called Katie (Katherine), and I'd like all three to have different initials, definitely no same-initial twin names. Think will avoid names ending in 'a' to flow better with surname. Adore Genevieve and Ophelia but am 99% positive they wouldn't pass muster with DH. Liking James and Alexander so far...

George
William
James

Elizabeth
Eleanor
Victoria
Jessica
Emily
Charlotte
Hannah

Henry & James

Anna & Jemima

Henry & Anna

... I like Sadie too.

A friend of mine has twin girls called Alyssa and Imogen. Also agree not to go with soundy-likey names.

A neonate nurse friend told me of twins in her ward called.... wait for it....

.... BRITNEY and WHITNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly!

Now on a more serious note, will you find out the sexes, to make the whole names thing easier?

My mum teaches twin boys William and Benedict. Bill and Ben! They're never called Bill or Ben, but still. Bill and Ben!

Sorry. Your twins, who will have sensible names and not be named after flower pot men...

George
Thomas
Lawrence
James
William
Christopher
Edward
Nicholas
Phillip

Sophie
Lydia
Helena
Anna
Emily
Laura
Victoria
Elizabeth

Simon and Garfunkel

:)

Romille
Estelle
Erin
Romilly
Bo
Jeanie
Romy
Ethne
Stella

Matthew
Sam
Christopher
Louie

Im not big on matching names, i dont think it matters tbh

Someone I know has twin boys called Blake and Blane.

My twin girls were called Megan and Imogen. I also know twin girls called Maisie and Maria.

Or:

Samuel
Toby
Rory
Joseph
Freddie
Harry
Rupert

Abigail (name we have chosen for this baby girl!)
Jemima
Tabitha
Martha
Kitty
Betsy
Sophie
Katie

Instead of trying ot pick a pair why not jus list the individual names you like and then seeing which of them makes a nice (but not matchy) pair.

Has anyone said Simon, Peter, Rebecca or Helen yet, if not then of the really traditional names out there I think these are the nicest.

'This one' and 'that one'!
(That's what my aunt and uncle called their twins for the first few days before deciding on names!)

Thing 1 and Thing 2

Only joking, but you can get the tshirts which are so cute when they little

I have twins and their names don't match.

I know of 3 sets of boy twins called William and Oliver.

Also a Jack and Jill (a bit unimaginative I thought)
Erica and Rebecca
Elizabeth and Alice
Emma and Matthew
Henry and James... to go with big brothers Thomas and Edward (thomas the tank engine!).

I would have loved to have had twins!