Twin boys: Edward and.....? Love to hear your suggestions.

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Just discovered the twins we're expecting next year are both boys!

DH and I are stuck. He's vetoed Alexander and I'm vetoing William
(for Windsorish reasons!)

Already have a DS and DD. Naming prefs are for classic, formal names with plenty of decent nickname potential.

Want DCs to be able to adapt their name to suit rather than be defined by our tastes IYSWIM.

Not Jacob - Edward vs Jacob from the Twilight series.

I know an Edward and Dominic

I like Robert, Ben, Charlie and Luke.

Francis, Laurence, Thomas?
I know some real life twins called Max and Edward. They are 16 and cool dudes!

Arthur? - we have an Edward and an Arthur

Lots of these are really lovely combinations of names. Edward is a really strong and timeless name and would have been our first choice had it not been for a significant Edward amongst DW's romantic liaisons!

Think another vowel-starting first name for the other twin would work really well... - you could go down the Anglo-Saxon route and have an Alfred/Athelstan....? Arthur and Alexander work well too! Sorry getting carried away now!

Edward and Benjamin
Edward and Charles (Charlie)
Edward and Alfred/Frederick (Alfie or Freddie)
Edward and Tobias (Toby)

Thomas means 'twin'. So that makes sense!

I have twin boys called Michael and Edward! Obviously I love these names together because I chose them! Congratulations on your twin pregnancy

No to Ed and Fred.

Edward & Theo gets my vote!

Have no idea why but as soon as I read your op the name Austen popped straight into my head. Edward and Austen?

George and Edward?

Edward and Jacob

Duh!

Edward is my fave name buy we couldn't use for my twin boy. He's Matthew which we love. Other names we liked were Stephen, Robert, Stanley, Ivan and Peter. My DB is Nicholas otherwise we might have considered that too.

Has anyone said Mrs Simpson?

Frederick
George
Charles
Evan
Sebastian
Sean
Travis
Kieran
Oscar
Peter
Zachary
Isaac
Quentin
Ethan
nathanial

I feel a little sad for the twin boy who is getting his name chosen based mainly on whether it goes with his brother's name.

Why not just find a name you like?

But I don't have twins, so maybe there's something I'm missing.

Aw congratulations on your pregnancy and twins

I love the names suggested here. I LOVE Edward and love the nn Teddy/Eddie. (DS best friend is an Eddie from Edward) They also have friends called George and Joe and Eddie, Thomas, Joe and George all seem to go well together!

My DS is Thomas Joseph so may be a bit biased in liking those with it!

My favourites from the suggested ones above are Edward and Theodore and Edward and Sebastian. (although Ed/Ted and Seb may be a bit of a mouthful!)

Isaac, Edward
Ted and Sac or Zac

Anthony, Edward
Tony and Ted

Edward and Simpson
Edward and Woodward

Louis
Samuel
Isaac
Francis

I have an Edward
His brother is Hugo
Two names that go together I think

I quite like the thomas and friends connection and liked Bertie as well.And Toby.
All the Thomas names are classic, well the original ones anyway.

Milo
Wilf
Felix

Tobias (Toby) or Sebastian? I think Ed and Seb sounds quite good shortened.

Thank you all so much.
There is a wicked little bit of me that is terribly tempted by some of the comedy combinations but, having read the suggestions out to the family, DH likes Sebastian and the DCs like Theodore.

I think both are lovely so am letting them thrash it out between them!

We all liked lots of the other suggestions too but they are taken by friends/family.

Thanks again, hugely helpful of you all.

Edward and Zachary
Edward and Isaac
Think they have nice rings without being samey at all and ed and Zak are good nicknames.
Congratulations on your pregnancy

Theodore!!

Ed and Ted