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Twin names - opinions please!

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pbgv1 · 08/05/2016 21:46

Hi there. Our twin boys are due at the end of July and I think we've chosen the names.
We're keeping them to ourselves though, so we won't be able to gauge people's reactions. Do these names sound okay to you?? (Our surname is pretty standard!)

Aidan Oliver and
Fraser James

Thanks xx

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ems942 · 12/05/2016 21:45

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gazsm · 12/05/2016 21:52

We got given great advice to stop twin 2 feeling inferior later in life.

So name the first twin with an initial later in the alphabet than twin two. So fraser first and aidan second

You will always refer to them in the order they were born (strange but true. We have) and so will the family and friends.

But teachers and drs etc will call them alphabetically.

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OneMagnumisneverenough · 13/05/2016 12:19

Both lovely names, my preferred name is Fraser but you've had a mix of answers with preference for both so probably equally liked overall. Fraser would have been on our list is it wasn't the name of DHs ex girlfriends dad and DH didn't get on well with him shall we say...

I have 2 DSs (In Scotland) and names on our list (including those we used) were:

Gregor
Alastair
Alex/Alec
Craig
Kerr
Keir/Ciar
Ciaran
Austin
Ross
Moray
Callum
Scott
Andrew

Just in case you end up going off one of them :)

EmmaWoodlouse · 16/05/2016 18:43

I like both of those names a lot, and I think they're just "similar" enough for twins without being cutesy-matchy. If I had twins I would want their first names to be the same length, and either both have a short form or both not (in your case both not), but not to rhyme or begin with the same letter. So these tick all the boxes for me.

PinkRosie321 · 16/05/2016 18:43

Lovely names! X

BikeRunSki · 16/05/2016 18:47

Lovely names, lovely combos of first/middle names and lovely pair of twin names.
Aidan and Fraser - but different, but not out there. Super.

TheEagle · 16/05/2016 18:52

I think they're lovely! We have 13 month old twin boys, you've some fun and lovely times ahead Grin

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