Stick with theme or change? Twins on the way

[CadburyMellos]

Our three children have names starting with the same initial. The first two were not deliberate, they were just names we agreed on. We thought our third would be the last baby so we stuck to the same initial. The initial is C.

Now having twins and deciding whether to stick to the same initial, choose a different initial thats the same for both babies, or give them both separate initials. Twins are both girls.

However we absolutely love one girls name and it starts with the same initial, or could start with different but same sound. The name is Cara. We could spell it Kara.

However we can't come up with another C or K name that we like but we do like Sydney which we could sell Cydney.

Wish we'd never started this now. Even our 2 dogs and 3 cats have C names.

Cydney & Cara sound beautiful!

I would follow the same trend if I were you

go for two diffrent initials

Cara is nice but I'd choose something else instead of Cydney

I don't think it really matters, so I wouldn't let it affect your decision too much. Having said that, I guess I would think even more C names is okay but maybe a bit much, whereas a different initial but the same as each other, might be cool.

For example, would be a bit weird to be C, C, C, L + E, whereas C, C, C, L + L could be cool.

P.S. Please not Kidney!

Cara is nice but not keen on Cydney - looks made up!

It might help if you explained your other 3 children's names..

Cara & Coraline
Cara & Caroline
Cara & Chole
Cara & Claire
Cara & Callie

Clara
Cecilia
Clementine
Chloe
Caroline
Charlotte
Charlie

Are the other three boys? I have a friend that has 4 children with the same sound, boys are both C and girls are both K.

Kara and Karis
Kara and Karine
Kara and Katy
Kara and Kathleen
Kara and Kayla

We were going to go with same initial names for our twins and now (they're one next week) we are really glad we didn't. They'll have to share so much and be referred to as 'the twins' and talked about/to like they are the same person as it is, it's nice to give them their own individual names.

Personally, I'd go with Kara and Sydney and not bother with the theme.

I think themes are a bit tacky. I'd give the twins names beginning with different initials that are not a C.

I'd use a different initial for the new twins

Wouldn't you rather have lovely names that you chose because you love them rather than because they matched?

Same initials - same house - banks - post - birthdays ?! It'll get complicated . I would give the twins two different initials

My two older dd's have the initials a and k... when I was pregnant with the dt's we decided on two names we loved that were also also a and k but we didnt even realise what we had done until much later...

Def different initials for twins. I know of girl twins with same initial and they had a nightmare with keeping personal data separate because they often didn't know who correspondence was addressed to.

There is no fun like coming up with twin names, so enjoy the Heck out of it.

I agree that sharing an initial, address and birthday could be complicated. Also agree that twins have to share a lot anyway so it's nice to give them a name which is their very own because you love it and is not necessarily part of a pattern.

What names do you love? Outside of the C / K thing?

Give them different initials. It's good to encourage individuality especially when the lazy tendency is for everyone to treat them like a set.

Not Cydney though.

It looks like 'cygnet' and will set her up for a lifetime of "Cydney with a c. Oh, and a y. Yes that's C-Y-D-N-E-Y."

If you must have a C and want to go for an Australian city there's always Canberra

But seriously, if you like the name Sydney then spell it with an S.

Thank you for all of your replies.
Our other three are Caelan, Cerys and Cohen.

I just can't imagine us not naming one of the girls Cara. It was a toss up between Cerys and Cara for our first daughter and Cohen would have been Cara if he'd been a girl.

Other names that I like are

Harper
Larkin
Linden
Ellery
Tegan
Ainsley
Blair
Tavie

It's all a bit Kardashian, isn't it, having matching names? I'd pick two completely different initials.

Cadbury, I think it would be nice, if you stuck with your theme.
I like Cara, it's lovely.
Cydney, not so much.
Ideas;
Cody
Corbin
Conrad
Caleb
Cole

It's too twee.

Cydney is awful, looks like it should be pronounced kidney.

Interesting that you like c names though.

Cliona
Caoimhe
Catriona
Caroline
Cassie
Connie

Cahar
Connor
Caolan
Cody
Ciaran