Boy girl twins

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Hi, I'm having boy/girl twins and am struggling to come up with a good boys name to go with the girl name I've chosen. We have a very plain and common single syllable surname (like Smith, Jones, Brown, etc) so long names should be fine.

I really like 'Benedicta' for a girl, but was wondering if the name 'St John' to go with it is too much? My husband's only opinion on the matter is that he didn't like my choice of 'Bernadine' for a girl because he doesn't like "ine" names, but he does like Benedicta. He's not much help with boys names.

My main problem is names like 'Michael' and 'Gabriel' look a bit plain to me next to Benedicta. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Beatrice and Sebastian are lovely. St Kohn you would forever be explaining. I really like Benedict too but maybe not with Beatrice as I wouldn't give twins a romantic couple's names (and I know the spelling is different).

I've got boy girl twins and i thought it was important for them to "go". And to be easy to be said together as certainly for the first few years you'll be saying them together constantly (firstly to the 50 billion people who stop you to ask every time you step out the house and then when they instantly run off in either direction).
I actually really like Benedicta but not sure about St. John. We considered Beatrix and Sebastian but I like to shorten and found Bea and seb awkward to say

Berenice and Dominic

I love Bridget.

I love Bernadine, my friends sister is called that. Has several nicknames Berd, Bern, Birdie, Berdie lol

St John is a real name with a long tradition. But it is very class-connected and old-fashioned, so I probably wouldn't.

Benedicta and Aloysius
Benedicta and Sebastian
Benedicta and Valentine
Benedicta and Ambrose
Benedicta and Jerome
Benedicta and Clement
Benedicta and Dominic
Benedicta and Raphael

I think Benedicta is a great name. She'll be a Ben or a Benny, which is really cute. And with a short simple surname, you can definitely carry off longer first names. Go for it!

I have twins. It is important to be able to say them together easily without them running together as you'll be doing it a lot.

A good tip I've read on MN previously is to stand at the back door and try shouting your chosen names to see if they work.

I think Beatrice and Sebastian are lovely choices.

Beatrice and Sebastian are lovely.

I also know little Benedetta, which I think is beautiful. Her mother is Italian.

St John pronounced Sinjin is a name.

It is a very old name, been around forever, if you haven't come across it, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

There is another one too, another saint, but I can't remember what.

And the boys name Sinclair probably comes from St. Claire.

Having said that, I don't like it as a first name, and with Benedicta it sounds as if you are some mad branch of the catholic church!

I like Beatrice and Sebastian.

love Benedicta though, go for it.

Seems to me you like saint names why do they you Google them? Benedicta is certainly a female name as is the french form benedicte you need to look a tad papal names, a couple for you:

Alexander
Maximilian
Francis

I like Beatrice/Beatrix, Briget/Bridgette, and Sebastian for a boy, out of the names you've mentioned so far.

I think most people would know how to pronounce St John. Maybe it could be a middle name?

I also quite like Benedicta but would be worried about teasing potential with the 'dick' sound in there Benedetta from a pp is nice. Haven't heard that before.

Laurence
Hector

I would pronounce St John correctly as would most people I know.