Tell me my kids names u going to be that bad.

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Im having twins, two girls and were thinking Clementine Catherine and Olive Odette. We like the matching fruit names, and Odette and Clementine both have French origin. Are they okay names?

*Typo in the post. I meant Tell me my kids names arent going to be that bad

Love both names. I also have a ‘fruit’ name although more unusual that your choices. I don’t personally think I would use both for twins though - I’d probably swap and go Odette Olive with clementine.

clemmy and Odie go well

I like both Clementine and Olive individually- and although the two names together could feel a bit too gimmicky with the fruit theme, they can always use nn’s e.g. Clemmy, Livi if they like.

They’re fine - personally would prefer Olivia to Olive, but your babies, your choice.
Congratulations ! 👶🏻 👶🏻

Yeah the names are fine but for twins to both have fruit names is asking for snide comments. Agree with PP, switch one around so one has the fruit name first and the other as a middle.

I personally wouldn’t alliterate them and would make them mirror names, eg Olive Catherine and Clementine Odette. I think it could sound gimmicky for twins to have alliterative names.

Not a fan of the CC and OO but the first names on their own are lovely.

Agree

I think they're fine combinations. The fact that the pairs of names start with the same letter means that if, at a later stage, the child doesn't like their first name they have an easy option to swap over to the middle name.
If they don't like that either... well, you've done your best!

I'm not keen on the alliteration especially for both names or the fruit theme. Why do you need a theme? I think Olivia is much nicer than Olive.

I like clementine for my daughter and you can also shorten it to Tyne

I personally don't like Olive but they're all good names and work well together.

Agree that I would switch the middle names over so the first and middle aren't alliterative - Clementine Odette and Olive Catherine.

As names, yes of course they are ok. But remember as well as being twins they will be individuals. I wonder if they will grow up enjoying being a pair of matching fruits? I also personally dislike the double alliteration. Hopefully your surname doesn’t begin with H or she’ll have OOH!

As some have suggested I’d soften it by swapping the middles to Clementine Odette and Olive Catherine, or I’d go for Clementine and Olivia, or use the “double fruit” for middle name theme and have Catherine and Odette first.

I'm a twin, I'm grateful my parents didn't give us 'matching' names. My twin and I are close as adults but we are very different people, and I think always being viewed as one half of a set can be a bit exhausting.
That said they are both perfectly nice names, and congratulations on your pregnancy!

Catherine and Odette are fine but Olive i have never liked and Clementine too gimmicky. Sorry.

I don’t find them too matchy. They’re both recognised names and distinct in sound etc. The worse is when names rhyme. I’m not sure I’d immediately realise they were supposed to be matchy names. It’s not like it’s Clementine and Tangerine.

Sorry but I picture you in the park shouting “Clementine, Olive! Come to Mummy!” And you are going to sound very pretentious.

Yes to this.

great choices

Remember you are naming two individual humans who will be compared with each other forever, they don’t need matchy matchy fruit names too. Olive is my least favourite, but these aren’t my sort of names anyway.

I don't like clementine at all personally but i would also be concerned that kids might tease her about it. What about Odette and Olive, they sound lovely together. You could go Odette clementine and Olive catherine. It is absolutely personal taste though, If you love them you have to go for it.

Love them.

Sorry I think Olive is awful. Olivia is far far prettier.

It is better for twins not to be named as a set. They are individuals and should be treated as such from day one.

Odette and Catherine and Clementine are lovely, Olive is not.

Better to have
Odette Catherine
Clementine Olivia

I agree with others a bit too “much” for twins. Absolutely nothing wrong with the names to be honest, not my cup of tea but they aren’t out of the world horrible. They are quite sweet. What about Olivia Catherine and Clementine Odette?