Favourite twin name combinations from our shortlist for boys and girls

[Thinkibell]

Afternoon, DH and I are expecting twins, we haven’t found out the sex’s and don’t plan to, but I am due very soon and wondering what of options for combinations of names you like best.

So for girl/girl
We are stuck between
Leonora and Margarita (my favourite but DH worries it’s a bit “heavy”)
or
Leonora and Carlotta
or
Charlotte and Madeleine

Boy/Girl
Gabriel and Leonora
Gabriel and Charlotte
Sebastian and Margarita

Boy/Boy
Gabriel and Sebastian
Augustus and Sebastian
Gabriel and Theodore

Which combo is your favourite? Any you really dislike? Any combinations you think we might like?

Also consider the accent where you live. T often gets dropped and -a is usually -uh in the UK. Kuh-loh-uh and Mah-guh-ree-uh don't sound as pretty.

(I liked Natalie but it's Nah-uh-lee here )

I think you really need to let Margarita go.

Carlotta is really not good when said in British accents. Lots of T dropping.

have you thought that one of the names could have one or two syllables, seeing as they will be said together?

Leonora and Carlotta
Gabriel and Leonora
Gabriel and Augustus (or August?)

That definitely is regional though, like you say

Gabriel & Sebastian
Leonora & Madeleine

So for girl/girl
Leonora and Carlotta
(margarita is a pizza)

Boy/Girl
Sebastian and Leonora

Boy/Boy
Augustus and Sebastian

margarita is a pizza. The pizza is margherita.

I love Leonora and Margarita but it's worth considering the number of syllabals every single time you talk about them - it's 9! I also love Sebastian but maybe it's worth thinking of balancing one long name with a short one?

Yeah…… I’m sure the fact it’s spelt differently will stop all the kids at school from making the connection and laughing about it 🙄

Your names are great
I like Leonora and Carlotta best (Leo and Carlo so lovely)
Gabriel and Leonora
Gabriel and Theodore

I've never liked Sebastian or Seb
Margarita is a lovely name too.
I wish I'd thought of these names!

Leonora and Theodore (Lennie and Teddy) - love this combination.
Agree with others preferring Marguerite to Margarita...would likely use Maggie personally. And girls Leonora and Marguerite sound complimentary but not "twinnie". I'm a big fan of proper names but with a sensible nickname or abbreviation.
Boys I'd say Theodore and Gabriel. They compliment one another, can be nicely shortened to Theo or Teddy and Gabe.

I have boy/girl twins and definitely agree with very distinct names not matchy or even same initial and I think it's even more important for same sex pairings...they will still be called "the twins" but I believe it's easier to forge their own way and identities with distinctly different sounding names.

Charlotte and Madeleine
Gabriel and Charlotte
Gabriel and Sebastian

In that case choosing names with a latin/Mediterranean vibe is brilliant

I love Valentina, Ilaria, Susana too which work for both countries

And Rafael, Sebastian and Daniel

Dont lumber a baby with the name of a pizza

I personally only like Charlotte and Theodore from your list, and that's presuming he would go as Theo most of the time.

I think there are too many syllables going on, particularly for twins.

This

Girl - Girl = Charlotte (Lottie) and Madeleine Maddie)

Boy - Girl = Sebastian (Seb) and Charlotte

Boy - Boy = Sebastian and Theodore (Theo)

Congrats and wishing you all the joys to come on your special little ones 🥰

I like the name Margarita and you can nip teasing in the bud by not rising to the bait.

Leonora and Carlotta
Sebastian and Theodore

For a boy/girl set any combination of the above.

Google it @Thinkibell none of them sit together IMHO.
I'm a twin and always wondered why we were given such long holy names that everyone could shorten to boy's names.
Sometimes I wondered if we'd be different people if we'd got each other's names. 🤔
Tread carefully😊

Leonora and Carlotta

Gabriel and Leonora

Gabriel and Sebastian

I'm going off piste here, but I'd choose Leonora and Madeleine for girls.

I don't like Carlotta at all. Margarita - not keen either. Both strike me as names Enid Blyton would have used for 'Spanish' characters in boarding school books. They would have spoken with a lisp and nobody would have liked them at first. One would go on to earn respect and even a little admiration but the other would remain every bit the stuck up princess they all pegged her for on the first day.

For boys, Gabriel and Theodore.

For G/B twins, Gabriel and Charlotte.

Gabriel and Sebastian are lovely
Carlotta is interesting but I prefer Carmen
I like Gabriella
Marianne rather than Margarita, Marguerite at a push
Like Thea, Theodora okay
Sylvie, Aurelie

Gabriel and Sebastian are lovely
Carlotta is interesting but I prefer Carmen
I like Gabriella
Marianne rather than Margarita, Marguerite at a push
Like Thea, Theodora okay
Sylvie, Aurelie

Do not let Margarita go! It's a lovely name and I doubt there will be teasing. Kids will pick on anything - we had a Simon in my class who was called Slimon, on account of his perpetually runny nose...