What's the best combination of names for twins?

[MerryMarigold]

Tamsin and James Emmanuel

Mirissa and Marco Emmanuel

(Mirissa is a beautiful beach in Sri Lanka where dh is from)

M & M

Although I also like Mirissa and James

I don't like the 2 M names paired together. Kind of twee.

Tamsin and Marco, just to be awkward!

Emmanuel is surname

No middle names yet! Cross that bridge when got first ones

I have to say I prefer Mirissa and James. I remember your other thread and really like the nickname Miri, think it'll avoid any misspelling problems. Not keen on Marco (Polo)- always preferred Marcus.

I know a Mirissa named after the same beach, cos her parents survived the tsunami.
i don't think she gets too much bother with melissa confusion, but could be wrong.

Hmm I can see the point with the M&M thing, but I like them both, they have a nice ring to them

Mirissa and Marco
Marco and Mirissa

Sorry, I haven't helped!

I'd second Tamsin and Marco as well, just to be awkward!

both sound very exotic and are lovely with your surname MerryM

Mirissa is lovely too, but agree the lifetime of correcting the spelling could get tedious for her as most people would assume it was spelled Marissa.

I'm not sure I like the M&M thing either and if I had twins would try and give them distinctive names iyswim.

and hats off to you; we are finding it hard enough to come up with one name we both like, let alone four!!

I think having to spell the name constantly is a red herring - you often have to do this even with Jayne/Jane.

There are too many 'M's for my liking

TaMsin
JaMes
Marco
Mirissa

and then

EMManuel

Are those 4 names the definite ones?

Prefer James and Mirissa as opposed to Marco and Mirissa.

true dragon...I have a pretty common name but have to spell it out all the time!

well I am going to confuse you even more - I love Mirissa and James! Any thought on middle names????? Remind me again what DS1 is called......

I like Mirissa and Marco...and quite like the duplication of the initial 'M'. I don't think it's twee, in a way that I hate rhyming twins names eg Holly and Molly sort of thing.

Oh, and whilst the spelling may be a challenge occasionally, I think the importance to you of the name Mirissa far outways that.

Good luck!

I prefer Tamsin and James but both choices are nice.

Good luck Merry!

Mirissa and James, I think (I have two kids with the same first letter, but think I'd avoid it with twins ... more of a need for separate identities, I reckon)

MerryM I really love Mirissa - only problem will be (as others have already pointed out) the misspelling of it - as in Marissa - the gorgeous Mischa Barton from The O.C.
I also like Marco - both the M&M names sound fab with your exotic surname. I don't think the double M thing is twee.

I'm not as keen on Tamsin but that's purely and simply to do with bad memories of a girl from school...
James - can't go wrong.

Thanks so much. Gosh, they'll probably end up Bob and Gill at this rate!

It was always James and Tamsin till now (the 'z' sound kind of uniting them). I was never THAT into James but just thought it sounded good with Tamsin, which I fell in love with one day. However, I just can't for the life of me think of my little girl as a Tamsin for some reason and have been trying ever so hard for past month to call her that but can't. James actually I can manage. D still likes Tamsin.

Mirissa was thought of for our first baby and I suddenly remembered and thought, I like that and I really like Miri - just feel more comfortable with it. Marco was a recent attempt at something that sounds 'good together' and was also dh's grandfather. But could be Mirissa and James, I suppose, though feel like one is a bit exotic and one is very plain.

What d'ya think of Bob and Gill?!

Oh dozy, ds1 is Oliver.

I like Mirissa particularly.
Worried about spelling it out constantly.
Marissa is more ..... english ?
Waiting for middle names.

Ds doesn't have a middle name. Ds2 won't either. Just assumed everyone else on the planet did.

I think you are lucky as your surname is LOVELY so suits them all IMO!

You seem to have lots of Ms whereas I have too many Ns in my choices!!

Ok enough waffle I like Tamsin and Marco. Could even be Tamsin Mirissa and Marco James...

Good luck! xx

obs I don't have a middle name . This grieved me immensely as a child. I invented one in the end....

The spelling thing. My name is spelled 'unusually' but I don't mind people getting it wrong really, 'cos I REALLY like my name.

I always thought finding out the sex helped with sorrting names. NAAAAAAAH!

Obs, middle name for me is more a way to make a link to family/ memory eg. Ds's middle name is my grandmother's maiden name. It's VERY exotic and he is never ever going to use it except maybe as an initial, but it'll be nice for him to know why he has itwhen he's 25 though till then no doubt he will hate it. These would be similar, not going to give a middle name just for the sake of it, but to 'remember' someone important.

My parents gave me the most beautiful middle name and were put off making it my first name for spelling/miss-pronouncing reasons.

I wish they had just given me that name tho!! Had to constantly spell/pronounce my (Italian) surname so I got used to it! Now even with my more 'regular/indigenous' married surname I am STILL spelling/pronouncing it!!

So basically that wouldn't put me off a name if I loved it...

I PERSONALLY think :
The M and M thing is not twee.
I do like Marco and Marissa/Mirissa.
Boys like more normal names, than unusual. but maybe James is just a bit too simplistic, when linked to Marrisa.

Middle names are more important to girls that boys.
Mine is Louise and is f**k boring, lets be honest.
Whereas MonkeyM has been traumatised by the lack of hers
If your ds has family middle name. It is important that the twins have similar. I.e do same for all your children.