Okay, please give us two boys’ names!

[Anonymous]

I understand your hesitation about cutesy twin names. I agree. I went about naming my B/G twins as though I were naming two separate children. My twins aren't "a set."

My twins are Mairead and Declan. Mairead is the Gaelic version of Margaret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand your hesitation about cutesy twin names. I agree. I went about naming my B/G twins as though I were naming two separate children. My twins aren't "a set."

My twins are Mairead and Declan. Mairead is the Gaelic version of Margaret.

This feels pretty matchy, tbh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand your hesitation about cutesy twin names. I agree. I went about naming my B/G twins as though I were naming two separate children. My twins aren't "a set."

My twins are Mairead and Declan. Mairead is the Gaelic version of Margaret.

This feels pretty matchy, tbh.

Really? How?

They don't start with the same letter, have different vowel sounds, and are from different regions of Ireland. They are both two syllables, but other than that, what is matchy about them?

We are Irish, so it makes sense that our children have Irish names. Others in our immediate and extended family include Dermot, Oisin, Cian, Siobhan, Maeve, Caoimhe, Padraig, and Colm. We are very Irish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Abraham and Gabriel

Reuben and Simon

Nicholas and Timothy

Oliver and Nathan

Wouldn't recommend Abe and Gabe, but maybe one of those with another name!

I sort of agree with the PP who suggested one traditional and one slightly interesting, but I think I'd lean toward both slightly interesting/outside the top 25 boy's names.

Miles and Joshua
Samuel and Adam
Wesley and Simon
Arthur and Harrison
Graham and Elliott

One of these pairs is literally my son’s first and last name. Glad you think they go together

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been reading this forum long enough to know I don’t want:

- names that “try too hard”
- are popular now/trendy
-

made up or weird

- names that are too cutesy for twins
- names that sound like the babies are from different families.

We have a simple two syllable last name. Their middle names will be my one syllable name (I hyphenate but they won’t).

Here’s what we have so far:

James and Graham
John (not nn Jack) and Daniel
Henry and Peter

Any combination except James and John. Other suggestions appreciated!

Thank you!

All names are made up...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand your hesitation about cutesy twin names. I agree. I went about naming my B/G twins as though I were naming two separate children. My twins aren't "a set."

My twins are Mairead and Declan. Mairead is the Gaelic version of Margaret.

This feels pretty matchy, tbh.

Really? How?

They don't start with the same letter, have different vowel sounds, and are from different regions of Ireland. They are both two syllables, but other than that, what is matchy about them?

We are Irish, so it makes sense that our children have Irish names. Others in our immediate and extended family include Dermot, Oisin, Cian, Siobhan, Maeve, Caoimhe, Padraig, and Colm. We are very Irish.

"Hrothgar and Grendel were introduced in two different chapters of Beowulf!"

It's great that you gave your kids super Irish names and would have wanted them to match in that way whether they were twins or singletons; it's funny to see you use as an example of refusing to do matching twin names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand your hesitation about cutesy twin names. I agree. I went about naming my B/G twins as though I were naming two separate children. My twins aren't "a set."

My twins are Mairead and Declan. Mairead is the Gaelic version of Margaret.

This feels pretty matchy, tbh.

Really? How?

They don't start with the same letter, have different vowel sounds, and are from different regions of Ireland. They are both two syllables, but other than that, what is matchy about them?

We are Irish, so it makes sense that our children have Irish names. Others in our immediate and extended family include Dermot, Oisin, Cian, Siobhan, Maeve, Caoimhe, Padraig, and Colm. We are very Irish.

"Hrothgar and Grendel were introduced in two different chapters of Beowulf!"

It's great that you gave your kids super Irish names and would have wanted them to match in that way whether they were twins or singletons; it's funny to see you use as an example of refusing to do matching twin names.

Of course they shall have Irish names.. We are Irish citizens, so tis only fitting that my children be named Irish-Gaelic names. Their names do not in any way match more than two English names such as Charles and Graham, nor any more than two Spanish names such as Cristian and Nicolas.

[Anonymous]

Taylor and Luke

Thatcher and John

Samuel and James

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand your hesitation about cutesy twin names. I agree. I went about naming my B/G twins as though I were naming two separate children. My twins aren't "a set."

My twins are Mairead and Declan. Mairead is the Gaelic version of Margaret.

I have a Mairead! We use the Scottish pronunciation and call her Maisie. I love that name. She is named for my nanny when I was growing up in Scotland.