Anonymous wrote:Did you make their names complimentary or matching in any way? We are having twins and three grandparents and several random relatives keep saying we must. Like two names from nature or location (Georgia and Brooklyn?), or starting with the same letter and same number of syllables, etc.
So far the only names DH and I have agreed on are both two syllables but start with different letters and aren’t complimentary in any way.
Anonymous wrote:Twins don’t want this. Go with the names you already picked.
One of my teenaged twin daughters recently told me she’s so glad we didn’t give her and her sister “matching” names.
Anonymous wrote:I have a Lawrence and a Peregrine so they have distinct names but their nn are Larry and Perry
Anonymous wrote:People outside of you and your husband really should not have any sway over what you both choose.
Anonymous wrote:I feel like all the twins I grew up with (late '70s, early '80s) had very matchy-matchy names. That's definitely not the trend now. I like it when twins at least sound like they came from the same family, but don't have obviously matching names. Some that I've liked in our communities: Peter and Daniel, Luca and Mia, Zion and Isaiah ...
Anonymous wrote:No matching names or nicknames. Choose 2 names that you like.