Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidney is not a good boys name.

Sidney was a boy's name first, becoming popular after the American Revolution into the nineteenth century, and peaked in popularity in the 1910s. It started to be used as a girl's name in the 1990s. Sidney Bechet, Sydney Pollack, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Sid Caesar, the fictional Sydney Carton, etc. Still used as a boys name -- there is a Canadian NHL player named Sidney Crosby, an NFL player named Sidney Jones, etc.

Yes I’m aware. It’s still a terrible boys name.

If dad was Melvin, you could have gone with Melbourne!

As an Australian, I’d have found it hilarious!

Biker and Rider?

Great for twin girls. It really doesn't matter that Sydney used to be a boys name; so did Robin.

My husband also kept suggesting weird joke names when I was pregnant. What is wrong with men? He also used to joke that we didn't need a carseat or a carrier or anything, that we could just carry the baby home from the hospital in a Safeway bag. I mean, I guess it's an okay joke now that I'm not pregnant, but at the time I was hormonal and annoyed and just wanted to finish our registry.

For real, men are a pain. I love mine, but still.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for jerseyites on here---when I was pg with b/g twins we joked that we would name them Clifton and Passaic.

Allwood and Botany Village have a nice ring to them. (obviously, botany village is a girl's name.)

I propose Trenton (nn Trent) and Camden (nn Cammy)

It sounds like the punchline to a joke...

(Also, I would have expected g/g twins with those names, so it’s even worse.)

No. Remember your honeymoon with a nice print on the wall or a toast on your anniversary or a photo album. Not with your kid's names.

Anonymous wrote:Adelaide is lovely (since the place was named for a person) but Sidney would be rough on a boy. Darwin or Perth would be unusual and quirky but at least not immediately (and probably permanently) misgendered...

Ha! I know a female Perth. Beautiful human, terrible name.

Hi Everyone, this is OP. As I’ve said in the original post, this is all just in jest. Our twins are almost two and have completely common, non-matching names. For whatever reason my husband still brings this up wistfully so as a joke I suggested we poll DCUM. For what it’s worth, I think the names are fine individually.

Jersey and Passaic made me laugh so hard! Thank you

Anonymous wrote:for jerseyites on here---when I was pg with b/g twins we joked that we would name them Clifton and Passaic.

Allwood and Botany Village have a nice ring to them. (obviously, botany village is a girl's name.)

I really hope you and dh met at the U Wisconsin and went with Madison and Greenbay instead

“Settle our debate” is misleading, OP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a guy friend named Courtney and he gets teased a bit. He's a grown up and can handle it and it's not a big deal to him but just wanted to put that out there.

How about Cyd for the boys name and Adaline (Addy)? Enough to have meaning for you and your husband but not gimmicky.

It’s over. Twins are here and the have parents chosen different names. OP posted this to...I don’t know. Show her husband how many people hate the combo and thank god they didn’t go with his original choices?
PS- OP, glad you didn’t go with this. The combo. The names by themselves are fine. I think a lot of people would assumed Sydney was a girl.

*the parents have chosen