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What are all the names of twins you know in real life?
Which sets do you think are well-paired (regardless of whether or not you like the names)?
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html
Which sets do you think are well-paired (regardless of whether or not you like the names)?
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html
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Sonya and Donna - which I think sound too similar
Steven and Gary - they go together well enough
Samantha and Tabitha - I don't really like the matching ending
Colleen and Bridget - well-paired
Sydney and Josie - I suppose they go together
Brittany and Brent - too matchy
Miranda and Dylan - well-paired
Katey and Kiley - way too matchy
Suzy and Deanne - not real well-paired
Steven and Gary - they go together well enough
Samantha and Tabitha - I don't really like the matching ending
Colleen and Bridget - well-paired
Sydney and Josie - I suppose they go together
Brittany and Brent - too matchy
Miranda and Dylan - well-paired
Katey and Kiley - way too matchy
Suzy and Deanne - not real well-paired
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Girl/Girl twins:
Charlie and Taylor (6)
Prudence "Prue" and Rebecca "Beccy" (30)
Taylor and Annika (18)
Charlotte "Charlie" and Isabella "Bella" (4)
Hannah and Erin (6)
Kate and Erin (25)
Carmel and Marian (40ish)
Sandra "Sanddie" and Sueellen (45ish)
Boy/Boy twins:
Ronald "Ron" and Allan (65ish)
Boy/Girl twins:
Liam and Isabella "Bella" (7)
Stevie Ray and Tabitha (2.5)
Vani Vidya "Vani" and Divyesh (5)
Charlie and Taylor (6)
Prudence "Prue" and Rebecca "Beccy" (30)
Taylor and Annika (18)
Charlotte "Charlie" and Isabella "Bella" (4)
Hannah and Erin (6)
Kate and Erin (25)
Carmel and Marian (40ish)
Sandra "Sanddie" and Sueellen (45ish)
Boy/Boy twins:
Ronald "Ron" and Allan (65ish)
Boy/Girl twins:
Liam and Isabella "Bella" (7)
Stevie Ray and Tabitha (2.5)
Vani Vidya "Vani" and Divyesh (5)
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Some I went to school with:
Courtney and Nicole
Lucy and Stephanie - I like these two together
Stephanie and Heather
Ashley and Amber
Amy and Mitch - always like that their names were normal but "different"
Matthew and Marlin - liked the combo of one very common and one uncommon
Joshua and Jeremy
Dustin and Nicholas
And some younger ones I know:
Evelyn and Grayson
Savannah and Charlotte
Cosette and Wolfgang - I think they're awesomely epic together, but maybe a bit too much for my real-life tastes
Oh and my DH's grandmother was a twin. Joyce and Robert
Courtney and Nicole
Lucy and Stephanie - I like these two together
Stephanie and Heather
Ashley and Amber
Amy and Mitch - always like that their names were normal but "different"
Matthew and Marlin - liked the combo of one very common and one uncommon
Joshua and Jeremy
Dustin and Nicholas
And some younger ones I know:
Evelyn and Grayson
Savannah and Charlotte
Cosette and Wolfgang - I think they're awesomely epic together, but maybe a bit too much for my real-life tastes
Oh and my DH's grandmother was a twin. Joyce and Robert
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Katie & Jack
Chloe & Sophie
Sophie & Katie
Georgia & Matilda
Dominic & Sadie
Eleanor & Devon (b)
Emily & Laura
Laura & James
And that's all I can think of right now!
I think Chloe & Sophie, and Sophie & Katie go well together but I don't like any of the names. I think Georgina & Matilda would have fitted better than Georgia & Matilda. My absolute favourite are g/b twins Eleanor & Devon, they would be about six/seven years old now.
Chloe & Sophie
Sophie & Katie
Georgia & Matilda
Dominic & Sadie
Eleanor & Devon (b)
Emily & Laura
Laura & James
And that's all I can think of right now!
I think Chloe & Sophie, and Sophie & Katie go well together but I don't like any of the names. I think Georgina & Matilda would have fitted better than Georgia & Matilda. My absolute favourite are g/b twins Eleanor & Devon, they would be about six/seven years old now.
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I know:
Maja & Ivana
Martina & Ivana
Goran & Zoran (brother Ninoslav ‘Nino’)
Marina & Marinko
Petra & Filip
Matea & Domagoj
Antea & Matea (sibs Marta & Ivan)
Tia & Lota (sibs Tara & Leon)
Ivan & Marica
Mirela & Arnel
Tamara & Ivana
Sanja & Tanja (brother Zoran)
+ triplets - Matea, Valentin & Valentina (they also have an older brother Matej)
I think all of them work well together, apart from the overly matchy ones.
Maja & Ivana
Martina & Ivana
Goran & Zoran (brother Ninoslav ‘Nino’)
Marina & Marinko
Petra & Filip
Matea & Domagoj
Antea & Matea (sibs Marta & Ivan)
Tia & Lota (sibs Tara & Leon)
Ivan & Marica
Mirela & Arnel
Tamara & Ivana
Sanja & Tanja (brother Zoran)
+ triplets - Matea, Valentin & Valentina (they also have an older brother Matej)
I think all of them work well together, apart from the overly matchy ones.
This message was edited 10/23/2014, 7:26 PM
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At the school I work at, there are girl twins named Teagan and Kaela.
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All the sudden I'm drawing blanks on the twins I know!
Let's see.
Mary Margaret and Caroline (like these)
Adam and Andrew (meh)
Anna, Emily, and Allie (triplets, but whatev) (fairly nice)
Patrick and Molly (cute but nms)
Anne and Emma (cute)
Caroline and Connor (seem mismatched)
Susan and Katie (Katherine) (cute)
that's all I can think of!!
Let's see.
Mary Margaret and Caroline (like these)
Adam and Andrew (meh)
Anna, Emily, and Allie (triplets, but whatev) (fairly nice)
Patrick and Molly (cute but nms)
Anne and Emma (cute)
Caroline and Connor (seem mismatched)
Susan and Katie (Katherine) (cute)
that's all I can think of!!
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Ashley and Amanda (27) [Older brother, James]
Ashley and Amanda (22) [Older brother, Andrew]
Kaitlyn and Kayla (19) [Older siblings, Kerri, Derek, Ashley and younger brother, Stephen]
Briana and Courtney (22)
Corey and Casey (both female, 18)
Lindsay and Joshua (9) [Younger brother, Bennett]
Triplets:
Sabrina, Samantha, and Mercedes (22)
Ashley and Amanda (22) [Older brother, Andrew]
Kaitlyn and Kayla (19) [Older siblings, Kerri, Derek, Ashley and younger brother, Stephen]
Briana and Courtney (22)
Corey and Casey (both female, 18)
Lindsay and Joshua (9) [Younger brother, Bennett]
Triplets:
Sabrina, Samantha, and Mercedes (22)
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Rhys Kieran & Ceridwen Jill "Ceri" (my step brother & sister)
Charlotte Sophie & James Frederick (my cousins)
Mary Love & Sara Beth (I only know Mary Love personally but she goes by both names. Not sure if the same is true for her twin)
Clara & Mathis
Emma & Chiara
Valeria & Sofia
Tiffany & Candace
Zoe & Madison "Madi"
Jayden & Skyler (boy & girl)
Georgia & Ruby
Christopher "Chris" & Luke
Bronwen & Rhys
I think Ceridwen and Rhys go quite well, and James and Charlotte fit too. I love Clara and Mathis.
Charlotte Sophie & James Frederick (my cousins)
Mary Love & Sara Beth (I only know Mary Love personally but she goes by both names. Not sure if the same is true for her twin)
Clara & Mathis
Emma & Chiara
Valeria & Sofia
Tiffany & Candace
Zoe & Madison "Madi"
Jayden & Skyler (boy & girl)
Georgia & Ruby
Christopher "Chris" & Luke
Bronwen & Rhys
I think Ceridwen and Rhys go quite well, and James and Charlotte fit too. I love Clara and Mathis.
This message was edited 10/23/2014, 12:56 PM
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I actually dug up an old thread about this and apparently I knew more twins back then than I can think of now, so I just copied and pasted and stuck on my fiancé and his siblings.
B/B:
Stefan and Garrett
Kristofer and Matthew
Steven Patrick and Scott Leigh
G/G:
Janna Alyssa & Laura Brianna
Laura & Linda
Hailey Lennis & Jillian Marie
Christina "Tina" and Alexandra "Anna"
B/G:
Jonathan & Kaitlyn
Benjamin & Sarah
Ryan John and Kaitlyn Margaret
Kathleen Elizabeth and Kevin David
And a set of triplets, Bradley "Brad", Robert "Bobby", and Kristen
B/B:
Stefan and Garrett
Kristofer and Matthew
Steven Patrick and Scott Leigh
G/G:
Janna Alyssa & Laura Brianna
Laura & Linda
Hailey Lennis & Jillian Marie
Christina "Tina" and Alexandra "Anna"
B/G:
Jonathan & Kaitlyn
Benjamin & Sarah
Ryan John and Kaitlyn Margaret
Kathleen Elizabeth and Kevin David
And a set of triplets, Bradley "Brad", Robert "Bobby", and Kristen
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Alexander "Alex" & Christopher "Chris" (early 20s)
Steven & Charles "Chuck" (50s or 60s)
Meagan & Kendra (late teens)
Lance & Logan (male) (late 20s)
William & Brian (early 20s)
Lily & Aaliyah (4 months)
Cora & Julian (1 year)
Evan & Stuart (early 20s)
Cody & Cory (early 20s) and sibling twins Chad & Brooke (late teens)
Kyle & Kristen (early 20s)
Elijah "Eli" & Cooper (3 or 4 years)
I love Cora and Julian. They're the only ones I feel go really well with each other.
Lily and Aaliyah seems like a mouthful. I know Lily honors and they loved Aaliyah.
I think Steven and Charles are paired well, and Meagan and Kendra is okay.
Steven & Charles "Chuck" (50s or 60s)
Meagan & Kendra (late teens)
Lance & Logan (male) (late 20s)
William & Brian (early 20s)
Lily & Aaliyah (4 months)
Cora & Julian (1 year)
Evan & Stuart (early 20s)
Cody & Cory (early 20s) and sibling twins Chad & Brooke (late teens)
Kyle & Kristen (early 20s)
Elijah "Eli" & Cooper (3 or 4 years)
I love Cora and Julian. They're the only ones I feel go really well with each other.
Lily and Aaliyah seems like a mouthful. I know Lily honors and they loved Aaliyah.
I think Steven and Charles are paired well, and Meagan and Kendra is okay.
This message was edited 10/23/2014, 10:31 AM
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Off the top of my head...
Twins:
Sawyer and Samuel (age: ~9)
Hannah and Ashlyn (age: ~9)
Adam and Jeremy (age: 22)
Sharen and Sharena (age: ~21)
Stephanie and Danielle (age: ~21)
Ashlyn and Brooklyn (age: nb)
Ashley and Amanda (age: ~23)
Brenna and Morgan (f) (age: ~22)
Haleigh and Kaitlyn (age: ~7)
Triplets:
AJ (f), Blake (m), and Casey (m) (age: ~8)
The only ones I feel go badly together are Sharen (prn sha-REEN) and Sharena (prn sha-REEN-uh). Ashlyn and Brooklyn (who are newborns that an administrator at my internship school just had), are too matchy for my taste as well.
Twins:
Sawyer and Samuel (age: ~9)
Hannah and Ashlyn (age: ~9)
Adam and Jeremy (age: 22)
Sharen and Sharena (age: ~21)
Stephanie and Danielle (age: ~21)
Ashlyn and Brooklyn (age: nb)
Ashley and Amanda (age: ~23)
Brenna and Morgan (f) (age: ~22)
Haleigh and Kaitlyn (age: ~7)
Triplets:
AJ (f), Blake (m), and Casey (m) (age: ~8)
The only ones I feel go badly together are Sharen (prn sha-REEN) and Sharena (prn sha-REEN-uh). Ashlyn and Brooklyn (who are newborns that an administrator at my internship school just had), are too matchy for my taste as well.
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I feel like a lot of parents of multiples (especially higher-order multiples) do the A/B/C/etc thing. I kind of wonder if, for the triplets, they had the same names picked out so that no matter the order of the genders, it was the same, since all the names are unisex. I'm not sure whether AJ was short for anything or not.
One of the Ashlyn's (twin to Hannah) is a student in my 4th grade class that I intern in. The other Ashlyn (twin to Brooklyn), I don't actually know, but one of the admins at the school gave birth to her just this week. If you look at popularity data, Ashlyn has been hovering around the 200-mark for a couple decades, so it's pretty popular.
One of the Ashlyn's (twin to Hannah) is a student in my 4th grade class that I intern in. The other Ashlyn (twin to Brooklyn), I don't actually know, but one of the admins at the school gave birth to her just this week. If you look at popularity data, Ashlyn has been hovering around the 200-mark for a couple decades, so it's pretty popular.
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All that I can remember:
Gillian and Patricia (Patsy)
Marcelle and Mark
Adre and Janine (both girls)
Claire and Justine
Ian and Lisa
Debra and Diane
Cecilia and Emilia I think. Never met them, but they were the children of a colleague for a brief period. I'm certain of Cecilia.
Olaf and Ulf
Jane and Patricia
Carissa and Genevieve
I think Gillian and Patricia make a good team. Also Claire and Justine.
Gillian and Patricia (Patsy)
Marcelle and Mark
Adre and Janine (both girls)
Claire and Justine
Ian and Lisa
Debra and Diane
Cecilia and Emilia I think. Never met them, but they were the children of a colleague for a brief period. I'm certain of Cecilia.
Olaf and Ulf
Jane and Patricia
Carissa and Genevieve
I think Gillian and Patricia make a good team. Also Claire and Justine.
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Theodore nn Ted and Patricia nn Patty
Ellen and Lee (g)
Bridget and Kirsten
Joseph nn Joe and Thomas nn Tom
Anthony nn Tony and Janet
Mary Kate and Mary Beth
John and Andrew (my nephews)
Aubrie and Charlotte (my great-nieces)
Alexander nn Alex and Maxwell nn Max
I particularly like Alex and Max for twins, although Alex is so overused. Mary Beth and Mary Kate is ridiculous. The rest are just whatever, not particularly great or bad together.
Ellen and Lee (g)
Bridget and Kirsten
Joseph nn Joe and Thomas nn Tom
Anthony nn Tony and Janet
Mary Kate and Mary Beth
John and Andrew (my nephews)
Aubrie and Charlotte (my great-nieces)
Alexander nn Alex and Maxwell nn Max
I particularly like Alex and Max for twins, although Alex is so overused. Mary Beth and Mary Kate is ridiculous. The rest are just whatever, not particularly great or bad together.
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did you ever read "Compromising Positions?"
By Susan Isaacs? It's a very funny mystery making fun of rich people on Long Island. The main character is Judith Singer and she appears in another mystery written and set twenty years later. Anyway, one of her group of friends, a friend she and the other women don't actually like all that much, is Mary Alice, who they call Malice.
It's mentioned more than once that Malice is one of four sisters, all of them named Mary. Near as I can remember it's Mary Alice, Mary Jean, Mary Ellen and I think Mary Kate or Mary Catherine. Malice is the only one we actually see in the book, and she is flaky and dim and hyper-Catholic, which I suppose is why there's four Marys in her family.
I know a Filipino family with four daughters, all of them named Maria, but they all go by their middle names and somehow it seems much less silly that way. Ramona, Teresa, Andrea and I think the other one is Carmen or Carmela.
By Susan Isaacs? It's a very funny mystery making fun of rich people on Long Island. The main character is Judith Singer and she appears in another mystery written and set twenty years later. Anyway, one of her group of friends, a friend she and the other women don't actually like all that much, is Mary Alice, who they call Malice.
It's mentioned more than once that Malice is one of four sisters, all of them named Mary. Near as I can remember it's Mary Alice, Mary Jean, Mary Ellen and I think Mary Kate or Mary Catherine. Malice is the only one we actually see in the book, and she is flaky and dim and hyper-Catholic, which I suppose is why there's four Marys in her family.
I know a Filipino family with four daughters, all of them named Maria, but they all go by their middle names and somehow it seems much less silly that way. Ramona, Teresa, Andrea and I think the other one is Carmen or Carmela.
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(I've written about this before)-until about a generation ago, it was usual, in my area, for all girls to have the name Marie as a first name, and the boys, Joseph.
They weren't, usually,called by these names;Marie Constance would be just called Constance.
Although sometimes it was hyphenated, as, Marie-Mai, or Marie-Blanche, and they'd then be called the whole name.
At one time, any French-speaking men in the Canadian military would be referred to as "Joe LeBlanc", because of all the Josephs, and Le Blanc being a common last name.
I don't know how the soldiers themselves felt about this, but it's pretty mild, so I rather expect they bore it patiently.
They weren't, usually,called by these names;Marie Constance would be just called Constance.
Although sometimes it was hyphenated, as, Marie-Mai, or Marie-Blanche, and they'd then be called the whole name.
At one time, any French-speaking men in the Canadian military would be referred to as "Joe LeBlanc", because of all the Josephs, and Le Blanc being a common last name.
I don't know how the soldiers themselves felt about this, but it's pretty mild, so I rather expect they bore it patiently.
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My sister's husband is French-Canadian (well, his parents were but they moved to the US before he was born so he's an American citizen) and she told me it was their tradition to give every boy the middle name Joseph and every girl the middle name Marie. Not the first name. Is this not correct?
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Probably.
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G/G
Natasha & Natalia
Karina & Krista
Ella & Evelyn
Dana & Shannon
B/G
Dominic & Alyssa
Joshua & Jenna
Emmett & Michaela
B/B
Ricky & Rodger
Matthew & Brandon
I think Dominic & Alyssa are nice together. And Emmett & Michaela and Matthew & Brandon are well paired too,
If I had to pick an alliterated pair, I think Joshua & Jenna is fine or Ella and Evelyn is least confusing from the girls sets.
Natasha & Natalia
Karina & Krista
Ella & Evelyn
Dana & Shannon
B/G
Dominic & Alyssa
Joshua & Jenna
Emmett & Michaela
B/B
Ricky & Rodger
Matthew & Brandon
I think Dominic & Alyssa are nice together. And Emmett & Michaela and Matthew & Brandon are well paired too,
If I had to pick an alliterated pair, I think Joshua & Jenna is fine or Ella and Evelyn is least confusing from the girls sets.
This message was edited 10/23/2014, 5:27 AM
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