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I am not a twin, nor the parent of twins, but I absolutely loathe the trend of giving twins matching names. Twins are already so largely associated with one another in so many ways, and are already going to struggle with carving out their own identities, they don't need their parents acting like they are salt and pepper shakers. All of the twins I've ever known have had non-matchy names. The matchiest were probably Ashley and Arielle, which really only share a first letter.

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Comments on the names, not the crimes:
Tamia and Jamia - You shouldn't have to make up names so that your kids names will match.
Joel and Michael - some previous posters have said these are too similar? Why, because they both end in L?
Gerald and Jared - these are really hard for me to differentiate The L in Gerald is really soft in my accent.
Gloria and Gretchen - I love Gloria, not fond of Gretchen but they are nice together.
Stephen and Robert - Lovely pair.
Darlene and Delores - Seems too close, even though they only share the first letter. Darlene always seems really cheesy.
Lydell and Laycelle - The hell are these names? Those aren't a thing.
Peggy and Betty - Cute as nicknames, but Margaret and Elizabeth would be nicer.
Dante and Donte - Yeah, that's the same name.