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I love Annika and I like Linnea when pronounced the same as Linnaea. I think that they are cute twin names. Lately I've been really liking the name Annika.

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They seem like simple, common Swedish names to me. They don’t leave an impression either way, but I think they’re both nice (aside from Linnea’s connection to infamous racist Carl Linnaeus).

I'm not as fond of Annika, but Linnea is gorgeous.

I like them. They sound so Swedish. Not something I'd pick but really cute on someone else's kids.

That's a great sibset. I love it.

Both names are bland to me. Give me Gudrun and Sigrid over these two any day!

I really like them together. BTW, I sometimes call my Anna by the nn Annika.

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Recently, I came across something online where this woman was talking about the names of her twins (b/g). She discovered that Linnea means 'twinflower' and upon looking up the picture of a twinflower, they are tulip shaped and have a pink color. Her new little flower of a dd had a rosy complexion and since she was a twin, the mother found it very fitting and named her dd Linnea. I believe her brother was named Felix.

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I've always liked the name Thomas for a twin and liked the sound of Linnea. I'd never paid attention to the meaning before, but now that I know it means 'twinflower,' I could easily see these two names paired together without being too obvious for twins.

Cute for twins! Both names are very Scandinavian to me and I guess that's the "theme".
I hope Annika is not pronounced with the AH-sound.

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Here Annika is dated and Linnea is super popular so they would be very mismatched over here.

I love them both and I think they go well together. They give me the same vibe but are different enough to not be too matchy.

Forty-odd years ago they'd probably have been named Karen and Sharon!

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Annika (usually Anneke) is middle-aged to elderly where I live, and Linnea is just another Lyn name to add to too many others. Not my choice, therefore, but I'm sure they'll fit in with their peers just fine.