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How do you feel about twin names and their different patterns? I have found that there have been different patterns that evolved when it comes to the naming of twin children in comparison to regular siblings. In times past twins were sometimes given names off by 1 letter (like Tara and Sara for instance) though probably thankfully that has fallen out of fashion in recent decades. Another popular trend is to give them different names but have the same first initial (like Tia and Tamera Mowry for instance) That option I am still guilty of being a little partial too even though people sometimes think it is a little too cutesy in the present. The next one is having a uniting theme of some nature in which the names don't necessarily immediately connect but have a similar origin or meaning. Like if twin girls were named Diana and Artemis for example because those are the greek and roman equivalents of the same goddess. The next is simply having a similar style between the two that sound cohesive together. Like having twins named Henry and Beatrice because they are both popular and old fashioned names. Lastely, there is going completely off the trend and picking names that don't even sound like sibling names. For instance I once knew a boy and girl twin set named Aries and Deborah because the mom liked the astrology origin of Aries and named the girl after her mother. Which ones would you consider doing? What are the pros and cons of each? and just for kicks and giggles do you have favorite twin name combinations you would like to share? any others you dislike that you've heard before? Here are my favorite that I probably wouldn't use but still like in theory:

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Girl/Girl:
Ingrid and Veronika
Esmerelda and Sapphira
Lucy and Molly
Olive and Ivy
Daisy and Lily
Phoebe and Daphne
Diana and Daphne
Winifred and Beatrice
Annora and Avalon
Lilac and Lavender (*a guilty pleasure I know it's atrocious)

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Boy/Girl:
Adrian and Beatrix
Artemas and Arcadia
Henry and Daphne
Edward and Diana
Nellie and Oswald
Beatrix and Theodore
Koda and Laika
Milo and Olive
Wesley and Lilah

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Boy/Boy:
Henry and Simon
Koda and Soren
Castor and Apollo
Flint and Phoenix
Simon and Sylvester
William and Henry
Alastair and Sebastian
Leo and Wesley
River and Hawkeye
Julius and Adrian

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Please rate my favorite names list if you have a spare moment, thank you :) https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/223226/138473

This message was edited 2/7/2021, 9:47 AM