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Help[Opinions] What names make the best twin name pairings?
What names do you guys think work really well as twin names (regardless of whether you've actually seen them used as such?
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I don't think about twin names very often, I guess they must not interest me too much. But, I like the idea of very subtle themes.
Like Leo & Norma, both names of constellations.
Some anagram pairs make me happy, like Diana & Aidan, Alice & Celia, Amy & May, Darlene & Leander, Dolly & Lloyd. The anagram thing is a major GP idea because philosophically I'm not sure I agree with it (the idea that they are the same person, just rearranged).
Like Leo & Norma, both names of constellations.
Some anagram pairs make me happy, like Diana & Aidan, Alice & Celia, Amy & May, Darlene & Leander, Dolly & Lloyd. The anagram thing is a major GP idea because philosophically I'm not sure I agree with it (the idea that they are the same person, just rearranged).
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I would name them like I would name any other siblings, meaning I would try to keep them in a similar style while avoiding names that rhyme or begin with the same letter.
Most twins I know had a hard enough time being seen as an individual growing up. Not many people want to constantly be thought of as part of a set.
Some do like to lean into the twin thing, but there are other ways to do that where it’s their choice and it’s not forced on them.
Most twins I know had a hard enough time being seen as an individual growing up. Not many people want to constantly be thought of as part of a set.
Some do like to lean into the twin thing, but there are other ways to do that where it’s their choice and it’s not forced on them.
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Nothing with the same initials or rhyming
Same style
Same style
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I prefer twin names that aren't an alliteration set (although some of them can certainly work) and names that don't usually rhyme. My late mother was a twin, my direct aunt, and their names, I kid you not, were Molly & Polly. (Polly was my mother)
I'm accustomed to seeing the names together as I grew up with them, so it's perhaps not so unusual for me, but it's also not something I can ever see myself doing if I were to ever have twins, which I doubt. I'd never give them extremely matchy names like Saige & Paige or Brady & Grady. Lol!
There's a set of twins in a series that I wrote (a collection of 3 currently unpublished novels,) that I named Ava & Zoe and I absolutely love them! I love how well they go together, but aren't overly matchy. I love their 3 letters 2 syllable similarity.
I'll post some others later on if they come to mind.
I'm accustomed to seeing the names together as I grew up with them, so it's perhaps not so unusual for me, but it's also not something I can ever see myself doing if I were to ever have twins, which I doubt. I'd never give them extremely matchy names like Saige & Paige or Brady & Grady. Lol!
There's a set of twins in a series that I wrote (a collection of 3 currently unpublished novels,) that I named Ava & Zoe and I absolutely love them! I love how well they go together, but aren't overly matchy. I love their 3 letters 2 syllable similarity.
I'll post some others later on if they come to mind.
This message was edited 2/4/2024, 8:14 PM
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Oh wow, I honestly had no idea. It makes me love the set even more, thanks!
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Yikes, rhyming ones are just cringey. I feel like they’d get confused for each other all the time.
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Let me get this right, there were 13 kids who all had names that rhyme with Molly and Polly?? Or did the other siblings have a different rhyming scheme?
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Lol, no. A different rhyming scheme. The other names, and I do wish I wish I was joking, were Harry (jr) Larry, Barry, Gary, Terry, Perry, Sherry, Merry, Jerry, etc. you get the idea. A few of them went by unrelated nicknames, but yeah, still pretty weird. I can only imagine the amount of times my grandparents got their names mixed up. 😅
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