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Help[Opinions] Re: Matchy Twin Names and Types of Matchiness.
in reply to a message by kvpp88
What makes you so sure that people who name their twins "matchy" names didn't choose the names because they liked them?
People always treat twins as something of a package deal, no matter what their names are. Unique names or not, they often still just refer to them as "the Jones twins" or if they happen to meet one without the other they're apt to ask "Which one are you?" It's just part of being a twin, I guess.
My stepfather and his twin sister are Larry and Linda. They start with the same letter, yes, but those were also extremely fashionable names when they were born.
I have never heard of twins named Richard and Ricardo, or Paul and Saul, and doubt it's very common as those types of names are so difficult to distinguish by ear. In the old days, before there were reliable ways of knowing twins were on the way, giving such "lazy" names was just the parents making the best of having an extra baby arrive on short or no notice.
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People always treat twins as something of a package deal, no matter what their names are. Unique names or not, they often still just refer to them as "the Jones twins" or if they happen to meet one without the other they're apt to ask "Which one are you?" It's just part of being a twin, I guess.
My stepfather and his twin sister are Larry and Linda. They start with the same letter, yes, but those were also extremely fashionable names when they were born.
I have never heard of twins named Richard and Ricardo, or Paul and Saul, and doubt it's very common as those types of names are so difficult to distinguish by ear. In the old days, before there were reliable ways of knowing twins were on the way, giving such "lazy" names was just the parents making the best of having an extra baby arrive on short or no notice.
I think, therefore I judge.
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I work as an ob/gyn (well, I'm a medical resident right now, but I still work in the field) and one of expectant parents' favorite things to talk about is names, so I hear a lot of interesting names, especially for twins. They like the names, obviously, but they specifically look for names to match. Let's say Mom likes Joan and Dad likes Sara. Do they name the twins Joan and Sara? Sometimes. But I've seen parents get rid of one name they do like (Sara) to find a matching name with Joan, like Joanna. Larry and Linda don't bother me-it's not that the names start with the same letter, it's that they rhyme (Larry and Mary) or match (Larry and Lara). I agree with you about the olden days, but now it's pretty easy to know how many babies you're having long before they're actually born, so last-minute naming isn't much of an excuse. Ultimately, other people can call their kids what they like, but this is just how I feel about matchy twin names. And I have seen Richard and Ricardo-one parent was from Latin America and they wanted a Spanish name to honor that. Never Paul and Saul, though, I'll admit.
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I'm a nurse and I see this, too, but it mostly is parents either going for same first initials or rhyming names.
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I'm trying to think of twins' names I know. Keith and Eddie, Jacqueline and Jessica, who went by Jessie and Jackie, Nancy and Susan, Charles and Charlene, Annie and Angie, though somebody told me Anie's real name was Iris and she just went by Annie for reasons of her own. Ken and Kent, Wade and Wendy, and in my own family there's one pair of twins about five years old now called Brian and Stacy. Stacy's a girl. I always did wonder about Stacy, you never see that on little girls anymore.
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I have a good friend named Stacie, and I really like the name.
I do know two Staceys who are guys though (both older). I agree, you don't hear it on young girls anymore. Hmm...
I know tons of twins and triplets (we band together). Plus, there is a festival every year in Twinsburg, OH. I have only been once, but whew... tons of multiples.
I know:
Scott and Shawn, Heidi and Holly (obvi), Heiri and Raisa, Dorothy (Dot) and Darlene (Dar), Oscar and Lila, Michelle and Melissa (Missy), Hannah and Travis, Blue and Jay (their last name is Bird, no lie), Nino and Maria, Francesca and Antonina, Ian and Leo, etc....
I do know two Staceys who are guys though (both older). I agree, you don't hear it on young girls anymore. Hmm...
I know tons of twins and triplets (we band together). Plus, there is a festival every year in Twinsburg, OH. I have only been once, but whew... tons of multiples.
I know:
Scott and Shawn, Heidi and Holly (obvi), Heiri and Raisa, Dorothy (Dot) and Darlene (Dar), Oscar and Lila, Michelle and Melissa (Missy), Hannah and Travis, Blue and Jay (their last name is Bird, no lie), Nino and Maria, Francesca and Antonina, Ian and Leo, etc....
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