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Readers Respond: How would you choose your baby names for twins?

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From the article: Baby Names for Twins
Choosing baby names for twins can be a lot of fun. But it can also be hard. In addition to all of the other things that you typically think about with a baby name, you have to add the interaction of the two names. So, whether you have twins or are dreaming of twins, what names would you pick out? Two girls? Two boys? One of each? Are you someone who wants matching names or very different names? And how might you decide who gets what name? Share Your Twin Names

Share of my twins name

I would love to give my twins name Chidindu and Chidimma because they are my first set of twins.
—Guest Jessy

How I would name twins

I would give them rhyming names. eg Yasmine and Jasmine.
—Guest little miss twin

Twin Girls and Boys

My daughters names are Leah and Mia and my sons names are Jaden and Cayden
—Guest Kate

No Matching Names!!!

Twins run in my family. I have a twin brother called Jack and I'm Kelly.People don't think we're twins because our names don't match but that dosen't mean anything.We were brought up together and are close as anything.He and his wife Clare are having identical twin girls and have decided on the names Rosabelle Kelly and Sophia Clare which are beautiful names but again not similar. I have six month old identical girls myself and their called Hannah Elizabeth and Chantelle Isabella and they are gorgeous. Mine and Jack's younger sister Kathleen also has twin boys (fraternal) called Zachary (Zach) Melvin and Kennedy Alexander.
—Guest Kelly

What I'd name twins...

If I had twins girls I will name them Sharon and Bliss.
—Guest rita

Have it your way

My name is Beckah and I'm a twin and I am a mum to three sets of twins! My oldest twins (boy/girl) are called Leighton Maria Samantha and Michael Noah Markus.My middle twins are identical girls and are called Cordelia Tanyah Willow and Lisa Chloe Margaret (Ee-vee-a) and finaly my last set (boy/girl) are Elayna Karolyn Annalise and Mackenzie William Robert. I named my kids names that I thought were cute. My sister is Rachael and I'm Rebeckah (Beckah)
—Guest ILuvMyKids.

Use family names and patterns.

My husband and I both have "K" names, so we decided to move down a letter for our b/g twins: Lucan Charles and Linden Patrice (middle names from my grandfather and his grandmother, respectively).
—Guest KBH

Twin girls or boys

If I had twin girls I would name them Remmi Rochell, and Riley Jameson. If I had twin boys I would name them Jameson and Charlie!
—Guest joachin87

the same?

Me and my sister Kaitlyn were raised as best friends, doing everything the same together. I was Kathy and she was Katie. Now Katie and her husband are expecting their first kids, twin girls. They are thinking about using Thea (pronounced Tay) and Talea (Talia). Thea and Talea, they are similar and original.
—Guest Kathryn

Twins

My favorite for twins, boy girl twins are Ibranhim and Kadjat.
—Guest tinu

Different wins for me.

I have always obsessed over names, and naming twins would be fun for me! My favorite combos would probably be: b-b Luther William and Abram Joel b-g Luther Abram and Eliot Lucille g-g Bailey Pricilla and Eliot Lucille. I already have Nash and Joey (Josephine). I dont really worry about the kids' names matching at all. I really just want my kids to be who they are, and hope their names suit them well. I'll pick what I like and hope they appreciate it down the line.
—Guest Katy

All about what you like

I am only young but it runs in my family to have twin girls and i really hope i do have twins! I like different sounding names to eachother because they are already going to be associated as similar. Alice and Alicia are nice for twin girls, also Grace and Bethan and Aimee and Amelia. Elijah and Naveah are lovely for boy and girl twins aswell as Luke and Mia. Harley and Taylor are nice for twin boys ( i also like the name Taylor for girls aswell.) Caleb and Isaiah are cute names for twin boys too! I think the main point is not to make your twin names to similar because they will already be refered to as the twins-you don't want to mkae it harder for them. Choose individual names you like.
—Guest Els xxx

All boys

I have a son named Eli and he is 26 and his wife is pregnant with twins they are naming them Jackson and Michael. They already have two sons named Charlie who is 3 and Carter who is 4 months.
—Guest 456

My Little Squirts

I have twins named Lila and Leo and they are adorable 5 year olds, John and Joseph are 8, Gavin is 10 and Ethan and Sophie are 12. My oldest set of twins are in high school and they are Lucas and Abby. I was at the doctors the other day because I was not feeling so well and they told me I was pregnant with another set of twins a boy and a girl I let my husband choose the boy name he chose Dwight and I chose Mackenzie.
—Guest Kara

You can have it both ways

I would pick names like Elizabeth and Lillian (can be shortened to Lizzie and Lilly, if you choose) or Cordelia and Dorothea (can become Dilly and Dottie or Cordie and Thea).
—Guest Ana

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