We really love the names [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name]! We are expecting twins in [name]December[/name], we do not know the genders yet, but I have a twin sister and I would really love to have twin girls! I know that the names are similar but we do not think that they are too similar to use together. My sister and I have matchy names, [name]Parker[/name] and [name]Piper[/name], and it never gave us any trouble having similar names. I get a lot more tongue tied saying [name]Parker[/name] and [name]Piper[/name] than I do saying [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name]. So we thought maybe if we spelled the names differently would it help to differentiate them. What if we spelled them Adycen and [name]Annistyn[/name] or [name]Adyson[/name] and [name]Annistyn[/name], would that change things and make them a little less similar. I am not normally a fan of yooneek spellings but we really love these names and are looking for any way possible to keep them both!
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No, please do not do that, it makes the whole thing a million times worse.
Put them in the middle, maybe? Their already going to be twins, they deserve their own identity.
O_o seriously?
Well, no, I don’t think it makes them less matchy. They look different when written, but still sound exactly the same and are much too matchy for twins, or any sisters, actually. If you really want to use them both, you might as well keep the original spellings. I don’t think [name]Addison[/name] is a bad name, but [name]Anniston[/name] is too much celebrity association for me. The Adycen spelling looks a bit like a medication to me.
Honestly, I hate them, but they’re not my kids.
If you do use them, please [name]DON[/name]'T change the spellings. Honestly, that’s tacky as hell.
I think the names are too similar to use for twins (even with other spellings)
If you really love the names you could use them in the middle.
This is just SO SO bad I’m thinking it’s almost impossible that this is a genuine post. It is terrible, awful, and just plain illiterate. I have a twin sister, too and I think matchy names are bad enough but your crazy spellings make me taste puke in my mouth. Sorry to be harsh, but it is just not good at all.
Also - Y’s can’t just be replaces for any vowel you want - phonetics definitely need to come into consideration, otherwise you end up looking illiterate.
I can see your logic here but I don’t think it changes things. It almost makes it worse because their names are mathcy and they will have to deal with their names being misspelled all the time. You know from personal experience what it is like to have a twin with a matchy name and if you think it is fine then use [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name] spelled the correct way. To me they look different enough to use so long as you give them distinct MNs that they can go by if they choose.
Spelling it differently will make it worse! [name]Don[/name]'t do that! I wouldn’t use [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name] together, they sound way too similar. [name]Parker[/name] and [name]Piper[/name] at least sound different. What if you did [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Aspen[/name] instead? Or [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Ashlynn[/name]? They have more distinct different sounds.
No, keep the spellings the way they were. You clearly love these names, so just use them.
WOW you do not have to be so harsh! I can take criticism but this is crossing the line into just plain mean! We are certainly not illiterate we just really love both [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name]. I honestly am not a fan of trendy spellings but I would be willing to do it in order to keep both names. [name]Do[/name] any of you have a twin to know what it is like or are you just assuming? My sister and I are not identical and everyone knew who was [name]Parker[/name] and who was [name]Piper[/name]. I never once felt that I did not have my own identity! I will always be a twin and my children will always be twins it is just a part of life. Having a twin was always fun for me and I imagine it will be fun for our twins as well. If someone asked me for my favorite girls name it would be a tie between [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name], though they are not typical Nameberry style, they are certainly OUR style and we are the children’s parents. We are looking for opinions and constructive criticism. There is a polite way to tell someone that there names are not the best choice, please only respond with the respect that you would like to be shown.
If you really love them, why not use them as middles instead. [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name] is kind like naming your twins [name]Mia[/name] and [name]Mya[/name], which is a bit too matchy and a lot of berries on here are against matchy names… Many of them are not twins and I don’t mind matchy, but there’s a difference between cute and too much. [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name] crosses into my too much zone, same with [name]Mia[/name] and [name]Mya[/name]…
Which is why I suggested [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Aspen[/name] because they do match, but match in a cute way… kind of like [name]Parker[/name] and [name]Piper[/name], matchy, but in a cute way… But again they are your kids, so you can name them whatever you want…
I agree with you 100%! It always makes me angry when people are rude and disrespectful.
There are some “stylish” and “cool” names here that I think are horrible, but I keep it to myself cause I know people have different tastes and they have the right to name their kids whatever they like (within reason)
Please don’t. They are way too close. And please spell them correctly! If you love the names, go for it, but just in case I’ll list some other names that would sound good with those names but aren’t too matchy [name]IMO[/name]:
[name]Madeline[/name]/[name]Madelyn[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
Sorry if this came across as too harsh, and I agree that some posters where overly-critical.
I think most people on Nameberry (including myself) can be very snobby when it comes to names that don’t quite fit their high standards, and I certainly would NOT like to be on the receiving end of some of these comments. However, you did ask for opinions; and from what I’ve seen, you have been active enough on Nameberry to know the general feeling towards miss-spelled, rhyming and trendy names.
They will be your children, and ultimately you will have control over their names. If you want to use [name]Anniston[/name] and [name]Addison[/name] (including all spellings), then so be it.
Also, I agree with you that having ‘matchy’ names doesn’t always affect the children in such an awful manner that most people make it out to. My dad and his identical twin brother have similar names, and growing up they never even thought twice about it. Honestly, the only confusion they ever got was when they purposely called each other the wrong name to confuse people.
@oliviasarah and @catloverd - your posts did not bother me at all. I am sure these names are not your style and that is is fine, you were very polite in your comments! I was definitely not referring to either of you. What other names would you suggest to replace them. I think the only other names we like as close to those two are [name]Aurora[/name], [name]Amaya[/name], [name]Alana[/name], and [name]Cambria[/name], we just have a thing for the letter A I guess. [name]Aspen[/name] and [name]Ashlyn[/name] are lovely names but not the ones for us, thank your for the suggestions though.
I would much rather you used [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name], however similar I think they are. [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Anniston[/name] may cause confusion, but Adycen and [name]Annistyn[/name] will just cause so much more.
I did not say YOU were illiterate - I said alternative spellings that don’t follow the rules of phonetics LOOK illiterate.
I also did not say you didn’t feel like you had your own identity. It’s a point I have seen brought up by other people who ARE twins and I tend to think that IF I were a twin and my twin had such a similar name, that I would just get automatically grouped with my twin all the time and not be seen as my own person. Twins do come in two’s, but they are not “set’s” - that’s more of what I was trying to convey.
Also, I don’t think anyone was particularly harsh. I’m not going to sugar coat or be over the top nice to say I don’t care for something. I gave you an opinion and I gave you reason’s as to why I felt that way - I would call that constructive criticism.