Favourites for twins

The title pretty much says it all: What are your favourite names for twins? Would you be particularly matchy, or would they be named as you would normal siblings? One middle name? Two? None? Any nicknames? What would be your preferred genders? Perhaps you have a sib-set that you wouldn’t dare use in real life but still love it? Have fun and share your favourite names for twins (as many as you’d like!).

Personally, if I were to have twins, I’d like B/B, or G/G, though they wouldn’t be particularly matchy (though I won’t deny that I’d be tempted to give them matching initials, so long as they aren’t too similar and I like the names themselves). I would name them as I would normal siblings, though.

At the moment, they would likely be:

  • G/G- [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] & [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] ([name_f]Flo[/name_f]/[name_f]Flora[/name_f] & [name_f]May[/name_f]/[name_f]Mary[/name_f]/[name_f]Goldie[/name_f])
  • G/G- [name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Lune[/name_f] [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] & [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_u]Story[/name_u] ([name_f]Ada[/name_f] & [name_f]Lily[/name_f])
  • B/B- [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] & [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] ([name_u]Teddy[/name_u] & [name_u]Kit[/name_u])
  • B/B- [name_m]Charles[/name_m] Exton [name_m]Harry[/name_m] & [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Frederic[/name_m] [name_m]Indio[/name_m] ([name_m]Charles[/name_m]/[name_u]Charlie[/name_u] & [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]/[name_m]Eddie[/name_m])

Other pairings I like are:

  • B/B- [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] & [name_m]Harry[/name_m]
  • B/B- [name_m]Jack[/name_m] & [name_m]Milo[/name_m]
  • B/G- [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
  • B/G- [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
  • B/G- [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] & [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] ([name_u]Teddy[/name_u] & [name_f]Dora[/name_f])
  • B/G- [name_m]Pietro[/name_m] & Anatassia ([name_m]Pietro[/name_m] & [name_f]Ana[/name_f]/Tassa)
  • B/G- [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] & [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
  • B/G- [name_f]Alice[/name_f] & [name_m]Frank[/name_m]
  • B/B- [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] & [name_u]Elias[/name_u] ([name_m]Jack[/name_m] & [name_m]Eli[/name_m])
  • B/G- [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] & [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
  • B/G- [name_m]Harry[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f]

We would probably just name them as we would normal siblings.

I’ve always loved [name_m]Jack[/name_m] and [name_f]Eva[/name_f] for B/G twins. Though now I will never use it based on where I live and they would say [name_f]Eva[/name_f] like [name_f]Ava[/name_f] and I don’t think my fiancé would like the names.

If we had twins now they would probably be:
B/B: Enzi & [name_u]James[/name_u]
G/G: [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] & [name_f]Zara[/name_f]
B/G: [name_u]James[/name_u] & [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] or Enzi & [name_f]Zara[/name_f]

I am not the biggest fan of super matchy names for twins, but I don’t mind a little similarity (i.e. same first initial). I personally would just name them the way I would name normal siblings :wink:

Right now, I’d name them:

GG: [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] & [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
BB: [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] & [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
GB: [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] & [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]

Right now, it’d be:

G/G: [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f] and [name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
G/B: [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] and [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
B/B: [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] and [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]

Twins run in my family so I’d love to have a set of my own in the future! At the moment, their names would probably be:

B/B: [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] & [name_m]Frank[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
B/G: [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] & [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
G/G: [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] & [name_u]Eden[/name_u] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]

Other pairings I like:
B/B: [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
B/B: [name_m]Henry[/name_m] & [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
B/B: [name_m]Frank[/name_m] & [name_m]George[/name_m]
B/B: [name_m]Asher[/name_m] & [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
B/B: [name_m]Henry[/name_m] & [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
B/B: [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] & [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
B/G: [name_m]Frank[/name_m] & [name_u]Eden[/name_u]
B/G: [name_m]Frank[/name_m] & [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
B/G: [name_u]Elias[/name_u] & [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
B/G: [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] & [name_f]Rois[/name_f]ín
B/G: [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] & [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
B/G: [name_m]Henry[/name_m] & [name_f]Margot[/name_f]
G/G: [name_f]Emma[/name_f] & [name_u]Taylor[/name_u]
G/G: [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] & [name_u]Eden[/name_u]
G/G: [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] & [name_f]Margot[/name_f]
G/G: [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] & [name_f]Margot[/name_f]

B/B: [name_m]Lucian[/name_m] [name_m]Aurelius[/name_m] {[name_m]Luc[/name_m] & [name_u]Luca[/name_u]} & [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m] {[name_m]Bastian[/name_m] & [name_m]Wolf[/name_m]}
G/G: [name_f]Callista[/name_f] [name_f]Fay[/name_f] {[name_f]Calla[/name_f] & Lissy} & [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Lilac[/name_f] {[name_f]Eva[/name_f] or [name_f]Eve[/name_f]}
B/G: [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m] {[name_m]Bastian[/name_m] & [name_m]Wolf[/name_m]} & [name_f]Callista[/name_f] [name_f]Fay[/name_f] {[name_f]Calla[/name_f] & Lissy}

I don’t think I’ll ever have twins but it’s fun to think about! :slight_smile:

I have the unpopular opinion of not minding twins with same-initial names. I wouldn’t want them to be super matchy like [name_f]Tina[/name_f] and [name_f]Dina[/name_f] or [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] and [name_f]Kiera[/name_f] but something like [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] would be lovely.

I have a couple of favorite combos for girl twins:
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] and [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] and [name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] and [name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u] and [name_f]Arianne[/name_f]

Boy twins:
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] and [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Memphis[/name_u] and [name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] and [name_m]Nolan[/name_m]

Girl/boy twins:
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_f]Moira[/name_f] and [name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] and [name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f] and [name_m]Cassian[/name_m]

Wow, so many great combinations!

I’m generally pretty opposed to matching twin names, even if it’s only the same initial. I’ve taught twins (I actually taught a dance class with 14 kids that included THREE sets of twins) and I really appreciated it when parents would go out of their way to make the kids feel like individuals. Names are a huge part of that. Sometimes with the twins in class I would know which one I was talking to, but mix up the name because they were so close. That rarely happened with the non-matching named twins. I think it also helped the other kids in the class view them as separate people rather than halves to a whole.

G/G:
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f] and [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f] and [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]

B/B:
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] and [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]

G/B:
[name_f]Annika[/name_f] [name_u]Rae[/name_u] and [name_u]Micah[/name_u] [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f] and [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] [name_m]Joel[/name_m]

Hmm, my favourites today would be:
Girl/Girl
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u] [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] and [name_u]Blakely[/name_u] [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryleigh[/name_f] [name_f]Ella[/name_f] and [name_f]Anniston[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Brynlee[/name_f] [name_f]Makayla[/name_f] and [name_u]Saylor[/name_u] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_u]Reese[/name_u] [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] and [name_f]Addisyn[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Girl/Boy
Aliannah [name_f]Jayde[/name_f] and [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_f]Tinsley[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] and [name_u]Camden[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]McKinley[/name_u] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_u]Aiden[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]

Boy/Boy
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_u]Hunter[/name_u] [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Bentley[/name_u] [name_m]William[/name_m] and [name_u]Ashton[/name_u] [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m] [name_m]Robert[/name_m] & [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]

I would name them like I would singletons, so if one had a nickname and the other didn’t that’s fine with me. One middle only because I don’t see myself doing two. Subtle connections between twins can be cute (ex. like both having names related to light: [name_m]Lucian[/name_m] and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]). As for what sexes I’d want, I’d prefer b/g so they can have the twin bond while still having a lot of individuality. There are twins in my family of the same sex and a lot of family members don’t even bother figuring out which is which, even with the fraternals that don’t look alike.

I would probably go for what I’d use for siblings, but there are a few names I just love for twins. The matchiest thing have for twins is having the same umber of letters for both twins, but I do that with sibsets too. I love [name_f]Florence[/name_f] & [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] & [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]!

I don’t usually do nn, but just for fun I’ll include them. If I had twins today:

B/G (this may be familiar lol): [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] [name_f]Valencia[/name_f] [name_f]Fae[/name_f] & [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Walter[/name_m] (Panda/[name_f]Aura[/name_f] & Cip)
G/G: [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] [name_f]Valencia[/name_f] [name_f]Fae[/name_f] & [name_f]Evanthe[/name_f] [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] [name_f]Clio[/name_f] (Panda/[name_f]Aura[/name_f] & [name_f]Evie[/name_f])
B/B: [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Walter[/name_m] & [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] [name_m]Albert[/name_m] (Cip & Tolly)

Other twinsets I like:

[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] & [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] & [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] & [name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] & [name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f] & [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] (Panda/[name_f]Aura[/name_f] & [name_f]Trixie[/name_f])
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] & [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] ([name_f]Margo[/name_f] & [name_f]Sally[/name_f])
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] & [name_f]Lavender[/name_f] (matchy, but I could overlook it since I love both names haha)
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] (Vee-oh-luh) & [name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f] & Arsinoë
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] & [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] & [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u] (b) & [name_u]August[/name_u] ([name_f]Indie[/name_f] & Auggie)
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u] & [name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m] & [name_m]Ephraim[/name_m] ([name_u]Kit[/name_u] & [name_u]Remy[/name_u])
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] & [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] ([name_u]Niki[/name_u] & [name_m]Enzo[/name_m])
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] (b) (Cip & Phin)

I’d name them like siblings, however, there are a few pairings that I particularly like together that would get “lost” in a larger sibset but twins would bring some attention to it again as you’ll likely say their names together more than any of the others.

For two girls, I really like [name_f]Alice[/name_f] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]; for two boys, I find [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] charming together.
For boy/girl twins, I love [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] as well as [name_f]Flora[/name_f] & [name_m]Arthur[/name_m].

I honestly love twins, and I’d name them just as I would regular siblings, but I’d make sure their names/nicknames sound even better together than regular siblings because they will be said together a lot.

My best friend is a twin and he and his brother go by nicknames that aren’t super similar, but their full first names are pretty similar.

BB: [name_m]Garrett[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] and [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_m]Scott[/name_m] “Rett and [name_m]Eli[/name_m]”
BG: [name_f]Tesla[/name_f] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] and [name_m]Garrett[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] “[name_f]Tessie[/name_f] and Rett”
GG: [name_f]Tesla[/name_f] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] and [name_u]Everest[/name_u] [name_u]Chase[/name_u] “[name_f]Tessie[/name_f] and [name_u]Ever[/name_u]”

Without middles
BB: [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] and [name_u]Alden[/name_u], [name_m]Miles[/name_m] and [name_u]Evan[/name_u], [name_u]Luca[/name_u] and [name_u]Owen[/name_u]
BG: [name_m]Miles[/name_m] and [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], Elloren and [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Lyndon[/name_m] and [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
GG: [name_u]Blaire[/name_u] and [name_f]Lilah[/name_f]/[name_f]Aria[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] and [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]

G/G:
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] & [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]

B/B:
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] & [name_m]Holden[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]

G/B:
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] & [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_u]Max[/name_u] & [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]

If I were to have twins today they would definitely be…

B/B: [name_m]Otis[/name_m] [name_m]Clyde[/name_m] & [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m] ([name_m]Otto[/name_m] & [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m])
G/G: [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] & [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] ([name_u]Lisa[/name_u] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f])
B/G: [name_m]Maddox[/name_m] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] & [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] [name_u]Kay[/name_u] ([name_u]Max[/name_u] & [name_u]Frankie[/name_u])

I feel like we would name them as we would regular siblings. We’d probably just each pick a favorite name from our short list, as long as they sounded alright together. If we had twins today, we’d name them:

B/B - [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] [name_m]Merrick[/name_m] & [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
G/G - [name_f]Gia[/name_f] [name_f]Marin[/name_f] & [name_f]Johanna[/name_f] [name_f]Lisbeth[/name_f]
B/G - [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] [name_m]Merrick[/name_m] & [name_f]Gia[/name_f] [name_f]Marin[/name_f]