We’re pretty much settled on names for our twin boys, and I’m looking to do a logic check. Can you tell me your thoughts on…
[name]Callum[/name] and [name]Lucas[/name]. Nicknames [name]Cal[/name] and [name]Luke[/name].
[name]Cal[/name]'s middle name would be my middle name, which is my maiden name and which is uncommon, so I’m not going to post it, but it’s one syllable and [name]German[/name] and starts with an S. And [name]Luke[/name]'s middle name would be [name]Egan[/name], which is my husband’s middle name.
Other possibilities that we considered are [name]Callum[/name] and [name]Samuel[/name] ([name]Cal[/name] and [name]Sam[/name]) and [name]Lucas[/name] and [name]Samuel[/name] ([name]Luke[/name] and [name]Sam[/name]).
I love [name]Callum[/name] and [name]Lucas[/name]! Great names and they sound wonderful together.
[name]Samuel[/name] is a great name, but sounds a bit ordinary next to [name]Callum[/name] (not to mention that there are too many of the same sounds). You could definitely get away with [name]Lucas[/name] and [name]Samuel[/name], though, if you wanted to. I think I prefer [name]Lucas[/name] and [name]Callum[/name], though.
One thing to consider is that [name]Lucas[/name] is a bit more maistream than [name]Callum[/name], so you might want to give [name]Lucas[/name] the more “daring” middle. BUT, it sounds like both middle name choices are pretty distinctive. I also think it’s nice that they will each have a middle name that is equally significant.
I guess the only thing I wonder about with twins is how to decide who gets which name. It’s sort of arbitrary, I suppose, but here one twin will have a middle name that connects him to you and the other a middle name that connects him to your husband. I’m wondering if there is a way to make this more balanced? For example, is one of the two first names your first choice and the other your husband’s; if so, could you work the pairings so that one boy has your favorite first name and your husbands middle and the other boy has the opposite. This way you can tell them each that they were given one name from Mom and one name from Dad so as to avoid a scenario where there is ever the subtle indication that one child belongs more to one of you and vice versa?
If there is no such favoritism among the first names, perhaps a second middle could even things out: so, for example, whoever gets your middle name first gets a second middle name that honors Dad/Dad’s family somehow, and vice versa.
Congrats. I have an identical twin sis! Our names are [name]Cherish[/name] and [name]Joy/name.
I think the names work very well together. If there is one thing I hate its twin names that don’t match or rhyme. There is a common ground with [name]Cal[/name] and [name]Luke[/name].