How did you decide which name for each twin (same sex)

Jem04

I think we have almost decided what our boys names will be, but then I know we still have to decide which name goes with which boy... did you decide in advance A vs. B's names, or did you "know" when you had them and looked at them? I was just curious... especially since one has my Dad's name as a middle name and the other one has DH's name as a middle name...

I can't wait to meet these guys!!

cms0701

We waited until we were able to get a good look them..lol. My DH and I actually agreed right away on who was who.

Good Luck!!

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the 2 names we have picked out are fairly similar- they don't make me think of any certain personality type vs. the other... so we decided we didn't need to meet them before deciding.

one of the names we picked has A as a 3rd letter, and the other has B as the 3rd letter - so we decided to go with that for baby A and B.... just makes it easier

knowing they might switch the letters at birth- we're still going with what they are in utero... "rightie" will get the A name no matter what, and "leftie" the B name.

though we don't call them by their names now... just leftie/rightie.

Melin086

We decided beforehand that Kaden would be Baby A and Nolan would be Baby B...We always just said it Kaden and Nolan...As a joke we made Kaden's middle name Alexander for baby "A".... Nolan's middle name is Frederick after DH's grandpa.

merrygirl

We were those crazy indecisive people who were still debating names while in the hospital (not recommended!), but I actually gave in to DH on names because those he chose fit... and it was actually pretty clear which baby went with which name.

FaeryStarGazer

Mine were always in the same position-- A was always on my left side, B was always on my right. A was always more active, always horning in on US pics... she just WAS my playful, spunky Molly. She is the same way even now. B was so quiet, shy, turned away from the US machine-- I never even saw her face until I was 29w! She just WAS my little Lilly bits... for us, it was their personalities that named them. We had a list of names we agreed on-mostly- and they just fit Mol and Lil so well in our minds. Sounds crazy nutso, but it's true!

MandieSueM

We knew we were having GGB but went in with 3 boys names and 5 girls names and waited until we met them to name them to make sure their names fit their look and personality.  They went unnammed for 5 or 6 days I think, LOL.

pea-kay

we waited to meet them. (we didn't know what sex they were, but we knew they were all the same. we had more than 3 names picked out for each sex, too.)

sdb421

DH and I each picked a name, which happened to be family names for both of us and we will decide who is who once we see them! Good luck...it was a hard process for us!

Mrs. Destructo

One of my guys was in serious trouble en utero, and he just had to be named for my grandpa, who is the healthiest person I have EVER met. My grandpa didn't see a doctor from the time he enlisted in the army when he was 18 until my uncle's new wife tricked him into going when he was in his early 80s. My grandpa also retired from a very physical job with never once taking a sick day. So for us, it was obvious who needed that name

 It turns out that we totally named them right. The dude named after my grandpa is a michevous little charmer (just like my grandpa), and the other guy is much more mellow.

pea-kay

Goldie_Locks_5:

one of the names we picked has A as a 3rd letter, and the other has B as the 3rd letter - so we decided to go with that for baby A and B.... just makes it easier

now i am going to try to guess, you know.

susanb

In the NICU Or nursery your babies will be labeled A and B in BIRTH ORDER regardless of how they were labeled on the u/s during your pregnancy.

We decided that we'd name the girls in alphabetical order in birth order - that made it much easier for the nurses/docs to remember their real names. Alison was A, Anna B, Morgan C. That way they tended to call them by their real names vs A, B and C.

lib1978

We were undecided until I was in labor at the hospital.  I told DH that "righty" seemed to be Will and "lefty" seemed to be Cole - when we saw them the names fit them perfectly!

PianoPlayingSarah

We decided ahead of time - which was a little funny when I completed the birth certificate info for Baby A, Baby B and Baby C and then I found out that they may not be pulled out that way.  Right before my c-section, I asked my doctor to pull them out as A, B, C.  I know, I could have changed the paperwork.

Baby A was named for my grandmother

Baby B (who has some medical issues) was named for my great aunt who was a nun and our first daughter

Baby C - eeeh, long story there.

I can't imagine them with their names swapped.

Empwr

We named them right away in the belly.

Baby A is Jaxon patrick

Baby B is Mason Reiley

jk43008

we picked out our two names adn then i wanted to start calling them something other than a and b. oliver started with a vowel and sam started with a consonant, a is a vowel so it went to oliver and b is a consonant so that was sam---it seemed like the right choice. as soon as they were born i could not imagine it the other way around!

jd0614

We did it alphabetically!    Aidan was Baby A, and Connor, Baby B.  They're identical so we didn't feel we needed to wait to see which one looked like which name.  LOL!

JustaKidAtHeart

We decided that Owen would be the first born and Ethan the second.  The funny thing is Owen has DH grandpa's name for a nm but looks like me and Ethan has my gpa's nm as his nm and looks like DH.  We decided before they were born and couldnt imagine the names any other way. 

ChiBride2007

We decided that our breech baby would be Jack. He was always dodging the NST, but loved the u/s and would ham it up every time he was on the screen. That just seemed like a Jack to us. Finn was more mellow, head down for weeks, chilling and we felt that was more a Finn. We just told the OB and nurses and they made sure we got the names right upon delivery.

Moonpie73

We named them while I was still carrying them.  Actually DH did.  Lorelai was Baby A.  She was bigger, stronger and loved to kick me where it counts so we gave her the feistier name.  Madelyn was smaller and more delicate....the one we worried so much about.

They match their names perfectly too.

Mrs.McJeep

Baby A is named after DH and Baby B after my dad.

We always knew what we wanted to name them even before they were born.  Baby A was mr. laid back and still is just like DH.  And baby B was more fiesty just like my dad haha.

BelleBaby

We're waiting until we have our bonding time with them after delivery to determine who is who.

KLyn

i had an emergency c section and we didn't even decide on names until ?i was on the table! ?We just decided that A would be Evan and B would be Brandon. ?Turns out we made the right decision now that ther face shave started filling out, but it was dumb luck!

jmn69

We decided that whichever one had the most or darkest hair would be Olivia and the other would be Kayley.  I just wanted Kayley to be the more blond of the two.  Although it turns out that while she has less hair, it's actually a bit darker than Olivia's now.  Oh well.

JChandlerJBates

We decided that the 1st boy born would be Andrew and the second we would name once he was born.  We had the same policy on the girl names if they had been girls.  We didn't know what we were having.

dreamcometrueX2

We decided before the girls were born. Baby A was always the "quieter" baby in utero...and Baby B always seemed to be kicking up a storm...so we thought their names kind of suited them.

Olivia being more serious...and Ella being a little more active/outgoing.

I always liked having a name to each baby when I was pregnant....I think it helped me bond with them before I got to meet them!