naming same sex twins?

laurenpetro

we have names picked out but how did you decide which baby was which?

FWIW i think we may have DD choose.  she's trying to name them but with the oh-so masculine names she's picked out (Heart and Lollipop) we've put our collective foot down on this one

pea-kay

we picked the boys' names after they were born (from a list we had of about 5-6 names), and i assigned them while staring at pictures of them (i hadn't met them yet) and based on their "in utero" personalities. which might have been a mistake, since i found out later they were pulled out in a different order. ha ha!

Rangergal9

We are waiting until they are born.  But since we decided on names I've kinda been feeling that Baby B is Hannah because she is way more chill and laid back compared to Baby A who is always active and stubborn.  Hannah means grace, so I just kinda see her as more graceful.  But DH and I decided we'll wait until they are born and make sure Baby B looks like a Hannah.

caden

I wanted to name them after they were born so I could name them what I thought they looked like. Then when they were born I thought "crap, they just look like babies-- not a particular name..." we had a list of a few names we liked and assigned them based on what the names meant and how they acted in utero and right after birth.

ETA: your DD is so cute with those names!

jalaiaa

I was hoping that I would look at them and it would jump out at me which one should be which. But in the end, it didn't. We hadn't told people the names and when DH announced them everybody asked who was who, but I was still in recovery and hadn't met them (more than the 2 seconds they show them to you) so he said he didn't know. We chose biblical names so we named the one who came out first Elijah and the one who came out second James based on the order in the Bible. But really, it could have been switched easily and I wouldn't have cared. Now, of course, James looks like a James and Eli looks like Eli, but only because that is what we named them. 

AmberB711

We are naming one after my Husband and one after my Dad. We orginally were gonna do Baby A Husband Baby B Dad but decided we wanted to see them. In case Baby A looks just like me then he should be named after my Dad and if Baby B look like husband he should be named after him.

 

twobytwo2010

We named them before they were born but only told my parents in case they didn't look like their names and my SIL was due 2 months before me and I didn't want her to get any ideas.

babydontforget

Based on what I perceived to be their personalities in the womb, I had assigned Baby A the name Callum and Baby B the name Lucas. But then they were born, and it was clear as day to both my husband and me that they needed to switch. I really can't put my finger on why. We just knew the names needed to switch.

Temp159135562506975

since Grayson & Gibson didn't really seem too different to us - ie) didn't feel that one baby would look more like one name vs. the other - we always knew baby A would be Grayson and B would be Gibson - simply b/c of the A and B in their names (3rd letter).... that's just how we picked... but we never called them by name in the belly- not until they were out -- -though we did request the OB tell us if for any reason B came out first- b/c we had already named them.

when we had Griffin our other choice was "Drake" - so we waited to see him to decide which he looked like... red head? that'll be Griffin   But with Gibson and Grayson = so similar we didn't care.

shellyrn

Well, I have thought Baby A would be Nola, and Baby B would be Brynlee (again...based on letters in their names) However, My husband Bryan has red hair, so if only one has red hair, that one will be Brynlee. So, We will wait until they come out and see if we have redhead(s) or not. If no reds, then we will go back to A=Nola, B=Brynlee!!

jennie13

The first name we decided on, Hannah, went to Baby A, and it took us a while to come up with a name for B.   Once I knew their positions, and knew which was which, I thought of them with those names.  So when Baby B ended up coming out first, she was named Juliet, and Hannah followed. 

MrsDonnelly2007

At first we were going to have Aiden be Baby A and Roman Baby B, just do alphabetical...but then we decided we'd wait till we saw them. 

Well...with the boys rushed to the NICU and when Scott followed them the nurse asked him "so, who's who..." he panicked and went with, Baby A - Aiden, B- Roman.  It seemed to work out b/c I think they seem to fit their names.

 ooh Heart and Lollipop, I bet she came up w/awesome middle names to go with them!

benkari

We knew our DD would be Aubrey because she was the only girl but the boys weren't named until shortly before delivery.  We knew that they would be Matthew, Brady and Cameron but were unsure on the order.  One of my nurses while I was on hospital bed rest was the only one who could find Baby A's heart beat without my assistance everytime and she loved the name Matthew so Baby A became Matthew, my night nurse loved the name Cameron and Baby D always kicked when she did my checks so he became Cameron.  Baby B got Brady by default.  I never told anyone other than DH and my mom which was which until after birth because I wanted to be sure they matched their names.  Now I am so sure that their personalities match the names they were given!

macchiatto

I think Heart and Lollipop are great names! My nephew wanted to name his little sibling Chili or Sandwich (I forget which was the girl name and which was the boy name).

We named our boys based on in-utero personalities.

laurenpetro

well, if i was going to name them after their personalities i'd name them "jerk" and "instigator" ;P  i'm convinced the instigator is making the other one kick the crap out of me. 

my thing is that i don't think i'll know which comes out first so how would i know which to name which, you know?  

i can't believe this is what i'm worried about.  oy!

thanks for putting up with me on this one.

 

amanda31H

When I thought I had one baby, my girl name was picked.  When we found out it was twins, and then finally twin girls, we decided Baby A would be the name we had already picked- which also fit for meaning and personality in utero.  Baby B's name we didn't finalize until 3 days after she was born!  We didn't think it was fair that she didn't have a name, so we didn't tell anyone their names until B had hers! 

JosiePosy

We decided on Lydia first (it took us a lot longer to find a second name we liked), so we just decided whoever comes out first gets that name.

Although part of me has considered giving Baby A the Abigail name just out of convenience. A = Abigail, seems easy enough to me!

macchiatto

laurenpetro:

my thing is that i don't think i'll know which comes out first so how would i know which to name which, you know?  

i can't believe this is what i'm worried about.  oy!

thanks for putting up with me on this one.

Don't feel bad; I think it's a valid question.

But why would you not know which came out first?

LightBlue

At 16 weeks we found our Baby A was a girl but Baby B wouldn't cooperate. I knew if I had a girl we wanted to names her Fiona (my 1st name choice) so I started called Baby A Fiona. At 20 weeks we found our B was also a girl. DH got to pick out her name from our list and chose Caitlin.

We called them by their names (in private since we didn't tell anyone their names until they were born) and decided when they were born if they didn't "look like their name" we would switch! They SO fit their names when they were born, it felt like to was meant to be. Fiona is our very fair blond and her name means "the fair one" and Caitlin is a brunette with more olive skin so it couldn't have worked out better.

jamie217

We didn't find out what we were having, be picked our #1 boy's name and #1 girls name and then we decided if they were the same sex Baby A would have the #1 name and Baby B would have the #2 name.

Haven1

AmberB711:

We are naming one after my Husband and one after my Dad. We orginally were gonna do Baby A Husband Baby B Dad but decided we wanted to see them. In case Baby A looks just like me then he should be named after my Dad and if Baby B look like husband he should be named after him.

 

OMG, this is us exactly!  It's worked out perfect.  Not only do their names match, but DS1 is totally my husband and DS2 is totally me.  (Which kind of sucks since he does look a little girly, but hopefully he out grows it.  **fingers crossed**)