matchy names for twins (triplets...)

NinjaNic · January 2010

How do you feel about matchy-matchy names for your multiples (for example Ella and Emma; Daniel and David; Taylor and Tyler...)

If you have chosen similar sounding names or same initials for your kids why did you choose them? Do you regret it, because they get mixed up a lot?

I'm asking because I'm not really a fan of matching names but now I really like and considering two names starting with the same letter and I'm hesitating. I think they are already twins and it will be hard for them to be seen as individuals.

I know, if you love a name, go for it but I don't want to make it even more difficult for them.

I would love to hear your opinions

BizEB · January 2010

I'm not a fan. Sucks because my 2 fave girl names are totally themey/matchy so if it's 2 girls, I have absolutely no idea what one will be called.

I think it's just important to me to make my twins feel like individuals, not as part of a set, and that starts with different names.

irish1114 · January 2010

not a fan of matchy or starting with the same letter...but that's just me.

luvmagoldn · January 2010

Not a fan of matchy/matchy either. They are both individuals regardless of the fact that they are twins. I feel they will be linked together enough as it is.

BelleBaby · January 2010

I didn't match the boys' names. It wasn't really intentional though. We picked two names we loved and went with them. If they would have started with the same letter, so be it. But I wanted to love the names, not be forced to like one because it started with the same letter as the other.

I love that their names are totally different (not even close on the same initials either). They're totally different people (and in personalities too) so it suits them.

Temp159135562506975 · January 2010

we all have G names in our family (Dh = Greg, I'm Gail, and we have Griffin and the twins are Grayson and Gibson)

we know it's corney but we like it that way

The twins' names are sort of matchy- but we didn't plan it that way- it was just the 2 names we liked best and the both happen to end in "son". We rarely call them by their full names... we say "Gibby and Gray Gray" so that's pretty different on a regular day to day basis.

I don't mind matchy names- not a fan of rhyming names, though.

Temp159135562506975 · January 2010

and FWIW- I really don't see how having similar names makes kids lose their identity.... they are different people- if they are treated like one person b/c of their names, then they are hanging out around idiots.

I grew up with 2 sets of twins- Michael and Mark, and Michael and Keith.... Mike and Mark didn't get lumped together as one person more than Mike and Keith did ---- they were 4 different kids --- nobody cared about their names. And they were both ID twins - all the kids in the grade knew who they were - never got them mixed up.

mnmplusthree · January 2010

Our oldest is Joseph. It was after my brother who died. Johnathan is after a family friend who is like another father to DH. I realized that I didn't feel comfortable with naming 2 of my sons with a J name and not the third. I didn't want him to feel left out so we found Jonah that we liked and now I love the fact that they all start with the same letter. DH and I both start with a M so it just seems to fit! I don't care much for rhymey names though. (ie Caden and Aiden, etc)

k&b51907 · January 2010

I don't care for matchy names. If I had three children at different times I wouldn't want their names to match so why do it just because they are triplets. We chose three completely different names but gave them all the same middle name.

leneae10 · January 2010

luvmagoldn:
Not a fan of matchy/matchy either. They are both individuals regardless of the fact that they are twins. I feel they will be linked together enough as it is.

THIS exactly.

SoldiersGreenBean · January 2010

I don't like matchy-matchy, but we are using 2 names that start with the same letter. We didn't plan it that way, but they're the two names we liked the most.

laceymb · January 2010

FWIW my twins both have A names but I think they sound very different. My oldest dd has an E name so they are all vowel names and I think go well together but aren't matchy matchy IMO. I'm not a fan of rhyming or similar sounding names like Tyler and Taylor, Whitney and Britney, etc. I just makes me think they are people, not a boxed set. You know what I mean?

Nikki1007 · January 2010

I am in name hell right now. I hate everything. I dont like rhyming names, but if they happen to start with the same letter then so be it. I will just be glad to pick something out that we can agree on.

thiswillbe · January 2010

I lean more towards "coordinating" than "matching." I don't want their names to sound too different from each other, since they will be said together a lot. But I want them to sound different enough that if we yell a name across the playground, the right one turns around.

We're pretty set on having their first names start with different letters. When I was growing up, we used initials on lots of things, and I'd like them to have different sets of initials.

tiki_t · January 2010

Well, I grew up with twins as friends with "matchy" names and I loved that they had them. They sounded like super heros to me (Karla & Kim). After you got to know them, there was no mixing them up. Even though they looked identical, they had their own personalities.

BitterOldHag · January 2010

I'm not a matchy or rhyming fan. We had one name picked out for a boy, Jakob Samuel (after family). When we found out it was 2 boys we decided to split it and now have Samuel and Jakob and just picked middle names we liked with them.

And I guess it was the right decision because they are monozygotic and split themselves long before we split their name.

#1_BadgeBunny · January 2010

Goldie_Locks_5:

I really don't see how having similar names makes kids lose their identity.... they are different people- if they are treated like one person b/c of their names, then they are hanging out around idiots.

I agree! My guys are beyond matching haha they r the same just one male one female... Michael & Michaella they r my M&Ms!!! I love it! I originally had a diff boys name picked before i knew we were having twins then when i found out it was b/g twins i decided it would be really cute. I mean they are b/g twins its hard to look at them the same they r so different and i doubt they will be treated the same... plus we call out son mikey and our daughter Kayla so they end up being diff anyhow.

Northof54 · January 2010

My older boys (2.5 years apart in age) are named Gavin and Griffin. People mix up their names all the time. I find it very annoying.

My GGG are named Maggie, Sarah Beth and Naomi. I made a very clear attempt to ensure their names were very different -- and people STILL mix them up (sometimes but not as bad... just Maggie and Naomi look very similar).

THANK goodness their names aren't the same letter also.

This was my experience

2shihtzus · January 2010

Just to add another perspective on this, I am a twin (and am also having twins) and my sister and I do have names with the same first initial. Our whole lives, we constantly had things mixed up. For example, I had a car accident of hers on my driving record, I always have things of hers on my credit report and so on. So for me, having dealt with that, I didn't want to give my boys names with the same first initials. Of course, there's no way to say for sure that this was definitely because we have the same first initial but I just think when you have similar names/initials and the same date of birth (and often, socials security numbers that are similar), it can get confusing and cause a lot of mix ups.

s.s.girl · January 2010

We had our names picked our for a long time. Then we got pregnant with twins and had a boy and a girl so we used the names we already had, they just happen to start with the same letter.

I have twins sisters and my parents gave them rhyming names and the same initals. While it wouldn't be my choice they never had any identity issues growing up and were never treated as though they were the same person. So honestly pick the names you like and are comfortable with.

MrsAmyB · January 2010

I am not a big fan of really matchy names, but two names that start with the same letter are what I am looking for. With that said, we have triplets and if the triplet was the same sex as the twins, I would make none of them matchy as it would be weird to have matchy names then a non-matchy. I wouldn't want to leave one out.

Currently, for our trips, I am in love with Addison Kate, Avery Claire and Ryan Michael.

ougrad1 · January 2010

Our daughter's name is Emerson and the three boy names we like are:

Hudson

Collin

Clark

So, someone is going to match by no fault of ours if it's two boys.!

The girl name we like is Landry. So, no matchy there so far.

kelliwill · January 2010

luvmagoldn:
Not a fan of matchy/matchy either. They are both individuals regardless of the fact that they are twins. I feel they will be linked together enough as it is.

This, but I don't mind when they start with the same letter. We ended up just picking two names we really liked. We agreed on Grace right away, but I wanted to name the other after my mom, Kathleen, but DH wanted each baby to have their own first name, not be named after someone else. So, we picked two names we liked! GL!

janjag · January 2010

not for me. think it's fine if you do it though!

don't really like names to sound too much alike... would just get annoying. when picking my girls' names i almost went with vivienne and olivia, but couldn't handle the nick names being livy and vivy or liv and viv... kept vivienne, but with audrey

macchiatto · January 2010

NOT a fan, but if they happen to be the only 2-3 names you can agree on, I think it's OK. (2 of our top 4 boy names started with "E." We wanted to avoid using both of them together ... and ended up using neither of them.

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NinjaNic · January 2010

Thanks for all the input. I enjoyed reading about different aspects.

But I have to say we wont do it. I love both of those names (same initials) but i guess i love my girls even more =D. I don't want teachers, greatgrandmas or strangers mix them up because their names sound kind of alike.

Like some of you said it, it will be hard for them to be seen as individuals and not 'the twins' (we also don't know yet if they are ID or not).

TinyTeacher · January 2010

I'm trying to convince the husband that we should go with Hannah and Henry. I like names that start with the same letter for boy/girl twins, but if the twins were the same sex I don't think I would do that.

MandieSueM · January 2010

Matcy-matchy is NMS. Even with clothes. My girls are ID and I will put them in the same outfit but in different colors sometimes, but matching their clothes seems like a waste of time to me. And I want my kids to grow up as individuals, not feel like they're tied to the title of "triplets." From what I hear, the book "One and the Same" is an excellent read regarding individualism in multiples.

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