Can't resist.. twin names too matchy?

sldp123 · June 2016

I know I shouldn't even be thinking about this until we find out the sexes, but I can't help thinking about possible combos. We had already picked our boy and girl name, but now that it's twins and we may have one of each, I'm afraid they are too matchy.

Arlo James and Ava Marie

What do you think? Also for fun, here is our (my) list of other contenders, if anyone feels like making any suggestions for combos. Could be boy/boy, girl/boy, or girl/girl. The above middle names are set, but if we have the same sex, other possibilities are Joseph and Robert for a boy, and maybe Pat for a girl.

Rhea
Nora
Paige
Sadie
Maya
Tessa
Erin
Clara
Anna
Olivia
Noelle

Cameron
Owen
Evan
Ethan
Isaac
Micah
Levi
Ezra
Caleb
Calvin
Cole
Adrian
Maxwell
Connor
Trevor

Bringmemylongswordho · June 2016

Generally speaking, I don't care for using the same starting initial in a sibset, and I care for it less for twins.

That said, I don't think Arlo and Ava are too matchy beyond being two syllable names that start with an a.

My favorite name combo of your expanded list is Adrian James and Rhea Marie.

sjo_thetwins · June 2016

I don't think it is too matchy! We are pregnant with twin girls and their names both start with a C.

emilyalso · June 2016

Congratulations! I don't think Arlo and Ava are similar at all. If those are the two you love, go for it!

I love so many of the names on your boy list!!! I have an Isaac and if we have another boy, he will be Micah. Should we have twin boys, they would be Micah and Levi or Micah and Eli. (We're on the long 'I' train if you couldn't tell!

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MamaWren919 · June 2016

I wouldn't choose twin names that begin with the same letter. Too matchy to me. I also wouldn't choose two names that end in the same letter/sound. My favorites from your list are Tessa and Sadie or Nora and Sadie and Micah with Connor or Levi.

ashleyandely · July 2016

I probably wouldn't use Arlo & Ava together but it's not *too* matchy.

I like Arlo. Ava is nice but I'm just not a huge fan.

Arlo James & Olivia Marie

Arlo James & Ezra Joseph

Ava Marie & Paige (not with Pat though)

momma2char · July 2016

I love Arlo and the double A names don't bother me at all! Other Suggestions:

Arlo James and Owen Robert
Arlo James and Levi Joseph
Arlo James and Tessa Marie
Maxwell James and Anna Marie
Ava Marie and Tessa Noelle

I might be the odd one out but I feel like some of the boy names on the longer list don't really have the same feel as Arlo does (even though they're vintage names)

if it's boy/boy a few other suggestions:
Arlo and Oscar
Arlo and Jasper
Arlo and Elias
Arlo and Emmett
Arlo and Miles
Arlo and Oliver
Arlo and Linus

queenbone · July 2016

I don't think they are too over the top matchy, but it might be better to break them up.

As a Catholic, Ava Marie has a strong religious connotation due to the song Ave Maria. Just something to keep in mind if you are not religious.

I like Arlo & Isaac or Arlo & Ezra, both with Joseph as the MN. I like Ava & Tessa or Ava & Erin Patricia

magsugar13 · July 2016

i have twins and would and could not do the matchy thing.

love tessa and noelle owen and issac

thinkpink101 · July 2016

I have ID twins and I'm so thankful I gave them non matching names even though it was slightly tempting while I was pregnant. It's hard enough for twins to forge their own identities, why give them an additional hurdle to overcome? A matching initial in B/G twins isn't terrible, but same sex twins with same initial/similar/rhyming names sounds pretty silly. There is a set of ID twin girls in my kids' school with very similar names. There has been a lot of eye rolling among teachers and parents, and the kids call them "hey twins", I feel so bad for them.

sldp123 · July 2016

Thank you everyone! I definitely would not give them rhyming names or anything extreme. It just stinks that our top name choices happened to start with the same letter. Obviously a non-issue until you end up having B/G twins, haha. You've all given me some things to think about, now I'll just have to wait and see what sexes we end up with and go from there.

kmvisioli · July 2016

I totally understand your issue! Expecting boy twins and just can't decide if I'm okay with them starting with the same initial or not...Arlo and Ava are a little matchy for me, but not bad.

devinsmommy31115 · July 2016

I think Arlo and Ava sound great together! If those are your favorite names, I say go for it!

ashleaf2018 · July 2016

I don't think Arlo and Ava are too matchy. I love Arlo but FI has vetoed it for us.

heart_of_virginia · July 2016

My friend had twins last year and named them Clara and Ezra. They are the cutest little babies!!

BBeninate · July 2016

I think Arlo & Ava sound great together!

neverblushed · July 2016

I really like Clara and Adrian for b/g twins. Coordinated but not matchy.

For two girls, I like Anna and Tessa. (I like Clara, but I felt it was either too matchy or not coordinated enough with the other girl names.)

For two boys, I like Ezra and Micah or Adrian with either of them.

muybueno · July 2016

Like several others, I find it cheesy when twins have names that start with the same letter. As a PP said, it's already harder for them to carve out their own identities and somehow the alliteration seems like nudging them in the wrong direction. Though you just happen to like 2 "A" names, most people would assume you intentionally tried to make their names match. I have twin nieces- Kate and Georgia- and I love that their names are more like normal sibset names and less like matchy twin names.

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