Baby names for twins
Baby names for twins
The perils and challenges of naming two or more babies
By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff
Some children will revel in having a twin brother or sister. And some children will find having a twin an obstacle to creating their own identity. The name you give your twins will play a very important part in allowing them to establish their own identity, which is the most important consideration in naming multiple infants.
Avoid the temptation of naming twins with similar names. Having similar names can often create an obstacle to establishing seperte identities for both twins. Whether it be Maxwell and Maxine or Lisa and Laura, similar names will encourage others to treat both twins as one.
Baby names that start with different letters will avoid confusion during life. Having names starting with different letters will allow you to put initials on books, toys, and clothes. Even when their first names are abbreviated, their names will still be distinguishable. This will help avoid problems for later in their lives with email addresses, test scores, and credit reports.
The two baby names should have the same level of complexity. It sounds awkward to have twin boys Antonio and Fred. Having such dissimilar names may cause your children to second guess why they received such a simple name, or a complex name. Twins will often have to compete for the same resource, whether it be the attention of Aunt Aline or hitting first in the batting order. One baby name should not give a twin precedence over another.
If connecting the names of twins is important to you, we suggest doing so in a less obvious way. Use YeahBaby.com to search for names with the same meaning in two different languages. Daphne means ´laurel´ in greek, where ´Laura´ has the same meaning in Latin. You may want to find names with meanings that balance each other. Melanie means "dark" in Greek, and Phoebe means "light". The meanings of two different names could be combined to form a phrase. The Italian meaning of Mia can be comined with the meaning of Cara to form the Italian phrase ´cara mia´, which means "my beloved".
Think twice before using anagrams, which uses the same sets of letters to create two different names. Very often one name will be normal, and the other will seem a little concocted. ´Lance´ and ´Clane´ are anagrams, but one is much more preferable than the other.
Although naming two babies can be a challenging task, you will delight in finding the perfect baby name for not just one, but two babies!
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