would you call your twins Taylor and Tyler or Milly and Molly or names that rhyme?

Question

Someone I know has called her boys Taylor and Tyler and I think they sound the same really I think twins should have their own identities

Answer 1

No tis best to call them different names me thinx..Otherwise u will get people calling their kids Andy and Pandy or Zig And Zag..

Answer 2

I really don't think it matters. Unless your kids are psychological eggshells, they aren't going to grow up maladjusted just because they have names similar to their siblings. I went to school with two brothers (not twins): Tim and Tom. They were nothing alike. Tom was quiet and shy. Tim was a total extravert (and more - he once streaked the field during a college football game).

They also aren't going to develop a complex if you sometimes dress them the same. If it was every day, then they might start having identity issues if you otherwise treat them the same all the time.

I think how you raise the child is a lot more important. Make sure you have lots of one-on-one time with each one, and don't do all the same activities. Take one to the zoo and one to pick apples. Or bake cookies at home with one while the other accompanies your spouse to a movie.

Also, the similar name thing is less of an issue if one twin is a boy and the other a girl. Our society already treats males and females differently, so people are not going to treat them both the same anyway. My brothers and I are really close in age (no twins among us). Whenever relatives bought us gifts, the two boys usually got the same thing and I would get something different.

And look at all the people named Jennifer, Sarah, Joshua, and Steve who do NOT have identity complexes. They probably went to schools where at least 20 other people had the same name. On the same note, all the little Aidans and Emmas out there are not going to grow up as clones of each other.

Chances are, if you like a name, you will also like another name that sounds a lot like it. Why not use it?

That said, I don't see any reason why you have to name twins with similar names. If you decide to name them something like Evan and Michael or Meridith and Jessica, that's fine.

Answer 3

That's the sad thing with twins if people aren't dressing them the same they give them similar names! I agree they need their own identities yes it's hard enough growing up being compared and having to share to start with, I'm married to a twin and he has a big enough complex about it and to make matters worse his twin was killed in a road accident when they were 12 years old and since then he has been compared more so, so some advice to mums of twins let them have their own lives please don't compare them let them be themselves they have a hard enough time as it is : )

Answer 4

I like the names taylor an tyler but i wudnt use them both for twins. I would give twins names that didnt rhyme or sound alike.

Answer 5

I agree. Twins do need their own identities. They have to share pretty much everything and possibly even their looks if they are identical. Their names need to be unique. It will also cause confusion. If you call Milly then Molly might come and it will be confusing and annoying for people.
I hope this helps you.

Answer 6

You're right, they're WAY too close. I'm not much for matching twins, but if someone decides to, at least make it not so close. Ex, my best friends are twins, Amanda and April. They both start with an A, but they don't sound even close to each other other wise.

Answer 7

I think making the names sound the same is a mistake myself, but that's just me.

I'm an identical twin and our names are nothing alike. Of course, back in those days, they didn't use sonograms for pregnancies so they didn't know my sister was coming along until the day my mother delivered us. My parents had Renee Marie picked for me--Renee was just a name they just liked, and Marie is my Godmother's name. My sister was named Dalore Sharon--the first name being a combination of my parents' names, DAvid and HanneLORE; her middle is her Godmother's name, also.

Incidentally, I also have fraternal twin boys of my own, and their names don't rhyme. My husband is of Scottish descent, so we chose names based on that--Scottish, Gaelic, Irish. It took us a long time to agree on names, but when we finally did, we unintentionally gave them the same exact initials--Ewan Murdoch (you-in mer-dock) and Eagan Murphy (ee-gan mer-fee). My sister was actually the one to point it out. lol

The point is, you should name your twins what you want to name them. And if it turns out the names you like rhyme, then who cares what anyone else thinks.

Answer 8

I agree with you.
These two children may have been born at the same time but they are still individuals. I do not like to see the parents turn the "two into one". Neither do I like to see the names almost the same.
Dress each child as an individual and let them develop as individuals. If they wish, when they get older, to become "one" then it is their wish not something that was forced on them.

Answer 9

I wouldn't do it, but each to their own, Taylor and Molly or Tyler and Milly would be lovely though..

Answer 10

There's this fam of 17 kids and the twins are called jedidiah and jeramiah and I think its cute, but separate identities is a better idea because it helps them develope their idependance from being a twin.

Answer 11

Yes most definately If i had twins i would love there names to rhyme n also to dress them up the same of course when they are small becuz once they get older they do what they wanna do