# names for twin girls **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986 "2004-10-13T12:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/21 "2004-10-13T16:22:28Z")
One of two Two of two šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/22 "2004-10-13T16:39:23Z")
Ariel & Miranda Yes, I actually knew a pairā€¦have no doubt their parents were English teachers! ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/23 "2004-10-13T16:46:29Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > One of two > Two of two > > šŸ˜‰ Limited Editions? With tattoos of 1/2 and 2/2 on their feet? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/24 "2004-10-13T16:54:32Z")
first off, congrats to you! I know you said you didnā€™t want themes, but Iā€™m still partial to Hope and Faith. Nice, old fashioned, and not particularly cutesy, in my mind. Of course few of the names suggested bother me, and some I like better. Just my first impulse ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/25 "2004-10-13T17:00:04Z")
Thing One and Thing Two. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/26 "2004-10-13T17:00:54Z")
Well, Jewish tradition is to name children after deceased relatives. You could name each girl from one side of the family. And going a few generations back, youā€™re more than likely to find classic names. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/27 "2004-10-13T17:08:00Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > A friend of mine has identical twin girls: Katherin[e] & Elizabeth. Huh. My cousins are named Katherine and Elizabeth. Interesting coincidence! I like the following combinations: Jennifer & Christine Samantha & Allison Melissa & Emily ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/28 "2004-10-13T17:11:14Z")
Mostly just a congrats reply **China Guy** - congrats :). Otherwise pretty much what **WordMan** said. Iā€™m glad you seem to be resisting the temptation to preciousness, which seems to be overwhelming for so many young parents. My very grounded and non-precious step-brother and his wife named their first **Francis** after his grandmother. Pefectly appropriate, good name. Old-fashioned enough to be underused, not so archaic as to seem odd. But of course she became ā€œFrannyā€ to distinguish her from said grandmother. And when the second daughter came along, they couldnā€™t help themselves - **Zoe** :D. Another good name on its own - but cā€™mon - wayyy too precious as a pair. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/29 "2004-10-13T17:22:36Z")
China Guy, I think Audrey and Vivian are lovely. And not ā€œtrendyā€ or common or the name of some currently popular TV character. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/30 "2004-10-13T17:24:30Z")
P.S. Assuming they go with your last name. I would not want my child named Vivian Barsaminiam no matter how much I liked the first name. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/31 "2004-10-13T18:14:18Z")
Ariel and Zenia ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/32 "2004-10-13T18:21:42Z")
Vivian and Audrey are great. Starting the names with the same letter can be fine. My brother and I are Andrew and Amy. He goes by Drew, I go byā€¦ Amy. To go with that though, my mom had a **strict** rule about him not being nicknamed Andy. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/33 "2004-10-13T18:25:56Z")
Miranda (with Andy as a nickname) and Samantha Veronic and Vanessa Other names not in pairs: Annabell Hafsa Marrie (I think thatā€™s how itā€™s spelled, pronounced MAR-ee, not mary) Molly Beatriz ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/34 "2004-10-13T18:49:56Z")
Congratulations! As for names, how about Ada and Zoe? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/35 "2004-10-13T19:40:35Z")
Pinky and the Brain? šŸ˜ƒ \ ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/36 "2004-10-13T20:11:32Z")
A friend of the family named theirs Elizabeth and Rebecca. They were Becky and Betsy as little ones, and have now (as adults) adopted their full names. Vivian is a boyā€™s name in my book. Vivienne (which looks odd) is the female version. At least, in french. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/37 "2004-10-13T20:20:25Z")
How about Rose and Sadie? (From the movie _Big Business_.) ---
**Author:** ![the\_keek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@the\_keek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_keek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/38 "2004-10-13T20:47:21Z")
Isabella Genevieve This is the name of my niece. While together they are quite a mouthful, separately they are beautiful names. My niece did not acquire this name until she was 3 months old. A few family friends got together and told my brother that if they didnā€™t figure it out soon her name would end up being Baby for life. So the suggested names were tried out on the sleeping babe, her father crooned the names to her. When she responded 3 times (by smiling in her sleep) to the name Isabella (my suggestion- Yea!) they knew thatā€™s what her name should be. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/39 "2004-10-13T21:42:59Z")
Vivien and Audrey are quite nice, but together they make me think the parents are really into movies. No matter what, you have to make sure they sound good with Supreme Court Justice in front (Iā€™m stealing that from somebody on the boards-- it makes sense to me). Iā€™ve always liked the name Phoebe. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/40 "2004-10-14T00:40:23Z")
Francophone here. šŸ™‚ Estelle Celeste Isabelle Antoinette Isolde Matilde Adele [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986.md?page=3)