# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/41 "2004-10-14T00:59:36Z")
Here you go: Sasha and Vanessa You can thank me 20 years from now when your daughters kiss your feet in gratitude for giving them both such lovely names. And congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/42 "2004-10-14T01:01:21Z")
George and Michael. What? What? Never Mind. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/43 "2004-10-14T01:12:31Z")
Congrats. We had a hard time with girls names and finally settled on Elinor for our daughter. We call her Nell. We stopped having children on the chance weā€™d have to come up with another girlā€™s name, so Iā€™m afraid Iā€™m no help at all. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/44 "2004-10-14T01:47:41Z")
Congratulations to you both! I went to school with twins a loooong time ago when twins were pretty uncommon: Mary Katherine and Mary Elizabeth. They went by Kate and Beth. My ā€œtraditionalā€ suggestion: Patience and Prudence. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/45 "2004-10-14T02:42:03Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Alexandra and Samantha Woahā€¦ Those were two of the names I was thinking of calling my son if he had been a girl. Holly and Corrine ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/46 "2004-10-14T03:53:20Z")
I like Audrey and Vivian! My friend has twin daughters who will turn one this Christmas, and they are Audrey and Harriet. I like Audrey, but am not partial to Harriet. Vivian has a positive association for me too, as my best friend when I was five was Vivienne. Here are my favourites of those already suggested plus a couple of my own: Elizabeth Catherine Claire Isabelle Eleanor Matilde/Matilda Joanna Genevieve Gabrielle Lauren Clara Victoria Eloise Imogene Jocelyn ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/47 "2004-10-14T05:42:35Z")
Thanks everyone. A bit surprised at the response. Will go through these with the family this weekend. In March at the San Diego zoo, before we were expecting, saw twins that were barely todding wearing Dr. Suess Thing One and Thing Two shirts. I thought that was way cute. Am reading up on the basic twin parent traps and how to encourage everyone thinking about them being two individuals rather than a pair. China bambina orginally proposed Timon and Pumba as names, and weā€™ve not considered any twin pair names since then. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/48 "2004-10-14T06:36:34Z")
> [@gfloyd](#): > > Miranda (with Andy as a nickname) and Samantha Those are both lovely names, but Iā€™d be a little cautious about naming girls Andy and Sam. That seems a little too cute to me. I wish it were possible to keep from using nicknames. My only idea is that the names should sound good together, and should probably have a similar ā€œfeelā€, since they will be used together a lot. Iā€™m not sure Iā€™d go with Vivian and Brittany, or Grace and LaToya. Since youā€™re looking for classic names I doubt this will be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/49 "2004-10-14T08:02:47Z")
Ping & Pong. I hope I have twins someday 'cause I really, really want to name them that. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/50 "2004-10-14T11:22:47Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > Francophone here. šŸ™‚ > > Estelle > Celeste > Isabelle > Antoinette > Isolde > Matilde > Adele and donā€™t forgetā€¦ Laetrille Sucrette Listerine Moline Codineā€¦ Iā€™m not helping am I? ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/51 "2004-10-14T11:52:42Z")
My name is Kelly. Confession over. Kelly was a kind of groovy name way back in the 60ā€™s, very uncommon. My grandmother told my mum it was a boy name. She failed to tell her it rhymed with smelly. I always longed for one of those ā€œboyā€ names. So my (imaginary, never happening) twin girl names would be, Stephanie or Steph and Phillipa or Phil (or at a pinch Charleneā€¦na far to Neighbours) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/52 "2004-10-14T12:01:57Z")
I havenā€™t seen anything I like better than Audrey and Vivian. **Ashes** may have a point, but the names have the same kind of feel. They go together without the cuteness or novelty factor. Vivian and Dakota would be weird, but Audrey and Vivian works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/53 "2004-10-14T12:20:20Z")
Same letters: Mia and Ami Xmas names: Holly and Ivy Patriotic: Carolina and Dakota ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/54 "2004-10-14T12:39:01Z")
Congratulations! I love the names you picked. Irishfellaā€™s neices have beautiful names (I think), theyā€™re not twins, but the names go well together. Theyā€™re called Liviana and Alessandra, as their dad is Italian and he wanted something to remind them of their heritage. The names are traditional, pretty, feminine but unusual. Other names: Lucy Hannah Claire Joanna Tara Michelle Emilia Dawn Eva Cora Jessica Jennifer Caroline Anyway, I hope you enjoy picking out some names, and hopefully our suggestions will help! ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/55 "2004-10-14T13:19:02Z")
Denise andā€¦ Deuddernise. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/56 "2004-10-14T16:42:23Z")
Or perhaps something from the Bibleā€¦ Cain Baal Onan Nebbakanezzer Satan Tamar Jezebel Esau Goliath ā€¦_still_ not helping. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/57 "2004-10-14T16:47:21Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Or perhaps something from the Bibleā€¦ > Tamar You may not believe this (since you were obviously joking when you recommended it), but I actually _know_ a Tamar. Iā€™ve always wondered why, if her parents wanted to go with something Biblical, why not Rebecca or Elizabeth? Mary? Rachel? Anything but Tamar! Or Jezebel. ---
**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 14, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/58 "2004-10-14T19:09:12Z")
Tamar is not considered a bad girl in the Bible. Yes, she did the nasty with her father-in-law, but sheā€™s considered justified (as is made clear by Genesis 38:26)because she was being unjustly withheld from marrying her rightful husband (which was her younger brother-in-law). And the name means ā€œdateā€ or ā€œdate palm,ā€ and dates are considered the exemplar of sweetness in Middle-Eastern cultures. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/59 "2004-10-14T19:35:55Z")
Penelope and Rebecca If I was naming twin boys Iā€™d name them Simon and Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986/60 "2004-10-14T20:46:27Z")
See, my feeling on nicknames has always been ā€œI WANT ONE!ā€ I want a name that friends can call me that others wouldnā€™t, a sign of familiarity and with a name like Miranda, Andy for short, it isnā€™t soemthign that most people would think of and therefore could serve as that. My nameā€™s Sarah and there really isnā€™t much in the way of nicknames for that it (well, my father insisted that people would call me Sally, but no one ever has and I doubt anyone ever will). Also, with Samantha or Miranda, you wouldnā€™t fall into the problem that a lot of women have had, with names like Debrah, where everyone calls them Debbie and they donā€™t feel like they are being taken seriously. I have an aunt with that issue. My two cents [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-twin-girls/268986.md?page=4)