All prospective parents of multiples spend many hours of research and thought looking for the best baby names for twins. There are many schools of thought on this subject and then I have my own thoughts that I will only think about divulging as I write this post.
I found this quite interesting, the US Department of Social Security apparently tracks the names that parents give their twins. My guess is that they do this because when you complete the paperwork in the hospital for the social security number there is a box on the birth certificate that must be submitted that shows whether the baby was a single birth (or singleton as we PoMs like to call them), twin, triplet, etc. Then the birth certificate also asks for the baby number, which in the multiple arena are Baby A for the first born, Baby B for the second born, Baby C for the third and so on, then that birth certificate is submitted to the Social Security Administration before you can receive a Social Security number. I found this Popular Names of Twins for 2007 chart on their website. Who knew?
You will note that there are some major themes that occur with parents of multiples. In case you did not spot them, I'll lay them out in order of observed popularity:
1. Names begin with the same letter, check out the first ten most popular name combinations
2. Names that end alike, see Isabella & Gabriella, Andrew & Matthew, etc.
3. Biblical names
4. Names that begin with consecutive letters, see Alexander & Benjamin
and my personal favorite
5. Two names that the parents apparently liked that have no other relationship to each other.
Can you tell the route we went?
If you are looking for some names that have clever relationships with each other, wonder over to Behind the Name and you may see some names for twins you like there. And this site has some clever ideas and some dos and don'ts as well as other considerations to make when naming your twins.
The most important thing when choosing names for your baby twins is that you like the names because you will be using them and hearing them for your entire life. Have fun and get creative. Let me know what you come up with.
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This is sooooo true... My husband and I had been trying to conceive for 13 years, and that's a long time of talking baby names... lol... we NEVER expected multiples but knew we wanted at least two so we had 2 girl names and boy names picked out many many years ago... THEN... We got the news that we were having twins... You'd think we were covered... lol.. I had to go and decide I didn't like those names anymore... lol.. and we had to start the process all over again except he was deployed and we had to do it through the internet... that takes on a WHOLE new meaning... lol.. It's hard enough to pick but to have to guess what they sound like from the spellings?
Great post...
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