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I named my three month twins the gal Janat and the boy Isaac
—Guest irene Kabasomi

Andrew & Kyralisa

I waited 10 years to have another baby after my first son was born; I had so long to think of the name I always wanted...I made up my daughter's name from a biblical song & a modern version from the 80's band Mr. Mister, the song is Kyrie Eleison, and it means Lord have mercy. I've always loved the way the sounds flowed together & the meaning. So, I took the song & modified it to Kyralisa (K ear a lisa), everyone loves her name & how we came up with it, we wanted to stay away from same first letter names, so we chose my husband's baptism name Andrew. Two completely different names for 2 completely different children. However, they share similar middle names from my parents who both passed away before the twins were born: Kyralisa Jacqueline & Andrew John...we've had fun with their nicknames: Kyra & Drew or Kiki & AJ. It's probably a very unusual way to name twins, but we feel it expresses the absolute joy & thankfulness we have for being blessed with these very special twins!:) :)
—Guest Carrielynn

Twin names

We named our twins Kendall Sakura (girl) and Quinn William (boy) (born in Japan but we're from the US). We have an older son named Dylan David. I liked the sound of Dylan, Quinn and Kendall - not too matchy or cutesy.
—Guest Carrie Reepmeyer

Twin names

We named our fraternal twin babies Rahul and Leila
—Guest Natasha Devalia

We each picked one

My fraternal twin boys are Collin Randall and James (Jimmy) Alexander. I picked Collin because I loved the name, and Randall was after my husband's deceased father. My husband picked James after family members (great uncle's on both sides) and Alexander just because he liked it. First baby out got the first name alphabetically. Funny enough, I couldn't imagine them having each others names because they fit them perfectly!
—Guest MJR

twins' name share

I named them Quinn C & Quinncey, quinn for girl and quinncey for boy
—Guest regina carver

Twin Boys

We have 2 year old twin boys and we named them Lincoln and Beckam.
—Guest Tracy

twin names

My oldest (singleton) daughter is Ella. We wanted names that sounded nice with that for our twin daughters. So we chose Alexa & Olivia (Lex Liv)
—Guest jaime

What did you name your Twins

My boys names are Nicholas and Spencer. I just picked to names that I like, I didn't want there first names to be alike in anyway. Their middle names are very similar and they have the same 3rd name.
—Guest Rhonda

My Twins' Names

I have twin 20 month old boys, which we named Gavin Connor and Aiden Grey. We are from Scottish heritage so stuck with Scotch names.
—Nikki_MomOfTwinBoys

One year old twin girls

Keely Maeve (means beautiful princess) and Sadie Mirabelle (means princess beatiful). We wanted their names to mean the same. Our 3yo son is Henry Gavin.
—Guest Claudia

Boy/Girl Twins Names

We named our 19-month-old twins Jeremy Daniel and Julia Nicole. We loved the way Jeremy and Julia sounded together. Also they will share the same first initial as a tie for the rest of their lives.
—Guest Laurie

Twin boys-to-be

My boys, who are not born yet, will be named Kaden Amir and Kadir Rahman. I can't wait to see their beautiful faces.
—Guest Lazheta Richardson

name of twin boys

Andy and Owen - fraternal twin boys. Everyone always aske us how we decided who was who, Andy was baby A :)
—Guest tcrane

Twin Boys

Bryce William and Connor Jack. We just liked Bryce and Connor. Their middle names are grandfather and my husband's favorite uncle.
—Guest cm

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