Twenty PERFECT Pairs of Baby Girl Names for Twins

This article lists twenty “perfect pairs” of baby girl names for twins.  I like a lot of the names, but not together.  (Well, Emily and Eleanor sound nice together.  But the rest are not quite there.)  Since my friends and I spend an absurd amount of time talking about baby names (and wrangling with the inconvenient fact that we need to find men before actually having kids to name…), I figured we’d do a leeeeeettle list action on the ol’ blog. 

Without further ado:

1. Eleanor and Abbey – Because who doesn’t love the Beatles, right?

2. Annabelle and Evangeline – They’re both long, uncommon (but not unknown), and old-fashioned. 

3. Madelyn and Annie – Both nice names, and Maddy and Annie sound sweet together.

4. Blythe and Sutton – They’re hipster baby names because they’re not hipster.  Follow?

5. Zoey and Gwen – Cool, but not too cool.

6. Patricia and Suzanne – Because then you can hang a picture on their bedroom wall that says “PS I love you.”  Get it?  PS?

7. Billy and Bobbie – For the parents who like boy names for girls.

8. Evelyn and Margot – These names can fit SO MANY personalities.  Sweet.  Sassy. Smart. All of the above. 

9. Fraye and Olive – “Different” names

10. Harriet and Eliza – Classy and old-fashioned when they’re adults, but cute when they’re kids (think Harriet the spy and Eliza from The Wild Thornberries). 

11. Susan and Lucy – Chronicles of Narnia FTW

12. Winnie and Jane – Cutesy. 

13. Declan and River – See explanations for 4 and 9.  

14. Meredith and Edith – Granted, they both have that “edith,” but “edith” isn’t pronounced the same way in both of them.  They’re somewhat sharp names, but they’re also super professional and boss sounding.

15. Martha and Lucia – Who wouldn’t want to be named for those saints?

16. Penny and Minerva – Both are kind of weird, but both seem to say, “I’m smart.”  (Ahem, Penny from Inspector Gadget and Minerva McGonagall…)

17. Lillian and Georgia – They’ll be the best of friends when they’re old.

 

18. Pepper and Amelia – Just sound good together.

19. Ginger and Phoebe – Adorable.  Adorable together.

20. Louisa and Lenora – WOAH.  MATCHY NAMES. 

And bonus:

Emily and Charlotte (Two of our names, and the Bronte sisters.  Yeah man.)

A lot of the names in the original article were perfectly nice, but the obsession with matching names was a little much, as was the need to balance every new, hip name with an old fashioned name.  We think it makes more sense to pair a trendy name with another trendy name or an old name with another old name.  (Though the most sensible is probably to name your kids whatever you want to name them.  Unless you choose Rainbow Flower and Sunshine Meadow or something.)

This list was brought to you by four different people.  So that explains the different styles of names.  Billy and Bobbie kinda different from Annabelle and Evangeline, no? 

We may just do a follow up with boys names… 

Update: Boy names for twins! 
annnnd: Literary baby names! 

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Charlotte