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Fraternal Twin Baby Name Ideas

Written by Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick

If you’re looking for a creative pairing of names for your fraternal twins, these options will give you plenty of inspiration. From the famous to the infamous, the matching to the utterly opposite, see if you can select your special duo’s names from the well-known and not-so-well-known twosomes collected in our list of fraternal twin baby names.

fraternal twin babies It’s tough enough choosing one baby name. But when you’re having two babies at once, there’s an important decision to be made: these little ones will share a birthday, but will the things they have in common extend to their names as well? Check out our list of fraternal twin baby names to help you find the right fit for your babies.

Fame and Fortune

Want to inspire your twins to reach to great heights? There are plenty of actors, athletes, musicians and beyond where one name just doesn’t sound right unless it’s mentioned with the other. Consider the names of these well-known sidekicks – some related and some not – for your twins.

His-and-hers
Katherine (Hepburn) and Humphrey (Bogart) – Actors, long-time loves
Lucille (Ball) and Ricky (Ricardo) – Husband and wife, stars of TV’s I Love Lucy
Fred (Astaire) and Ginger (Rogers) – Actors and dancers
Robert (Browning) and Elizabeth (Barrett) – Husband and wife, poets

His-and-his
Robin and Maurice (Gibb) – Twins; two of the three brothers in the Bee Gees
Benji and Joel (Madden) – Twin brothers in the band Good Charlotte
Ronde and Tiki (Barber) – Twin players in the National Football League
George and Ira (Gershwin) – Brothers, songwriters

Hers-and-hers
Tia and Tamera (Mowry) – Twins, actresses, stars of Sister, Sister
Mary-Kate and Ashley (Olson) – Twins, actresses, businesswomen, you name it
Venus and Serena (Williams) – Sisters, tennis phenoms
Ann (Landers) and Abigail (Van Buren) – Twins, advice columnists

In Character

On-screen and in literature there are blood relatives, duos who seem to have been separated at birth and unforgettable couples. Mythological, Biblical and beyond, these pairs made their mark on history. See if two of these names will be the right fit for your two babes – just tread cautiously so your little ones don’t get typecast.

Luke and Leia – Twin brother and sister, Star Wars royalty
Zack and Cody – Twins from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Thelma and Louise – Partners in crime from the movie of the same name
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid – Played by Paul (Newman) and Robert (Redford)
Troilus and Criseyde – Chaucer’s famous betrayed lovers
Apollo and Artemis – Twin son and daughter of mythological gods Zeus and Leto

And, of course, there are always the beloved Romeo and Juliet, Rhett and Scarlett, Adam and Eve and even Morticia and Gomez from The Addams Family. You can show your interest in a certain genre by your baby’s names.

By the Letter

Whether spelling or sound is important to you, you can always choose a pair of names that make the most of language. Your twins may be fraternal but they’ll quickly be recognized as a pair when their names rhyme or begin with the same letter.

Sound it out – would James and Cassandra be a good pairing? Definitely. And even their nicknames (Jimmy and Cassie) will go well together. What about Alexander and Kylie? Not so much. Think about how the names sound together and whether you’re going for an exotic feel or something downright traditional. Of course, whatever you choose will be right for your children – whether you go with family names or something you’ve created anew.

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