I am expecting twin boys right after January 1st ish and hopefully not sooner! We have one name picked out, but are having a really tough time with the 2nd. We have one daughter already and her name is Maxine Ruth. Our last name is hyphenated (L-M) and the first last name is three syllables and is French, the second last name is one syllable. Any middle name needs to be Hebrew/Jewish because it also serves as the Hebrew name for our children. So Maxine's Hebrew name is Ruth. Right now we agree on Theodore Rahm for Baby Boy 1. Incidentally, that was the only name we agreed upon when I was pregnant with our daughter. Finally, we would like to honor a dear uncle that has passed and his name was Thomas. But I don't want a Teddy and a Tommy.....
Some names that we like, but just are not sure about are:
Elias
Elliot
Gideon
Ira
Simon
We like older, classic names. Simon is my favorite, but my husband thinks that they will get "Chipmunk" jokes...Alvin, Simon and Theodore. My husband really likes Elias, but Eli is so popular right now and I don't love popular. I also like Samuel, but a cousin has a Samuel, though we are not that close.
Teom might be a good middle name b/c is it Hebrew for twins and Thomas means twins in aramaic. So that would allow us to honor Uncle Thomas, but what first name goes with Teom???
HELP!
Teom definitely seems like the perfect solution. I had to look it up to see how it was pronounced, and it's teh-OHM. I think that sounds good with all the names on your list.
Simon is my own favorite. I think your husband might be right about the chipmunk thing, but for me it wouldn't rule the name out completely---just a single mark in the "against" column. If I heard of twins named Simon and Theodore, it would come to mind; if I heard it in the other order, Theodore and Simon, I think I would think briefly that something sounded familiar about that, but not make the connection. Hm. Actually, the longer I think about it, the bigger a problem it seems like. Well, I like Elias a lot, too, but since you're having reservations about it, maybe we can see what happens if we rule out both your top choice and his top choice.
Of the remaining possibilities, my favorite is Elliot. I like the way it sounds with Theodore. But Gideon is a close second, and I prefer the way it sounds with Teom, since it doesn't have the problem of a repeating T sound.
I'm hesitant to add to your list because I think you have so many good options already, but I also like Everett and Frederick. Frederick is probably out because of Teddy and Freddy, but the full names are so good together, and I do deep-down enjoy some fun twinniness in twin names. Well, I also like Franklin, and Teddy and Frankie is cute without rhyming.
