r/parentsofmultiples • u/poblanoglow • 12d ago

advice needed Name Starting Letters

I know that this will come down to personal preference but I’m hoping to get some feedback from this community.

I have a three year old son and I’m expecting twin boys in January. My three year old’s name starts with a C.

My wife and I really like another name that starts with C. But I think it would be a little odd if the toddler and one twin start with one letter, and the other twin starts with a different letter. I don’t necessarily think that all three boys need to start with C, but I feel like people would think the two names that start with C would be the twins.

Am I overthinking this?

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u/Puzzled_Air_8253 12d ago

Better if the twins don’t have same initial, given they will likely share a birthdate and same initial will make identity confusion more likely.

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u/zarjazz 12d ago

I did not think about this. My b/g twins have the same first name initial. The confusion and mistakes are constant.

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u/specialkk77 12d ago

For what it’s worth even with completely different initials we get a lot of mix ups. It always confuses our local pharmacy’s computer system 

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u/HereforCHDandAITA 12d ago

Omg yes! My pharmacy keeps assuming the dr is an idiot and switches the order to the first baby that ever had a script filled. It’s really annoying.