As a mom of twins and a founder of a group for parents of multiples, Christa Lawcock can tell you that the issue of naming "goes every which way." But for Lawcock and her husband the choice was clear – avoid too much similarity.

"We did not want rhyming names or names that all started with the same letter," says the Arizona mom. "My husband and I are both 'Chris,' and there is nothing worse than having to ask over and over and over again, 'male or female?' Although we did joke in our Lamaze class that we were going to name our kids Chris and Chris. You should have heard the silence!" The Lawcocks eventually went with the names Max and Samantha for their boy/girl twins.

Choosing names for multiples can be twice – or more than twice – as much work as choosing a name for a singleton. But it also can be twice as much fun.

Sally Phillips from southern Illinois is an adult twin. When Phillips and her sister, Suzanne, were born, her grandfather jokingly suggested that the girls be named Milly and Lilly. "This didn't go over well with my mother, since our last name was Pond!" says Phillips. "So much for rhyming our names."

While Phillips and her sister missed out on the rhyming names, they do have the same first initial – a trend that has long been well-loved among parents of multiples and one that remains popular today.

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