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Personally, if I had twins, I'd just give them my two favorite names. But I think it's okay to use a theme, or the same initial letter, or the same meaning. It's just when they get too matchy that I'd object, such as rhyming, i.e. Barry and Larry, or feminine/masculine matches, such as Gerald and Geraldine, and I knew a set of twins named Mary Beth and Mary Kate, like no, that shouldn't have happened. Anagrams are maybe going a little too far.

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But again, if I had twins, I'd just want to give them my two favorite names, and wouldn't want to be restricted by fitting into a theme or using the same initial letter or same meaning, though I think there's nothing wrong with that. If I had two boys, they'd be Quentin and Evander, two girls, Vivien and Verity, boy/girl, Quentin and Vivien. Vivien and Verity happen to start with the same letter, but that's because I happen to like girls' names that start with a V. I could have two non-twin girls with the same names.