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Post by Tiny on Feb 17, 2014 14:38:44 GMT -5
The Quad story got me to wondering... what's it like to grow up in a family with a 'theme' to everyone's name?
Is it annoying? fun? or doesn't really make a difference?
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 17, 2014 14:43:06 GMT -5
I never really thought about it. My siblings and I all have biblical names but they don't all start with the same letter and aren't matchy.
Oh, and I got the Irish version of John obviously, instead of being named John directly.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 17, 2014 14:44:08 GMT -5
I think it is annoying...my aunt not only named all of her kids names beginning with a T they all ended in a Y...except 1...she started with a K but she was the last born and I don't think they could think of another annoying cutesy name!
The names are:
Tommy Tammy Tony Timmy Kimmy
Poor Kimmy...always the odd one out!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 14:44:41 GMT -5
One bunch of cousins all start with "B". Except for the boy: he's John.
I never liked it, but they don't seem to mind.
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Post by swamp on Feb 17, 2014 14:47:35 GMT -5
My 2 siblings and I all have named that start with the same letter. My brotherand sister have the male/female version of the same name, I.e Albert/Alberta.
I think its dumb.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 17, 2014 14:49:04 GMT -5
We don't have themed names but some friends do. They all have J names and the 2 boys have part of the parent's names as theirs or they are a Jr. It's kind of cute and if you knew these people you'd get how family oriented they are and why it works for them. The only girl has a J name that is nothing like the parents so I think hers is the best. LOL! Oh, and when she had her daughter her mom was very disappointed that the tradition that she had started was not continued. Bless her heart. She really is a sweetie and it really hurt her feelings.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 17, 2014 14:51:48 GMT -5
I think it's stupid personally. But whatever works for a family.
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Post by justme on Feb 17, 2014 14:55:05 GMT -5
No themed names in my family. Though I think the quad family took it a bit too far naming one girl Kenleigh and the other Kayleigh. They're way too close and you're pretty much forced to call one Leigh and one Kay since you wouldn't want to call your daughter Ken.
ETA: Always said if I had twins they'd get very different names from each other and only dress alike if they wanted to.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Feb 17, 2014 15:03:21 GMT -5
Whatever works. Its less ridiculous with two (Ex. Sarah and Steven) than it might be with 4 or more.
I did know a "Jayson", spelled as such because his father's name was "Jay" and he was "Jay's son".
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Post by les63 on Feb 17, 2014 15:07:41 GMT -5
My kid's names all begin with the letter N. I didn't plan on it just turned out that way. I tried to pick names that mean kids couldn't twist around to be hurtful. I also tried to make their first names, middle names and last names flow smoothly. Yeah, I'm anal.
Nicole, Nathaniel, Noah
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Post by gs11rmb on Feb 17, 2014 15:13:02 GMT -5
I think it's annoying - I particularly dislike rhyming names. I also remember going to Sunday school with twins named Carol and Carl. Even when I was 5 I thought that was dumb!
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Post by weecdngeer on Feb 17, 2014 15:13:09 GMT -5
My daughters' names rhyme. It wasn't intentional, we just favour old lady names and they both ended up with 'ine' names. They go by nicknames day-to-day, so it's not terribly obvious to most. My brother and I's names both start with the same letter as my dad's name. With only two kids it's didn't seem like much of a 'theme'.
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Post by imawino on Feb 17, 2014 15:15:35 GMT -5
I think it's stupid personally. But whatever works for a family. Pretty much that! I know someone who named their sons Hunter and Fisher. Oy.
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Post by Apple on Feb 17, 2014 15:19:22 GMT -5
George Foreman didn't see any issue with it!
1. Natalie Foreman 2. Michi Foreman 3. Leona Foreman 4. Freeda George Foreman 5. George Edward Foreman Jr 6. George Edward Foreman III 7. George Edward Foreman IV 8. George Edward Foreman V 9. George Edward Foreman VI 10. Georgetta Foreman
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Post by teen persuasion on Feb 17, 2014 15:20:56 GMT -5
DH's family has a tradition of naming at least the eldest son Joseph, but one generation were all named Joseph, all 7!. They were all known by their middle names, instead.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 17, 2014 15:22:29 GMT -5
George Foreman didn't see any issue with it! 1. Natalie Foreman 2. Michi Foreman 3. Leona Foreman 4. Freeda George Foreman 5. George Edward Foreman Jr 6. George Edward Foreman III 7. George Edward Foreman IV 8. George Edward Foreman V 9. George Edward Foreman VI 10. Georgetta Foreman In his defense he got repeatedly punched in the head by proffesional heavy weight boxers for a living. It's kind of impressive he can even write his own name, much less come up with names for his kids.
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Post by Apple on Feb 17, 2014 15:22:58 GMT -5
I tend to think it's more annoying if the names are really "matchy-matchy". I knew twins named Mary and Gary. There was another family who had three girls, and all their names started with an "H" (along with the last name). But, they didn't try to get the names to match, so it didn't seem quite as bad.
But, I'm also annoyed with making a kid a "Jr" instead of giving him/her their own name.
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Post by gs11rmb on Feb 17, 2014 15:24:17 GMT -5
I think it's stupid personally. But whatever works for a family. Pretty much that! I know someone who named their sons Hunter and Fisher. Oy. I know of two boys named Hunter and Fletcher! I do wonder if they are into medieval/Game of Thrones type literature.
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Post by teen persuasion on Feb 17, 2014 15:25:10 GMT -5
I think it's stupid personally. But whatever works for a family. Pretty much that! I know someone who named their sons Hunter and Fisher. Oy. This just reminded me of a lady who is a geologist. Her boys names: Stone, Slate, Clayton, Colton.
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Post by Apple on Feb 17, 2014 15:25:11 GMT -5
George Foreman didn't see any issue with it! 1. Natalie Foreman 2. Michi Foreman 3. Leona Foreman 4. Freeda George Foreman 5. George Edward Foreman Jr 6. George Edward Foreman III 7. George Edward Foreman IV 8. George Edward Foreman V 9. George Edward Foreman VI 10. Georgetta Foreman In his defense he got repeatedly punched in the head by proffesional heavy weight boxers for a living. It's kind of impressive he can even write his own name, much less come up with names for his kids. I generally hate puns, but #6 could get away with calling himself Jeffrey... (GEF3)
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Post by taz157 on Feb 17, 2014 15:26:31 GMT -5
My DH and his siblings (4 total kids including DH) first names start with S. His oldest sister has 3 kids that all start with A. His other sister's kids start with S and end in "ie" for the girls and an L for the boy. One of the girls has 2 boys that start with Z. The other girls' kids don't have any theme names. His brother has 2 kids with his 1st wife that start with S and the kid with his current wife starts with Z. When it was time to name DD, I made sure it didn't start with an S, A or Z! Good thing DD's name starts with an I. However, DD's middle name starts similarly with mine; however, it's a common spelling of the name anyway.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Feb 17, 2014 15:26:46 GMT -5
My siblings and I have themed names that aren't too obnoxious. They kind of all follow a rhythmic pattern, ending in the same sound (like the '-ine' example above). It doesn't bother us, probably because it's not an obvious one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 15:33:30 GMT -5
I never even thought about a "theme." However, there is at tradition that the first son be Joseph Whatever. My ex-FIL was called Joe. My ex and my son were called by their middle names. My oldest grandson is called Joey.
I think it's a rather nice way of carrying on the family name without having a lot of Jrs. and Trey's, etc. Yes, Trey is a nickname down here when someone is the III.
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Post by alabamagal on Feb 17, 2014 16:08:02 GMT -5
I hate themed names, especially first names. Of course everyone in my family has an A middle names, but we don't go by those, so no one notices unless they see all our names in one place (like when I fill out tax forms!)
We have good friends that are married named Keith and Kelly and their last name begins with K. Then they named their kids Cole, Claire and Caleb. C names that sound like K. And this was before the Kardashians were famous.
I always think about calling the kids for dinner and do their names sound good together without sounding like a cartoon.
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Post by alabamagal on Feb 17, 2014 16:10:42 GMT -5
I also had a friend who named their 2 kids Christopher and Christina. Maybe if you yell Chris they both answer.
And had a friend who named 2 girls Rachel and Raquel. I guess she just liked the names.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 17, 2014 16:19:48 GMT -5
Pretty much that! I know someone who named their sons Hunter and Fisher. Oy. This just reminded me of a lady who is a geologist. Her boys names: Stone, Slate, Clayton, Colton. LOL! My neighbor behind us said she didn't realize she named all of her kids after cheese until somebody asked her about it. She has a good sense of humor and laughs about that but it was purely coincidence. One is Colby and one is Madison and I won't mention the 3rd because it's kind of rare and she could be reading me and then she'd want to move...
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Post by busymom on Feb 17, 2014 16:28:04 GMT -5
It's a PITA to have similar names. All of the kids on DH's side have the same letter for a first name. Cute, maybe at first. But, now that all are adults, the credit bureaus constantly mix up information between them.
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Post by InsertCoolName on Feb 17, 2014 16:52:29 GMT -5
I know what seems like a lot of twins. Billy and Bobby. Robert and Henry. Karen and Kathy. Robert and Robbie. Carla and Christy. Tami and Tamera.
I only know of one family, well the mom, has 3 kids(different daddy's) and they all start with K's. Last one isn't even a K name but she put a silent K there anyways. That's stupid and poor kid will be picked on and no one will ever get her name right, but whatever.
3 of my 5 start with B's, had nothing to do with anything other than I loved those names.
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Post by midjd on Feb 17, 2014 17:05:16 GMT -5
If we have another girl, their names will both end with the -na sound (eg Jenna, Martina, Hannah, etc.). Hopefully that's not too annoying.
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Post by Bonny on Feb 17, 2014 17:16:35 GMT -5
One of the more interesting ones I heard about is an old friend whose mother named all the girls some form of Mary i.e. Mary, Melia, Maria, Marie et cetera. From what I recall her mother wasn't really religious she just liked the name Mary.
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