Real Life Sibsets that are "too close"

oliversbear

Twins:
Annette & Nanette
Avery & Ashley (boys)
Catey & Keri
Jeffrey & Godfrey

Siblings:
John, David & John-David
Elizabeth & Bethany
Melissa & Michelle

roxyu

naflmj said:

Also my neighbor was Edward, his brothers were Edmund and Edwin. All I can think is they were first generation american's and there parents wanted to give them American names? Ed, Ed, and Ed...awesome. 

All I can think of is Newhart where he said "This is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl." Awful!

L0L0

I know a little Isabelle & Ella.

actinup23

I have taught twins Tiana and Tania, and Madison and Mackenzie.

easilyunamused

I don't personally know too close if names, but I was thinking my potential sibset would be too close. Alistair and Isla. Too matchy right? Isla would be the one to go cause DH and I love Alistair.

actinup23

My niece and nephew (husband's side, ha!) are Andrea and Andrew. Really? You couldn't think of anything else? SIL says if she had another girl, she'd name her Anastasia. But pronounced AHN-uh-STah-Shuh. For real.

EXL311

SassyMommaC said:

Christina and Krystal. It's me and my sister. My folks used to joke that if they had a boy, they'd name him Christopher.

I actually have a friend Crystal whose siblings are Christina and Christopher.  My sister also has a Christopher and Christina from two different fathers.

Helenahhandbasket

actinup23 said:

My niece and nephew (husband's side, ha!) are Andrea and Andrew. Really? You couldn't think of anything else? SIL says if she had another girl, she'd name her Anastasia. But pronounced AHN-uh-STah-Shuh. For real.

@actinup23 the correct Russian pronunciation of Anastasia is Ah-na-sta-SEE-yah (so 5 syllables, and fairly close to what I THINK your SIL is trying to get to.) English pron is Ah-nah-stay-sha. 

But Andrea and Andrew together is ridic.

 

ConversationFear

emmy236 said:

a girl I went to high school with named her twins Add.ison and Madd.ison. Also, my sister's friend and her husband both have A names so all 6 of their children have A names as well. Just bad.

My cousins did this (the A name thing) only their names started with "Br" so all 4 of their kids also had "Br" names.

Twinkie0612

A lady I work with has two sons, Anthony and Antonio.  Not kidding.

BMoreBride6

Not necessarily close sounding but just strange...years ago I was a camp counselor and had triplet.  Amethyst, Emerald, and Diamond.  They went by Amy, Emmy, and Di. 

Helenahhandbasket

BMoreBride6 said:

Not necessarily close sounding but just strange...years ago I was a camp counselor and had triplet.  Amethyst, Emerald, and Diamond.  They went by Amy, Emmy, and Di. 

I am not going to lie.  I sort of love those names. 

juliad2010

magpiemama said:

juliad2010 said:

Grace0609 said:

Not sure if other people feel like these are too close, but a couple days ago I met a Liam and Mia sibset. It just seemed weird to me. Like almost all the same sounds and letters. What do you guys think? Too close?

Too close!

I think we may have broke the "similar letters" rule in our family: 

Me- Erin

DH - Cai

DS - Cian

People often think we "made up" the name Cian by combining the letters of our name  

I honestly like Cian. You're names fit so well as a family that if you have a 2nd his/her name might not fit as well.

I may be odd one out on this board, but I like baby names that are similar to the name(s) of parents, yet not a fan of too close sibling names.

didobas

I know a family with three girls: Pr.oma, Pr.iya, and Pr.achi.

BlckRoses

My uncles are twins and are named Jim and Joe. I got them mixed up all the time and could only remember which was which by pairing them with their wives names.

vulpini

I know a family with kids all named D names and another with all R names.  

Twins Monica and Veronica

Sisters Lina and Gina

kwinkle1980

I know a Michael and michaela set.

ksr53777

My MIL's name is Denise, her twin is Dennis.

kimberly_ann81

My grandmother is Florence and her brother is Lawrence.  Needless to say my grandma goes by her middle name.

bardini

Kevin, kelvin, kevanni & kamari- all kids of co-worker, kevin. I believe 3 different moms. Last kid, another mom still, is something like michelle.

Ceridwen21

Twins: Daniel and Danielle

Siblings: Andrew and Andrea

tealowl

In grade school, I knew a Shawn and Shauna. Yeesh.

NerdyLucy

MrsAdventure said:

Somewhere my Grandmother has a newspaper clipping of an announcement of her Aunt and Uncles fiftieth wedding anniversary. It was an extremely small town and some of the guests that had been invited to the party are listed, including two distant cousins (brothers) of my grandmothers. Elmer and Delmer. No. Effing. Joke.

@mrsAdventure I'm verrrry curious about where this was. 

No pressure, but maybe can you pm the state?

kindershlitz

Sibs-Julia and Julian

Side note: My aunts are Mary, Mary, Marian, Marilyn, and Gerri. All married in but Marian. Different era

gutsymama

My grandpa and his sister are Morris and Doris. I think it's kind of adorable on old people though

Twins seem to be the worst offenders - here are a few pairs we met in the NICU last summer:

Jayce & Josie
Shariyah & Mariyah
Reese & Reagan (g/g)
Kenzie & Kylee
Emma & Ellie
Gregory & Grace (I kind of love that pair, though)

JustCricket

There were twins I knew in college. Christopher and Christian. But they didn't go by those names... they went by Chad and Brad (the middle names) to this day I'm not sure which nn goes with which full name.

MandMLeona

I knew a Dennis and Denise, and a Sherri and Terry. Also twins Cindy and Wendy.

ebl2

I had a teacher in high school who told us that him and all of his siblings had names that rhymed. His name was Jerry. His brothers were Larry and Harry. His sisters were Mary and Carrie. 

MrsAdventure

@NerdyLucy‌, I wish I could remember where it was. It's been about 15 years since I've seen the clipping. I found it while going through some old, old, old family photos for a school project in high school but I'm not sure who has the photos anymore. My Grandmother has dementia so her memory isn't stellar. It is possible that the article was from Oregon, I know that her Aunt lived here, but I am not sure if it was before or after her husband passed. Sorry I am not much help.

NerdyLucy

MrsAdventure said:

@NerdyLucy‌, I wish I could remember where it was. It's been about 15 years since I've seen the clipping. I found it while going through some old, old, old family photos for a school project in high school but I'm not sure who has the photos anymore. My Grandmother has dementia so her memory isn't stellar. It is possible that the article was from Oregon, I know that her Aunt lived here, but I am not sure if it was before or after her husband passed. Sorry I am not much help.

Thanks. It was no big deal. I'm just from a tiny town where the newspaper has no real news, so they put up little things about parties and who was there, AND I know brothers named Elmer and Delmer. I'm sure there are multiple Elmer and Delmer sibsets, but still, I had to ask.  I'm not from Oregon or anywhere near that region. 

MrsAdventure

Wow! That's too funny! Not sure how old your Elmer and Delmer are, but these fellas would be between 80 and 90+ If I ever do come across the clipping, I'll let you know though. Would be funny to see if they are indeed the same.

TweedleDee3

I went to school with six siblings all named with A, E, I, O, U and Y (all considered vowels) worst of the siblings was Ythan...pronounced Ethan.

queenbone

Helenahhandbasket said:

BMoreBride6 said:

Not necessarily close sounding but just strange...years ago I was a camp counselor and had triplet.  Amethyst, Emerald, and Diamond.  They went by Amy, Emmy, and Di. 

I am not going to lie.  I sort of love those names. 

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Meery82

My dad Terry and his younger brother Kerry.

BLPL101

My dad's sisters are Terri and Sherri. Sherri named Terri!

awesomenus1341

Sisters: Adalyn and Addison

Brothers: Prince and Princeton

g8trkim

I had twins at my school Antonia and Antonio.

vixey

Siblings:

Sonya and Sanya

Mckayla, Mckenna, Mckenzie

John Jr, John Jr, Johntonya, Johntoya (same dad, 4 moms)

Twins:

Keyvin and Keylin

Eelyak2

I work with a Shawnda and her brother is Shawn.
I also know a lady who named her son Jeremiah and then her daughter Amaya.

MrsAery-to-be

Twins growing up: Shane and Shawn
Siblings at a restaurant: Hayden and Aiden