# Ever know a family who named their kids via some cute theme or scheme? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661 "2026-07-14T16:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/41 "2026-07-14T23:24:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My three boys’ names all start with ‘K’. Don’t know what I was thinking. Also, when one of them was doing something really bad, I’d be all "kr. . .ky. . .kl. . …YOU, C-mere! Are you Roger Clemens? 😉 (The former star MLB pitcher has four sons, all of whose names start with K; he chose that initial because it’s used in baseball scorekeeping to signify a strikeout.) ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/42 "2026-07-14T23:31:03Z")
My father named three of us brothers with “R” first names. Brother #3 was JR, dad did not have a “R” name. I was a late in life surprise, so he reverted back to the “R” gimmick. Growing up, there was a neighborhood family with E-Jay, R-Jay and D-Jay. All had middle names of Jay. Do not remember name of sister(s?). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/43 "2026-07-14T23:31:17Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I remember working with Dolores who had several little half siblings. > Bambi > Fawn > Bunny > and Clover. I had remember seeing once in a file where they named their kids “Bambi” and “Thumper”. (And the girl was Bambi). > [@Moriarty](#): > > I used to joke “You want to know why I’m messed up? I have 2 cousins - brothers - named John and Wayne and nobody in my family thinks it’s weird!” I read an trivia piece once where they listed many infamous men with the middle name Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/44 "2026-07-14T23:41:41Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Steven Me either, unless it’s just generic Christian-ish names. Which are _so_ common as to not really be a theme, and rather the default. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/45 "2026-07-14T23:43:52Z")
My mother was the seventh of eleven kids in her family, eight of them girls. During the middle of all the baby girls, my grandparents went on a “J” binge: Jean, June, Joan (my mom), and Judy. One of my best friends in high school was from a big Catholic family; he was the youngest of nine kids. All of the children were named after Catholic saints, in alphabetical order, and as my friend was the “I,” he was named Ignatius. He went by “Nat.” ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/46 "2026-07-14T23:47:19Z")
My cousins, whose surname begins with M, are named Maureen, Ann Marie, Molly, Michelle and Michael. No idea how that “A” snuck in there. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/47 "2026-07-14T23:47:25Z")
Years back, I worked with a woman who later had 2 sons (heard about the following thirdhand). Her husband was, say, John James Smith. Their first son was John Robert Smith. Then the husband decided he really wanted a Junior… so the second son was John James Smith. I gather this caused a LOT of confusion. Me: I just call both my kids Sweetie. No need to remember names 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/48 "2026-07-14T23:55:50Z")
I have four cousins whose parents all gave them names which started with P. I have another branch of my family, where there have been four generations with the same first name. But they’re not I, II, III, and IV because they all have different middle names. I know a family who have three daughters, all of whom have Presidential surnames as their first names. Two of them are relatively common but one is a name I’ve never otherwise seen used as a girl’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/49 "2026-07-15T00:05:27Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > I guess I’m blind. I don’t see the theme. They are all names from the Bible. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/50 "2026-07-15T00:08:55Z")
Freakanomics. Many criminals with the middle name wayne or dewayne. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/51 "2026-07-15T00:12:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > They are all names from the Bible. Boring. They should have gone with Adino, Calcol, Pelet, and Zibiah. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/52 "2026-07-15T00:14:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I know a family who have three daughters, all of whom have Presidential surnames as their first names. Two of them are relatively common but one is a name I’ve never otherwise seen used as a girl’s name. Polk? Or maybe Eisenhower? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/53 "2026-07-15T00:15:30Z")
I decided to not reveal any actual names in my post. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/54 "2026-07-15T00:16:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I decided to not reveal any actual names in my post Plainly. Personally, I think calling a little girl Ike is just mean. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/55 "2026-07-15T00:21:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@peedin](#): > > > > I guess I’m blind. I don’t see the theme. > > They are all names from the Bible. _That’s_ a theme? That’s the default for many people. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/56 "2026-07-15T00:29:38Z")
Bennett Cerf told a joke about a census taker visiting a German immigrant family. They had 13 kids, all girls, and all with names beginning with a ‘B’. Except the youngest, who was named Alice. The census taker smiled at the mother. “Did you run out of ‘B’ names?” No, she replied. "It’s just when my husband learned that the 13th was a girl, he exclaimed, _'Ach! Das is **Alles!'"** _ (German for ‘That is all!’) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/57 "2026-07-15T00:33:47Z")
I bet he was relieved when that fourth kid came along. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/58 "2026-07-15T00:35:02Z")
I just remembered another one. I have a colleague who, between her sister’s three kids and her own three kids, are all named after some video game franchise characters. IIRC, it’s a martial arts-type fighting game franchise, but I have no clue which one. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/59 "2026-07-15T00:48:29Z")
I wonder why Hilary Duff named her kids Townes and Banks. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661/60 "2026-07-15T01:03:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > _That’s_ a theme? That’s the default for many people. Yes, it absolutely, positively, 100% is a theme. You don’t see it as one because, as I pointed out, our culture is submerged in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-who-named-their-kids-via-some-cute-theme-or-scheme/1031661.md?page=4)