# Frightening names for twins. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327 "2004-06-14T18:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/41 "2004-06-15T03:26:43Z")
I used to babysit some neighbor kids Jamie, Jodie, Justin and the twins Jennifer and Jason. :rolleyes: A cow-orker named her twins Stacey and Tracey (exact spelling, I checked) and they’re fraternal. So you’d guess Tracey might be the boy, right? Wrong. Poor kid. My sister’s twins are Matt and Mandy, but at least it’s Matthew and Amanda when said correctly. ---
**Author:** ![AThingWithFeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@AThingWithFeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AThingWithFeathers)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/42 "2004-06-15T03:50:00Z")
Wouldn’t it be funny if someone named her twins Bonnie and Clyde? The only twins I know personally are fraternal ones named Brendan and Martin, which isn’t too bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/43 "2004-06-15T03:56:10Z")
My spouse has twin cousins named Linda and Laurel. I have twin cousins named Eric and Erica. My poor child has bad taste on both sides of her family tree. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/44 "2004-06-15T04:03:22Z")
Summer and Eve. (I don’t actually know any twins with these names, but yikes!) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/45 "2004-06-15T04:18:37Z")
I went to school with a set of identical twins named \*\*Ludwig and Johannes. Nietzsche. \*\*They were the biggest geeks. Their father was German (duh) and taught calculus at the University of Minnesota. The thing is, they didn’t even go by nicknames, like Lou and Joe. Nope, they were Ludwig and Johannes. Those poor boys. StG ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/46 "2004-06-15T04:46:14Z")
My Mom has suggested that her soon-to-be-great-grandbabies be named Petri and Petra, but then, she’s always had an odd sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/47 "2004-06-15T04:59:13Z")
My grandmother and her twin sister and a set of twins I knew in high school had names that rhymed completely (both first and middle names). I don’t think they were bad choices though! My grandmother and her late twin’s names: Ella Dorine (Nanny, to me!) and Stella Corine My high school friends: Terri Janice (Ja-NEECE) and Cheri Denise I also have cousins who are twins, but only their first names rhyme: Marilyn and Sherilyn ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/48 "2004-06-15T06:47:47Z")
Lyle and Erik? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/49 "2004-06-15T12:24:18Z")
When I was in high school I went to Texas to visit a friend. Her next door neighbor was pregnant with twins. Their names: **Bryan Merle & Ryan Earle** or vicey versa I shit you not. They would have to be about 20-21 now. They are either hugely successful or heroin addicts. There is no middle ground with names like that. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/50 "2004-06-15T12:30:06Z")
My best friends in JHS were Sherri & Jerri. And I have a pair of cousins named Stephanie and Tiffany. When I was doing IVF, I kept hoping I’d have triplets or quads–you know, Larry, Moe & Curly, or Manny, Moe, and Jack. If it were quads, how about John, Paul, George, and Ringo? 😃 Unfortunately, my twins didn’t make it past 12 weeks, but their names were Taddeusz (Tad) and Elinor (Ellie). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/51 "2004-06-15T12:34:27Z")
Carolina and Dakota. Apparently she got the names off of a map. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/52 "2004-06-15T12:38:19Z")
I was talking to someone at an engagement party about 5 years ago, and he was saying his wife had just given birth to twins. Their names? Lambert & Butler I don’t know if they have them in the USA, but here in England L&B are a brand of cheap and nasty cigarettes. I had to walk away because I was gonna burst out laughing in his face, and it was obvious he was really happy with them. When will people learn? ---
**Author:** ![Esky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Esky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/53 "2004-06-15T13:24:21Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > I always wanted twins so I could name them Denise & Denephew. That’s exactly what my mum nicknamed my two cousins when my aunt was pregnant (their names are Olivia and Joshua now, my aunt and uncle are so boring!) ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/54 "2004-06-15T15:18:59Z")
My mom used to work with a woman named Bonita. She had singleton sisters named Freida, Lucrieta, and Zeeta. The twins were named Herman & Alice. From the same small town - there was a crime report for (IIRC) Merlin & Verlin :eek: ---
**Author:** ![HoldOnThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@HoldOnThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldOnThere)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/55 "2004-06-15T17:28:39Z")
My mother-in-law used to teach in inner city Philadephia and she often had kids in her class named Male (pronounced MALL-LE) and Female (pronounced FEMALL-LE). Their parents were so dumb that when they hospital gave them the paperwork for their babies, they saw Male / Female and thought the hospital had named the kids for her. Either that or maybe the parent didn’t fill out the paperwork. Ahh! ---
**Author:** ![PretzelFlip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@PretzelFlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PretzelFlip)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/56 "2004-06-15T17:52:05Z")
…Bert and Ernie. No joke. And I have heard of an Engel and Bert pair. Oh dear. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/57 "2004-06-15T18:24:36Z")
A woman I work with named her twin sons Sigmund and Soren, and yes she has greatly benefitted from psychotherapy. And my best friend from college named her twin daughters, Camelia and Magnolia. If they had been triplets… Azalea. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/58 "2004-06-15T18:49:51Z")
I saw a newspaper story several years ago about female twins named Signifigance and Elegance. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/59 "2004-06-15T18:52:48Z")
MIL’s father and his twin brother - Ferrold and Harold. I went to school with two sets of twins named Pam and Tam. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327/60 "2004-06-15T18:56:37Z")
> [@HoldOnThere](#): > > My mother-in-law used to teach in inner city Philadephia and she often had kids in her class named Male (pronounced MALL-LE) and Female (pronounced FEMALL-LE). Their parents were so dumb that when they hospital gave them the paperwork for their babies, they saw Male / Female and thought the hospital had named the kids for her. Either that or maybe the parent didn’t fill out the paperwork. Ahh! A [Snopes article](http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm) would interpret this differently… > [@the Snopes article](#): > > A properly folkloric version of the fuh-MALL-ee tale would have it that the parents saw the “name” on the baby’s bracelet. Not being able to read well, they sounded it out badly, it fell on their ears prettily, and thus Baby was named. Alternatively, they interpreted what was written on the bracelet as the hospital having already named their child and the matter now being out of their hands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-names-for-twins/250327.md?page=4)