Inspired by Shirley Ujest’s quest for baby names. Why do people do such horrible things to their babies, just because they happened to be born at the same time?
My mother’s second ex-husband (the one that’s not my pop) and his twin sister were named Milfred Louis (last name) and Mildred Louise (last name).
I can’t think of any others quite that bad offhand, but I did know both a Stephanie and Sarah set and a Dan and Drew set when I was a kid. I know there are many others, what are some of the worst you’ve heard?
The worst I’ve seen: Elisabeth and Elizabath.
I hate rhyming or alliterative twin names, too. I’ve know Cindy and Sandy, Todd and Terry, Carrie and Jerry. There were seveal sets of twins in my graduating class, the only set that didn’t follow this trend were Charlie and Diane - but their family was going alphabetical, their sibs were Alex and Bette.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience - this is the ideal life. --Mark Twain
I’m not even a twin and my parents named me and my sister Tracy and Stacey. If my brother had been a girl, they were going to name him Casey. My Dad used to joke that he should have named us Emma and Hesa (our last name is Tate, get it?) And my parents wonder why I was such a bitter, sullen child.
Another set of annoying, if not actually terrible, names for a set of twins is Edward and Edmund. In this case, though, we might justify the choice by pointing out that two Eds are better than one.
Eh, what’s that? God’s calling me home? Oh, OK; must be dinner time.