# Terrible Twin Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731 "2000-01-12T15:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/1 "2000-01-12T15:27:00Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/2 "2000-01-12T15:28:00Z")
Sid and Nancy! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/3 "2000-01-12T15:29:00Z")
Groucho and Harpo! ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/4 "2000-01-12T15:33:00Z")
I went to school with twins called Daniel and Danielle. By the way, although the following weren’t twins, I’ve got to mention them anyway. Their full names: Martin Martin David David How much do you have to hate your kids to pull a stunt like that? * * * Some drink at the fountain of knowledge…others just gargle. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/5 "2000-01-12T15:35:00Z")
My father had some brothers that were twins (both dead now) named Huey and Duey. (I know I spelled that wrong) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/6 "2000-01-12T15:35:00Z")
Fric and Frac Hit and Miss Dewan and Deudderwan Denice and Denephew * * * The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/7 "2000-01-12T15:43:00Z")
I saw this porn flick once with two blonde twin sisters… Heidi and Bambi. ## Mind you, it were just the names that bothered me. * * * Coldfire: second to none but Satan. * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/8 "2000-01-12T15:45:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/9 "2000-01-12T15:52:00Z")
My sister insists she went to college with brothers named Phil and Doug DeGrave, but I’m pretty sure she’s pulling my leg . . . By the way, there WAS an “Ima Hogg,” but she never had a sister named “Ura.” Urban Legend Alert! ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/10 "2000-01-12T15:52:00Z")
Ooh, I forgot I know triplets named Ronald, Donald, and Arnold. It makes me want to vomit. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/11 "2000-01-12T15:59:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/12 "2000-01-12T16:03:00Z")
My aunt’s husband is a twin. Their actual names on their birth certificates: Johnny Wayne & Jackie Jane A friend just named his identical twin daughters Mariah and Miranda. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/13 "2000-01-12T16:04:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/14 "2000-01-12T16:06:00Z")
This is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl. I hadda do that. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/15 "2000-01-12T16:53:00Z")
Vonnie (guy) and Connie. * * * “Strainger, the SDMB National Ambassador of Goodwill” - special ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/16 "2000-01-12T16:57:00Z")
how about Jose and josb? Our twins names are Katherine and Kandis. * * * VB TANSTAAFL! ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/17 "2000-01-12T16:58:00Z")
Naming Twins, Rule One: Names should not rhyme or begin with the same sound. Better yet, they shouldn’t even begin with the same letter. Rule Two: Refer to rule one. * * * “Fester, fester, fester…rot, rot, rot.” ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/18 "2000-01-12T17:21:00Z")
Zarley and Farley? * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/19 "2000-01-12T17:24:00Z")
Krystal and Krystian. I am not making that up. * * * Formerly unknown as “Melanie” ---
**Author:** ![smilingjaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@smilingjaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smilingjaws)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731/20 "2000-01-13T06:02:00Z")
Pearl and Earle–both girls! Absolutely true! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-twin-names/12731.md?page=2)