# What would you name triplets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908 "2008-06-05T17:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/21 "2008-06-05T18:28:02Z")
There’s all kinds of stupid things that come in threes, but they aren’t really names. Fold, Spindle, Mutilate; Shampoo, Rinse, Repeat; Lock, Stock, Barrel; Hook, Line, Sinker, and so on. They’re not _names._ I’m thinking more along the lines of Carolina, Virginia, and Dakota. Or maybe Autumn, Summer, and Winter? Of course there’s Abraham, Martin and John. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/22 "2008-06-05T18:32:50Z")
Of course, if you’re cruel or just… well, _bent_, you can have even more fun with this. Like naming your sons Hamlet, Othello, and Steve. Or calling your daughters Faith, Hope and Jennifer. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/23 "2008-06-05T18:46:22Z")
Huey, Louie, and Dewey, of course. ETA: Dang! **Kaylasdad99** beat me to it. I WAS surprised no one had said it yet! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/24 "2008-06-05T18:56:24Z")
Athos, Porthos, and Billy. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/25 "2008-06-05T18:57:34Z")
Tony! Toni! Toné! ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/26 "2008-06-05T18:59:34Z")
Actually, if I wanted to be really really evil, I’d go with three nearly identical names: Marie, Maria and Mariah (girl, girl, girl) Jessy, Jesse and Jessie (girl, either, girl) John, Jon and Joan (boy, boy, girl) Tony, Toni, and Toné (boy, either, boy) Morris, Maurice and Maury (boy, boy, boy) ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/27 "2008-06-05T19:00:23Z")
Seeno, Hearno, Speakno. Of course, you would have to be evil to do so… ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/28 "2008-06-05T19:00:32Z")
I always liked the idea of twins named Constance and Patience. You could add Prudence for the third. I have triplet cousins who were intentionally named with names beginning with A, B, and C. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/29 "2008-06-05T19:05:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Deborah, Melissa and Nahla, because they all mean “bee.” And then you can call them all “honey.” ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/30 "2008-06-05T19:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=Mahna Mahna] Actually, if I wanted to be really really evil, I’d go with three nearly identical names… [/QUOTE] Like Ivan, Sean, and Ian? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/31 "2008-06-05T19:12:43Z")
Albert, Isaac and Charles for boys. Marie, Rachel and Jane for girls. All famous scientists (Einstein, Newton and Darwin and Curie, Carson and Goodall) but simple enough names that most people won’t make the connection. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/32 "2008-06-05T19:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Pressure, Volume, and Temperature. 😛 [/QUOTE] So the fourth would be Moles, and the fifth Ideal Gas Constant? 😛😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/33 "2008-06-05T19:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Like Ivan, Sean, and Ian? [/QUOTE] Nah… not similar enough. More like Eve-Anne, Yvonne and Ivanna. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/34 "2008-06-05T19:40:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Mahna Mahna** > > Nah… not similar enough. More like Eve-Anne, Yvonne and Ivanna. _points finger at **Mahna Mahna** _ You’re a Duggar! I just know it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/35 "2008-06-05T19:42:39Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Shadrack, Meshack and Biff. [/QUOTE] Myshack, Yourshack and Abungalow. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/36 "2008-06-05T19:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] _points finger at **Mahna Mahna** _ You’re a Duggar! I just know it! 😃 [/QUOTE] Darn. And here I thought I’d fly under the radar because I didn’t use any Js. 🙂 (Joy-Anna, Jana and Johanna… Oy!) ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/37 "2008-06-05T19:57:14Z")
Alvin, Simon, Theodore Maddisyn, Keightlynne, Makaylla Anne, Charlotte, Emily ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/38 "2008-06-05T20:07:50Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Myshack, Yourshack and Abungalow. [/QUOTE] You’re a goddammed genius. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/39 "2008-06-05T20:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] _points finger at **Mahna Mahna** _ You’re a Duggar! I just know it! 😃 [/QUOTE] Nah, they’d have to be named Jeve-Anne, Jyvonne, and Jivanna. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/40 "2008-06-05T20:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] You’re a goddammed genius. 🙂 [/QUOTE] That is very true. But not because of this since I didn’t come up with it. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908.md?page=3)