# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/41 "2008-06-05T20:28:55Z")
Why make them so similar? Harder to tell them apart that way. Siobhan, Gianna, and Shinwu. Or Sven, Jose, and Chaim. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/42 "2008-06-05T20:56:37Z")
Jerry, George and Cosmo. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/43 "2008-06-05T21:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=Mahna Mahna] Shirley, Goodness and Mercy. (as in… surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life) [/QUOTE] Hee hee hee. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/44 "2008-06-05T21:15:47Z")
Rock, Ima, and Hardplace. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/45 "2008-06-05T21:18:41Z")
Some baseball trios: Willie, Mickey and Duke Joe, Johnny and Frank (first names of Tinker, Evers and Chance) Warren, Johnny, and Pray ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/46 "2008-06-05T21:20:15Z")
I think it would be kinda fun to choose two good names, and one awful name, just to fuck one of them up. Emily, Rose, and Spinach. Charles, Eric, and Biscuit. Portia, Isabella, and Thud. Tom, Ben, and Farquar-Colmondeley. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/47 "2008-06-05T21:23:25Z")
[QUOTE=Kolga] Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. [/QUOTE] Beat me to it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/48 "2008-06-05T22:34:03Z")
Breakwind, Shart and BWAAAAHHH. what? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/49 "2008-06-05T22:56:33Z")
Troy Michael Emmitt ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/50 "2008-06-05T23:01:31Z")
Throat, Warbler, and Mangrove. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/51 "2008-06-05T23:08:54Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Sitcoms give endless possibilities: [/QUOTE] Larry, Darryl, Darryl. I also really like the “two names that fit a pattern and one that doesn’t” Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Joe. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/52 "2008-06-05T23:11:28Z")
the week before the saint’s day of faith, hope, and love; are the ever popular minadora, metrodora, and nymphodora! just call them all dora for short. natalia, patricia, and dorothea. nicks could be tash, tish, and dot. (yes, do know twins named natalia and patricia who go by tash and tish.) for boys you could go for the ever popular… peter, paul, and marion! thomas, richard, and henry could be fun. sean, john, and jan…mmmm,…karen, katherine, and katrina. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/53 "2008-06-05T23:29:47Z")
Megaera, Tisiphone, and Alecto. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/54 "2008-06-06T00:23:39Z")
Alpha, Beta and Gamma. (girls names only, I think.) ETA: Henceforth to be known as “The Particle Sisters.” ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/55 "2008-06-06T00:29:01Z")
Parsley, Sage and Rosemary (because [Who knows where the thyme goes?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8&feature=related) ) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/56 "2008-06-06T00:35:58Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Alpha, Beta and Gamma. (girls names only, I think.) [/QUOTE] FWIW, I know a Chinese-Australian guy named Alpha. He says economics classes were hell. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/57 "2008-06-06T00:38:23Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] Larry, Darryl, Darryl. I also really like the “two names that fit a pattern and one that doesn’t” Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Joe. [/QUOTE] Had a soccer coach having a fourth baby, the other three were R names. He put a suggestion sheet on his door for the fourth name. My brother suggested “Rabid.” The coach ended up not going with an R name at all. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/58 "2008-06-06T00:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Pressure, Volume, and Temperature. [/QUOTE] Or co-ordinates: Xander, Yves, and Zeb. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/59 "2008-06-06T00:56:59Z")
Faith, Hope, and Joy. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908/60 "2008-06-06T01:09:59Z")
Michael, Paris and Blanket Lois, Louis and Lillith - it may be years before she even realises her name isn’t Lillis. Cecil, Adam, Ed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-triplets/451908.md?page=4)