<p>The matchy names in a family confound me. I know sisters named Leah and Julia. Yes, they are spelled very differently and have different origins, but when you are calling one of them to pick up their wet towels off the floor they will both think you are addressing them. </p>
<p>Also, and without getting into moderation-worthy territory, I am curious about when Dick became more popular in its lowercase reference. You’d think the name version would have come to an end around that time.</p>
<p>When I was growing up I knew a couple named Dennis and Patricia with a boy and a girl named…Dennis and Patricia. As a child I remember thinking how lazy/egotistical they were to name both of their kids after themselves. For some reason, one I could have accepted, but two was just too much. Plus, I can only imagine how confusing it was in their house!</p>
<p>I don’t understand the Leah and Julia example. They sound different to me (maybe I have been mispronouncing?)</p>
<p>My friend’s daughter used to answer the phone, ". . .Colleen Junior speaking. "
H, his dad and S all have the same name. H and S went by middle names growing up.
I wouldn’t do it again.
Some people I know: Dad’s name is Don, son’s name is Don. Daughter’s name is Dawn.
Sisters named Mary and Maria. Brothers named William and Bill.</p>
<p>My father was named Nick Jr.–says so right on his birth certificate. But his father wasn’t named Nick–he was named Nicodemus (and he had a brother names Lafayette).</p>
<p>I had some friends named Artie and Joyce and their kids were Artie and Jesse. I asked if it was confusing having two people in the same family with the same name and the dad said, “Which two?”</p>
<p>I think this must have been a late 50s-early 60’s thing.
We had a family on our street and their kids were David, Darlene,Deborah & Daniel.
Their last name thankfully did not start with a “d”, but H has cousins who do have a “D” last name and their names are Donny, Denise,David & Darren.</p>
<p>Both my sister and I start with a “K”. Hs family is all different. And my sister with the five kids all have different initials.</p>
<p>Is it George Foreman who named all his kids George?</p>
<p>Oh- not all his kids. only five.( he has ten) One is also named Georgetta.</p>
<p>My H’s uncle’s name is Napoleon. He goes by Bill. Wouldn’t you? To be fair, he’s Polish and it wasn’t that uncommon in the 1920’s. He chose Bill when he joined the army in WWII. His son was named William.</p>
<p>Interesting, megpmom. One of my relatives left England sometime between 1805 and 1815. He mentioned in his memoirs that he had been in church when a family brought a child to be baptized as “Napoleon.” After asking, “What name have you given this child?” and hearing the answer, the minister proceeded to say, "George, I baptize you . . . "</p>
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<p>I think Leah is pronounced Lee-ah, which sounds identical to the last two syllables in Julia. It would be kind of like naming twins Lynn and Marilyn</p>
<p>Yes. LEE-ah.</p>
<p>Looking back through the family tree we came across an infant named Icy Anna. She was born during a particularly frigid winter (late 1800s)and died when only a few days old. So sad–the name has always stuck with me.</p>
<p>^Wow. The name and the story give me chills.</p>
<p>we knew a Pat and Pat with a son named Pat. There were two girls who mercifully had other names.</p>
<p>We had a mix up in twins names recently at the hospital. The girls are named Alejandra and Alexandra with the same middle name!!! Add in a language barrier and right child with wrong name was admitted. Geez. Why on earth?? They are going to have constant problems.</p>
<p>I have a pretty unusual name—and read through this thread to see if someone had come across it and thought it worthy of mention. :)</p>
<p>A friend met a guy by the name of Dusty Hor at work. </p>
<p>One of my teachers once knew a boy called Richie Kidd. </p>
<p>One of my students had the name Ophilia, which I thought was just very unfortunate. </p>
<p>At my high school, there were three sisters called Gladys, Glady and Glad.</p>
<p>We once suggested to our pregnant-with-twins English teacher that she should name her kids Severus and Snape. Imagine our disappointment when she named them Ryan and Bryan.</p>
<p>Singapore famously has a guy called “Batman bin Suparman”. Here’s a good article analyzing the name: <a href=“Language Log » Batman bin Suparman: behind the name”>Language Log » Batman bin Suparman: behind the name; . I’m told the ID first made the rounds when he enlisted in the army. The person managing his enlistment was apparently so amused he scanned his card and forwarded it to people - it made the rounds in the army before hitting the Internet.</p>
<p>I had an eighth grade English teacher who was obsessed with Gone With the Wind. She had named her son Ashley ( he was about 7/8 at the time; she loved talking about him.) I feel sorry for him now; he was probably the last male Ashley in America.</p>
<p>A girl at my h.s. was named Virginia but referred to herself as VA.</p>
<p>I saw an obituary for a woman whose first name was Goldie and middle name was Locks.</p>