Sib-sets

[minga13.livejournal.com]

We talk a lot about the sib-sets we know, so what are the names + middle names of YOUR own sib-set? (Or the set of names of your children?) 

Any particular themes? Letters? Trends particular to the year of birth?

Names of my sib-set to start us off:

Dale Steven (1978), Brendan Charles (1983), Martyna Rozalia (me! 1987), Kirstyn Kim (1991), Zachary John (1992)

Btw, we're a blended family hence the similar ages and age gaps, therefore no particular themes I think :)

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[lyndsaysworld.livejournal.com]

By birth order...

Jennie Nicol
Keri Ann Schad
Lyndsay Hope (ME)
Tiffany Michele

Keri's second middle name is my mom's last name i'm not sure why she got it and the rest of us didn't.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Ryan Maurice (1986)
Claire Renee (1988) me
Dale Joseph (1990)

[minga13.livejournal.com]

Wohoo! Another Dale! Boy or girl?

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Male. Joseph would be a VERY masculine middle name for a girl haha.
Even though I'm used to Dale on a boy now, I kind of like it better on a girl.

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

William Gregory ('71), Michael Anthony ('75), Joseph Carl ('82) and Margaret Mary ('83 - that's me).

We're all named after people in our families. William Gregory is also my dad's name, and Margaret Mary was my mom's - that's where those two came from. Michael is from my mom's brother, and Anthony was because she'd prayed to St. Anthony during her pregnancy. Joseph is for an uncle on each side, and Carl is for an uncle on my dad's side.

Michael Anthony is with (dating? engaged to?) a girl named Jennifer Marie. They have:
Dominick Anthony ('96 - he's not technically Jen's kid, but yeah), Lilliana Rae ('03) and Scarlett Meena ('06).

They went with an "8-letter" theme. But they didn't really do it on purpose, I guess. I just pointed out when Jen was pregnant with Scarlett that the other two kids had 8-letter names, so the new one should be the same or at least not be a real short name or something. Dominick Anthony is for his father (whose full name, including Confirmation name, is Michael Anthony Dominic). Lilliana is sort of for my grandmother (Lillian), but also because Jen read it in a book somewhere. Meena was Jen's grandmother.

[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

My dads sister is Mary Margaret. :)

[thedaytheystop.livejournal.com]

I don't think my mom did it intentionally, as my older half-sister isn't an A, but...

I'm Anna and my brother is Adrian. He's older, so it's normally "Adrian and Anna" but "Anna and Adrian" has an equally nice ring. I think it's a great sibling set!

We don't have middle names--we're hybrid children, hyphenated 1/2 the time and the other half with mom's maiden name as a middle name. Regardless, we have the same initials.

[djador.livejournal.com]

I like Anna and Adrian. =D

[dearxannbellina.livejournal.com]

Jessica Lynn (85)
Shawn Daryl (86)
Alyssa Nicole (90)
Mikayla Michelle (92)

Daryl is for my father, and I know everyone hates Mikayla spelled that way. However, my brother and I were so young and just learning how to pronounce things and Michaela through us off, so she let us sit down with a baby book and pick the way that we thought it should be spelled. Although if I had my way (Remember I was 7) it would have been MyKayla because she was "My Kayla". Thankfully mom didn't give in.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Okay I'm only using first names because our middle names are just too weird.

My sib-set:

Daniel (1971)
Charles 'Chaz' and Brighton (1984)
Sloane (me) and Nobby (1985)
Phineas 'Phin' (1990)

Daniel is way older than all of us, we have different fathers and our mum had him when she was 17.

[traezer.livejournal.com]

There are two sets of twins in your family? Wow!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Sage* Clair (1985) & Richard Thomas (1989)

No theme at all, and I've always liked that because we are such diffrent people.
Clair is after my cousin. I chose Thomas myself after the tank engine (I was three, and a major fangirl lol)

My given name is a little dated with my peers [I know several namesakes, but the majority are older than me], Clare/Claire was so popular in the 80s. Richard is fairly uncommon for our age group, but classic rather than dated, and Thomas is always in style.

*not my given name [I'm not sharing that], but in terms of style that clashes just as much.

[petitpapillion.livejournal.com]

Brian Michael
Chelsea Anne (moi!)
Janelle Ruth

Not really a theme.... middle names are family names, however.

[gretch-a-sketch.livejournal.com]

siblings and me
Gretchen Irene (ME)(1986)
Leah Marie (twin sister) (1986)
Aaron Thomas (brother) (1990)

dad and his siblings
Thomas Richard (1960)
David Paul (1962ish)
Suzanne Elizabeth (1956ish)
Deborah Anne (1952ish)

mom
Michelle Anne (1964)

Dad's mother and grandma's siblings
Elizabeth (grandmother - married to Richard below)(changed from Elisebetta)
Rosaria
Joseph (changed from Giuseppe) married to Lois

Dad's dad and grandpa's siblings
Richard Thomas (grandpa)
Margaret
Helen
Charles
William
Edward married to Dorothy
(There were ten, but I don't remember any more :( )

Mom's mom and grandma's siblings
Norma (grandmother-married to Leroy)
Anne
(I don't remember any more :( )

Mom's dad
Leroy (grandpa)

stepmother and her siblings
Deborah Anne
Victoria Marie
Vincent Joseph

stepmother's children
Jeffrey Allen
Jonathan

stepmother's mom and grandma's siblings
Myrtle
Maureen
Edna
Shirley
William

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Oh you're a twin too! Gretchen and Leah go really well together.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Oliver Keith Douglas ('88)
Annie Elaine Law ('90)
Tamsin Colleen Campbell (me, '92)

It's pretty funny, because before I was born, people would always ask, "Are you going to name the baby Evita?" There really wasn't supposed to be a pattern with Oliver and Annie; it's purely coincidental.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--fourinchesx/]

I'm Raisa Michele (1990)
Katherine Elizabeth (1980)*
Theodore Robert (1970)*

* = siblings from my father's first marriage.

There isn't a theme really, at all. The only thing we have is our 10 years difference.

[tia-karen.livejournal.com]

Rebecca Jeanette (1980), Karen Diana (1984)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I don't have a sibset. =(
Here's my name though: Karlie Blair Marie (1990) and if I were a boy I would have been Brian Neil.

[wowthatisminty.livejournal.com]

In my family we have (I'm not including middle names in case my family members get google-happy).

Pam, 21
Adam, 19

And then the cousins are:

Andrea, 19 (or almost, we are not close with that side of the family so I don't remember if her birthday's passed or not but she was born in 88)
Jen, 16
Leah, 13 (I think)
---
Sam, 17
Anna, 15
Sarah, 13 (her bat mitzvah's next week!!)
Jacob, 10
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Isabella, 9
Julian, 6 (almost 7)
---

Josie, 3
Jaya, 18 months
The Mystery Fetus, due in April or May

[serenebean.livejournal.com]

Theresa Christine (1986)
Sarah Elizabeth (1989)

No real trend...I was named for a great-grandmother (both first and middle), and my sister's middle name is our grandmother's first name.

[tokyo.livejournal.com]

Terese Elisabeth (me)
Taylor Michelle
Melissa Renae

No real theme here, but I think that's because both my mom's family (Gerri, Terrance, or Terry, and Sherri) and my dad's family (Jeannine, John, Jennifer, Jeremy, etc.) kind of abused the system.

[rainbowpookie.livejournal.com]

Martyna Rozalia is an extremely Slavic name. Are you of Eastern-European heritage? I like the names. Why did your parents choose them? I am Ukrainian and Polish and I have a few Rozalia's (great-grandmoms) in my family as well as one Martyna.

[minga13.livejournal.com]

Wohoo, someone spotted it :D Yes, I'm of Polish hertiage. My mum is half Polish and Rozalia is my great-grandma's name. Mum got a list of Polish names off a friend because my parents (even tho my dad is not Polish) wanted to give me Polish names so it would be different + honouring my Polish hertiage. They considered calling me the Polish form of Danuta (Danuska?) but a couple of days after I was born Mum just started calling me Martyna (I was nameless for 2 or 3 days). They didn't particularly like any Polish boys names for my brother but while my Polish granddad was alive he called my brother the Polish equivalent which was pretty funky. Yay for being Eastern-European!!!

[songspell.livejournal.com]

Janice Margaret ('79)
Kate Alison (me, '81)
Tina Dawn ('94)

No real theme... My dad told me that my older sister is named after the musicain Janis Ian, and Margaret is my father's mother's name (deceased). I don't think think I'm named after anyone, but my mother's mother was apparently upset that my middle name wasn't "Lorraine" (her name), since Janice's middle name was my other grandmother's. Makes sence to me: Margaret is dead...

Tina is a half sister by my mom, and Janice (15) and I (13) got to help with the name choosing. She's Tina because Mom wanted "Christina" with a nick name of Tina and I said "Well, if you're going to call her Tina, you should just name her Tina" (note: My name is Kate. Just Kate, not short for anything...) Dawn is her middle name because we decided that it would make her name mean "Little Light." I know that's not what you would get if you looked it up in a baby name book, but that's what we decided her name means.