Siblings with same names

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I read through a post further down that asked about what people think about siblings getting the same middle name.
Prepare for something worse.


You see, in Norway, there's a politician named Lars. He has a brother, who's a doctor, who's also named Lars. And I'm not joking.
Apparently their parents were 100% set on naming the kids after their grandparents, and since they had two grandfathers named Lars, they both got the name Lars.

I don't even think they have middle names. Just Lars. Both of them.

How can parents do this to their kids? It's just sad.

Comments

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I have a sister named Kelly. My father liked the name so much he wanted to name ME Kelly, too. My mother nearly punched him.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Ah wow
Can you imagine the confusion growing up?

[xpaniic.livejournal.com]

I have two friends from Cambodia and although they don't have the same name, they're VERY similar - San and Sam.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

This is OT, but I love your icon more than anything right now.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

two words George Foreman (http://www.who2.com/georgeforeman.html).

[lindiohead.livejournal.com]

Yes. George named his five sons George!

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It's illegal in some places. Like Italy, for instance. Here you can't name a kid the same name as a living sibling. If the sibling's dead, then you can.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I rode the schoolbus for a decade with a girl named Dayana. Her older sister was Diana... and yes, they pronounced them the same.