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babynamesWatching "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968). It's based on the true story of a widower with ten children who marries a widow with eight children.
Francis “Frank” Beardsley
Michael “Mike”
Charles “Rusty”
Gregory “Greg”
Rosemary
Louise
Mary
Susan
Veronica
Germaine
Joan
Helen North
Colleen
Janette
Nicholas “Nick”
Thomas “Tommy”
Jean
Phillip
Gerald
Teresa
WDYT?
It also got me thinking of the practice of using similar names on siblings (Rosemary and Mary, Janette and Jean). I think there were fewer names to choose from back then than there are today, but it still happens today. What do you think about this?
Francis “Frank” Beardsley
Michael “Mike”
Charles “Rusty”
Gregory “Greg”
Rosemary
Louise
Mary
Susan
Veronica
Germaine
Joan
Helen North
Colleen
Janette
Nicholas “Nick”
Thomas “Tommy”
Jean
Phillip
Gerald
Teresa
WDYT?
It also got me thinking of the practice of using similar names on siblings (Rosemary and Mary, Janette and Jean). I think there were fewer names to choose from back then than there are today, but it still happens today. What do you think about this?
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Date: 2011-11-17 11:23 am (UTC)Michael
Rosemary
Louise
Mary
Susan
Joan
Colleen
Jean
Phillip