bad sib names

[sonneta.livejournal.com]

My dad has two cousins- a brother and sister- named Duane and Duanna. They're not twins, so far as I know.

I personally think naming two children something so similar is dumb. WDYT?

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[maude.livejournal.com]

My stepmom's brothers are named Shane and Dane and my stepmom's son is Zane. To top it all off, Shane's daughter is Shaena.

...ugh. :\

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

"Shaena" - What a terrible spelling!

that's my little sisters name, but she spells is simply "Shana" - my mom always argues with people when they pronounce it "Sh-anne-ah"... I guess because I'm so used to the name it just looks completely wrong with that "e" shoved in there!

[glowing-dragon.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[hacketts-girl.livejournal.com]

My sister's name is Danielle and mine is Michelle and my mom always said if she had another daughter she would name her Gabrielle. The "elle" trend wasn't initially planned. My sister was named after my dad, Daniel and my name was from a Beatles song. But now my mom tried to convince me to use the Gabrielle name if I had a girl. I was like...uh...no thanks.

[composure.livejournal.com]

My best friend's hubby's name is Sean, and his sister is Shawna...

[-------1997.livejournal.com]

My DH has quite a few twins in his family all with matchy-matchy names. His mother is Carla, her twin is Marla.

Lavonne & Lavonda are another twinset in his family. I can't remember the rest of the names. I think there are 2-3 other twinsets.

I don't like it.

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

i grew up with siblings named

Carlena
Carla
Carl

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Duanna?
Oh, that's awful just on its own.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Similar sounding is one thing... but male/female versions of the SAME NAME is sick.

Mine and my sisters names are both 2-syl. ending in a "ah" sound and that's matchy enough for me!

[paper-daisies.livejournal.com]

OMG I knew a sib set named Duane and Duana. Their mom's name was Jennifer and I think the dad's name was Duane as well.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

haha Duane is such a sucky name in the first place, without having 3 of them in the one family.

[paper-daisies.livejournal.com]

LOL no doubt

[wake-tonight.livejournal.com]

I don't like when people name their children with a theme. I think it's dumb too! I've never heard Duanna before either.

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

yep, dumb! especially when the names are 'duane' and 'duanna'.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I've known of a Shane and Shaun brothers.. .and looks like lots of people on here have known other people with similar names to these being used badly in sibsets... hmmm

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

i had a boyfriend in hs named Shawn. he had an older brother named Shane and twin little siblings (boy and girl) named Shelly and Shannon....

shane...shawn...shelly...shannon.

it's not really close but still annoying.

[nightskygalaxy.livejournal.com]

I knew a Nicole and Nicholas sib-set which I always thought was awful since they both went by Nick and Nicky. But Duane and Duanna is even worse than that! Yuck.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_xasphyxiax_/]

I actually like the whole 'same sounding' 'same initial' name idea but it hasn't ever happened in my family (We're Edward, Irene and Monica) and I don't plan on naming my children something like that.

[kedinger.livejournal.com]

My grandmother and her identical twin were Jane and Janet. Their brother was Jack. Great-Aunt Janet then went on to have a daughter named Mary-Jane.