Silly sibling name choices

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Heard a couple of these recently -

Harry / Henry
John / Jack
Isabella / Belle (seriously)

Really??!!!

Do people not realise one is a nickname for the other?!!!

Ollie and Ellie.

I now a sister and brother combo called Bo & Red!!!!

Twins Caroline and Carolyn and at a risk of outing myself because I am sure there is only this one combination in the whole UK brothers Dwayne and Wayne........why?

Oh and dd went to school with sisters Ruby and Cherry.

Oh yes, the rearranged letters: my xh's gf was Noel and had a brother Leon (same word backwards!) :)

Chinese names can be very close between family members, too - I knew a Lindsey Ong, whose brother was Lyndon Ong. And two brothers called Wai Tak Tai and Wai Ton Tai!

Red and Ruby, sister and brother.

There's an MNer with a Bethany and an Ethan - I can't remember if they realised after a bit or if someone commented on it.

pink my dad wanted to call my sister adele Michelle

DD is Amy after her grandma May.

Michael and Michelle

Andrea and Andrew

Melissa and Melanie. Both are called Mel by their parents

Have name changed.

I have a Scarlett and an Oscar.

Didn't realise until several years down the line that they both had scar in them.

I've heard of twins Lee and Leo. Odd

So twins called Dodie and Diana.

Jane and Laura-Jane. Who goes by both names, never just Laura!

Footprints - I remember the Grange Hill twins! Although I also (sadly) remember that one of them was in it for ages, and then her sister came in.. They kept referring to her as "Nat" so that there was a hilarious mistaken identity storyline when the sister arrived at the school (she hadn't previously mentioned her identical twin)...

Anyway..

I used to know a Tanya (pronounced Tar-nia) with a sister Talia.. Always thought it was a bit odd..

Rearranged letters - i was at school with a Silvia, whose little sister was Aivlis . Apparently Silvia wanted the new baby to share her name, but the parents thought reversing it was the best they could do.