*Judgementalness alert* Worst DC/sibling names you've ever heard.

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I know someone whose daughter and son are called Paris and Troy. Really! Aside from being utter rubbish, I mean, if we are going with mythology Paris is a boy not a girl, and Troy is a place not a person! Its Paris and Hector surely? Or Troy and Mesopotamia?

So can you top that? Go on, I could do with a laugh.

Owl - read on, that was MrsDV winding people up :)

Taya is very pretty.

Whoever said about twin names being fantastic for a bit of fun, yes! Twins run in our family, so we have a lot of 'silly' pairs I think my favourite is Montague and Mortimer for boys, Monty and Morty for short.

I do know a family with four children (from oldest to youngest), Annie, Beau, Corinna and Samuel. I always wonder if they started off alphabetically on purpose or not!

Owl - MrsDeVere was making the point that it is very subjective, and rude, and nasty, to judge names based on your perception of them or thinking that they are 'naff' or 'chavvy'. So she was making fun of names which normally get the MN stamp of approval.

Not siblings. But I have a friend called Adam. He once chatted up a girl at a bar. Chatting, getting along well. Then asks her name. She says Eve. He said that they both just sort of awkwardly shuffled away from one another despite having got on quite well up to that point. I mean, you just couldn't could you? I also know a married couple called Janet and John, which is quite funny if you learned to read in the 70s/early 80s.

That wasn't very clear, when I said 'silly' pairs, nobody actually uses them, just to wind people up before they're born.

They're things like 'Holly and Ivy', 'Elizabeth and Philip', 'Dennis and Minnie'. It's even better if the other person takes it seriously/doesn't spot the connection.

I know two couples with the same name - Jack and Jacky, and Lindsey and Lindsey

Dd is in a class with a child from who she calls the R family Ryan, Rhianne, Rhiannon, Riaz, and Reece we'd love to know what the new baby is called

Rhianne and Rhiannon? That's rather similar! There are so many lovely R names, why use the same one twice.

Oh, I know a married couple called Chris(topher) and Chris(tine) too. In their 50s.

Yes I know an Isabel and Isabella. No nicknames either.

OK. Rhiannon and Rhianne.

Isabelle and Isabella.

I'm sorry but if that is not judge-worthy I don't know what is.

That should be illegal. Or something.

YoullScreamAboutItOneDay, sorry I am a bit slow

Kaylee, Rylee, and Lynlee.

I'm quite pleased that people stand up for names anyway.

People perhaps don't realise the high volume of lurkers who have a peek at these. A lady in my antenatal group found one quite upsetting.. If you don't use mn often you'd have a right old shock in baby names.

At least people know its not everyone that shares the view and that's how it should be.

I lurked for ages. Especially this section. I find names interesting,popularity and perceptions of them etc.

I know a married Chris and Chris, and also a Sam and Sam. It's a shame they didn't name their children after themselves.

I just had to say, )can't find article), I read an article saying boys with typical black names or housing estate names got marked lower down in SATS GCSE and Alevel then boys named Edward/Hugh type.

There is definitely a chapter on that sort of thing in Freakonomics.

and I possibly was a bit harsh MrsDV, sorry. I was feeling irked at the repeated use of the term these sorts of threads. However I'm over it now, have and am pleased we've all found a common ground.

The Randy I know or rather knew is Randy Frisk. He works with Holliday Banta.

Names geeks cringe at siblings called Harry and Henry, or Will and Liam, or John and Jack, or Lizzy and Beth, shrieking BUT THAT'S THE SAME NAME TWICE!

Ooooo look here - a thread on siblings with the same initial! Got forth team

Ds 1 is called Henry and three members of my family have suggested ds2 be called Harry.

Hotatia I hear ya there. I know twins called Georgie and Gina.