Rebel and Rogue

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Name changed for this as I don't want to be identified.

My cousin is pregnant and has just discovered she is having twin girls. All lovely. But she has announced their names are going to be Rebel and Rogue. And I am absolutely horrified. Sounds dramatic but especially the name Rogue which for me is someone who regularly breaks the law. I feel sorry for whichever baby is going to be landed with this name and who will possibly be ridiculed at school.

Am I in the wrong for having such a visceral reaction to this? I want to say something diplomatic about this but how?

It's ok if you're a jack russell terrier.

Rogue is a common class to play in video games, sneaky and stealthy, so at the very least they’ll make this connection.

Rebel rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so!

RIP David Bowie

I went to school with an Rebel (real name Rebecca Louise). She'd have been born in the mid '70s so pre-Rebel Wilson. It's at least a nice-sounding name aesthetically. Rogue is not so great to me, like a frog croaking or something similar.

If she's absolutely set on these names and that they be THE names and not nicknames/diminutives, I'd probably go the route of suggesting maybe more traditional and versatile middles.

There’s a gay male couple who pop up on my TikTok FYP feed sometimes who have children called Rebel and Rio. I always think they sound like German shepherd names but the kids are very cute.

Surely she’s having you on ?!

Maybe offer up Pebble and Bogey as nicknames?
Rebel Pebble and Rogue Bogey have a certain ring to them..

Someone at my child's nursery called their twins Ronnie and Reggie. Rebel and Rogue sound fine after that.

They sound like 2 naughty little kittens.🤣

I know a child called Rumour. I wish I was close enough to ask why 🙈

Also a boy called Riot. I can't remember the brothers name but that's something crazy too. Apparently he does live up to his name!

is she a big fan of gladiators?

Great names for puppies 🤣

If they have another baby does she have the name Renegade on standby?

Awful names

Cute names for dogs

Rebel and Rogue.
Could you offer up - Revelle and Vogue?
Or Rebelle and Vogue?

Rebel is not unheard of but Rogue is dire.

It could be worse, I guess..
Crimson and Grimelda - Crim and Grim.

Tell your friend that you will help her shop for orange onesies and striped pyjamas.

She's probably read too many 'stole my baby name' threads.

Could be a subliminal idea she has picked up from seeing this book lying around somewhere?

My friend convinced her family she was giving her child the same name as her surname, like Jackson Jackson, before the child was born. It was all a big joke but they thought it was true so hopefully your friend is doing the same.

Ridiculous names, and if you can't tell her that, you could at least laugh out loud /splutter into your tea next time she mentions it. Maybe refer to the supermarket test...how would it be calling those names out in the supermarket when they've run off?
Do you feel feel we have a collective responsibility to prevent parents from inflicting silly names on children, or do you think that a reaction would ruin your relationship?
You could also talk about how giving twins similar names starting with the same letter of the alphabet is not acknowledging their individuality, and how it can cause issues with mail ( leading to privacy issues) when they are older. 3 people in my house have names that start with the same letter, so I know what I'm talking about here!

Are you sure she's not teasing? I convinced my brother we were going to call our DD Halcyon.......

See I don't think that's too bad aside from the Krays connotation. At least these are actual names and in isolation they aren't too bad

Are you sure it's not Rumer, as in Godden? Pronounced the same, but if you never saw it written down...

OP, I'd tell your friend that she's having two children, not a matching set. They won't always be together, so the names have to work as stand alone names without fallback onto the other 'pair' name. So while Rebel might get away with it, Rogue is going to sound like a perpetual nickname. You never know, it might get through to her.

Rihannas youngest is called Riot but she's a global star so can get away with it.Normal person has a lot to live up to and a lifetime of pisstakes.

Is she maybe joking?