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Octuplets' names.. Josiah, Isiah, Jeremiah, Nariah, Maliah, Noah, Jonah &?

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DontSwimInTheLiffey · 10/02/2009 16:06

I had a quick look in the dm this morning and I can remember 7 out of the 8 names.

They're all a bit matchy rhymey aren't they. Like Pandas only too many to be Pandas.

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2pt4kids · 10/02/2009 16:07

Really?
It'll be hard enough telling them apart anyway let alone with nearly identical names too

Fimbo · 10/02/2009 16:08

Tbh I would be hard pressed to come up with 8 names.

fryalot · 10/02/2009 16:08

Bob?

monicker2 · 10/02/2009 16:08

Eric

diedandgonetodevon · 10/02/2009 16:09

very biblical (not that that is in any way bad- DS has a lovely biblical name). Also very samey samey but hey, if you have to think of EIGHT names it must be tough. We had probs with just the one!!

Fimbo · 10/02/2009 16:09

The missed one is Makai. The have the same middle name - Angel.

2pt4kids · 10/02/2009 16:11

Are they all boys then?
Wonder which one was the hastily thought up name when they realised there were 8 babies instead of 7?

FlyMeToDunoon · 10/02/2009 16:15

That is so idiotic. I have a hard enough time getting the right name and I only have three. Imagine in the mornings....'Nariah oh no I mean uh Isiah, eh um Noah' and they would all ignore come running anyway.

2pt4kids · 10/02/2009 16:16

Wonder what her first 6 kids are called?
Jayden, Kayden, Hayden, Aiden etc maybe?

Posey · 10/02/2009 16:21

Anyone read the Dr Seuss story of Mrs McCave who had 23 sons and she named them all Dave
I love that story...and was just reminded of it

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DontSwimInTheLiffey · 10/02/2009 16:24

Makai, that's it!

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FlyMeToDunoon · 10/02/2009 16:27

Surely Makaiah!

mrsbabookaloo · 10/02/2009 17:45

...one Buffalo Bill and one Biffalo Buff...

I love it!

ilovegreenbeans · 10/02/2009 20:12

McCai I read. Makai looks much better though.

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DontSwimInTheLiffey · 10/02/2009 20:18

Yes, McCai is like McCain with a typo. Odd! Still, being one of 8 is going to be more of a big deal than his name!

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lastboxoftampons · 11/02/2009 11:14

At least one of them is a girl - Malia. Not sure about Nariah?

bronze · 11/02/2009 11:16

I'm pretty sure its 7 boys one girl.
Shes so going to enjoy meeting her brothers friends

SalmonintheLiffey · 11/02/2009 11:28

What are her first 6 children called.

I was thinking yesterday as I was trying to get dc1 to do her homework, imagine doing 14 lots of homework. JAYzuss.

campion · 11/02/2009 12:20

Well, being American they could easily have been Randy, Brandy, Candy, Sandy, Shandy,Mandy,Dandy and Tandy.

Or maybe the first six got those.

RubyRioja · 11/02/2009 12:24

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dizzyTHETARTANARMYdixies · 11/02/2009 19:39

good grief poor kids will never know which one is getting shouted at

SalmonintheLiffey · 12/02/2009 09:07

RR, I agree, astonishingly, she is definitely not stupid, not lazy, not looking for loads of benefits. She is a relatively intelligent, good-humoured normal(ish) woman who LOVES children.

Dizzy, yes by the time you yell up the stairs, all they'l hear will be "muffleiah" and they'll all come running. Or all ignore her.

chandellina · 12/02/2009 10:48

but how can she justify having more children than she - or virtually anyone - can afford?

Poppycake · 12/02/2009 11:00

I don't think we can ask that question now they're here?

SalmonintheLiffey · 12/02/2009 18:20

yes i agree poppy cake, she will get paid by hello, oprah, there will be lots of interest.

I think she lives with her parents so not receiving rent allowance or a council house.

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