My brother-in-law and I have almost the same name (he's Jesse), which mostly just means both of us look up when someone says "Hey Jess" at a family gathering.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
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Jessica - Dec 15, 2020 10:33:05 am PST #1081 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
lisah - Dec 15, 2020 10:48:23 am PST #1082 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
my impression of Korean names is that all siblings would have half their first name be the same, like Sung Ho and Sung Jee
Korean family names are first. Is that what the deal was?
My aunts' shared first name is "Mary," btw. Irish Catholics! My grandfather, uncle, brother, and husband all are "Roberts." My grandfather and uncle were/are "John Roberts" really but were/are both known as "Bob."
-t - Dec 15, 2020 11:08:15 am PST #1083 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bob's your uncle!
Jessica - Dec 15, 2020 11:08:45 am PST #1084 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bob's your uncle!
Ha!
Sparky1 - Dec 15, 2020 11:30:59 am PST #1085 of 30000
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Here's my name question at the moment: The not-hippocampus side of the family uses a nickname for me, different from what the rest of the family calls me, but this is a significant number of people and it is a real name, not a joke name. I always use that name with them, announcing myself on the phone, signing my xmas cards -- it is my name when one of them is in the room (my parents and sisters will use it then).
My niece, who regularly uses my other name, (the one hippocampus uses), had a baby this year and named the wee girl my other name.
I'd love to think she named her after her favorite aunt (ME ME ME) but I think they just liked the name (and I won't be sad if that is true). No one else in the family has ever mentioned this, but I am curious what happens when we are all in the same room together -- will the not-hippo-side start using my other name so the baby can have the L name?
aurelia - Dec 15, 2020 11:34:20 am PST #1086 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My family used Big K and Little K for that type of situation. It works for a dozen+ years before you have to figure something else out.
Shir - Dec 15, 2020 11:43:13 am PST #1087 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
2 member doctors who were identical twins, who lived in the same city (who were in different specialties) but had the same first name and different middle names that started with the same letter
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Topic!Cindy - Dec 15, 2020 11:55:07 am PST #1088 of 30000
What is even happening?
My brother-in-law and I have almost the same name (he's Jesse), which mostly just means both of us look up when someone says "Hey Jess" at a family gathering.
My sister-in-law and I have the same first name and both use our husbands' last name (our husbands are brothers). Her middle initial is the first letter of my maiden name. I have gotten calls from bill collectors for her, and of course bill collectors always think you're lying.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 15, 2020 12:01:56 pm PST #1089 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My old boss has a very unusual (married) last name, but a very common first name, so she does have the same exact name as her sister-in-law and they are both nurses.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2020 12:09:05 pm PST #1090 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No one else in the family has ever mentioned this, but I am curious what happens when we are all in the same room together -- will the not-hippo-side start using my other name so the baby can have the L name?
My grandmother had a niece named after her, and they just called them Big and Little [Name] if it was ever relevant. So that's fun!