Message: "Quads" - Behind the Name

Quads

by Ash (guest)

6/5/2015, 5:16 PM

Was reading a quadruplet blog, of some quads about 6 years old now. Broox Gray, James Rainer, Virginia Katherine, and Elizabeth Jane. They go by Broox, Rainer, Virginia, and Jane.

The one that was, of course, the most interesting is Broox, pronounced "Brooks"... I thought it was just a trendy way of spelling-until it said he is the fourth Broox Gray... So my question is, do you think that four generations ago, the great-great grandparents were trying to be different, maybe honestly couldn't spell, or what?

#quadruplets

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- Melissa (twlightblack11)

6/6/2015, 1:04 PM

I love Elizabeth Jane and James.

The other names are okay, but I don't think Broox flows with the other names.

- Elena

6/5/2015, 9:32 PM

The names are all perfectly fine with the exception of Broox. I have no idea what those parents were thinking even if this is a family name. And it's hard to know how this spelling came about. Brooks is really easy to spell so that makes it all the more surprising to me. I'd love to know what the other three people named Broox really thought of their name.

The sibset is actually a fine one otherwise. I have no problem with Brooks and it would have been a great complement to the other names.

- Puck (BBH) +2

6/5/2015, 5:31 PM

Honestly, I think Broox is an acceptable, established variation of Brooks just like Elinor for Eleanor. I have also seen Brooxe in ancestral records dating from the 1600s.

I like those sib-set names a lot!

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- Elena

6/5/2015, 9:37 PM

I just Googled Broox. It's not very common, however, it seems to be a surname. I'm assuming it's a variant of Brooks. I also went to Ancestry.com and there were a few families named Broox who immigrated to America. Perhaps the name came about in this family first as a surname.

- Ash (guest)

6/5/2015, 7:11 PM

Is it really? I had no idea!

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