Message: "Sibset" - Behind the Name

Sibset

by Miranda

7/10/2009, 3:19 PM

What do you think of this? My good friend (she's my mom's age) has 9 (10) sisters and 1 brother...

Doris Mary
Anna Mary (died in infancy)
Mary Etta
Denice Mary
Penny Mary
Loann Mary (my friend)
Joanna Mary
Angela Mary
Karline Mary
Timothy James
Tina Mary
Alice Mary

Her parents are Mary Caroline and Hal Wayne.
Grandparents:
Hattie Marie
Charles
Eva
Sylvester

I like Anna, Etta, Hattie, Charles and Alice and don't mind Mary. I don't like Joanna and Anna in the same sibset.

I really dislike Karline and Tina.

#sibsets

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- Fran (Mondays Child)

7/10/2009, 7:19 PM

I love Hattie (Harriet) and Eva, and from the Mary sisters:

Etta - love Etta as a nn for Henrietta
Penny - Penny is seriously cute
Alice - classic

- Anthroponomastics +1

7/10/2009, 4:38 PM

I like Mary, Penny, Joanna, Timothy, and Alice.
But what's with the girls all having Mary in their name? Are they Catholic? That's what it seems like.

- Miranda

7/10/2009, 5:47 PM

Yes... Catholic.

- Kokoro (Phoenix-san) +1

7/10/2009, 3:40 PM

I like Anna Mary, Mary Etta, Timothy James, Alice, and Eva. I really don't like that all the sisters have the name Mary, though- it's nice enough once, but it's odd for the whole family to have it. It's the same as my sister and I; both our mns are Anne, and I always wish we had more individual names.

- Miranda

7/10/2009, 3:53 PM

It's a tradition in many catholic families to have Mary or some variation.

I'd have prefered a 2nd mn as well, but I like the tradition and consistency better than if 4 of the girls had Mary and the others did not.

- Guinevere (vomiting)

7/10/2009, 3:30 PM

Anna Mary would be my favourite combo. I'm not too keen on the idea of siblings sharing the same name, it seems rather limiting. I suppose I wouldn't mind it as much if there were, say, two middle names.

I like Hattie as a nickname for Harriet! :)

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