Naming Multiplesby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 03 Aug 2009 11:46 PM I went to grade school with triplets named Kerry, Jerry and Mary and for the longest time I thought it was a requirement for multiples to have names that rhymed. I learned otherwise when I went to summer camp in junior high and met triplets named John, Andrea and Molly. If you had a hard time coming up with a name for your singleton child, consider how daunting it must be for parents of multiples to settle on names for all of their children. In the case of twins there seems to be an unwritten rule that both children should bear names that begin with the same letter. For example, the twin boys in my daughter's soccer class are named Carson and Conner. Our neighbor's twin girls are Julia and Johanna, and my twin cousins are named David and Denise. The same first letter trend is popular among triplets as well. My pal from high school gave birth to triplets last fall and named them Carter, Cole and Cailin. Ditto for the triplets my former colleague bore a few years ago. Her daughters' names are Samantha, Sadie and Sasha. Rhyming names are also popular among multiples, though I'm still not sure why this is the case and how the trend got started. Perhaps parents of multiples find it easier to remember their children's names if the only difference between them is a single letter. When you're yelling at your kids to get out of the middle of the street you want names that roll off the tongue. In this case the rhyming factor comes in quite handy. Screaming for Jon, Don and Ron to get in the house this instant is a whole lot easier than shouting for Mackenzie, Teagan and Laneya to do the same. On the flipside, for some parents, coming up with names for multiples is much easier than settling on just one moniker for a singleton child. Not only do avoid having to narrow down your selections to one first and middle name, you also decrease the chances of upsetting family members whose names you don't choose. What do you make of the current trends in naming multiples? Do you think they are antiquated or do they serve a legitimate purpose? Related Articles: Baby Names--How Many is Too Many? Cracking Down on Bizarre Baby Names
Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantparenting tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Discuss this article
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