What is it with Fundy families and naming all their children with same

[KitchenWitch]

first initial.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

1. You have a problem

with Jinger, Jedediah etc.??? :)

[KitchenWitch]

2. I think Jingo should be the next name chosen

:grr:

[yellowdogintexas]

31. I grew up with a family of "J" kids, but there were only 5 of them

and names weren't bad:

Joel Buford III (named for father & grandfather
Jerrie (short for Geraldine actually so only a "j" sound)(named for her mother)
Jack (short for Jackson Owen) (named for an uncle
Jeffrey (not sure if this is a family name or not.
Janece Prince (grandmother's maiden name was Prince)

It could have been a lot worse

I found it interesting with all those J names, the mother of 16 had no one named Jane, Jeffrey, Joel ...they chose some real loser names, didn't they?

Being a fan of nice normal names, naming kids for grandparents, or using family names I find many of the names currently in vogue to be irritating at best.

[gollygee]

3. It has the same first letter as Jesus

Must be the right one.

[Nikia]

4. I know families who did this that weren't Fundies

Of course the families in question had 5 children or less so they didn't run out of normal names with that letter.

[AllegroRondo]

5. It saves money on monogramms

[Shine]

6. I remember reading once that Bill Cosby did this with all his kids, too

only with the letter "E"...but get this, it was so they would remember to infuse their actions with "Excellence".

Jeez, talk about pressure!

[Momgonepostal]

21. Didn't he just have 1 or 2 though? lol

[Left Is Write]

22. He had five children.

Erika, Erinn, Ensa, Evin, and Ennis.

[Momgonepostal]

28. OK...I didn't realize he had that many

I'm not a fan of name themes. After the first few, the families I've known start picking stupid names just so they'll fit the pattern.

[Left Is Write]

7. Er....

My two younger children are both "J" kids.

[KitchenWitch]

LOL

Not ripping on you dear, but Christ on the half shell, 16 kids with names that all start with J?

[Left Is Write]

13. 16 children with "J" names...

and NONE of them are the same as my two "J" names.

[skygazer]

8. It's not just fundies

I know several people who have done that and I've always thought it was wierd.

[cssmall]

9. I think it should be done in alphabetical order!

[ikojo]

24. A friend of mine told me about a family she grew up

with in Georgia and their kids were named in alphabetical order, the first one had a name beginning with A and then B and then the final one had a name beginning with C. She told me the mother of these kids was obsessive about order.

[cssmall]

26. I was being somewhat sarcastic. And, I'm not overly surprised by that!

[Angry Girl]

10. Breeders do this with dogs.... No, really!

Each bitch's litter gets names starting with the same letters, which designate the littler number. E.g., litter #2 has Babs, Bow-wow, Boo, etc...

[xmas74]

11. My dad, my brother and I are all "B"'s.

My best friend and her three children are also all B's.
I think they get hooked on just one initial and go w/ it (my dad's and brother's name is a Biblical name but it is also a very popular name. My best friend and her children do not have biblical names).
Most of the fundies around here name their kids from the Bible. The more obscure the word the better the name it seems here.

[ikojo]

12. I find a greater problem in dressing

the kids in the same outfit regardless of age. A dress that looks cute on a little girl looks goofy on a teenage girl.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. its not just fundie

it depends on ethnicity/culture too...all the males in my family have the same initials ...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. dupe

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. It's not just fundies.

Bill Cosby's kids all have names that start with 'E.'

[Arugula Latte]

17. Next up: Jimbob, Jar Jar, Jerkoff, Jaba, Jism ...

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Yeah, what the heck ever happened to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John?

Not to mention Mary Catherine and Margaret Ann....sheesh. :hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. Mary Catherine??

You PAPIST!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. I think it's just idiotic, apolitical cutesy.

Having 16 kids in the first place, on the other hand, is neither apolitical nor cutesy.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Yeah...well...what if they were dressed in matching polos?

:shrug:

[jmm]

23. Most of my mom's side of the family did this

My brother and I were the first two in our generation and got names beginning with J. Then her siblings started having kids with J names and pretty soon they kept on doing it just to fit in. Only one aunt of mine didn't do this too. However she did vote for Bush so even though I love her she clearly does not have the best judgment skills.

[philosophie_en_rose]

25. It distinguishes your 16 kids from the neighbor's 16 kids.

If you have so many kids that you can't remember their names, every little bit helps.

[leftofthedial]

27. Jumpin Jesus J Jehosaphat

Jason Jeremy James Jane Jill

Jerkoffs.

[Redstone]

29. George Foreman beats them all, with three or four sons all named George.

And I think having multiple sons with the same first name is not unknown among Latino families.

Redstone

[yellowdogintexas]

30. my husband and his siblings all have middle names that

start with "S".

and they all go by their middle names

But none of their names are strange or made up sounding.

[RevCheesehead]

33. These people wear matching sweaters on their Xmas photo, too...

And show up at family reunions dressed in matching T-shirts.