Famous Sibling Sets

General Name Discussion
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I’ve been reading a biography about [name]Vincent[/name] [name]Van[/name] Gogh. They mentioned his siblings names and I began to think about famous sibling sets. Pick your favorite sibling set below and add more.

Children of [name]Theodorus[/name] [name]Van[/name] Gogh + [name]Anna[/name] [name]Cornelia[/name] Carbentus:
[name]Vincent[/name] [name]Willem[/name] (died at birth; born exactly a year before [name]Vincent[/name] to the day)
[name]Vincent[/name] [name]Willem[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Cornelia[/name]
[name]Theodorus[/name] ([name]Theo[/name])
[name]Elisabeth[/name] (Lies) Huberta
[name]Willemina[/name] ([name]Wil[/name]) [name]Jacoba[/name]
[name]Cornelius[/name] ([name]Cor[/name]) [name]Vincent[/name]

Children of [name]Patrick[/name] Brontë + [name]Maria[/name] [name]Branwell[/name]:
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name] [name]Branwell[/name]
[name]Emily[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]

Children of [name]Cassandra[/name] + [name]George[/name] [name]Austen[/name]:
[name]James[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Francis[/name] ([name]Frank[/name]) [name]William[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]John[/name]
[name]Cassandra[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]

Some questions about the [name]Van[/name] Gogh names:

  1. Would you use have reused [name]Vincent[/name] [name]Willem[/name] to honor your first child?

  2. A lot of the [name]Van[/name] Gogh names are repeated or feminized. Would you have done the same?

  3. Would you have given [name]Willemina[/name] the nickname [name]Wil[/name]? [name]Do[/name] you think that the names are surprisingly “masculine” in that they are merely feminine forms? (Something we don’t see that often when it comes to [name]Willemina[/name] and [name]Jacoba[/name]).

  4. Any additions or comments are welcome.

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My favourite of those would be the [name]Van[/name] Goghs, I think.

Some other ‘sibsets’ I like or consider interesting (I’m sure I’ve come across better ones; I’ll post again when I remember):
[name]Arlo[/name] [name]Guthrie[/name]: [name]Arlo[/name] & [name]Nora[/name]
[name]Burl[/name] [name]Ives[/name]: [name]Burl[/name], [name]Audry[/name], [name]Artie[/name], [name]Clarence[/name], Argola, Lillburn, and [name]Norma[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Roosevelt[/name]: [name]Anna[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Elliot[/name] & [name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Churchill[/name]: [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Kitty[/name], [name]Nellie[/name] & [name]John[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]Beecher[/name] [name]Stowe[/name]: [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Edward[/name], [name]Mary[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Charles[/name], [name]Isabella[/name], [name]Thomas[/name] & [name]James[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] Pankhurst’s children: [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Christabel[/name], [name]Frank[/name], [name]Adela[/name] & [name]Henry[/name]
Honeysuckle Weeks: Honeysuckle, Perdita & Rollo

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[name]Just[/name] thinking off the top of my head:

[name]Brooklyn[/name], [name]Romeo[/name], [name]Cruz[/name], and [name]Harper[/name] [name]Beckham[/name]

[name]Maddox[/name], [name]Zahara[/name], [name]Pax[/name], [name]Shiloh[/name], [name]Vivienne[/name], and [name]Knox[/name] [name]Jolie[/name]-[name]Pitt[/name]

[name]Violet[/name], [name]Seraphina[/name], and [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Garner[/name]

[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Jessica[/name] [name]Parker[/name]- [name]James[/name], [name]Tabitha[/name], [name]Marion[/name]

[name]Rumer[/name], [name]Scout[/name], [name]Tallulah[/name], [name]Mabel[/name]- [name]Bruce[/name] [name]Willis[/name]'s

[name]Ben[/name] and [name]Casey[/name] Affleck

[name]Eliza[/name] and [name]Nate[/name] Dushku (they have brothers [name]Ben[/name] and [name]Aaron[/name] too)

[name]Nicholas[/name] [name]Brendon[/name] and [name]Kelly[/name] [name]Donovan[/name] (twin brothers)

Hansons: [name]Isaac[/name], [name]Zac[/name], [name]Taylor[/name]

[name]Beyonce[/name] and [name]Solange[/name] Knowles

[name]Jake[/name] and [name]Maggie[/name] Gyllenhaal

[name]Dakota[/name] and [name]Elle[/name] Fanning

[name]Jessica[/name] and [name]Ashley[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]

[name]Hilary[/name] and [name]Haylie[/name] [name]Duff[/name]

[name]Mary[/name]-[name]Kate[/name], [name]Ashley[/name], and [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Olson[/name]

[name]Tegan[/name] and [name]Sara[/name]

[name]Dylan[/name] and [name]Cole[/name] Sprouse

[name]John[/name] and [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Kennedy[/name]

[name]Sasha[/name] and [name]Malia[/name] [name]Obama[/name]

[name]Wynnona[/name] and [name]Ashley[/name] [name]Judd[/name]

[name]Donny[/name] and [name]Marie[/name] [name]Osmond[/name]

[name]Kelly[/name], [name]Jack[/name], and [name]Aimee[/name] [name]Osbourne[/name]

[name]Nick[/name] and [name]Drew[/name] Lachey

[name]Britney[/name] and [name]Jamie[/name] [name]Lynne[/name] Spears (have brother [name]Bryan[/name])

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  1. I wouldn’t have reused the name.

  2. Yes I would, but only like the [name]Van[/name] Gogh’s did, such as one have the middle name ([name]Willem[/name]) and the other the first name form ([name]Willemina[/name]). I wouldn’t use both forms as first names!

  3. No - I would have called her [name]Mimi[/name]. I don’t find them masculine.

My favorite sibling sets…

[name]Samuel[/name] & [name]Susanna[/name] [name]Wesley[/name]

  • [name]Samuel[/name]
  • [name]John[/name] (founder of the Methodist church)
  • [name]Charles[/name]
  • [name]Emilia[/name]
  • [name]Susanna[/name]
  • [name]Mary[/name]
  • [name]Mehetabel[/name] ([name]Hetty[/name])
  • [name]Anne[/name]
  • [name]Martha[/name]
  • [name]Kezia[/name] ([name]Kezzie[/name])

[name]Thomas[/name] & [name]Mary[/name] Wedgwood

  • [name]Anne[/name]
  • [name]Mary[/name]
  • [name]Thomas[/name]
  • [name]Samuel[/name]
  • [name]Margaret[/name]
  • [name]John[/name]
  • [name]Aaron[/name]
  • [name]Abner[/name]
  • [name]Richard[/name]
  • [name]Catherine[/name]
  • [name]Josiah[/name] (founder of Wedgwood Pottery)

[name]Josiah[/name] & [name]Sarah[/name] Wedgwood

  • [name]Susannah[/name]
  • [name]John[/name]
  • [name]Josiah[/name]
  • [name]Thomas[/name]
  • [name]Catherine[/name]
  • [name]Sarah[/name]
  • [name]Mary[/name] [name]Anne[/name]

[name]John[/name] [name]Winston[/name] & [name]Frances[/name] [name]Anne[/name] [name]Emily[/name] [name]Spencer[/name]-[name]Churchill[/name]

  • [name]George[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
  • [name]Frederick[/name] [name]John[/name] [name]Winston[/name]
  • [name]Cornelia[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Maria[/name]
  • [name]Rosamund[/name] [name]Jane[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
  • [name]Randolph[/name] [name]Henry[/name] (father of [name]Winston[/name] [name]Churchill[/name])
  • [name]Fanny[/name] [name]Octavia[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
  • [name]Anne[/name] [name]Emily[/name]
  • [name]Charles[/name] [name]Ashley[/name]
  • [name]Augustus[/name] [name]Robert[/name]
  • [name]Georgiana[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
  • [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Augusta[/name]
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I’ve always adored the Austens’ names :slight_smile: The [name]Van[/name] Gogh sibset is interesting. I don’t think I would have used the exact same name as my first child, but probably would honour them in some way. I’m not a fan of all the repetition in general, actually, with [name]Willem[/name] and [name]Willemina[/name], [name]Cornelius[/name] and [name]Cornelia[/name] etc. I do think [name]Willemina[/name] nn [name]Wil[/name] is sweet though, kind of unexpected and refreshing, and [name]Elisabeth[/name] nn Lies is darling.

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Children of [name]John[/name] & [name]Elizabeth[/name] Dickens:

[name]Frances[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] “[name]Fanny[/name]”
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name] [name]Allen[/name]
[name]Letitia[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name] Lamert
[name]Augustus[/name]

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  1. Would you use have reused Vincent Willem to honor your first child?
  • Maybe I would have used Vincent as a middle name, but I wouldn’t have reused the exact same name.
  1. A lot of the Van Gogh names are repeated or feminized. Would you have done the same?
  • I generally like feminized names, but having a (Theodorus) Willem AND a Willemina is a bit too much for me.
  1. Would you have given Willemina the nickname Wil? Do you think that the names are surprisingly “masculine” in that they are merely feminine forms? (Something we don’t see that often when it comes to Willemina and Jacoba).
  • Would probably have nicknamed her Minnie, but I have heard Will being used as a nickname for Wilhelmina before, so it doesn’t shock me or anything. I don’t think they’re too masculine, especially not considering what period of time they were from.

Tsar [name]Nicholas[/name] II of [name]Russia[/name] & [name]Alexandra[/name] Feodorovna
[name]Olga[/name]
[name]Tatiana[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Alexei[/name]

[name]Queen[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] of Great [name]Britain[/name] & [name]Prince[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name] [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Mary[/name] [name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Albert[/name] [name]Edward[/name] (*) “Bertie”
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Maud[/name] [name]Mary[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name] [name]Ernest[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Augusta[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Louise[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Alberta[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Leopold[/name] [name]George[/name] [name]Duncan[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name] [name]Mary[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] [name]Feodore[/name]

[name]King[/name] [name]Christian[/name] IX of Denmark & [name]Queen[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Christian[/name] [name]Frederik[/name] [name]Vilhelm[/name] [name]Carl[/name]
[name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Marie[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Louise[/name] [name]Julia[/name] (**)
[name]Christian[/name] [name]Vilhelm[/name] [name]Ferdinand[/name] [name]Adolf[/name] [name]George[/name]
[name]Marie[/name] [name]Sophie[/name] Frederikke [name]Dagmar[/name] “Minnie”
[name]Thyra[/name] [name]Amalie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Anna[/name]
[name]Valdemar[/name]

[name]King[/name] [name]Edward[/name] VII (*) & [name]Queen[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] (**)
[name]Albert[/name] [name]Victor[/name] [name]Christian[/name] [name]Edward[/name] “Eddie”
[name]George[/name] [name]Frederick[/name] [name]Ernest[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Louise[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Dagmar[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Olga[/name] [name]Mary[/name] “Toria”
[name]Maud[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Mary[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] “Harry”
[name]Alexander[/name] [name]John[/name]