Historical Siblings - Similar Names CAF

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Like my Celebrity Sibset cafs, I went down a rabbit hole of famous, historical siblings.
(most birth years are approximate)

ds: Eugene, Peter, Ptolemy, Stephen, Theodore
dd: Athena, Cipriana, Cyane, Kassiani, Khione
ds: Adonis, Andrew, Atticus, Nicholas, Timothy
dd: Calliope, Cassiopeia, Cleora, Clio, Petronella
dd: Nike, Nikoleta, Thaleia, Thessaly, Xanthippe
ds: Cerberos, Christiano, Cronus, [name_m]Karan[/name_m], Konstantinos
dd: Apollonia, Eurydice, Eustacia, Iro, Urania

Children of Philip II of Macedon (years are BCE):
Philip III (359), Cynane (357), Alexander (The Great; 356), Cleopatra (353), Thessalonike (352), Caranus/Karanos (336), Europa (335)

Philip III, Cynane, Alexander, & Cleopatra each became famous rulers and warriors of Macedonia.
Thessaloniki, Greece was named after Thessalonike by her husband; there is also a famous Greek myth that she became a mermaid after Alexander died.

(side note: for anyone interested in ancient female warriors/feminist icons, I recommend Cynane’s biography :crossed_swords:)

ds: Christiaan, Harmon, Hermes, Manfried, Simon
ds: Dirk, Pepijn, Pieter, Roel, Wessel
ds: Arjan, Jenkin, Johannes, Joost, Teun
ds: Brutus, Edgar, Reinier, Rolf, Rubin
ds: Aart, Arne, Arthur, Gerald, Roland
dd: Alberta, Gertrude, Grietje, Margaretha, Rina

Children of Arnold and Mechteld de Limbourg:
Herman (1385), Paul, (1386) Johan/Jean (1388), Rutger (1390), Arnold (1393), Greta (1395) Limbourg

Herman, Paul, & Jean became known as the Limbourg Brothers, famous for their miniature paintings.

ds: Cort, Jack, Jacoby, Loeb, Yakov // Audrick, Hartwig, Loew, Louis, Ludo // Earl, Jarl, Klaus, Kurt, Paul
ds: Anselm, Helmut, Vili, Wilfried, Willem, // Earl, Jarl, Claus, Curt, Paul
ds: Audrick, Hartwig, Loew, Louis, Ludo // Aemilius, Edel, Emmerich, Karl, Milo
dd: Bernadette, Carlota, Caroline, Clotilda, Lotte // Adelie, Alice, Amalfried, Emily, Malia

Children of Philipp and Dorothea Grimm:
Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785), Wilhelm Carl (1786), Ludwig Emil (1790), Charlotte Amalie (1793) Grimm

Jacob & Wilhelm became known as the Brothers Grimm, famous for writing fairytales, which Ludwig occasionally illustrated.

dd: Astoria, Eva, Daria, Margaret, Mary
dd: Bethany, Eleanor, Eliza, Isabelle, Lisette
dd: Annette, Caroline, Juliet, Lotta, Violet
ds: Frederick, Paterson, Patten, Richard // Bramwell, Brannigan, Maxwell, Wells
dd: Amelia, Emma, Millicent, Molly, Romilly // Jean, June, Kate, May, Sloane
dd: Anna, Diane, Grace, Jane, Nancy

Children of Patrick and Maria Brontë:
Maria (1814), Elizabeth (1815), Charlotte (1816), Patrick Branwell (1817), Emily Jane (1818), Anne (1820) Brontë

Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, & Anne each became famous for their writings.
(Maria & Elizabeth supposedly also showed great talent, but unfortunately did not live to adulthood.)

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[name_m]Stephen[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Cyane[/name_f]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] [name_f]Petronella[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] [name_f]Nikoleta[/name_f]
[name_m]Christiano[/name_m] [name_m]Konstantinos[/name_m]
Appllonia [name_f]Eurydice[/name_f]

[name_m]Simon[/name_m] [name_m]Christiaan[/name_m]
[name_m]Wessel[/name_m] [name_m]Pieter[/name_m]
[name_m]Jenkins[/name_m] [name_m]Arjan[/name_m]
[name_m]Rubin[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_f]Margareta[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]

[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m] [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Kurt[/name_m]
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]

[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]June[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f]

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[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m], [name_f]Kassiani[/name_f] [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f] [name_f]Petronella[/name_f], [name_f]Nikoleta[/name_f] [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f], [name_m]Konstantinos[/name_m] Cerberos, + [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] [name_f]Eurydice[/name_f]
– [name_m]Theo[/name_m], [name_m]Kass[/name_m], [name_f]Atti[/name_f], [name_f]Calli[/name_f], [name_f]Niki[/name_f], [name_m]Stan[/name_m], + [name_f]Polly[/name_f]

[name_m]Christiaan[/name_m] [name_m]Simon[/name_m], [name_m]Pieter[/name_m] [name_m]Wessel[/name_m], [name_m]Joost[/name_m] [name_m]Johannes[/name_m], [name_m]Reinier[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_m]Roland[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], + [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] [name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
– [name_m]Chris[/name_m], [name_m]Pete[/name_m], JJ, [name_m]Rein[/name_m], [name_m]Rolly[/name_m], + [name_f]Trudy[/name_f]

[name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Willem[/name_m] [name_m]Claus[/name_m], [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Edel[/name_m], + [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
– [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Will[/name_m], [name_m]Ricky[/name_m], + [name_m]Bernie[/name_m]

[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Astoria[/name_f], [name_f]Bethany[/name_f] [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Annette[/name_f], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f], + [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
– [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], [name_f]Betty[/name_f], [name_f]Caro[/name_f], [name_m]Freddie[/name_m], [name_f]Millie[/name_f], + AJ

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[name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Cyane[/name_f]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] [name_f]Petronella[/name_f]
[name_f]Thaleia[/name_f] [name_f]Nikoleta[/name_f]
[name_m]Karan[/name_m] [name_m]Christiano[/name_m]
[name_f]Iro[/name_f] [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]

[name_m]Simon[/name_m] [name_m]Hermes[/name_m]
[name_m]Dirk[/name_m] [name_m]Pieter[/name_m]
[name_m]Johannes[/name_m] [name_m]Arjan[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Rubin[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_f]Rina[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]

[name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
[name_m]Willem[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludo[/name_m] [name_m]Emmerich[/name_m]
[name_f]Carlota[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]

[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]June[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f]

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ds: [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
dd: [name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Khione[/name_f]
ds: [name_m]Adonis[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
dd: [name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f] [name_f]Cleora[/name_f]
dd: [name_f]Thaleia[/name_f] [name_f]Xanthippe[/name_f]
ds: [name_m]Konstantinos[/name_m] [name_m]Cronus[/name_m]
dd: [name_f]Eurydice[/name_f] [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]

ds: [name_m]Christiaan[/name_m] [name_m]Hermes[/name_m]
ds: [name_m]Wessel[/name_m] [name_m]Pieter[/name_m]
ds: [name_m]Johannes[/name_m] [name_m]Arjan[/name_m]
ds: [name_m]Reinier[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
ds: [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Roland[/name_m]
dd: [name_f]Margaretha[/name_f] [name_f]Rina[/name_f]

ds: [name_m]Yakov[/name_m] [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
ds: [name_m]Anselm[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
ds: [name_m]Ludo[/name_m] [name_m]Aemilius[/name_m]
dd: [name_f]Clotilda[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]

dd: [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] [name_f]Eva[/name_f]
dd: [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Lisette[/name_f]
dd: [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
ds: [name_m]Patten[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
dd: [name_f]Romilly[/name_f] [name_f]June[/name_f]
dd: [name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]

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DS: [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] (Teddy)
DD: [name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Cyane[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] (Nico)
DD: [name_f]Calliope[/name_f] [name_f]Petronella[/name_f] (Callie)
DD: [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] [name_f]Nikoleta[/name_f] (Tessa)
DS: [name_m]Christiano[/name_m] [name_f]Karan[/name_f] (Kit)
DD: [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] [name_f]Eustacia[/name_f] (Polly)

DS: [name_m]Simon[/name_m] [name_m]Harmon[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Pepijn[/name_m] [name_m]Roel[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Jenkin[/name_m] [name_m]Joost[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Reiner[/name_m] [name_m]Rolf[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Roland[/name_m] (Archie)
DD: [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] [name_f]Alberta[/name_f] (Gertie)

DS: [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Ludo[/name_m] [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Willem[/name_m] [name_m]Claus[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Milo[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Carlota[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] (Arlo)

DD: [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Lisette[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Patten[/name_m] [name_m]Bramwell[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]June[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]

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  • [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
  • [name_f]Khione[/name_f] [name_f]Kassiani[/name_f]
  • [name_m]Adonis[/name_m] [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
  • [name_f]Clio[/name_f] [name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Thaleia[/name_f] [name_f]Xanthippe[/name_f]
  • [name_m]Konstantinos[/name_m] Cerberos
  • [name_f]Eurydice[/name_f] [name_f]Io[/name_f]
  • [name_m]Hermes[/name_m] [name_m]Christiaan[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Dirk[/name_m] [name_m]Roel[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Arjan[/name_m] [name_m]Teun[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Reinier[/name_m] [name_m]Rolf[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Roland[/name_m] [name_m]Arne[/name_m]
  • [name_f]Rina[/name_f] [name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
  • [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Anselm[/name_m] [name_m]Jarl[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Emmerich[/name_m]
  • [name_f]Clotilda[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
  • [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Bramwell[/name_m]
  • [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
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[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Khione[/name_f]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_m]Adonis[/name_m]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] [name_f]Petronella[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] [name_f]Nikoleta[/name_f] “Tessa”
[name_m]Konstantinos[/name_m] [name_m]Cronus[/name_m] “Tino”
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] [name_f]Eustacia[/name_f] “Apolla”

[name_m]Simon[/name_m] [name_m]Christiaan[/name_m]
[name_m]Roel[/name_m] [name_m]Pieter[/name_m] “Ro”
[name_m]Jenkin[/name_m] [name_m]Arjan[/name_m]
[name_m]Brutus[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] “Bru”
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_f]Margaretha[/name_f] [name_f]Rina[/name_f] “Margie”

[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m] [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Kurt[/name_m]
[name_m]Willem[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Hartwig[/name_m] [name_m]Milo[/name_m] “Hart”
[name_f]Carlota[/name_f] [name_f]Adelie[/name_f] “Lottie”

[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Lisette[/name_f] “Ellie”
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Bramwell[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f] [name_f]Sloane[/name_f] “Romi”
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f]

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ds: theodore ‘theo’
dd: cyane
ds: andrew ‘drew’
dd: petronella ‘ella’
dd: thessaly
ds: christiano ‘kit’
dd: apollonia ‘polly’

ds: simon
ds: pieter
ds: johannes ‘joey’
ds: rolf
ds: arthur ‘artie’
dd: margaretha ‘maggie’

ds: jacoby louis klaus
ds: willem paul
ds: audrick milo
dd: carlota emily

dd: eva
dd: eliza
dd: juliet
ds: richard maxwell ‘richie’
dd: molly jean
dd: nancy

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DS: [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Cipriana[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Thaleia[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Konstantinos[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]

DS: [name_m]Christiaan[/name_m] [name_m]Manfried[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Pieter[/name_m] [name_m]Roel[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Johannes[/name_m] [name_m]Teun[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Reinier[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Roland[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Margaretha[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]

DS: [name_m]Jacoby[/name_m] [name_m]Loew[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Willem[/name_m] [name_m]Claus[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Audrick[/name_m] [name_m]Edel[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]

DD: [name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]June[/name_f]
DD: [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f]