Twin names that rhyme/sound alike

amother

Green

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 8:35 am

I know triplets who are Yidis, Hudis, and Henchy. I don't get how their parents can do that.

amother

Red

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 8:38 am

amother [ Green ] wrote:

My friend has twins Esty and Pessy and she sometimes calls them Pesty!

terrible

dankbar

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 8:38 am

Shiri/Miri
Yaffa/Slava
Nechy/Rechy
Shoshana/Elana
Silky/Milky
Atara/Sara when it is pronounced like Atara with an "ah"

amother

Lawngreen

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 9:58 am

amother [ Puce ] wrote:

This might be for a book or school project..

Honestly I hope so otherwise it is just cruel

nchr

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:20 am

amother [ Green ] wrote:

I know triplets who are Yidis, Hudis, and Henchy. I don't get how their parents can do that.

This must be cultural because I don't see those names as similar at all.

amother

Seafoam

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:45 am

I sometimes joke that if I ever have twin boys, I'll name them Mupim and Chupim or Ooz and Booz (both pairs are pairs of brothers mentioned in sefer Bereishis, forgot whose kids they were). But I wouldn't ACTUALLY do that, it's just a silly joke. Like everyone said, do not do this. Bad idea.

amother

Ginger

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:47 am

amother [ Sapphire ] wrote:

lian/lior
lior/orli
mia/mai
shiran/shirel
ortal/orel
maym/avir
eliel/elinor
leah/rachel

I know twins named
brochi/jochi

What is the name Jochi supposed to mean?

dankbar

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:54 am

Yitty/Gitty/Vitty
Minky/Mindy
Fradel/Madel.
Henny/Hendy
Menny/Shenny/Neni

Then there are so many similar names that probably stem from same origin
like Rechel/Rochel/Ra(h)chel
like Chantzy/Chanchy/Chany/Henchy/Hentze/
Anna/Anya/Henny
or Sarah/Serel
Or Fraida/Fradel.
Or shayna/Shaindel
etc

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nchr

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 11:05 am

dankbar wrote:

I have a friend Fradel with a daughter Fraida Rivky.
I have a classmate Rechy with a sister Rochel.
My neighbor has a Sara and a Surel (not Serel).
The Satmar Rebbe ztzal said Yitty and Gitty were the same name to my cousin who asked.
On the other hand, according to Munkatch you can have sons Chaim Yitzchok and Yitzchok Yehuda because two names = one name and yes, I know a family like this..

nchr

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 11:06 am

amother [ Ginger ] wrote:

What is the name Jochi supposed to mean?

Probably Yochi for Yocheved. I assume that amother is not from the US.

dankbar

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 11:17 am

nchr wrote:

must be confusing. Many names by now are considered a complete different name than other similar ones, but they are mostly just probably derivatives/diminutives of other names

dankbar

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 11:26 am

I know a Surel that goes by Surelle, and a Chaila, that goes by Chayalle

I know a family that have two sisters one is Gitty & one is Yitty. I think its confusing for mom to call them while they are growing up

amother

Mint

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 12:16 pm

I have twins and am part of a twins group on fb. I noticed that a lot of ppl in the secular world give their twins almost identical sounding names. I'm not into that... My twins have short cute names but they don't sound alike. They are both 5 letters in length. Perhaps you can do that. Give them names that are similar in length and sort of go together but don't sound the same.

mommyhood

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 12:24 pm

nchr wrote:

This must be cultural because I don't see those names as similar at all.

Are Yidis and Hudis names on their own? I thought they were both nicknames for Yehudis.

amother

Babyblue

Wed, Feb 12 2020, 12:45 pm

bigsis144 wrote:

At most, a similar meaning like Gila and Rina (and Ditza and Chedva, LOL) or Shalva and Menucha or Orly and Meira if the meaning is especially meaningful to you.

I know a family whose 5 kids’ names all started with A, but a few of the kids chose nicknames that made it less obvious, like Gayil for Avigayil.

Ditza and chedva had me lol Rolling Laughter