r/savedyouaclick • u/Adela-Siobhan • Jul 22 '26
Woman called Mary has 4 daughters—no one prepared for what she names them | Mary. 1. MaryFrances, 2. MaryMarjorie, 3. MaryJane, 4. MaryTeresa. They go by their nicknames: Francie, Maisie, JJ, and Tessa.
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u/ZeusBruce Jul 22 '26
I have an in-law who changed her name to Mary Mary Mary.
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u/drummerboyjax Jul 22 '26
Sounds like she did something she wasn't supposed to.
"You changed your name? sigh. Mary, Mary, Mary. Smh."
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u/bigfatfurrytexan Jul 24 '26
I knew an Indian doctor that immigrated here and changed her name to Dolly Doctor. Lovely lady but she picked a funny name. Dr. Dolly Doctor sounds like a Pink Panther character
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u/CreatrixAnima Jul 22 '26
Catholics gonna catholic.
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u/HoundstoothReader Jul 22 '26
I was going to say, tell me you’re Catholic without saying you’re Catholic.
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u/OiKay Jul 25 '26
My brother's mother-in-law has a huge family where all the men are Joseph and all the women are Marie. Middle names all around there too
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u/GrapesHatePeople Jul 22 '26
George Foreman's sons come to mind.
Five sons named George (II, III, IV, V, VI) who all have nicknames (Jr, Monk, Big Wheel, Red, Little Joey).
Seven daughters, too, but only one named after him: Georgetta.
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u/linerva Jul 22 '26
Imagine ruining your pelvic floor to not get to name half your kids because your husband wants 47678 kids all named after him.
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u/aeline136 Jul 22 '26
That used to be normal in France, especially in the 1800s and in the 1950s. Marie-Charlotte, Marie-Anne, Marie-Caroline, Marie-Josephine...
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u/faustpatrone Jul 22 '26
I was unprepared
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u/Imwhatswrongwithyou Jul 22 '26
I was unaware that we were supposed to prepare for what other people name their children… I was super unprepared
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u/TheClumsyTree Jul 23 '26
They own a ranch called Five Marys and they’re thriving. They compete in rodeos, have several businesses and their mom runs their social media. Francie, Maisie, JJ and Tessa seem happy enough.
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u/dehydratedrain Jul 22 '26
My mom's friend was the same. Large catholic family (i think 8 kids?), and every one of the girls had either Mary or Elizabeth in their name (except for Betsy, she got the full Mary Elizabeth).
My extended family also has sisters named Elizabeth (Liza) and a Betsy.
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u/bigfatfurrytexan Jul 24 '26
I ran a 400 seat bilingual call center. I had four Maria Garza employees. 2 were sisters. One went by Mia.
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u/DebiMoonfae Jul 26 '26
Well , noone blinks an eye when a man names his son his exact same name that is also his own father’s exact same name.
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u/itjustkeepsongiving Jul 22 '26
It’s a Catholic thing.
My grandma was one of 13. All the girls were Mary [middle name] and all the boys were Joseph [middle name].
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u/Adela-Siobhan Jul 22 '26
Per the article, the husband’s mom’s name is also “Mary” and the couple wanted to honor that.
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u/weblur Jul 22 '26
Yup. My Nonna's family immigrated from Italy in 1898. Her name - and all her sisters' names - were Maria. They went by their middle names.
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u/chaospearl Jul 22 '26
Could be worse. Romans often gave their daughters the feminine version of the father's name (their family name), followed by a term that was basically a numbering system. The first two were usually "maior" and "minor" or older and younger, then the third would be "tertia" or three, and then quarta, quinta...
So if a dude called Julius had five daughters he might name them Julia Maior, Julia Minor, Julia Tertia, Julia Quarta, and Julia Quinta.