Sidney and Adelaide for b/g twins - settle our debate

[Anonymous]

My husband and I cannot settle this debate and I told him I will post on DCUM for arbitration. (Hey, entertainment!). When we were expecting b/g twins my husband really pushed for these two as names. One had a family meaning and we honeymooned in Australia so he thought it would be great. We ended up naming our twins something totally different but once in a while this comes up as a joke. What think you, DCUM? Sidney and Adelaide, yay or nay?

[Anonymous]

Nay for me but I don’t love either or sibling names that are tied together like that but ymmv

[Anonymous]

I think it's terrible not just because kids are human beings not a gimmick but because Sidney is a gawdawful boy's name.

[Anonymous]

Esp don’t like Sidney for a boy

[Anonymous]

Any name or name combination that is effectively a punchline is probably not a wise idea.

It's a great joke, but don't make your kids' names jokes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's terrible not just because kids are human beings not a gimmick but because Sidney is a gawdawful boy's name.

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Lol I am PP and almost used “gimmicky” in my response but rewrote it to be softer

[Anonymous]

In my mind Sidney (with an i or a y) is girl's name.

[Anonymous]

Sidney is not a good boys name.

[Anonymous]

No. Way too on the nose.

I mean, if you want to honor a place like that, do something more subtle.

[Anonymous]

Makes me think, those two took an Australian honeymoon.

You could also have gone with Alice for Alice springs and Darwin, in honor of the train

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Esp don’t like Sidney for a boy

This. I like Sydney for for girl though.

[Anonymous]

Is Adelaide also a place in Australia? It would go right by me. I don't love either name. We have a new baby Sidney (Sid) in our family so I have gotten used to it. My kids automatically went to the mean kid next door in Toy Story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my mind Sidney (with an i or a y) is girl's name.

It was originally a male name, but has been coopted as a female name, like so many others: Courtney, Ashley, Whitney... Soon there won’t be any male names left.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like twin girls. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidney is not a good boys name.

Sidney was a boy's name first, becoming popular after the American Revolution into the nineteenth century, and peaked in popularity in the 1910s. It started to be used as a girl's name in the 1990s. Sidney Bechet, Sydney Pollack, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Sid Caesar, the fictional Sydney Carton, etc. Still used as a boys name -- there is a Canadian NHL player named Sidney Crosby, an NFL player named Sidney Jones, etc.