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Catholic twins
Catholic twins
Siblings who are less than a year apart in age. A satirical phrase playing on the stereotype that Catholics have many children very close together in age. My younger sister and I ended up in the same year in school, so everyone always called us the Catholic twins.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Kain | | - | Biblical Greek |
| TadeÁŠ | | - | Czech, Slovak |
| Leandra | | le-AHN-drah (Spanish) | Portuguese, Spanish, Italian |
| Pauliina | | POW-lee:-nah | Finnish |
| Gillian | | JIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ən | English |
| Giosetta | | jo-ZET-tah | Italian |