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.
See also: catholic

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kain-Biblical Greek
TadeÁŠ-Czech, Slovak
Leandrale-AHN-drah (Spanish)Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
PauliinaPOW-lee:-nahFinnish
GillianJIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ənEnglish
Giosettajo-ZET-tahItalian