*Carolyn Cousin and Cameron Butts from Virginia are making headlines for their unconventional baby-naming tradition.
The couple, parents to six children, chose to give each of them a name derived from the same root: “Cam.” Their kids — Camryn, 9, Cameron, 8, Camreon, 6, Carmyn, 4, Cam’Ron, 2, and Camarion, 7 months — all share the distinctive naming pattern that started long before their family grew to six.
The naming pattern began before the couple’s first child was even born. Butts, 32, had already decided he wanted to share his name with a daughter, which led to Camryn. “Then a year later, we had a boy on the way, and we needed a junior, right?” Cousin, 31, tells TODAY.com. “With number three, we decided to switch two letters, so that’s Camreon. And we just kept going.”
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When Cousin posted a TikTok video introducing her “six pack,” the response was divided, with many commenters expressing disbelief at the choice. “Girl please say ur kidding,” one person wrote. Added another, “There are enough names in this world that no one in the same family should have to share one with their siblings. This should be illegal.”
The backlash has left Cousin puzzled. She sees the naming convention as nothing more than a fun family tradition. “Girl Camryn even looked at TikTok and was confused by the comments,” Cousin says. “She always says to me, ‘We love our names.’”
Cousin insists there’s no confusion in her household. “When I use their full names, they know exactly who I’m talking to,” she explains. “Somehow, it just works out!”
Meet the children in the TikTok clip above.
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