"Some parents agonize over finding the perfect name for their baby, but one New Orleans mother loved her choice so much she gave it to all three of her triplets. The spark arrived during a late-night Instagram scroll, as Artisha Davis searched for names with meaningful roots. She stumbled upon "Daviane," a name she learned meant "beloved," and felt an immediate connection. From there, she created two variations -Davianna and Davian"
""Nobody can pronounce their names," Davis, 32, tells TODAY.com, laughing. "Everybody mixes them up. Even I mix up their names up sometimes. I have to look and say, 'Which kid is which?'" According to Davis, Davianna is pronounced Dah-vee-AH-nuh, Davian, her only boy, is pronounced Day-vee-in, and Daviane is pronounced Day-vee-on. So early on, the trio, Daviane, Davianna and Davian, now 13 months old, earned nicknames of their own."
"And while naming three children so similarly may strike some as unusual, it makes perfect sense to Davis: she is a twin herself. Her sister's name is Artesha, just one letter off, a matching pair that has caused its own lifetime of mix-ups. "My sister gets a ticket and it shows up under my name," Davis says. "Our prescriptions come switched. We're always calling to fix something.""
Artisha Davis named her triplets Daviane, Davianna and Davian after finding the name Daviane, which she learned meant "beloved," during a late-night Instagram search. She created two variations to give each child a related but distinct name, then used nicknames from their NICU stay to tell them apart. Pronunciations differ: Davianna (Dah-vee-AH-nuh), Davian (Day-vee-in) and Daviane (Day-vee-on). Davis, a twin whose sister is named Artesha, is accustomed to name mix-ups and continued the naming pattern when she later welcomed another daughter named Devyn to fit the same initial and rhythm.
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