By fracas 20 Comments

Would I make this up? Okay, I might… but I didn’t. From People Mag:

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Ark., who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household – baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring.

“We are so thrilled,” says Michelle, 42. “We just couldn’t believe it is happening.” Jim Bob, 44, agrees: “This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand baby and our 19th child.”

All 18 Duggar children have names that start with the letter ‘J’. Speculation about whether or not there are any ‘J’ names left has run rampant online. So far they are: 

The Duggar Family minus oldest child Josh, who is married and will be a father soon

1. Joshua – March 3, 1988
2. John – January 12, 1990/ Jana’s Twin
3. Janna – January 12, 1990/ John- David’s Twin
4. Jill – May 17, 1991
5. Jessa – November 4, 1992
6. Jinger – December 21, 1993
7. Joseph – January 20, 1995
8. Josiah – August 28, 1996
9. Joy-Anna – October 28, 1997
10. Jeremiah – December 30, 1998/ Jedidiah’s Twin
11. Jedidiah – December 30, 1998 / Jeremiah’s Twin
12. Jason – April 21, 2000
13. James – July 7, 2001
14. Justin – November 15, 2002
15. Jackson Levi – May 23, 2004
16. Johannah – October 11, 2005
17. Jennifer born August 2, 2007
18. Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar, December 18, 2008

(The Duggar family’s lives are featured on TLC’s 18 Kids and Counting, airing Tuesday nights.)

Fracas knows some people visit her blogs for fun while others visit for some serious talk. Choose one of the following discussions to take part in, serious or not… it’s up to you!

Discussion 1:

In large families, the older children tend to take on parenting roles to pick up where the parents leave off. I have lots of opinions about that, as do I’m sure you.

But let’s not make this about what I think… what do you think about people having this many children?

Discussion 2:

Are there any good ‘J’ names left? What do you think they should name their 19th child?

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20 Responses so far.

  1. Sabina says:

    The Duggers believe in having as many children as the Lord will bless them with, it is a step of faith, they also believe the Lord will provide. They have an income that pays their living exspenses and do not take any government assistance. Their kids are educated, know how to share, take care of each other, work hard and play together. I would say they are doing better than 80% of the American population who raise spoiled, self centered, lazy children who are given too much and do not know how to be responsible. I say, I applaude you, the Dugger family, and they could name their 19th child Jared(boy) or Jemima(girl)

  2. LARKC says:

    There’s plenty of great names that begin with J left to pick from…

    Janice
    Jonah
    Jayce
    Janet
    Jeannette
    Jack
    Jaymee
    Jillian
    Jill
    Jules
    Jude
    Jared, Jerid
    Jenna
    Jasper
    and the list goes on…

  3. michael marshall says:

    OUR KIDS NAMES ARE
    JADE-GIRL
    JACOB-BOY

  4. RobinVA says:

    How about “Just Stop” Duggar. Good grief, don’t they know what’s causing them. Their litter production line is disgraceful. This is a world of shrinking resources and the Duggars are taking more than their share. Their decision to have more kids is selfish.

  5. sea says:

    how about jack-ass seriously these people must be stopped these people must be stopped the earth is already over-populated as it is ,if you love your children don’t have so many these 18 kids and all the rest of them are already facing an uncertain future as it is .war.famine.water shortage,pestilence disease ,some of these things are already here and many children of the not-to-distant future will experience the full wrath of over-population,and these people call themselves Christians I am appalled by their lack of conscious.and there lack of love for the planet and all of it’s inhabitants .This planet was given to us by god ,but not to rape it,these people and those that have to many kids are sick.

  6. fsl says:

    how about:

    Jayne
    Joelle
    Janelle
    Jamison
    Jesse
    Jessica
    Janessa
    Joleah
    Jennica
    Jerrica
    Jessup
    Joel (pronounced JOLE or JO-EL)
    Joellen
    Jocelyn
    Josie
    Jannan
    Jemma
    Jerry
    Jerald
    Jovie
    Joanie
    Joanne
    Joanna
    Julissa
    Julie
    Juniper
    Jonathan
    Jonas
    Jacob
    Jarrett
    Jacqueline
    and the list goes on and on…………………….

  7. Sandi says:

    The Abogrinies believe babies come from dreams. Maybe the Duggers do, too. Maybe they need the 5th grade biology film played for them?

  8. Sherrill Grawrock says:

    Jericho for a boy Jocelyn for a girl

  9. Jad says:

    Congratulations! You are a delight to watch on TLC. What a Beautiful Family. You make the world a better place just by sharing your lives with us. Such a good example of what FAMILY is all about. Working together to show the Love of God to all of us around the World. You all seem to really appreciate one another and show such respect for one other. If all families could do what you all do, the world would be a better place. If it’s a girl Jewel would be a nice name. If it’s a boy how about Jimmy? Just thought I’d throw my two cents in…lol. After all your husbands name is Jim Bob, so Jimmy would be cool…don’t ya think? Ok well God Bless you all. Hugs!

  10. Jan says:

    Girl names:

    Jan
    Janith

  11. Moon says:

    Girl’s names:

    Jade
    Jada
    Jayna
    Janae
    Jenica
    Jasmine
    Janesha

    Boys names:

    Jesse
    Jared
    Jayden

  12. fracas says:

    Sabina, LARKC, michael marshall, RobinVA, sea, fsl, Sandi, Sherrill Grawrock, Jad, Jan, and Moon:

    Thanks so much for stopping to leave a comment with your opinions and your name suggestions,

    I don’t know what their financial status was before they were offered the TLC show, but there can be no doubt that, like the Gosselins… the show has afforded them what they’d not have had before.

    I do wonder how much of the childrens’ real emotional state viewers are allowed to see… and I do believe that it would be nearly impossible for any set of parents to have enough time and emotional support to provide for that many childrens’ needs.

    Having said that though… it’s not my belief that anyone has a right to tell them not to have those children. Some people (for their own reasons) have only two or three children and can’t provide them with enough time and emotional support either; we don’t tell them not to have children.

    I just hope they are all truly getting what they need and as happy as the world is let on to believe.

    Come back any time and make yourselves at home here!

  13. rootietoot says:

    Y’know, they get their clothes from Goodwill, and pass hand-me downs through the kids. Therefore they’re reducing their use of natural resources by not contributing to shipping costs for new clothes, nor are they contributing to the slave labor issues in China and the rest of Asia. They have a garden where they grow produce, cutting down on shipping and illegal immigrants for much of their food. Having the garden teaches the children self sufficiency. The older children help with the younger, teaching them responsibility. I don’t see any of this as a bad thing. As a family, they built their house, relying on outsiders only for the complicated stuff like wiring and plumbing. They teach the kids music, and cooking, and cleaning…and this is a problem *how*, exactly? Just because you might not want to do it, Sea, and Robin VA, doesn’t mean they’re doing it wrong.

  14. i think we should be more vigilant against Child Labor. child labor have an increasing trend these days specially in third world countries.

  15. girly girl 15 says:

    Girls names-
    Jesslynn
    Janice
    Janelle
    Jaimee or Jaymee
    Jasmine

    Boys names-
    Jacob
    Jonathon
    Jaden
    Jared
    Jesse

    Good Luck! i love watching your show!!

  16. Jamie says:

    what About Jamie?

  17. fracas says:

    Looks like they’ll have to go on to have 20, 21, 22 or even more kids… there are still so many j-names to use.

    ;-)

  18. Child of God says:

    Duggars, you guys are awesome! We need more people like you, to teach the children about good values, family, and love! God Bless you guys!

  19. tamie says:

    i what to cell to josh and annna: what is you number my number is (256)276-0275 cell me
    love tamie mccain

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