Triplets Andrew, Quentin, and Joel Meloff were born just 45 seconds apart, one after the other, in 1994.
When someone in the delivery room asked about the boys’ middle names, their parents, Suzanne Lyons and Rick Meloff, exchanged panicked glances. They hadn’t quite decided yet.
“I think they had bigger fish to fry than worrying about fantastic middle names,” Quentin Meloff, 31, tells TODAY.com, noting that having three newborns is no easy feat.
A nurse joked about a simple solution: name the boys using their birth order initials — A, B, and C.
In the womb, multiples like twins or triplets are assigned labels, A, B, C, based on their position, with Baby A usually born first, followed by B and C. These labels help doctors keep track of each baby before and during delivery.
Suzanne and Rick liked the idea.
“On our ultrasounds we were A, B, C, and my mom got used to calling us that,” Quentin says. “So they were both like, ’’You know what? Sure! Let’s go with it!’”
If you’re wondering why Quentin (B) has a name so distinct from Andrew (A) and Joel (C), it’s because his mother chose Andrew and Joel, while his father selected Quentin, a nod to the iconic filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
“We were born 1994, the same year ‘Pulp Fiction came out and he really liked that movie,” Quentin says.
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The triplets, who live in Toronto, Canada, are “very, very close’ according to Quentin. He and Andrew both work in the restaurant industry, and Joel is in security trading.
At one point, the triplets had brief acting careers. As babies, they appeared on “Due South,” a Canadian crime-drama, playing the son of Mark Ruffalo’s character.
“If one of us started crying, it was simple for them to just switch us out,” Quentin says.
After “Due South” was canceled, the boys went on to appear in commercials, and were even offered a starring role in the “Child’s Play” slasher franchise, portraying the infamous doll, Chucky.
“Our mom was worried we’d be terrified of our reflections and wouldn’t be able to sleep at night,” Quentin says. “Honestly, it was probably a good call!”
This article was originally published on TODAY.com
