Couple have named all their 11 kids with variations of the same four letters

A family has named their 11 children using a variation of the same four letters.

Parents Gwenny Blanckaert and Marino Vaneeno, from Belgium, have only used A, E, L and X when choosing what to call their brood of seven girls and four boys.

The couple are expecting baby number 12 - a boy - in April 2022.

Eldest child Alex is 13, followed by Axel, 12, Xela, 11, Lexa, 10, Xael, nine, Xeal, eight, Exla , five, Leax , four, Xale, two, Elax, one, and six-month-old Alxe.

Two years ago, Gwenny, 32, told HLN they named their oldest son after Marino's stepfather because they thought "it was a beautiful name".

"The name of our second son became Axel and after that we started puzzling," she continued.

Gwenny and Marino plan to stop having children after number 12 ( Facebook)

She later added: "We realised that they were the same letters, so we decided to continue like this."

Earlier this month, the proud mum then told Dutch publication De Stentor the couple are "over the moon" as they await the birth of their next child.

"It will be a boy. That will bring the final score to 7-5. Seven girls and five boys," she explained.

The four letters reportedly allow for 24 different first names but Gwenny and Marino, 39, said they don't plan on having any more after that.

Gwenny shared a scan of her unborn son earlier this month ( Facebook)

"Right from the start we had set the bar at twelve. And we will stick to that," the mum said.

"The day that we sit around the table with twelve children, our family is complete."

Gwenny shared a scan of her unborn son on Facebook on October 7.

The couple's brood, while impressive, doesn't quite compete with Britain's biggest family, the Radfords, who boast 22 kids.

But having to take responsibility for so many can prove difficult, as Sue and Noel Radford found when they took their children to Alton Towers and nearly forgot one.

The stressed out parents, from Morecambe, Lancashire, who famously don't rely on any benefits, had been keeping fans up-to-date via social media but the trip didn't start well.

They were heading to Stoke-on-Trent for a mini-break to the popular theme park to celebrate son Luke's 21st birthday.

In a video posted on YouTube, the Radfords told viewers that many of the clan were heading down from up north to celebrate together - and they had a great day planned.

But mum Sue, 46, alarmed viewers when she nearly left one of the massive brood behind in a Home Alone-style gaff - with Josh, 12, not yet back from school on Wednesday.

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