WDYT: Matching Sibling Names

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Inspired by a discussion that DH and I had earlier this week:

Do you think sibling names should match in some way? I don't mean necessarily using a perfect theme or starting with the same letter, but so that they flow well together.

For instance, in my brain the names Minerva & Tessa seem like an odd pair (top names off our veto lists for C).

[housecarder]

I like when they flow but I wouldn’t cross a name off my list that I loved for that reason alone.

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I wouldn't want them to clash but I would pick a second child's name more because I like it and less about how it sounds with their sibling.

[calendula]

I like sibling names to be a similar style, but not necessarily matchy matchy or alliterative.

So I wouldn't choose a super old fashioned traditional name and then something very modern. Example, DH is part of an odd sibset IMO. MIL named SIL and FIL named DH. So DH got a modern, unusual name (at least for the 80s) and SIL got a traditional, very ethnic Italian name.

[alwayscheese]

Yes sometimes I find it very interesting what sibsets people do. It not a bad thing, but for myself I'd want them to not seem like opposite styles. We're planning to use Sebastian, I'm not gonna add Asa to my list, or like Aaron or Peter. But I'm not specially looking for names "that go with Sebastian" if that makes sense

[sunshiney]

I like complementary sib names that sound good together and are similar in style in some way. But if I was absolutely in love with a name I wouldn't nix it to make some perfect sounding set.

[cabbagecabbage]

I hate matching matching (like same initials or rhyming) much more than slightly off pairings.

[danascullyx]

I do find it weird when styles don't match. I know a family with a No.ah and a Roc.co, which has made me go huh.

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cabbagecabbage: Valid point, those things would bother me more too. I already call people by the wrong name when their names are nothing alike, rhyming names would drive me crazy.

DH is 100% team "use whatever name we like" and I think I'm going that way. Hypothetical at this point, but finding a name we agree on is hard enough, there's no point in adding more qualifiers than we need.

[ArielMermaid]

For us, finding a name for kid #2 has been so hard I’m not going to veto anything because it some how doesn’t fit with DD.

[lildiamondeyes]

Yes, having the names flow together so what makes sense. If there is a theme for two of the names, the theme should carry all the way through.

[seamonster]

I don't like match names, but I'd want them to sound good together when I'm yelling at more than one.

[imapenguin]

Jan 22, 2018 10:32:27 GMT -6 seamonster said:

I don't like match names, but I'd want them to sound good together when I'm yelling at more than one.

When thinking about names for these babies I’ve been saying them out loud with DDs name to make sure I won’t get tongue tied when I yell for the group.

[Dramaphile]

I'm not a fan of matchy sibset names, but I like when they are of a similar style, so it doesn't sound like they were named by different people. I once dated a guy who had a very hippy name (after a constellation), and apparently his parents regretted the unusual name, because his younger brother was named something super classic. Their names always made me go "huh." I also don't like when sibling names are too similar sound-wise, or rhyming. My top name for my next child, if it's a girl, ends in -ity and my daughter's name ends in -ily and I go back and forth whether they sound too alike. But I like the other name enough that I probably don't care. Plus my next kid could be a boy, and then it wouldn't matter lol.

[valiente]

We did old school names for the kids and will stick to it if there are more. Saints names or versions of saints names with roots in the countries of our heritage. It is what everyone in our families has always done. I do well with rules. I’d be overwhelmed with all the names in the world.

... and it would sound weird to toss a Jackson in our mix, IMO

[ladynemesis]

I wouldn't do something drastically different (Kyle and Artemisia, for instance), but I wouldn't be too confined either.