Is this amount of name alliteration ridiculous?

[ThePieSmuggler]

So am 20 weeks pregnant and don't know the sex yet but would like opinions on our favoured girls name... Clara.

Both DH and I love the name but the problem is our surname - it's the same as Superman's first name! i.e. there's a huge amount of alliteration present.

Does this rule it out? If you heard this name would you think it ridiculous? I alternate between loving Clara so much that I feel it doesn't matter and then worrying we're saddling our baby with a daft name! Help!

Have avoided writing our surname to avoid the whole name being searchable

[chocchips]

Its too much, in my opinion. I think it would become very frustrating for her. Sorry!

[Featherbag]

Ooh no, it sounds awful when spoken together!

[mineallmine]

No, sorry, Clara is a lovely name but not with that surname.

[Pooka]

I love Clara. But I'm sorry - I really think the name combo doesn't work.

[MortaIWombat]

A bit much. How about Tara instead?

[Greenandcabbagelooking]

Or Kiera/Ciara.

[ThePieSmuggler]

Aaargh this is what I was afraid of

I'm not keen on Tara, the rest of our girls list is:

Harriet (nn Hattie)
Rose
Violet
Molly (DH's choice, I think it's too popular)

Feel free to suggest any others in the same vein - proper names that aren't too popular

[alita7]

dp said personally I wouldn't do that to a child...
I don't think it's that bad, you could double barrel it?
Clara-rose
Clara- fae
Clara- Anne

[FatalCabbage]

Too similar, by far. 80% the same!

Some names I think have a similar elegant feel:

Anna
Ruth
Della
Olga
Alice
Lucy

[Pebbles0934]

There is a character called Clara Cluck... Sounds very similar

[alita7]

Or what about Kara, kiara or kiera?

[ThePieSmuggler]

Thanks Alita but I'm not keen on any of those, it isn't particularly the sound of the name I like, not much help is it!!

[dancemom]

It would be fine if you added a name

Clara-Jane
Clara-May
Clara-Rae
Clarabell?

[ThePieSmuggler]

Thanks for the suggestions I'm not a fan of hyphenated names though

I'm convinced the perfect name is out there - we've just not found it yet! We never had this difficulty naming DD1, once we'd found her name that was it for both of us, maybe I'm being unrealistic expecting the same again!

[kelda]

I don't think they sound that bad together. Both names are fairly simple. I like the name Clara too.

[Pandora452]

Cara or Carla are similar but don't have as bad alliteration

[BikeRunSki]

I usually love name alliteration (DD was nearly Kirsty (hard) C) , but sorry, not this one.

I love Harriet though.

Lara
Sara
Mara
Tara
Laura?

[Only1scoop]

Not with your surname sorry

Your choices are all lovely....not that keen on Molly but others nice.

How about

Florence
Annabel
Iris

[SnapeAndLily]

On the other hand, she would be spelling her first and surnames ahead of the rest of the class

I like it... but I can see I'm in the minority. But then, if I'd've had a girl, I would have liked (though DH vetoed) the equivalent of Polly Poult

[BikeRunSki]

Cora
Coral
Coralie
Claudia

They'd work

[ScarlettlovesRhett]

Lara
Laura
Leona
Lisa
Rosa or Rosie
Millie or Molly

???

[calzone]

Oh goodness, No.

It sounds like

David Davis
Or Peter Peterson
Or phil Phillips


Lots of pretty girl names out there.....