Too similar sibling names

I think it’ll be fine. The middle names make no difference day to day and I think it’s quite a cute link.

I accidentally named my daughters very similar names - they look nothing alike on paper and start with different letters but two of three syllables are almost exactly the same. I think Char and Col are quite different and although the endings are similar they are not the same - the sounds are ‘lot’ and ‘et’ the way I pronounce them anyway. It’ll be fine.

I think they sound and look far too similar. I wouldn't have liked a sibling to have such a close sounding name.
I'm also not keen on siblings having the same initials but this is what you want.

Weirdly, despite the similarities, I don't think they go well together. It feels like they have very different vibes.

You seem really determined to use Collette OP, so just do it.

I really don’t see Colette as either of those things. Colette is a 50+ year old woman with a name that hasn’t cycled yet and I’m not sure is particularly nice either.
Chloe is a lovely name and matches the timelessness of Charlotte.

Why? They're individual people. Why do they have to have matching names?

Most likely they'll hate it.

Much too similar for me.

I have a school friend who has a sister with the same initials. The two names don't sound like same at all (think Sarah and Stephanie) but they both got called the other name by teachers all the time. It really annoyed them. So I'm anti siblings with the same initial.

They’re both much too similar and why does it supposedly make sense for them to start with the same letter?

I don’t think of Collette as being a timeless classy name (this is something you stipulated) - pretty much the opposite! I personally don’t like the matchy matchy names or names starting with the same letter, it makes me think of people naming a litter of puppies than children with their own individual personalities.

They sound far too similar

Colette is a beautiful name. I actually don't think they are too similar. I know a pair of brothers who are Elliot and Emmet and it never occurred to me that they are too similar.

I can’t shout up the stairs as the way the house is configured my son would never hear me from his bedroom. I text or go up to his room.

I really like the name Colette. They are kind of similar though but not like calling them Tia and Mia.

Because they share a lot of the same letters it could almost look like it was done deliberately (even if it wasn’t), like people who have to name all of their ten kids with the same letter T or something.

Ultimately it’s up to you and Colette is a lovely name

I think it's fine

Otherwise try Nicolette Opal

They do have a similar sounding softness at the end but they go nicely together. I think they’re different enough.

I have 2 nieces (sisters) with VERY similar sounding names. I, along with other family members, often get them mixed up or sometimes say a combination of the 2.
I’m not usually bad with things like that, but my brain can’t work it out for some reason! Thankfully, they have shortened nicknames we can use.

Tbf, people now text or similar, or get alexa to do it, they especially will in ten years time. I was brought up to not shout through rooms and like having a milk bottle on the table, a lot of WC families didn't.

Yes, I'm being serious. We don't shout for dinner. We go and let the person know the dinner is ready. It's really not that hard to go up the stairs, hardly makes up 5% of the daily step count. The only person who shouts upstairs in my house is my partner and it drives us all crazy because he will be bellowing at the bottom of the stairs instead of walking up 12 steps to see that the person he calls for is in the shower.

Personally, I think they are too similar.

I think a lot of posters on here read mallory towers and cross it over into RL. I find that names aren't shortened anymore unless dictated by the child. The tales of mistaken ID doesn't happen anymore. Hospital letters are addressed "to the parents of (full name)". How often will the names be said together? not that often and rarely in adulthood. I see you are going for birthstone middle names, I prefer Collette rose (for rose quartz) tbh, I don't think opal flows at all and it isn't classy and elegant. Annette isn't that different, so no need to swap to that.

Way too similar.

Colette is just Charlotte with a few letters missing.

Are you actually being serious? Or is this whole post a Saturday morning wind up?

So ok, let's for instance say you're serious. If your family member wanted to let you know your dinner was ready, they'd walk all the way upstairs and knock on your door to let you know?

Or, in my experience, it's been the norm for people to shout upstairs to tell you dinner or tea is ready. And when I mean shout I don't mean as in "SHOUTING' aggressively!

I dont think they're too similar because they are both pronouced differently on both syllables.