Siblings names that go together, Is it important to you?

I was told that my dcs names all matched by more than one person. I do think that if you tend to like say the name Sam you will probably like the names Joe and Ben rather than Xylophone-Blue-Eyes iyswim. I do agree about names that don't match being a give away as to non-biolopgical siblings too.
Personally I don't like names that rhyme eg Logan and Brogan.
Lots of siblings have similar names if you like which express parents taste, examples might include Lucy and Emily, or Kate and Emma. Whereas an Alexandra might be more likely to have Eleanor as a sister.

I think it's important that sibling's names have the same sort of feel, for their sake more than the parents. In my view, it isn't really about what they look like written down in a Christmas card - it's more about the image the name projects and how they might cause your child to view themselves vis a vis their siblings.
Say you had two sons and called one something like Rambo and the other something like Cedric, it's a bit jarring as one sounds really macho and the other a bit wimpy. Would they feel their parents expected different things of them?
Or if you had 3 girls and called them Agnes and Edith and Barbie - would Barbie feel you had marked her out as the airhead bimbo of the family from birth?

Sorry meant to add that my 2 DS's names have exactly the same number of letters too - it really was coincidental

Kind of. Although I should probably be stopped from having more DC as our choices seem to get longer with each baby:

One syllable surname
DS (DC1) 2 syllables
DD (DC2) 3 syllables
Bump potential girl name 4 syllables.

If I then have more kids and call the last one a name with only one syllable, I'd think it will look a bit plain.

Preg hormones at play

It wasn't something I actively thought of and my only thought was that I didn't want their first names to start with the same letter...but somehow, my 2 DC have names that are both 'biblical' and, by complete coincidence, their names are identical in rhythm, number of syllables in their first and second name, are both shortened to a common nickname, and their middle names are almost identical too. It really wasn't a conscious decision by me and DH but I kind of like it now

could you put on some examples of what would be 'matchy matchy names'? I am interested cos I wouldnt want that but am concerned our choices might be.....

Also I had done the thing of writing down all the families names as if signing off a card to see if they looked right until my friend (who has no children) pointed out that I shouldnt be choosing a name based on this as a name is what gives you individuality and as someone has previously mentioned they will in time become independent to the family so in that case does it even matter if they match??

thanks

ps, my children's names go like Marcus and Juliet. Not like Basil and Rosemary or Millie and Willie. So it's not matchy matchy.

Lyra - I love Lyra

it was to me, but i've been told that that was stupid (on this board).

However, I once guessed that sisters weren't actually sisters because of their names if that makes sense. The naming styles were so different, to me it was obvious that one's mum had married the other's dad.

not that that mattered that I guessed that! they didn't mind, but when they told me they were surprised I'd worked it out. Names were mis matched along the lines of Casey and Alice.

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I don't think it's an over-riding consideration. There's some you might want to avoid, though

Like Evan and Elle

I had never thought of it before MN either!

HildegardVonBlingen: I agree, if you like that a modern/old/different name for one you prop will be drawn to that sort of name for others.

I know a man who's parents named him after a Magic Roundabout character (time for bed said...) His siblings have very "normal" names, think James and Emma.

I always assume that his parents must have regretted giving him his unusal name for them to change tack so drastically for his siblings.

My Mum went to the extent of choosing me and my 2 sisters names which all end in the same two letters. The first inital of our middle names is the same too!! Good job DC4 was a boy as she was getting a bit desperate by then and the girls option was awful

It's not a concept I'd come across either, until coming on here. I guess it's not so much about ensuring they 'go together' but rather ensuring they don't not go.

After all, our children will spend more of their lives away from their family as independent adults, as opposed to being part of a sibling set.

Do my two's names go? Dunno. They don't not go.

For me it would be a case of them not clashing rather than going together, so no rhyming or names that sound very like each other (i.e. anything that would make other people snigger0, but other than that I don't think I'd get overly hung up about it. Agree with others that both are likely to be reflective of your taste and therefore a "match" without you having to go to major amounts of effort.

*MrsGruffalo" I don't see any reason why Emmeline and Leo can't go together just because one is short and one is long. Think they sound fine.

i made a mistake and gave 4th dc a name that didnt match the others (and is potentially embarrassing but i was depressed at the time and a bit loopy and unfortunately dh gave me my own way) and he hates it (unsuprisingly)! so probably a better idea to match in retrospect.

I have a DS, named Leo - and our favourite girl name is Emmeline. Do these flow, do you think, or do they sound silly together?
Leo & Ivy, for example, match in length, but I've always loved Emmeline...
Interesting thread.

They have to go togehter and y9u have to not have a clash situation

(think Emma and Dale for example)

I do attempt to make them go well together. Partly for the calling out reason that some have mentioned and also because if you're signing off a family card/whathaveyou it can look a bit odd if there isn't a flow to the names (if that makes sense). So far we've managed to choose two names with both Celtic and literary connections but which seem to be roughly the same era. Hopefully we will manage to maintain this should any further siblings be added.

Mine don't really go together but they're all family names so they sound like a set to me.

I think most parents set out to treat their children fairly and may be that starts with the choice of name. It would seem cruel to give one a completely run-of-the mill name whilst the other had something outlandish and potentially embarassing.

At the end of the day though, we chose two names that I we liked, that may not be the best combination of two names ever selected (both ending in same letter), but they are similar tyoe, classic type names and we have two reasonably satisfied customers.

I don't think it matters at all. As long as they don't rhyme, as someone else mentioned.

yes am unreasonably obsessive fairly focused on this... just think it sounds odd otherwise. Although too matchy match is odd too. Where's the "stop over-thinking things and get a life" emoticon....

I think it matters, in that I would want to avoid rhyming or matchy names.

Go to the trouble to make sure the firstname and surname sound ok together, don't lead to unfortunate initials etc so same with sibling name.