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Cool sibling name sets

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HackerFucker22 · 30/11/2015 21:14

Met an Isla, Georgina and Norah last week. Took me a while to realise how cool these names were together. They match but not in an overly obvious way.

Any other cool sibling sets?

I know a Hunter and Acer - a bit out there but suits them.

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SerenityReynolds · 22/01/2016 18:26

inter you beat me to it with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Grin

sugarplumfairy28 · 22/01/2016 16:36

I'm not a fan of naming all your children with one letter tbh, any more than two I think is a bit ott. My Uncle's name begins with an M, and so do all 4 of his children, and has even extended to the dog. Not a fan of that. I like matchy names in a sense of they roll off the tongue easily when you're calling them at the park or for dinner.

ispymincepie · 20/01/2016 21:51

I know of a 'Cosmo, Boris and Yogi' sibling set. Individually I hate them all but I think together are quite cool somehow!

PeasOnEarth · 20/12/2015 11:21

Not quite that matchy BRS my aunt and uncle are A and D respectively and their DC hace initials B and C. I'm not sure how deliberate it was - they are both lovely names.

interrobang · 19/12/2015 23:40

Sorry, twas a reference to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Brides_for_Seven_Brothers.

BikeRunSki · 19/12/2015 22:22

The first one is definitely Anthony, and they only go up to F.

interrobang · 19/12/2015 21:42

BRS, are you sure they aren't called Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank and Gideon?

MissAlabamaWhitman · 19/12/2015 16:10

One of the boys in DDs class is Eden, he has a brother named Reuben and his sisters are Sylvie and Delilah.

Cornelialovett · 19/12/2015 14:05

Clearly it's personal op as I don't see those names as cool together or matchy.

BikeRunSki · 19/12/2015 13:23

that's remindedenof a chap I used to work with. He was the eldest of 6 brothers - they were something like Anthony, Bertram, Charles, David, Edgar and Francis.

Allthatglitter5 · 19/12/2015 12:48

My aunt, uncle and cousins have initials ABCD. (It took me longer than I'd like to admit to have noticed this!)

grumpypenguin · 19/12/2015 12:44

Hazel and Olive are both foods. That would be hideous.

Jw35 · 19/12/2015 11:30

If I had twin girls I think Hazel and Olive would be cute

grumpysquash2 · 18/12/2015 18:46

My DD has a set of friends who are Georgina, Lola, Mayah and Flora. I think they would sound good as a sibling set....

BikeRunSki · 18/12/2015 17:27

Only 4 of us! Smile The first is an A. The last was deliberately a Z name.

WiIdfire · 18/12/2015 15:02

BikeSkiRun - how the fuck many siblings do you have?!?!? 25?!?

BikeRunSki · 18/12/2015 14:58

I know a family of Arran, Iona and Islay. Love that set. My siblings and I go A to Z.

Burgatroyd · 18/12/2015 14:58

I would feel Xmas Envy if my sister had a nicer name than me though...

Burgatroyd · 18/12/2015 14:56

siege completely agree. Children are individuals, hence why one of my kids as a My Little Pony name and the other a 1970's 'sensible' name, according to MN. Wink

If I met matchy, matchy sibset I'd assume the family would buy those awful big flower print pictures from Next

grumpypenguin · 18/12/2015 13:55

I see what OP means I think? They aren't amazing names on their own but put them together and they all sound awesome.

ToddlerTantrums · 01/12/2015 22:26

My cups, kettle and toaster match off topic

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HackerFucker22 · 01/12/2015 17:08

Sorry didn't explain very well.

It's the endings of the names that all sound similar... All ending in the "ah" sound.

So when said together they flow nicely and "match" but not in an obvious way....

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SoWhite · 01/12/2015 17:01

Matchy sibling name sets are the naff naming equivalent...

or, you know, the parents have a distinct taste and all names they considered seem to fit.

Bit of a tangent there!

SiegeofEnnis · 01/12/2015 11:13

Matchy sibling name sets are the naff naming equivalent of people who match their cushion covers to the vases and the feature wall, and buy coffee cups to match their kettle, toaster and chopping board. It also suggests parents who are more interested in presenting a certain dopy image to the world than in the fact that their children aren't a themed set of coasters.

Those are perfectly nice names, OP, but I don't see anything 'matching' about them, which is a good thing. Isla - pleasant enough, very popular. Georgina, safe classic. Norah - to an Irish person of my generation, the ultimate non-chic granny name, suggesting elderly great-aunts with hairy warts who are always trying to get imaginary dirt off your face and giving you ten p. Maybe due an Edith/Violet/Maud/Bertie-style revival?

KoalaDownUnder · 01/12/2015 11:12

I know a Bram and Romy sibset. Which I think sort of match, in a cool way.