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Would it be weird to have two of my kids names rhyming? (Two out of three)

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Movingmaybe33 · 19/09/2017 22:45

I don't want to say what my kids names are, because then that would totally out me! So I'm going to give you a for-instance.

Let's say my DC are called Cleo and June at the moment. Would it be weird to name third DC something like Milo? Two of their names would rhyme, one would stick out.

Even the one not rhyming aside, is it a bit weird to have two names rhyming anyway???

(Like I said: these aren't their names, just examples of the same sort of thing!)

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buttercup54321 · 21/09/2017 23:22

Cleo and Milo don't rhyme.
What about Miles or Giles

zeebeedee · 21/09/2017 21:29

I used to babysit Jamie and Amy when I was a teenager!

Someone I know has 6 kids whose names all start with B. She didn't really want an B name for no 6, but decided she had to follow the pattern, so baby has a name her mum doesn't even really like.

Your examples though are not too rhymey/matching like these

Mamabear4180 · 21/09/2017 21:20

It shouldn't matter but it would to me. I have a thing about sibset patterns. My friend has 4 DC's and 3 of their names begin with S and one begins with I. It messes with my head Grin.

user1468353179 · 21/09/2017 17:41

I know a Mollie and an Oliver who get called Mollie and Ollie!

PhatSlag · 21/09/2017 17:39

*Said to my Mum I mean!

PhatSlag · 21/09/2017 17:39

My name and one of my brother’s names rhyme. I didn’t really think of it when we were younger but I have said to her now we’re older ‘what were you thinking?!’
They are similar to: his- Arlo, mine- Marlow.
not that posh though

fannyanddick · 20/09/2017 15:10

I knew sisters Monica and Veronica. It was not good. They were teased and hated it. One of them changed their name to the middle name.

MrsGotobed · 20/09/2017 13:17

Depends how much they rhyme which is difficult to judge if we don't know the names.

If they clearly rhyme you will get funny looks from people - when DD was in primary school her best friend for a while had a name that rhymed (think Molly and Holly). I used to get strange looks when I'd pick them up from places and would call out "Come on then Molly and Holly, time to go" - people assumed they were both mine.

upperlimit · 20/09/2017 13:12

Helpful tip from my inner fishwife:

Before you go down this route, get someone to go upstairs in a bedroom and shut the door then yell both the names up the stairs - if the names are not sufficiently different that the person in the bedroom cannot hear which name is being yelled - then don't do it.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 20/09/2017 13:07

I know someone who called their first two dd Jodie and Joanne (always shortened to Jo). Then their third dd is called Amelia.

I also have a friend called Jenny who has a sister called Jeanette - shortened to Jen. So they are Jen and Jenny.

Lozmatoz · 20/09/2017 09:10

Just go for it! They're your children! If you live the names, who's to argue? X

MammieBear · 20/09/2017 08:02

Wouldn't worry too much sounds like your fine to use the names.

BrutusMcDogface · 20/09/2017 07:44

I know a Nicola and Nicholas. Now that is bloody odd.

No, I don't think the June name will stand out too much; I have similar with mine. Two names that have same ending and one that doesn't. They sound good together (imo!)

Dixiestampsagain · 20/09/2017 00:31

I know someone whose kids were (well, still are, except they're adults!) Darren and Sharon. I always rather hoped she'd add a Karen or an Aaron.

SnowiestMountain · 19/09/2017 23:10

**name!! Not bloody band!

SnowiestMountain · 19/09/2017 23:09

If they're more towards Cleo & Milo then it's fine, nobody's going to think 'poor June, her band doesn't match!' Grin

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Movingmaybe33 · 19/09/2017 23:07

Gosh sorry you're right - they don't properly rhyme! The two actual names that I won't say don't properly rhyme either - but have the same amount of letters and end with the same letter. So have a similar sort of sound to Milo and Cleo together, if that makes sense?

You don't think the June name would stick out? Or that the similar names are too cutesy as sibling names?

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SnowiestMountain · 19/09/2017 22:58

Cleo & Leo, weird, Cleo & Milo, not so much

Sophronia · 19/09/2017 22:57

Cleo and Milo don't rhyme

BrutusMcDogface · 19/09/2017 22:54

I don't think there's a problem with the same ending, however, e.g. Billy and Jenny.

daisydalrymple · 19/09/2017 22:53

I know a Harry and Barry family combo.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 19/09/2017 22:52

Milo and Cleo don't rhyme. They just have the same number of letters and end in the same sound. That's entirely different to rhyming.
Unless 2 of your dcs are twins. It would be a bit strange to have a
Chloe Zoe and a Megan for example, but not terribly so

BrutusMcDogface · 19/09/2017 22:52

It would be weird if you had Cleo and Leo Grin

CoffeeChocolateWine · 19/09/2017 22:52

Those names don't rhyme! They just end with the same letter. I don't think it's a big deal.

Gina and Tina and Bob would be different and a bit odd.

BrutusMcDogface · 19/09/2017 22:51

Am I missing something? Cleo and milo don't rhyme! Grin

On another note, nope, you can't have siblings with rhyming names imo. E.g. Milly, Lilly; Ted and Ned. Nope.

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