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Is there a theme to your children's names?

38 replies

CourtneyLurve · 24/05/2020 09:34

Just that. Have you gone with a specific theme when naming your kids? Same letter? Nature themed? Biblical? Curious if that's something most people consider.

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onlyreadingneverposting8 · 27/05/2020 15:40

Mine have Greek names (my heritage) and family middle names.

Worriedaboutthefuture1 · 26/05/2020 18:03

Ours have Irish names. One is typically Gaelic and difficult to spell/read for English people. The other is Gaelic but the name is the same in English (and other languages)

bridgetreilly · 26/05/2020 17:59

Themed names are the naffest thing in the world. Unless the theme is so generic that people don't even notice it (e.g. you could do Bible names: Elizabeth, David and Sarah), steer very clear.

Scruffyoak · 26/05/2020 17:26

2 gem stones....unintentionally.... 1 flower and 1 random boys name

Burpalot · 26/05/2020 17:11

A friend's daughters both have four letter, two syllable names starting with the same letter. Think Mary and Miley. I find it impossible not to say Marley and Mirey.

HotSince82 · 26/05/2020 16:55

All biblical, completely by accident

DramaAlpaca · 26/05/2020 16:51

All three have short names and all of them have an Irish name and an English name to reflect their heritage.

Flappingflamingo · 26/05/2020 14:32

Not exactly a theme but after youngest was born and named I realised that if you wrote their names in age order the first letters spell SIN
S (son)
I (daughter)
N (daughter)

Buddyelf · 26/05/2020 08:37

No theme as such but they ‘go’ together. I have 2 girls and their names are short (I didn’t like the idea of nicknames), pretty sounding names with similar sounds in them. It actually wasnt done on purpose though (other than them being short).

PaquitaVariation · 26/05/2020 08:26

Short and easy to spell.

Isadora2007 · 26/05/2020 08:24

Mine have middle names that are family names.
One relative annoyingly has two names in a pattern and a third that doesn’t fit the pattern -
Think Tom, dick and then not Harry...

I don’t think people need to have a pattern as such but it’s slightly jarring when a style
Seems apparent and then one name sticks out. Family names should flow...

I loved one name for dc4 that was just a little too out there compared to the others...So we didn’t use it. I do feel a little sad that I won’t ever have a child with the girl name we chose for dc4 though as he was a boy!

Plsnomorepeppapig · 26/05/2020 08:22

Yes. I’ve got 2 girls and I was adamant they had to have 2 syllable names, French and one beginning with E and one with A. Same as me and my husband. I had a vision of a square and each corner had to be completely correctly. I’m aware I sound mad.

Kittenlicker · 26/05/2020 08:19

No. Themes are terrible idea.

HettyStThomas · 26/05/2020 08:18

Mine have Welsh names. DH is Welsh and we live in Wales. I'm English.

BoujiSnail · 26/05/2020 08:16

Peaky Blinders themed by compete accident.

flibbertmygibbert · 26/05/2020 07:53

Mine are unshortenable. No natural nickname, makes more sense to use the full name.

DennisTMenace · 26/05/2020 07:50

Wanted names that are straightforward to pronounce. They are English names and one is much more popular than the other one.

CherryPavlova · 26/05/2020 07:45

Yes. Names we liked.

mamablondie2 · 26/05/2020 07:39

Mine are from two different ‘themes’ - one gem stone and one nature. It’s making naming baby 3 quite a challenge aha.

CeibaTree · 24/05/2020 20:33

Ours are botanical themed :)

Minai · 24/05/2020 20:23

Not an intentional theme but both my boys have names that are predominantly first names but can also be surnames, and are both names of Scottish clans.

DontLookBackYappityYap · 24/05/2020 17:30

All Hebrew names with 4 letters.

GiantPinesAhem · 24/05/2020 17:18

One more thing, I used only names that I like every contraction of- as I've seen so many people give their kids a name and then be horribly offended if someone uses a contraction or even fight with their child when they're older and they choose that version.

GiantPinesAhem · 24/05/2020 17:16

Mine are also Biblical

GiantPinesAhem · 24/05/2020 17:16

Yes.... Easy to spell and pronounce so they won't have the misery of a life with a name like mine!

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