Alliteration - cool or not so cool or neither

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user124724643 · 23/02/2021 12:21

What are you feelings about FN, LN alliteration, for example Harry Hamilton or Matthew Monroe?

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partyatthepalace · 23/02/2021 13:04

Nothing wrong in principle but depends on the combo

JaninaDuszejko · 23/02/2021 12:46

Janis Joplin, Robert Redford, January Jones, Alan Alda, Courteney Cox, Boris Becker, Holly Hunter, Lennox Lewis seem to have coped OK.

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user124724643 · 23/02/2021 12:35

Interesting. I agree it can either come off as strong or funny. I'm thinking of famous people- Marilyn Monroe, Tina Turner, Janet Jackson and love the alliteration but then there's Donald Duck and Peppa Pig etc.

Also, once you start you have to stop right or you have a household of Kardashians..?

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Sleepyquest · 23/02/2021 12:32

And it's fine :)

Sleepyquest · 23/02/2021 12:32

We did this but purely by accident.

NerdyBird · 23/02/2021 12:29

I hated it when I had it. Changed my last name when I got married. I would try very hard to avoid it when naming a child.

Palavah · 23/02/2021 12:27

With the right names it can be really strong. With the wrong names it sounds cartoonish.

My partner has a surname that would not lend itself to an alliterative first name.

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user124724643 · 23/02/2021 12:25

Tricky isn't it. Appreciate the input.

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SoupDragon · 23/02/2021 12:24

Eg Jessica Jones is fine but Jessica Jensen sounds slightly wrong.

SoupDragon · 23/02/2021 12:24

It depends entirely on the two names. Harry Hamilton sounds vaguely wrong whereas Matthew Monroe sounds fine. Maybe it's the two "ha" sounds that make it sound wrong 🤔

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