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Are Lily and Lucy too similar to be sibling names?

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hcarter8 · 08/09/2023 13:27

Dd is a Lily and we are considering naming our second daughter Lucy but I'm concerned they sound/look too similar. Thoughts?

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SneezyEvie · 10/09/2023 10:13

I think so.

Although I do know sisters Lily and Charlotte and they get called Lily and Lottie.

JohnNolan · 09/09/2023 15:14

I know a family with 6 children & all their names end in 'y' - they do have a lilly & lucy. I don't think those 2 names are too matchy on their own & it would be fine for you to use them

user1497864954 · 09/09/2023 14:35

TTCnewbies · 09/09/2023 08:56

Haha I was wondering but then some people do crazy things like that.

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I once helped in a school and in a large family there was one brother named Harry and a younger one Henry. The HT confirmed those were their birth certificate names.

continentallentil · 09/09/2023 09:21

Yes too matchy matchy

user1497864954 · 09/09/2023 09:20

Birdiboo · 08/09/2023 23:45

They are lovely together and I don’t think they are too similar at all. Some people don’t like same initial name for children but loads of people do it and both my parents and brother all had same initials and they were fine - I don’t remember there being any mixups with doctors/bank etc.

and if you think about it, there are so many fathers and sons with the same name too.

IMO Lily and Lucy sound like a lovely pair

The reason that there is less likelyhood of a mix up in medical records of a father and son with same name is that the 20/30 years difference in date of birth would act as some kind of safeguard.

TTCnewbies · 09/09/2023 08:56

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/09/2023 07:38

Jodie and Joe I meant.😂

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Haha I was wondering but then some people do crazy things like that.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/09/2023 07:38

TTCnewbies · 08/09/2023 21:49

Jodie and Jodie?! The same name?!

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Jodie and Joe I meant.😂

FedUpMumof10YO · 09/09/2023 05:52

Well I'm gonna say yes as I have one of each. 😁

Marcipex · 08/09/2023 23:51

I think they’re too matchy.

Lily and Posy
Lily and Marnie
Lily and Zara

Birdiboo · 08/09/2023 23:45

They are lovely together and I don’t think they are too similar at all. Some people don’t like same initial name for children but loads of people do it and both my parents and brother all had same initials and they were fine - I don’t remember there being any mixups with doctors/bank etc.

and if you think about it, there are so many fathers and sons with the same name too.

IMO Lily and Lucy sound like a lovely pair

MrsPositivity1 · 08/09/2023 22:48

I like them. Give them 2nd names and use both names for official documentation. When they then get post it will be addressed to Miss Lily M Bloggs or Miss Lucy G Bloggs etc...

This is what I did with my 2

Birdsongsinging · 08/09/2023 22:16

They sound good together 😊

BeMoreBarbie · 08/09/2023 22:13

It's cute and I would do it. The problem is people will be saying the wrong name. DD and I have the same ending, both two syllables and start with a vowel (not Ada and Eva but similar and less alike) and it confuses the fuck out of people.

NeedTheSeaside · 08/09/2023 22:03

I wouldn't choose them both, but at the same time they're not awful together if the each mean something to you (like both grandmothers) OR you both love godmother & agree on them

Best wishes with DD2

Notquitegrownup2 · 08/09/2023 22:01

It will be a pain for them when they get older and keep opening each other's post to Miss L Smith or whatever. Is there a longer name which can be abbreviated to Lily? Elizabeth can be shortened to Lily . . .

Thatsmorethanhalf · 08/09/2023 21:59

Lily and Lulu? - don’t know why that should be better than Lucy really

UsefulSmartPrettyHappy · 08/09/2023 21:55

Lily and Ruby?

UsefulSmartPrettyHappy · 08/09/2023 21:54

Lily and Lucy don't work together.

Lily and Lucille or Lily and Louise?

NuffSaidSam · 08/09/2023 21:51

I think they're too similar. It's like you just like one sound and you've used your favourite name that makes that sound, so Lucy is just the second best name that sounds the largely the same.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 08/09/2023 21:50

Too too much with 2 letters out of 4 the same and beginning with the same letter and ending with the same letter

TTCnewbies · 08/09/2023 21:49

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 08/09/2023 13:31

No I think its fine. Same number of letters and the same classy vintage yet modern vibe. Its not like the same sound in the middle is it eh I know someone with a Lily and a Lydia and a Jodie and Jodie. They don't work in my opinion but who am I.

Jodie and Jodie?! The same name?!

user1497864954 · 08/09/2023 21:47

Too similar. Some people think this sort of idea is cute but I think that the possibility of mistakes between medical records, letters sent (admittedly fewer these days), to me it seems like you see them as one of a set rather than two individuals who are entitled to be recognised as individuals. The girls growing up next door to me growing up were Lisa and Louise, to this day, 50 later I have to keep thinking which one was the older? I'd advise something else.

SkaneTos · 08/09/2023 21:43

I like the names Lily and Lucy together!

Beaverbridge · 08/09/2023 21:30

I love both of them, esp Lucy. I love all L names.

SemperIdem · 08/09/2023 21:29

I think they work, sound wise.