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Jack and Max

34 replies

Cindy1802 · 26/12/2023 22:28

As siblings, are these names too similar?

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Peoplealwaystellme · 26/12/2023 23:55

I've got a jack and have recently had a Toby, if that helps :)

I think jack and Max sound pretty similar so might get a bit confusing maybe?

AntiHop · 26/12/2023 23:52

There are two brothers on eastenders with those names, just in case that bothers you.

Cindy1802 · 26/12/2023 23:50

Thanks all. We already have a Jack, and his brother was born a week ago and is still nameless 😬 me and husband cannot agree on a name! We had a shortlist and tried a few out for a day, but we now each dislike each others first choice. I have people telling me that I carried and laboured him etc and therefore tell my husband to do one (which is tempting) but ultimately I can't bring myself to enforce a name which he genuinely doesn't like. Arghh it's bloody hard!!

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Howbizzare22 · 26/12/2023 23:45

Iv known a jack & Max for decades & it has literally never crossed my mind that they are similar names?

Allegraspicnic · 26/12/2023 23:44

Both nice, go in theory, but would the sounds get confused when calling up the stairs etc? I think maybe when slightly muffled they’d sound pretty similar. How about Leo, Otto, Miles/ Milo, Fred(die), Rafe or Will/ Wilf?

AndDrSamBeckettNeverReturnedHome · 26/12/2023 23:42

I think boy and his dog .

Too similar imo

MadeOfAllWork · 26/12/2023 23:41

I don’t think they are two similar. It might not matter to you but both are very common names now.

UsingChangeofName · 26/12/2023 23:34

I don't think they are.

I get that if calling them from another room, you get the long 'aaaa' sound, but initials are different. Both nice names with a similar vibe.
I'd use them both quite happily for brothers.

tortoiseshellcats · 26/12/2023 23:23

No I don't think so, they go well together