Would you have 2 children with the same initial?

I wouldn't but only because dsis & I had the same initials which was a nightmare with post
I maybe would if there were different middle initials

yes, i don't see why not. More than 2 starts to sound comical.

We have used my maiden name as middle names for both DSs. It is a name that can be a first or surname anyway so does not look double barrel. My cousin has done the same thing with the same name-we both have sons and it is a nod to our sides of the family.

We have used my maiden name as middle names for both DSs. It is a name that can be a first or surname anyway so does not look double barrel. My cousin has done the same thing with the same name-we both have sons and it is a nod to our sides of the family.

I have the same initial as dd2 and Ds1 and Ds2 both have the same initial, I didn't even think about until lisad said about them having C as their initial

this is my pet hate
lots of my friends have named their children with the same initial and i find their names just don't trip off the tongue
naff idea and sooo many people do it!

I wouldn't give it a second thought. DS, DD and my names all end in the same 3 letters. Totally coincidentally and wouldn't ever have noticed if our dentist hadn't pointed it out. He calls us "the three xxxs"!

we have three j's in the house. twof them are working and use the same bank.

the stupidest tink was banking at the ame place - all other post is v. easily distinguishable. its not hard is ti? harly rocket science or owt - you can tell by the envelope.

theonly complicated thing to do would be to have twins with sametwo initialls and then you wouldnt know to whom the birthday cars were addressed

as long as you bank at different places ( my tip of the day) no problems

I think it's a bit naff to be honest. My dh and I share an initial and it is confusing. I wouldn't rely on a Miss/Mrs/Mr on the post front - lots of post just comes without titles (and some get it wrong anyway) certainly me and dh have opened each other's post before. You also can't expect peolpe sending you stuff to include your initials, because in general they won't. We veto'd any "J" names on that account - didn't even look at them (although lots of nice J names - but as there are hundreds of names that don't begin with J not really a problem).

Having said that it is of course entirely up to you

My mother had 4

My Uncle married a woman with the same name, he is Leslie and she is Lesley. Neither have a middle name, their son has a name beginning with S their daughters name begins with L. Aunt L would tell you the hardest bit (apart from having three L Smiths) is going to the doctors. She would be going for her Pill and the doctor would have Uncle's notes in front of him.
DH on the other hand has a cousin and his dad with the same first intial as him. The bank once cancelled DH's dads bank cards instead of DH's

Ever so slightly OT, I once worked with identical twins called Shelley and Sherry. So not only the same initials, but the names sounded almost the same too! In fact, Shelley told me that more than once, when introducing themselves, people would look aghast and say "What! You even have the same NAME????"

I didn't used to live next door to the infamous Lizzie Bardsley who appeared on Wife Swap by the way!

My ex-neighbours' called their 8 (yes 8) children names all beginning with R. All after the father who's initial was R as well.

i wouldn't, cos my sister would have been a complete cow if i'd ever opened her post by mistake when she was in her stroppy teens. And if she'd opened mine, she would have gloated about it. (i like her now, though!)

we all have similar initials and have never found it to be a problem,

me, aja
dh, aca
dd, lka
ds, lca

I would say no, Me and my dad had the same intial and we were always opening each others post.

But although dd's names don't start with the same letter. We don't call them by that but by pet names which do start with the same letter.

we do.....we have M.A.F for DD1 and then M.A.J.F for DS1.

the other are...

H.N.F
N.A.F
J.J.F

me and DH are

S.J.F
A.D.F

I never thought it would be a problem until recently when we had solicitor letters regarding the accident we were all in last year, and they sent appointments at the same time for DD1 and DS1, and then again for DD2 and DD3...we were confused about DD2 and DD3 being mixed up, but it turned out that the H.N and N.A were similar enough too to confuse the computor (well....the solicitor blamed the computor at least....as they do!!!)

oooh....one thing I do tho.....when we get post addressed to Mr S F...., I often open it thinking it addressed to to MRS F.....!

My 2 DDs have the same initial - not intentional though.

While I was pg with DS I got it into my head that I wanted his name to begin with the same initial (I blame the hormones)

Anyhoo, there wasn't one that I liked so it wasn't to be

Oh and it doesnt save on iron labels here becuase mine all just say 'The Peachy family'- far easier (but no good if youre called Smith I guess)

My brother has the same initial as me and my 2 sisters have the same as each other. DH has the same as his sister which once resulted in her student grant being paid into his bamk account!

lol JJMummy I met a Henry and Henrietta but she always called herself Hetty so it wasn't so obvious!

No, instead I have 3

No planning, just the names we liked

Two even have matching middle initials too

Ah well, worse things happen at sea and all