Would you have 2 children with the same initial?

If you love the name then dont worry about the initials being the same!

As for people who say they never even considered whether their DCs names 'go together' then I cant understand how it didnt cross your minds!
Imagine if you had a traditional name for 1st DC then an ultra modern one for DC2.. wouldnt that sound weird? I made sure both DS's names were of a 'similar ilk' iyswim!

A friend has done this - two boys - initial also the same as the dh's. I only started getting when friend told me the choices they had made for if their ds2 had been a girl. Both began with the same letter as her name.

I definitely wouldn't.

dd and ds have the same initial, it wasn't 100% intentional, we let dd choose ds's name from a shortlist of 3 as we couldn't make our minds up. it was either that or she wanted to call him elsie!

A friend of mine has 4 dcs, all with the same initial.

I would have hated to have had siblings with the same initial and have to worry that my post wouldn't be private.

5 just think it's an unnecessary complication that's easily avoided - so why go there?

I would yes. My dad's initals were DJH, my stepmum DH and my brother was DH and I vowed I would never have same initals in family as confusion with post occasionally and my dad had to open borther's mail on occasions however I am parent now and my husband initials are JDR, my son is JDR and my daughter is JRR my middle daughter is LCR.

My three children all have the same initial which happens to be G and I think its tacky. I wasn't bothered about the post as I don't think many people do say Miss J. Bloggs but normally state Miss Bloggs. Could always ask people to put on full name i.e. Miss Joanne Bloggs, wouldn't be much more of an effort the sender.

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mine have three out of four initials the same, have never thought it might be confusing

I know of someone who has 3 dc with the initial R and also someone who has 3 dc with the initial M.

My dd2 and dd3 have the same initial first name, but different initial middle names.

I'm forever calling out the wrong name, grrrr Saying that, i also confuse their names with dd1's name and she has got different initials entirely, so maybe i'm just dopey

Yes I have a GAW and a GWW

yes i have

My husband and I both have J names, we named our DS1 a name that began with J without thinking about it. DD came along and DH wanted to call her a name that could begin with a G or a J so we used the J because we all had J names and we thought everyone would assume we would use the J version. DS2 came along, no J name for him so we are J, J, J, J and L. Our names don't go together, they are just the names we liked

My older brother and I have the same first two intials (actually also my DH). In the distant past before electronic banking etc it meant that someone paid all his birthday money into my account for several years and they were in the "same" name and consecutive numbers. Parenst made me give it back when they realised....Other than that, has never been any probs at all.

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On the positive side if they are the same sex and look similar it can be an advantage.....

Younger one has plausable id for going to pubs/clubs etc Elder one has plausable id for cheaper rates on buses/football matches etc.

Or was this just me and my sister?

My DC both have the same initials....MWM and MBM and hubby is MRM!!! I am odd one out!!! However, PG with 3rd and my dilemma is should i go for another M! THat however, is a thread for another day!!

Go for it, as someone has said, you are not always going to live together!!!

Dd and ds2 have the same initial, which we didn't think about at the time, but it doesn't really matter, even with post, as she is Miss and he is Mr. And as ds1 is eldest and has a totally different initial, we don't get accused of having no ideas!

Two of my children have exactly the same three initials. Was deliberate but was a silly thing to do and had caused complications, eg on the online banking where the kids accounts are in my name but their initials are attached.. I couldn't see which was which! Had to get them to put an actual name on one of them..

My third child has "his own" initials!

My two boys are JRJ & JWJ.

We are used to the confusion though as we live in DH's parents house and I have the same intials as MIL, she still gets the occassion post here, so it can get a bit confusing

DS2 and DD3 have the same initials not a problem as far as I can see

Me and my sister have the same initial and its never been a problem (never really occurred to me to be honest!). My mum used to occasionally forward her bank statements to me when I was at uni but I definitely wouldn't let mixed up post put me off a name (but I am biased!)

My sister and I have the same initial and it still causes occasional probs now, even though we're both married so have different surnames. Post addressed to our old names turns up at Mum's and she doesn't know who to send it on to.

It was horrible at times when we were young, especially on Valentines day

Agree with squirrels. It never occurred to me to check if my 2 DS's names went together. Do most people do that?