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Do you think siblings names need to "go with each other"?

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soon2befamilyof4 · 23/02/2009 18:12

I have never really understood this but I am not very good when it comes to knowing what goes and what doesn't!

My DD is Eloise and we are thinking about naming the next baby (apparently a girl) Talia. The names (to me) do sound a bit funny together but that might be a bit because I am obviously very close to DD so it isn't just a name iyswim?

Anyway, do you think it matters if the names go together or not?

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intheLiffey · 23/02/2009 22:31

Alicethecamel, I have seen you being sensible elsewhere, NO way are your children called pacer, maude and wayne!

Karamazov · 23/02/2009 19:53

Agree with PP. For 20/5 years they will be known as Eloise and Talia. For the following 50 odd years or so they will be Eloise & partner's name and Talia & partner's name... So in the grand scheme of things, you only ever use the names together in Christmas cards and the like, 99.9% of the time, the names are used individually - so go with what you like individually!

thisisyesterday · 23/02/2009 19:27

no, it doesn't matter at all.

for the vast majority of their life they will not be known as "eloise and talia"

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 23/02/2009 19:26

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soon2befamilyof4 · 23/02/2009 19:23

Sweetkitty, we must have the same taste, abbie and bethany are both names I really like too!

What is wrong with sam and Ella? Am I missing something here?

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AliceTheCamel · 23/02/2009 19:23

.

Sorry.

OP - I think they're lovely names and go well together.

sweetkitty · 23/02/2009 19:09

hello soon2be I think I am stalking you on the baby names threads today

I went out my way to have different names for all my DDs, they are very different little people

Eloise and Talia are nice together IMO

(PS I have Abbie, Talia and Bethany)

purepurple · 23/02/2009 19:07

malfoy, I do know someone with both a sam and an ella!! makes me smile evrytime

LittleMissBliss · 23/02/2009 19:05

I'm taking that as no then

malfoy · 23/02/2009 19:04

Ella was banned as a name for DD because DS is Sam.

DH thought Sam & Ella sounded ridiculous.

LittleMissBliss · 23/02/2009 19:03

Alice- I must say that when i read your post i was a bit.

But if those really are your DCs names i'm sorry if my post is rude in any way. Its just i have never come across a family with such different styles of names.

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 23/02/2009 19:01

No. I don't think they do. My two have very different names.

(psst..I knew a couple called Daryl and Debbie and their sons Darren and Dean - PLEASE avoid anything like that!! )

MrsMattie · 23/02/2009 19:00

Are you for real?@Alice.

Starfruit, Maud & Wayne.

Seriously?

AliceTheCamel · 23/02/2009 18:59

Yes they are.

I'm expecting a 4th and we're thinking Marie-France for a girl, and either Keanu or Peregrine for a boy.

LittleMissBliss · 23/02/2009 18:58

But then saying that i have a son with a pretty traditional boys (with an unusual shortening) name. If i had a girl would choose a more unusual name, because i have one and like it. But if i had another boy i would stick to the traditional route.

If i went on to have two girls they would both have more unusual names.

All sounds a bit confusing.

Sunflower100 · 23/02/2009 18:53

I think your chosen names sound lovely together soontobe.

saymyname · 23/02/2009 18:53

Personally, I don't think they go terribly well. Excuse my ignorance but is Talia greek or similar?

I know someone with an Amelie and an Eloise and they 'go' to me as they're both french.

That said, I really don't think my opinion is important and if you love the name then go for it

LittleMissBliss · 23/02/2009 18:52

*extremes

LittleMissBliss · 23/02/2009 18:51

Unlike Alice- I wouldn't go to the etremes of an older name and a super....um ...interesting name.
I think the children would be thinking well why did she get the special name and i got the well, not so special name.

Alice- are those really your childrens names i just can't see them coming from the same parents!

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soon2befamilyof4 · 23/02/2009 18:46

saymyname - so if you think it matters, do you think the 2 names we have in mind are ok together?

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MrsMattie · 23/02/2009 18:45

We didn't think about whether my DC's names 'went together' or not. We just chose names we liked. We only have two, though. If you had, say, Kate, Emma, Joseph and K-Fed that would be weird, yes.

LOL@AliceTheCamel

saymyname · 23/02/2009 18:42

Yeah I get it too, I know a Monty and Sarah which seems like a clash to me.

AliceTheCamel · 23/02/2009 18:37

Well I have two daughters called Starfruit-Lili and Maud. And a son called Wayne. I don't see that it matters.

traceybath · 23/02/2009 18:34

I do get this. My two ds's have very traditional names and i'm very conscious when choosing dc3's name that it has to be in the same vein so to speak.

lilQuidditchKel · 23/02/2009 18:32

not sure I 'get' the 'go together' concept either, apart from idiotically-obvious examples like Jack and Jill, Hitler and Churchill, or 4 brothers called Billy, Bobby, Brady, and Brandon...