Curious about how to match siblings names

I dont think it really matters too much.

We have a Grace and George.. they are almost the same but i love them so i had to have them !

I think you should just choose the names you really like. My kids have all ended up with Victorian origin names - but to be honest that was pure coincidence rather than us only selecting Victorian names.

I decided that (coincidentally) ds1 and ds2 had names that seemed to be aged weather-beaten farmer names so ds3 had to be able to fit into that category (because clearly they're going to end their days tramping over the hills calling sheep )

I think there is a difference between worlds apart (I agree Octavia and Kadyn would sound odd, as would Anne and Ocean for a set of twins) but I really don't think names need to be, or even should be from the same genre. My son has an Old English name after a great English king, my daughter is called after two great-grannies. Their names sound fine together, and they both love the reasons. The trouble when you go down that matching route is when you have more children and run out of good names, and end up with some odd choices available - like people who start off with say Lily and Rose and then have to find another flower for a third or fourth dd, when really they had just liked Rose and Lily, and not particularly thought about having a bouquet or posy IYSWIM

Is Lydia biblical?

I do agree with the majority that names can sound odd if they're worlds apart aesthetically. I would be very surprised to hear of twins called Octavia and Kadyn, for instance.

Wouldn't care, because it's not my business, but I would be surprised.

My aunt has two children with very classic names that go well together, and two with Biblical names that go well together. But the two sets clash a bit.

I love the name Storm. Don't know if it would match Freddie and Dylan. But I think I might just use it for a cat or something.

What about Oscar, Tango and Foxtrot

I have taught siblings named sam and ella, both lovely names but when you same them together..... Id never even thought of checking how names sound together until I met these two

MargotBG - I am er, blessed, with one of the names you mentioned (spelt dif) and believe me was no fun being called hurricane, force 10, windy etc etc at every turn (made even worse as maiden name is a key component of a very popular nursery name of the day so if it wsn't the former it was the latter - oh joy! Luckily now have nice boring totally unnoteworthy surname thanks to dh!)

Michael McIntyre does a bit about this in his DVD, he has 2 sons, Oscar and Lucas, but he said he felt like calling his DS2 Trevor just to see peoples' reactions to Oscar and Trevor!

my kids names don't match...i have a scottish one, a classic one and a biblical one. i think they're all fairly common 21st century names which may help but I really don't care!

So after he was born did people keep askin you if he was Arthur or Martha then?

When I was pg with DS, he was to be called Arthur if he was a boy, and Martha if he was a girl, which obviously he wasn't. It took until I was pg with DD for us to realise they rhymed and that maybe therefore we needed to find an alternative girl's name this time round.

Not psychic, lucky guess. I went to school with twins Storm and Gale. I wasn't sure which got the better deal.

i don't think my children's names match.
c a l u m and s o l
i'm not sure it matters.

Martha and Arthur

(MargotBG - you must be psychic - it was Rivers, Ocean & Storm - sorry lovely family!)

Exactly what conniedescending said

Well i have an arthur and am currently expecting a girl - my mother suggeted martha.

yes mum - martha and arthur sounds great and doesn't have any other meanings/connotations at all.

So thats an example of names that don't go well together

Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel.
With Simeon and Levi the next in line.

Much of my biblical knowledge comes from Lloyd Webber musicals.

water related names?

River, Lake, Ocean?

lol at conniedescending. We were on holiday once and family in next room had 3 water related names for their dds(don't want to out them on here as they were lovely family)but a very straightforward surname - poss taking theming too far?

I think it has mostly been covered - over rhyming (eg Bryan and Ryan) is daft, as can be excessive alliteration (Stephanie and Stavros, David and Davinia) or names that have a totally different feel (Mark and Moonbeam, Jane and Tallulah) also worth thinking about (particularly for twins) is approximate length. I knew a pair of idential twins in their 50s and Catherine still felt aggrieved that it had taken her so much longer than her sister Ann to learn to spell her name.

Mostly though, I think if parents love both names they do tend to go together.

My perception of Frederick is that it's quite British. Little Lord Faunteleroy kind of thing! I like it. The German connection hadn't occured to me, just because there was a famous German called Frederick.

OP, another thing to avoid is names ending in the same sound. eg Ross and Grace. When shouted up the stairs "phone for you Grace!" they will both come running.