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Why do siblings names have to 'go' together?

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sarahsyrup · 04/09/2009 21:15

What am I missing here? When I said my name choices at work, the girls I work with instantly said yeay or nay, for which ones went with my son?s name!

I don't get it. Seems your name is only said with your siblings names for really a pretty short part of your life, hoping you live a long life! And mainly your name stands alone.

What if you marry someone and your names don't go?

Is it just so it flows nicely off the tongue for the parents? Because I don't see that as a very good way to name someone!

Thoughts please....

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simplesusan · 12/09/2009 17:03

I think it has a lot to do with people who like one sort of name will usually like another name which is similar(not in sound but in type)iyswim. So a person who likes say William will probably like the name Harry. Or someone who likes Jessica will probably like the name Sophie. Whereas someone who likes the name Sophie might not automatically like the name Yolander.

The same applies with fashion someone who goes for striking clothes and statement haircuts might not usually dress from head to foot in beige.

akamummy · 10/09/2009 16:07

I don't think names have to necessarily "go" together but you do have to be careful... my friend who has a son called Sam recently caled her new daughter Ella without realising what that sounded like together!! Ha ha!

mummamumma · 08/09/2009 17:40

Yep the post thing is worth remembering, my husband and his dad have the same intials and they always had the problem of not knowing who the post was for. Particularly in my dh's late teen years wen he was getting official type letters, they were always opening each others post.

bevlin · 08/09/2009 17:30

I dont know why, but im driving myself nuts with it!

piscesmoon · 06/09/2009 09:54

I think they have to sound OK together-for example I would avoid something like Jenny and Penny. Hilda, Elsie and Tallulah is a strange combination. I wouldn't have Lily and Rose together-I think you don't want to get onto a theme. I avoided the same initial because they won't know who the post is for when older.

MaggieVirgo · 06/09/2009 09:43

going together doesn't mean sounding similar

MamaLazarou · 06/09/2009 08:57

I don't think sibling names have to go together at all, and never understand it when I see people talking about it on MN! My sister and I have similar(ish)-sounding names and our mum was always calling us by each other's name.

wheniwishuponastar · 06/09/2009 02:02

just discovered this thread and i like it! i'm an only child, but my parents names strangely go with each other. and mine goes with my fiances.

MaggieVirgo · 05/09/2009 20:30

ps, I know sisters and one has a beautiful unusual name, and the other was Jenny. Which is imo also very pretty but it was not at all unusual. People SAID to her a coupleof times, oh you got the plain name.

MaggieVirgo · 05/09/2009 20:24

I think my children's names go together, and that mattered to me.

Margot and Kayden would have raised eyebrows.

Margot and Richie - people say oh they go togehter (both fuckin' 'orrible lol)

angel1976 · 05/09/2009 20:22

That's just it... Can you imagine saying 'I'm a plant'...

MissAnnesley · 05/09/2009 20:13

I don't get A. Plant.

boundarybabe · 05/09/2009 20:10

I don't think names have to necessarily 'go' together, but a similar style would probably prevent any feelings of resentment. I love my name now but when I was little none of my teachers could ever pronounce it, and I could never find it on a mug or pen - sounds silly but it's a big deal when you're young and having a sibling with a very common name would have made me even more annoyed!

LilyBolero · 05/09/2009 01:01

They do have to make some sort of cohesive group, otherwise you could end up shouting 'Tom, Ben, Sam, Hieronymus'.

or

'Penelope, Ophelia, Ariane, Doris'.

Which would be odd.

mathanxiety · 05/09/2009 00:41

It's a little like a family 'brand'. You're projecting some sort of image with your children's names.

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sarahsyrup · 04/09/2009 22:00

Beryl - my kinda lady. They'll grow up to be strong and not give a S* like you. Who the hell wants to get lumped in with their sibling

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angel1976 · 04/09/2009 21:55
  • Just realised what you mean by 'Isaac Hunt'! Pregnancy brain alert!

LOL at BerylCole. Tell us the names so we can judge away?

MrsVik · 04/09/2009 21:54

LOL sarahsyrup - I'm sure we can't be the only two :P:P

hambler · 04/09/2009 21:54

I have always wondered that too sara

BerylCole · 04/09/2009 21:53

Our kids' names don't really 'go' but fuck it - we liked them.

SJisontheway · 04/09/2009 21:52

Couldn't agree more OP. I just don't get it.

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sarahsyrup · 04/09/2009 21:52

Mrs Vik, thank god you're thinking the same as me, I was about to show myself as the only totally grotty minded poster there.

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sarahsyrup · 04/09/2009 21:51

Angel, yes I. Hunt is funny. But Isaac Hunt is terrible. I think you're not getting it, say it out loud, it's very rude....Unless i've just got a dirty mind?

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MrsVik · 04/09/2009 21:50

Oh, I hadn't even considered I. Hunt when I read that post - I was thinking of the name as a whole. Is my mind really that grubby?

angel1976 · 04/09/2009 21:48

sarahsyrup - LOL at I. Hunt! Mind you, I guess you would argue that it's only in correspondence that you would use that and most people won't even make the connection...