To think that this is a strange combination for siblings' names?

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And yes, I know it's none of my business blah blah blah. And for the record I do think that they are both lovely names, however...

A friend of a friend has a DD called Ava, and has just had a baby girl and called her Eva?

AIBU to think that that's practically like calling them both the same name? Plus it just sounds really twee.

I knew a woman who had sons called Jonathan and Nathan.

Not quite the same but I had a friend who had four siblings and all five of them had a first name and middle name beginning with the same letters. So, for instance, all five were J.A. Bloggs. When they were small it was fine, but she told me that when they all became adults it was a nightmare as so much official post would arrive to Ms J Bloggs or Mr JA Bloggs, from banks etc and no one knew whose letters were whose.

Laure and Laura, I thought the mum was joking..

I met a girl called Sophie Sophia.
First thought it was weird, then I thought it was quite cute.

I've changed the names to protect identities, but I once taught 3 sisters with the same start of their names and only slightly different endings. What made it more confusing was sisters 2&3 were identical twins!

They were along the lines of:
Pollyanna
Pollyenya
Pollyanya

I know a Nicholas and Nicole. They have an Adam in between them as their middle subbing, but still, so strange!

My half brothers are called Bill and Ben.

A boy in ds2's class is William. His brother is called Kanye and his sister is Charmonique

That has always struck me as strange, that you would choose one quite classic name and two...not.

Oops. Sibling. I didn't mean subbing.

Oh, I also know someone with four girls who are Autumn, Summer, April and August. I actually love all of those names...just not together.

I grew up knowing Paul, Paula and Pauline - the girls were twins.

Our neighbours small boys' are Colton and Carlton

Oh so lots of Sam and Ellas then, I suppose it might not twig if you had the Ella first.

I went to school with an Andrea whose older sister was Angela, Ange and Andy.

I went to school with sisters called Jane and Jean and a friend of my mum had three children called Hayley, Lee & Leah.

Eva & Ava is especially odd though. It reminds me of Ricki Lake - she always seemed to have siblings with matching names on. Like Brandy & Shandy .

I know siblings called Stephen and Stephanie, I did think their mum could have tried harder to think of a new name but it's not as bad as most of these.

I went to school with twins called Shona and sheena but sheena went by her middle name.

George Foreman (of the grills) has 7 children all called George, including the girls.

And I'd forgotten my colleague who has Jayden & Jensen. And my friends DP who has a Jack & wants to call their new unborn boy Zac.

We had cats called Polly Puss and Edie Puss :)
We knew a brother and sister named Billy and Bella and when dd was 3 ish she called them Billy and Belly :)

DDs friend has sister called rhianwyn and anwyn

And my DH used to work with Annette Bagg

I went to school with a Michael who had a sister Michelle and ds has two sisters in his school called Sara and Zara. Their brother is Hassan!

I know siblings Amy and Jamie.

My mum swears she knew a Coco, Rolo and Milo...
I have never met them to verify this however.

Oh gawd, is Sophia and Lauren really that bad? My daughters are Lauren and Sophia, do I get away with it that way round?