Too similar sibling names

[MyBluntSloth]

My daughter is Charlotte and i am expecting my second, another girl, due in October. Charlotte's middle name is Pearl and the new baby's would be Opal. I really like the name Colette and I think it goes really well with Charlotte with the similar structure but different soundings. I also like the names Chloe and Nicole but I would still strongly prefer Colette over them. Is it too similar?

I actually think they sound lovely together!

True story - My nanna was called Hannah, she had a younger sister called, erm Hannah!

This. I think Chloe Opal works though.

They'd be Lottie and Lettie in school. So no

Shortenings are not common where I live.

Um no actually there are comments saying Colette will feel cheated if she has a sister named Charlotte & other comments putting that particular name down, not only because they think they sound very similar.
Read the comments before getting arsey who pissed in your cornflakes this morning 😂

I think Charlotte and Colette sound lovely together. As long as they have different middle initials to distinguish them when they get post in the future it would be fine. They sound very different.

Celeste?

Is Colette not too similar or should I go for Claire instead? Cara Rose sounds nice but again might be too different.

So shouting (or calling) to your family members, instead of going to look for them is disrespectful and akin to treating them like dogs is it? And it's also impolite and lazy?

I've literally heard it all now.

You come across as you THINK you're superior to people like me, with the way you 'were bought up'

Let me say this, however you were bought up, it appears not to have done you any favours, as your attitude on here is one of someone who sounds quite delusional.

@Catza get a fucking grip, calling your child's babe loudly is not treating them like a dog!

Don't be so dramatic and ridiculous.

Look at your upbringing objectively, if that's what you feel, you may want to consider therapy to be able to think rationally.

*name not babe

So it's alright to make sweeping statements is it? Ok then

It always strikes me a bit odd that there’s so many names but people narrow it down to “matching initials” even if they dont particularly like most of the names they’re left with. It all sounds a bit Kardashian and it’s certainly common in the states. It’s like “I don’t really care as much about the name and sentiment just that you match your sibling because we arbitrarily want C names”. But it’s your child and you seem set so just go for it?

Claire is a bit old fashioned in UK but not sure about Singapore, maybe Clara?

Catriona
Cassandra
Calista
Caitlin
Corrine
Calliope

I love the gem middle names!

You're talking about Cara, what about Clara?

OH, this thread is where the triggered people are.

Chloe Opal sounds like a stage name

For me they’d be too similar. I like Nicole from your list, but if you’re set on a name beginning with C then Catherine , Camille or Caroline would go well with Charlotte.

I think Colette is quite a pretty name, but it always reminds me of a scouse girl at university who always introduced herself as ‘ Colette : 1L , 2Ts don’t forget it!’

I would suggest not having the same initial, problems with post, there would be confusion and arguments. I speak from experience. And yes the actual names would sound the same when shouted upstairs. Your children are individuals, let their names be different enough to show that. All the names you have chosen are really beautiful. Congratulations on your pregnancy, how exciting.

Its Claire Opal for now--- need to wait till DH gets home!

I much prefer Claire to Colette and think it is a better match for Charlotte

I can never understand when people are so adamant that siblings having the same initial is problematic. It really isn't! I have same initial as my sibling and don't recall it causing any issues

Isn't that an Agatha Christie plot? One of them fraudulently claimed the other's inheritance and did a few murders though, so....

Opal Colette runs much better than Colette Opal anyway. So you'd have a nice pattern to their names but day to day wouldn't seem matchy.

I am still keen on having a first name that starts with C and ends with E

If you want something classy and elegant beginning with C and that is a good match for Charlotte, I'd go for Catherine or Caroline.

All three are names of English queens and all end with an E.

I think Colette is too similar to Charlotte.