Siblings whose names begin with the same letter

[mrsruffallo]

It's odd isn't it?
Meet Anna, Alan and Aliteration.
Why?

I don't think of it as odd

Meet Gary, Barry and Harry would be a bit strange though

those american couple whos name i cant remember right now have 11 (i think) and all the names begin with j... its a little odd.. my grandma does it with litters of puppies probably so she can remember which bitch they came from since theres so bloody many of the yappy snappy little things

i think it's odd: my main concern is that if post arrives, how do you know who it's for?

don't mind middle names having the same initial as other child's first name (especially younger sibling, it saves money on tapes for school clothes!)

My sister and I have names that both begin with H, and I dont find it odd at all.
Why is it so strange.

my younger borther (aged 2 and 9 months) ahve the same initial and surname as myself and my borther... felt a bit odd sending a package to them (they are in ireland)

I don't think it's odd per say, maybe if they were made up names, just to be the same letter or rhyme?

I personally find it a bit twee, or else think they were trying to save money on name tapes.

DH and his brother have the same initial. I find it a little bit odd - like my PIL were trying to make it even more obvious that they were siblings as if the fact they have the same parents and surname was clearly not enough. We are now expecting DC2 and DH's favoured boy's name is the same initial as our DS1... My response was basically NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

But there are far worse naming crimes. I agree that Gary, Barry, Harry would be worse - just bizarre! Matching names is worse - Tia and Maria anyone? And then naming child after yourself is the worst naming crime of all!

I don't see the problem in naming your child after a family member tbh

I personally love DP's name and if I had a ds would want to give it that name. But DP won't have any of it, unfortunately

Well mine have the same initial and it was my big concern about a name for dd2,hence her being six weeks old and un-named.In the end we went for the one we liked the best,as that just seemed the right thing to do,and at the time I hoped I might have another,and if two out of three siblings have the same initial it doesn't sound odd I think,just if all the children do.I know quite a few families with three or four where two of them share an initial. I still sort of apologise when telling people their names but I figured you are only linked with your siblings for a fairly short time of your life.

mine all have the first initial

Tafara
Tongai
Takunda

I can't see any problem really. If dd was called Laura and I really liked the name Lisa for DD2 why would it be a problem? Wouldn't even occur to me to think about it tbh. Bit different if there are 17 siblings with the same initial but otherwise a non issue.

I love your DSs' names. And how come Tongai doesn't get shortened when the other two do

I tend to think coincidence if two kids (out of 2, iyswim) have same initial, but if you get above that then yes agree it seems a bit odd to me.

I have a friend who did this deliberately and they really struggled to name the 4th - said it wouldn't be fair if had diff letter...

well, my ex and his brother have the same first initial.

now they don't live at home and they get post, it gets left on the side until one or the other claims it (their mum doesn't dare forward it in case it's the wrong brother).

i think it's very annoying.

I've only just realised that Toccatanfudge used to be a regular MNer whose name escapes me now...

I am SO SLOW with namechanges

Your boys are gorge

Naming child after yourself just seems very narcissistic, and like you want the child to be a mini-me rather than an individual. And it's confusing, and not very imaginative either.

But hey, just my opinion.

Should add, I give PILs benefit of the doubt as maybe they did just really love two names with same initial. So sort of agree with hellymelly and Rockbird. Definitely worse if you have 3 or more with the same initial!

But then I am a harsh critic of other people's baby name choices

Rockbird - you know I have NO idea why that is.

Taf has always been Taf (he prefers Taffy at the moment) but we should Tafara over Tafadzwa as the full name.

Tongai - well exH sometimes calls him Tony (common shortening in Zim) - but I don't like it - and neither does DS2 much........so he's just Tongai

Takunda - well EVERYONE knows him as TK even have cards congratulating us on his birth with it in as a few people at church couldn't get their heads around Takunda when told it in person with no paper to write on so we just said "TK" is fine......and it stuck. I even sent the invites for his Christening out with "Takunda Myles (TK)" as I realised that some people might not even realise who Takunda was .

I do often shorten it to "kunda" as well if he's in trouble

notnow - which one did you know me as FAQ, QoQ, Gwenick?

"should" = chose

cheaper on name tapes, I don't see a problem.

Gets confusing at my parents' as my mum, Dad and brotherhave the same initial. This is then further coml;icated by the fact that my grandparents live nearly next door and also have the same initial.
My mum broke with tradition and gave my brother a middle name so as to make it slightly less difficult.

FAQ! That's the one

AN QoQ rings a bell, too - but that was ages ago, wasn't it? (I hadn't been on MN a lot then)

Hello

I don't think I 'knew' you before but yours was a name I saw and recognised a lot

I'd want a DS to have DP's name even if DP wasn't his Father (IYKWIM!)

So not narcissistic for me

I should add that all 3 DS's have middle names with different initials and anything "official" that they may end up getting stuff sent to them for I put both their names in the "first name" box.......instead of one in that box and one in the middle..........has worked so far