Siblings names that go together, Is it important to you?

[Underachieving]

I've been noticing that as well as names to go with middle names that some MNers are asking for names that go with thier older childrens names.

Before joining MN I'd never heard of picking childrens names to go with thier other childrens names so I'm wondering if it's quite a common thing parents do or if I've just been reading co-incidental threads?

I'm curious to know, is picking a baby name to go with your other children important to you and why/ why not?

could you put on some examples of what would be 'matchy matchy names'? I am interested cos I wouldnt want that but am concerned our choices might be.....

Also I had done the thing of writing down all the families names as if signing off a card to see if they looked right until my friend (who has no children) pointed out that I shouldnt be choosing a name based on this as a name is what gives you individuality and as someone has previously mentioned they will in time become independent to the family so in that case does it even matter if they match??

thanks

It wasn't something I actively thought of and my only thought was that I didn't want their first names to start with the same letter...but somehow, my 2 DC have names that are both 'biblical' and, by complete coincidence, their names are identical in rhythm, number of syllables in their first and second name, are both shortened to a common nickname, and their middle names are almost identical too. It really wasn't a conscious decision by me and DH but I kind of like it now

Kind of. Although I should probably be stopped from having more DC as our choices seem to get longer with each baby:

One syllable surname
DS (DC1) 2 syllables
DD (DC2) 3 syllables
Bump potential girl name 4 syllables.

If I then have more kids and call the last one a name with only one syllable, I'd think it will look a bit plain.

Preg hormones at play

Sorry meant to add that my 2 DS's names have exactly the same number of letters too - it really was coincidental

I think it's important that sibling's names have the same sort of feel, for their sake more than the parents. In my view, it isn't really about what they look like written down in a Christmas card - it's more about the image the name projects and how they might cause your child to view themselves vis a vis their siblings.
Say you had two sons and called one something like Rambo and the other something like Cedric, it's a bit jarring as one sounds really macho and the other a bit wimpy. Would they feel their parents expected different things of them?
Or if you had 3 girls and called them Agnes and Edith and Barbie - would Barbie feel you had marked her out as the airhead bimbo of the family from birth?

Thanks for all the replies, it's certainly interesting. There seems to be a bit of common agreement about not naming them wildly differently and my 2 DD's sort of go in that they are both names the Mumsnet baby name finder says might grow up to be a Reiki master. They've both got 2 syllables. But they are very different in tradition and origin, one is an ancient Goddess name with loads of mythology and the other is an actual flower and so a word in the English language. Think Rhiannon and Primrose.

I took my time naming and registering the girls, so I could be sure I had the right name. Neither ended up with the name I'd had in mind when I went into labour. They simply did not look like that person (had another goddess name lined up for the baby). So they were named for who I felt they were and I suppose that does mean I have different expectations for them. Although to me it feels like taking so long to name them meant it wasn't about my expectations, it was about their characters iykwim.

The eldest (11 y/o) has strength of character, classical beauty, warmth and intelligence. She seemed this way from birth too. The baby (17wks) is fun, delicately pretty, happy and bright and so a flower name, with no underlying cryptic meaning suited her.

They don't have the same number of middle names either, the eldest has a rather ponce-tastic 3 names, all rather meaningful. The baby has 2 cute names, both utterly literal.

I hope I've got it right, I've certainly not met anyone who felt either girl suited her name anything less than 100%, but it does seem that I have rather gone against the mumsnet grain here.

I was told that my dcs names all matched by more than one person. I do think that if you tend to like say the name Sam you will probably like the names Joe and Ben rather than Xylophone-Blue-Eyes iyswim. I do agree about names that don't match being a give away as to non-biolopgical siblings too.
Personally I don't like names that rhyme eg Logan and Brogan.
Lots of siblings have similar names if you like which express parents taste, examples might include Lucy and Emily, or Kate and Emma. Whereas an Alexandra might be more likely to have Eleanor as a sister.