First names (of parents & kids) starting with the same letter - a no no?

[3isamagicnumber]

So lets say I'm a Jane and DH is a David, one of my baby naming 'rules' would automatically mean we couldnt have any names beginning with J or D.

Do you think this is silly or actually quite sensible?

Just wanting to avoid getting names mixed up (i.e shouting for David when I mean baby Daniel) and avoiding having 2 'Mr D Surname' in the family etc, etc...

Have never thought about it. Me and dd both share the same initial

We follow that rule, so not silly in my book.

I have a facebook friend (school), who has both a husband and son called James.

My sister in laws, goes by her second name. Inlaws did this on purpose. If she'd had her name as first name, then there would have been two Miss R's in the family. To save any confusion with post, they put her given name, as second name.

We all think they over analysed it.

It's a lesser rule in my 500 page Book Of Naming Rules. My other 499 rules make things quite complicated, so if a name would meet all of the other requirements, I would be prepared to let that one go

It depends on the gender.

DH and DD share the same initial, but letters are usually addressed to either Mr A or Miss A XX, so that is not a problem.

Equally, DS could share my initals (he doesn't) as the different gender avoids any confusion imo.

I have the same initial as my ds and my dad - it wasn't a factor when we were picking names. But when I was about 15yo, my dad paid all the household bills one month with my cheque book! Seeing as I had about £8 in my account, they all bounced. So it can be a problem!

I can see that on occasion this could cause confusion, but to be honest think you're limiting your choices (and it's bloody hard enough as it is!) by avoiding the same letter. What if you have loads of kids? Equally though I find it ridiculous when people choose their kids names to match the first letter in their name a la Kris Jenner (Kardashian) and her 5 daughters!

Me and the DP have the same initial, so I think giving any children the same initial might get really confusing. Mr & Mrs and Master and Ms H. Lastname. That'd be kind of... confusing and terrible.

Then again, things could be addressed to the "H Lastnames." (Is that better? I don't think so.)

Quite silly if you ask me. The post issue is hardly an impossible to overcome situation is it really? Certainly not worth disregarding a name because you are worried that Dad might open Son's bank statement by accident in 20 years time. Surely the two people sharing the same initial just use some common sense, a lot of post these days is marked on the outside who it is from and therefore it's easy to identify who the recipient is meant to be.

Agree with Montsti though that deliberate use of the same first letter in one family can be far too cutesy - like the Kardashians, I have noticed the Gerrards now have 3 little girls all beginning with L.

DD1 and I have names that are quite similar and also start with the same letter. Not a problem so far.

I get all the DCs' names mixed up all the time, and often call them by an amalgam of all their names, with the cat's name thrown in too occasionally.

Will there even be post in 20 years time?

we have this with DD1 and her cousin - both have names starting with the same syllable (and are actually different versions of the same name) and everyone in the family always gets it wrong. Having said that, if you really like a name, it shouldn't put you off. But I wouldn't use a name starting with the same syllable for DD2.

I followed the rule of not the same starting letter :-)

Weirdly though all the kids have a different ending letter too so with having 5 of them they cant start H, G, J, O and E and cant end T, R, A, E and Y lol

I have a friend whose son, daughter and husband all have the same initial as her. I'm sure it must sometimes cause confusion when the post arrives.

My daughter and husband have the same initial, it didn't even occur to us when we were naming her. It was only when we got her first letter from the Health Visitor that we realised - never given us any bother but at 6 she doesn't receive much post .

My mum, my sister and I all have the same first initial. So too do my mums two sisters.

Not once in 40+ years has my dad said my name without saying at least 2 of the others beforehand.

It drives me round the fucking bend.

YANBU.

And don't get me started on the bloody post!

It's slightly possible that this is a somewhat sensitive issue with me.

I would have said it was best avoided, BUT...I have the same initial as DD2, we really liked the name and it wasn't a good enough reason to discount it

I wouldn't bother with this rule personally. I don't think it's a big deal and it would be a shame to rule out a favourite name just for this reason.

My dad is David John and my brother is Daniel John. As far as I know this has never caused them any problems at all.

This i something I have considered as DP and I both have names with the same initial. And I seem to have a thing for names beginning with that letter! But my mum and I have the same initial and it was never a problem for me so if I love a name I don't think it'd put me off. As montsi said it's hard enough as it is!

I have never even thought about this being a no-no. DD's name has the same initial as mine, in fact it's the gaelic version of my name (which I actually hate - mine not hers obviously). You can think too much about these things!

We avoided it. DH has the same initial as FIL and got hounded by HMRC when he was still at school and therefore at same address. FIL is self employed and they'd got the two X Bloggs confused and wanted a tax return from DH. They wouldn't accept the explanation so in the end DH had to meet with FIL's accountant and do a tax return on his Saturday job earnings .

There is a mum at school whose XH, DH, DD1, DS1, DS2 and her have the same initial.