What do you think about siblings with the same initials?

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I am anti it. Makes post confusing. But all the names I like seem to begin with the same letter.

I have same initials as one of my sisters, including middle name. There's a large age gap so not really a problem as how often to children get mail addressed to their initials before they leave home? You could give a different letter middle name.

For same sex siblings I'd avoid it if possible.

I like it

My sis and I have the same first initial - no problem with it.

My friend has 7 children all with the same initials (first and middle names).

I have four siblings. I have the same initial as three of them. Does make post a bit confusing, we used to scrap over letters, it was great fun looking back! Felt sorry for my brother without the same initial though, i used to tell him he was adopted!

My mother said she didn't think about it when naming us, which I find strange...

I don't think it's a big deal at all - after all, they will spend far more of their life as separate, autonomous adults, living in different homes, than as part of a sibling set.

I certainly don't think it's enough of a reason not to choose a name you love.

DSIs and I have never bothered me in the slightest.
Never thought about it until DH said he wasn't sure about a possible name for DD2 for that reason.

One word - Duggars.

Personally I don't like it but I haven't had that dilemma as my favourite names don't begin with the same letters...

My sis and I have the same initial and it has never been a problem

I`d try to avoid it as when making shopping lists much easier to put shoes A,pencil case B etc
also if playing cards etc you can just put initial at top of score sheet and on calendars too
I know 2 families where kids names are alphabetical!A for 1st,B for second etc!

I don't think it's too bad for two different aged siblings. A bit confusing with post, perhaps, but not something to particularly avoid if you like two names starting with the same letter.

Where it gets naff, though, is...
a. If there are more than two siblings
b. If the siblings are twins
c. If the names start with K - ie the Kardashians or those twins on Big Brother
d. If you start changing the usual spelling of names just so they start with the required letter.

I think it's naff - sorry. Particularly when you get loads of children all with the same initial like the Duggars.

Naff, don't do it.
Causes all sorts of probs in the future. eg bank accounts, post, schooling etc.

We have two with the same initial, and I never really thought about it, even though we had two names for ds2 and were undecided if he would be E... P...... or P...... E.... , it just never crossed our mind that dd was already and E.. :o

I'd generally avoid it, especially as the name we are considering for DD starts with the same initial as her dad's, so if we give a (hypothetical) second child a name starting with the same letter, that will be 3 people in the same house with the same initials - it would just get confusing I think.

If we have a girl for our third we have both an F and a T name in our top three names - so she would share an initial with one brother.

I wouldn't ditch a name to avoid repeating an initial, unless it extended beyond two children, which won't ever be an issue for us as this is the last baby.

I wouldnt have DC's with the same initials - Im even 'against' any of them having the same initial as me or DH!

I know someone who has the same initials as her DH and all 6 of her DC's - just seems a bit 'chavvy' to me and some of the names smack of desperation in order to meet this criteria.

I'm against them all having the same initial, but 2 in a family of 3 could be a coincidence, and 2 out of 4 is fine, but in all cases I think you have to be careful they don't sound too similar.
I also think it sounds silly when you hear lots of the same initial together - Christina, Caitlin, Courtney and Callum sounds ridiculous, even though none of the names sound the same other than the 'c'.

DD and DS2, DH and me all have same first initial. DS2 and DH have same first and middle initial but DS2's middle name was non-negotiable. We just chose names we liked. There aren't that many situations where it really matters. As for the post - they don't really get much as children. There's only going to be an overlap of a couple of years where it might be a problem. Far better to give them a nice name that you like that will last them 90 years and maybe cause the odd bit of post confusion than one you're not so sure of. No-one really comments. If they do I just smile and change the subject.

Both of mine have the same initials. It wasn't planned at all, they were just names we liked.

If we have another, though, names starting with G are banned!

This.

I don't think it's a big deal at all - after all, they will spend far more of their life as separate, autonomous adults, living in different homes, than as part of a sibling set.

Once again we have people forgetting that they are naming People rather than Children. Children grow up very fast. Your little family household will only last a few short years before the dynamics start to alter.

I tried not to repeat initials for the DC either with each other or with DH and I but I certainly wouldn't have ditched a name I loved just because it happened to start with the same letter as someone else's. I do only have 2 children though, it would start looking silly after that I think - and the Duggars are definitely scraping the barrel now!

Like others have said, the post issue will only be for a short time.

Our children have names with same first initial. Our second had no name at all until he was six weeks old as we couldn't agree, so finding a comprimise was more important than the initial.

When the third came along we argued throughout the pregnancy but eventually I insisted name must be English and old while DH's conditions were that the first letter would be the same as his siblings so that 'he won't feel left out'. So we found a name that way.

The post isn't an issue - they have different middle initials and it is usually obvious who it is for.

The only time it ever caused a problem was with the bank, funnily enough. One cashier asked my son about his 'other account' and would he like it incorporated with his regular account.

'Sure' says son (aged about 17) 'Strange how I had money I didn't even know about . '

Cue a hysterical phone call from my daughter at university, 'My account's been closed!'

When the mess was sorted out, the bank said it was an easy mistake to make but would retrain the staff anyway...