Samuel Garner Affleck..

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Discuss.

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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcomed their third kiddo. I think it's a great name ( I have a Samuel myself) but think it's odd that two out of their three kids have the same initial. (They're Violet, Seraphina, and now Samuel, in case anyone has more of a life than I do and does not know this.) I think Violet and Sam are great together, and Seraphina is a beautiful name but doesn't "go".

What are your thoughts?

Why do similar initials matter, though? Honest question - I've seen it mentioned as a factor before on here, and have never quite understood why. Am equally puzzled by the idea - which is very common on here - that sibling names should 'match'? Again, why? For whom is it a benefit? Each child is just his or her own name, presumably, not some kind of matching 'set' of three...?

i love the name but DH vetoed it long ago. :(

don't think the initials thing makes any difference.

I agree with you OP about the names - not fussed about the initials though

I like it...it's a nice normal un-hollywood name. They seem like a fairly normal family to me.

I really like the name and the initals thing wouldn't have occured to me.

I think Seraphina is a very pretty name, but would be vetoed by the OH in a flash

I like it, not try-hard, I'm not fussed by same initial especially as there are different genders and they'll only be siblings at the same address for a while.

My only quibble would be if it gets abbreviated to Sam Affleck that doesn't flow v well -Samfleck?

PS I love Violet (DH vetoed). Seraphina is a bit fussy for me.

I thought same initial advoided as you would not know who's the letter for, Miss S .... or Miss S .... etc. I don't think it matters, when it's different sex.

I don't think it matters how siblings flow together, it's what works with surname. Sam Affleck is really good, so it's a thumbs up from me.

I think all their children's names are lovely.

how siblings name flow together - sorry

I saw an interview yonks again when Jennifer Garner referred to her DD's as Violet and Sarah. Clearly Sarah is her nn.

Violet, Sarah and Samuel...lovely.

Goddamn it, first an old friend and now Ben bloody Affleck announce today that they've STOLEN my baby name. I adore Samuel, and it's a family name too.

My sister and I have the same initial, brother has a different one. Never been a problem.

I stole Samuel first, apart from 8 previous generations of DH's family. Coincidentally it is a name I have always liked, and DS suits "Sam" down the ground.

I have the same initials (and surname) as my brother. Bothered me so little, that I now have the same initials and surname as my DH.

As for sibling names and initials- DS and DD have most of the same letters in their names! they "go" pretty well, in that they are both short with similar sounds, but I did not think about it at all when we names her.

You stole it first you say Bike?

Then you're on my shit list too.

My Samuel is almost 5. :) He's a total Sam too, can't imagine him as anything else.

You sure they call her Sarah not Sera?

Most likely Sera. :)

I don't know why I think sibling names have to "go", I just do :o. Like if someone had a Na'shia-Raye and a Joe. That would be odd.

In RL I know a family with a DS called Chase and 2 DDs. One is Kennedy and the other is...Hannah. Always seems strange to me. They are lovely though.