Sibling name 'sets'?

[Kveta]

I know quite a few (at least 2 personally, and 1 set does the voice of George Pig on Peppa Pig :o!) Oliver and Alices, 2 Hugo and Isaacs, and knew a couple of David and Alistairs at school.

I'm now starting to worry that DH and I have chosen a new 'sibling set' of names for our DC, as today we overheard DS's name and DC2's name together a LOT. DC2 is due next month, and we can still change the name we've chosen, obviously, but I just wondered what names you hear together a lot?

Sam and Ollie in today's playgrounds.

Nick and Simon in my age group.

Evie and Alfie.

I know 3 lots of isobel and grace

Jack and Ollie

Oscar and Felix
Alfie and Maisie

It's very likely if someone chooses a popular girls name then they'll probably also like popular boys names, so there are lots of
Sam and Jack
Charlie and Ellie
Jack and Grace
Alfie and Evie

See, we have an Oliver already, and the girl's name we've chosen is also popular/common. But we have a very limited choice of names as it needs to work in both the UK, and DH's (eastern european) country, and DH disagrees with almost every name I like, and only likes names which are very very simple and classic.

but as the girl's name we like hasn't been mentioned here, then maybe it was just coincidence that we heard the 2 names together EVERYWHERE today :o I think we heard Oliver being yelled from every corner when I was v. pg with DS, so maybe it's just my mind is more attuned to the names now?

I know 2x William & Elizabeths and 2x Edward & William

Also an Oliver & Isabella (isn't that a maternity brand ?)

I think your over thinking this - just call them a name that you like. I really don't understand the issue if other siblings are called the same (which they are going to be if you pick popular names).

Oliver and Isabel
1 or more of Sam, Tom, Ben and Amy usually go together
Chris and Jo(e) in the seventies/eighties
William/Edward/Henry
Adam and James

I recently met a lady whose DS had the same first and middle name as mine, but the other way round, and whose DD also has the same name as mine.

Matthew and James

I know 3 sets of Andrew and James

Invicta
I have two others too

I'm definitely overthinking, I'm 35 weeks pg, so am overthinking EVERYTHING :o

just didn't want to have the 2 most common names of the moment together if they are also common together IYSWIM. But feck it, they have a truly unique surname in the UK, and middle names also pretty bloody rare (DS's middle name, there was 1 other child with that name in the whole UK in the past 15 years. And DS happens to go to nursery with him :o)

oh well, at least the name for DC2 has still not been mentioned here, so it's clearly not that common everywhere in the UK :)

I know 3 sets of Oliver and Simon, of various ages.

And and Oliver/Archie and Oliver/Alfie, which are sort of similar.

I know two lots of William and Alexander (one set are twins), which was also my Grandad's full name

Girls names I've come across with Oliver include Harriet, Charlotte & Hannah.

I didn't even get what you meant until about half way down the thread so I really don't think it's something to worry too much about

Same as the above tbh!

But then again i've moved counties recently and tbh i think any names could today be seen as name sets - and that all depends on where you live

one thing i have noticed for sure is that we really do not need anymore Alfies

Can you tell us the girls name you've chosen? then we can tell you whether or not it goes with Oliver

Is it Oliver and Sophie?

not Sophie, no (although I do like that name, in DH's language it is Zofie, which I am less keen on!)

I will tell what the name is if anyone guesses it :o

Stetsons my grandfather was William Alexander too - and my nephew is Alexander William (and brother is William, and dad's middle name is Alexander!). Obviously names that go together well!

Oh oh- is it Oliver and Emily? I know one set with those names but they're in the US...

yup - except it's Emilie, as spelling in the way DH's country does (if that makes sense).

We heard so many mums going 'EMILY! COME HERE!' at the weekend too, so it's obviously a common name round our way. Oh well!