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Same initial for both children? Or too twee?

33 replies

Nearlytimeforbaby2 · 18/09/2013 19:53

Hello

I have been asking friends' opinions on this so thought I would ask Mumsnet too... Would you give a second child of the same sex a name beginning with the same initial? Or is it too twee?

Eg
Toby and Tristan
Oliver and Oscar
Harry and Henry

etc, etc.

Opinions gratefully received!

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HeyJudith · 18/09/2013 19:58

Personally I love it

but an awful lot of people are going to be commenting on the

POST ISSUE (in terms of the same initials)

Now, have you thought of that?

(Sorry I have been on MN for 10 years now (not on same user name) so have seen the same stuff doing the rounds so I can tell you that's what replies will largely be based around :) )

TeamSouthfields · 18/09/2013 20:00

Dont do it...

Think about the post !

OutragedFromLeeds · 18/09/2013 20:01

I would avoid unless you absolutely can't think of any other name you love. If you have one in between with a different initial it's not as bad imo e.g. Toby, William and Tristan is ok.

Oliver and Oscar are too similar because they have the same sound at the end as well.

Harry is a nickname for Henry traditionally, so maybe not a good combination.

AngusAndElspethsThistleWhistle · 18/09/2013 20:04

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2beornot · 18/09/2013 20:11

I would neither avoid nor deliberately do it. It just depends if I liked the names or not.

I'd also think about whether I was wanting more or not. 3 with the same initial might be ok, but 4+ is just too much! (Looks at Michelle and Bob Duggar!)

hawkmcqueen · 18/09/2013 20:26

What to be said, if you like two names that happen to have same initial I would def do it. Wouldn't pick a deliberate theme though.

OutragedFromLeeds · 18/09/2013 20:40

I could have a good few sons all with J names. Jackson, Joshua, Jonah, Jude, Jacob, James, love all of them!

Frikadellen · 18/09/2013 20:40

I dont have a problem with it post issue wont be such a biggy.

BackforGood · 18/09/2013 21:07

It was one of the things I certainly wanted to avoid, and am glad I did - there's loads of times you use dc's initials, not just on post - just makes life a lot easier if they are different

SmokedMackerel · 18/09/2013 21:12

I would avoid it - I sometimes call mine by each others names anyway, so if they had the same initial I bet I would be constantly saying the wrong one. Sil has the same initial as dd 2 and whenever I am with them both I address sil as dd and vice versa constantly. I expect sil feels like strangling me after a day out .
So, if you are a dozy mare like me don't do it!

JimmyCorkhill · 18/09/2013 21:14

I've done it! Not a prob so far. I also kept to the same amount of letters!!! Think of the £££££ you will save on name labels (thrifty emoticon).

daughterofafarmer · 18/09/2013 21:19

My BIL is 1 of 5 and all 4 boys have the same initias....

They seem ok, no long term issues

peachmint · 18/09/2013 21:23

I think it's too twee personally.

dietcokeandwine · 18/09/2013 21:49

The post issue wouldn't bother me but I would never have done the 'same initial' thing simply because I find it too twee and a bit naff. Sorry.

OpenMindedSceptic · 18/09/2013 22:00

My DS and DD have the same first initial. It was not deliberate - we just liked the names.

OpenMindedSceptic · 18/09/2013 22:02

Sorry just re-read your post - same sex children. Ignore my post

OpenMindedSceptic · 18/09/2013 22:05

Although if DD was a boy it would be the same initial too ( again, we liked the name!)

JimmyCorkhill · 18/09/2013 22:09

Ha ha - well I was hoping DD2 would be twins so that I could dress them the same so perhaps I'm not the best person to ask .

WigglyBraddins · 18/09/2013 22:12

DH is an R, I am an R, DS is an R. If the next DC is a girl, she'll be an R. If the next DC is a boy we're going to struggle to find an R name and I'm genuinely worried that if they don't have one they'll feel left out.

There are also practical advantages: we can all pay in each others cheques & have on occasions opened each others post.

I love it & if you love it too, go for it xxx

AuntieBrenda · 18/09/2013 22:13

All of us in my family had exactly the same initials. All four of us. It was never an issue. Not once. I didn't honestly think about it at all until I got married and changed my last name.

TwoTearsInABucket · 18/09/2013 22:16

My two have the same initial, but not on purpose, just cos I liked the names. Dc3 won't necessarily have the same initial.
When I refer to the two of them together I call them the Zs (not their initial!)

soontobeslendergirl · 18/09/2013 23:18

my two have the same initial - not deliberate but not an issue either - great for passing stuff down - eldest gets first initial and then surname on the 2nd line, that leaves a space to write full name of youngest on when it's passed down so I don't get their stuff muddled up :)

Actually, youngest's 4 letter name is 4 of the letters of eldest's 5 letter name just re-arranged - we didn't notice that until I was ordering wooden letters to put on their bedroom doors when they were about 4 and 3 :o

SkodaLabia · 19/09/2013 17:20

For me it's too matchy matchy if it's the same sound eg Jason and Jacob.

SkodaLabia · 19/09/2013 17:20

Not that any baby has been called Jason in the past 40 years!

Diddle82 · 19/09/2013 22:06

I would do it. Deffinately
Soontobe what are your dc's called?

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