Is this amount of name alliteration ridiculous?

[ThePieSmuggler]

So am 20 weeks pregnant and don't know the sex yet but would like opinions on our favoured girls name... Clara.

Both DH and I love the name but the problem is our surname - it's the same as Superman's first name! i.e. there's a huge amount of alliteration present.

Does this rule it out? If you heard this name would you think it ridiculous? I alternate between loving Clara so much that I feel it doesn't matter and then worrying we're saddling our baby with a daft name! Help!

Have avoided writing our surname to avoid the whole name being searchable

X posted loads due to fannying around

I like Carla and Cara too (pp suggested them), they go nicely with surname - also Carly.

I second the Cora suggestions. Also, how about Greta?

Hattie goes brilliantly with your surname.

Marnie? Bit like Molly but more unusual?
I love Rose.

How about Laura? Or Sarah? They are a bit Clara ish without the C sound!

I was also going to say Cora and Cara. Clara is too much with the surname.

Didn't do Lois Lane any harm ;) I like it xx

I think Molly goes the best with your surname out if the choices listed. Certainly not Clara. Sorry! ;)

I like Greta, that one is added to the list, I also like Cora but if we veto Clara then I think we'd be looking at a totally different name rather than a similar sounding one. Thanks for all the input so far (especially those of you that say Clara works)

Was gonna suggest Greta too and flora? I wouldn't use Clara if it was me my brother was Robbie Roberts and I still laugh at my mums stupidity!

He had a hyphenated name but of course everyone just called him Robbie

It would be ok if you pronounced it Claire-uh, as some people do, but you may not like that!

"I don't think it's that bad, you could double barrel it?"

Nooo. Hyphenates surnames are... meh.

I quite like it actually. There are far worse names out there!

Of your others, I do like Harriet. And Greta.

Harriet or Violet both lovely with your surname but not Clara doesn't sound right at all

I think Emily is a lovely name although maybe it's too popular.

Use your maiden name as the surname and make the superman name the middle name.

If you google, there are women out there with that name. So not impossible.

You wouldn't believe it, op, but my dd has same surname as yours and Clara was also consideration. I liked the alliteration but ruled it out because came up with so many more names during 3rd trimester. how about Clarissa or Carla? I would have gone for Coco as a nickname with the double c's in play.

PS met a Lara and was surprised by how much I liked the name when previously hadn't really noticed it. Lara is very beautiful and think its stronger name than Clara and would perhaps be the solution

I love Violet with Letty as a NN - but then wanted to call DD2 that but DP vetoed it

I do think that Clara with your surname might be too much (and it gives her the initials cc - but don't think that's too bad...
Actually Violet - VC -
Are you planning a middle name (not hyphenated) ?

I think it sounds fine.

I quite like those names together.

I think it's too much.

Iris?
Miriam?
Fiona?

Other Suggestions then for totally different names (I do like the ones on your short list)

Martha
Louisa
Lila
Tabitha
Naomi
Flora
Adele
Imogen
Beatrice
Miranda
Saskia