These are good sibling names, right?

[CheerfulYank]

My friend has a DD, Grace. She is pregnant with a DS she plans to name Charlie.

I mentioned it to my mother and she said Grace and Charlie don't "go together." I think they have exactly the same sort of "feel" iyswim.

Don't they?

Names don't need to 'match'!

Grace and Charlie are both very trendy/popular names and I don't see why they wouldn't work for siblings..?

Yes they're both dull safe and popular names so go together.

I don't think it has anything at all to do with your mother.

My great grandparents were called Grace and Charles (although obviously not siblings!) I think Grace is more formal than Charlie but I don't think it really matters.

I wouldn't mention to your friend what your mum thinks.

Oh, no plans to mention it to her at all! :)

It's just that I've always been really "into" names and feel like I know people's style, if you know what I mean. So my mother saying that has made me second guess myself!

She is planning on Charlie, not Charles, which makes me shudder, but I accept thia is my issue and not hers.

*this

I think by the time names actually start to matter, when the child starts applying for jobs the siblings are unlikely to know the same people anyway.

I like the name Charlie but Charles feels like an old man name to me so I understand why she would go for Charlie.

I know! I completely understand just Charlie, it's just an issue I have. I named my son something I didn't like at the time because I couldn't put a "nickname" on the BC. I'm so odd

I had the same issue with Teddy and Edward, I love the name Teddy, couldn't bring myself to call a baby Edward.

Firstly they don't sound odd together but even if your dd is called Ophelia and your ds is called Trevor. It doesn't matter!

You could do Theodore or Frederick Ikea. Or just Teddy, whatever :)

It's just an odd issue I have. I hear about someone who was Billy on his BC and it gave me a shudder... I don't even know him.

Theodore is a fab name, ds1 is called Elvin though, so I think people might think we love the chipmunks! Frederick is also a great name but we know 4 men with that name so it's sort of taken.

When I was pregnant last time I wanted to have a Frederick after my grandfather, but call him Rex for short. Still not sure if that was hormones or not! :o The baby ended up being Margaret. :)

I think they go well together, in fact I know siblings called Grace and Charlie!