Sibling names

[MammieBear]

What's your opinion on siblings having names beginning with the same initial? You see we have Edward and Matilda and I really like love actually Eleanor. Thankyou

Well my 2 have the same initials and I can't see the problem a lot of people seem to have with it tbh.
Lovely names by the way

Ahh thankyou for your help, that's my take on it I think I'll go with my heart. X

I think it's fine.

It's fine
I have the same initials as my brother (also DH and DD!); no problem.

Two of my kids have the same initial (boy and girl) I don't think it is a problem - some people will say there is an issue with mail but I think this is probably less the case if not the same sex. Edward and Eleanor are fine together, not too matchy at all.

I think there's a lot of over angst about matchy sibling names. They're going to be separate individual adults a whole lot longer than they're kids!

Also, biased, because those are all great names and I love Eleanor. Go for it!

I have matching initial to my 3 siblings, none of us mind but when we all lived together sorting mail was a nightmare. Ie everything was Ms j Smith so we'd all open each other's mail

I think it's absolutely fine. Lots of Eleanors around here though for some reason.

I basically have the same name as my sister (same consonants different vowels) and it's been fine, in fact it's quite nice, think Lily and Lola, but not those names.

Fine though I think you should think of middle names with a different initial.

I think it's fine, as you have Matilda so not all 'E' names. I also think that your kids have lovely names and that Eleanor goes brilliantly - fits a sort of medieval royalty theme

We thoughtlessly gave one of DC the same initial as his Dad. It didn't cross our minds it would ever be an issue but it's surprising how often bank letters etc arrive just using first initial and surname. It's not a problem when the kids are kids but as older teens and adults it definitely can be a problem.

My mum and dad deliberately avoided giving anyone the same initials, so everyone in the family was different down to the bloody dog!!! They always said it would lead to problems. Ds and dh have the same initial, haven't come across a single problem in the 15 years since he arrived. It's a non-issue.

Not a problem at all.

I wouldn't think anything of it if it was other people/their kids, but I avoided it with my own children. I liked several S names for my DDs but already had a Samuel, so we went with a initials we hadn't used.

I think it's fine. Lovely names!

No idea why this posted on here, I haven't even read this thread, lol

Oh dear me, not sure what is happening with my mn at the moment

Wouldn't even register really with other people's kids, wouldn't choose it for my own but I've never had any names I've loved and been set ob despite 3 DDs who I think have lovely names. If there's a name you love it, same initials doesn't matter a jot imo, especially different sexes so not two "Miss E. Bear" on documents.

I'm not keen at all and actively avoid it (I'm due no.4 so it can be annoying as I do like a name with the same initial as another of my children) but I love alliteration - 1st name/surname...

Ds and dh have the same initial, haven't come across a single problem in the 15 years since he arrived. It's a non-issue.

We found it was only an issue after the DC reached 15/16 and started receiving their own official correspondence Eg bank accounts etc

Gorgeous names, go for it!

Go for it. Although, I had the same initials as my mum so our post always got mixed up haha.