Alliteration??

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I know it's personal taste, but I'm interested to know what people think if alliteration when thinking of names. Does it put you off? Does it sound ok?
The reason I ask is that our surname starts with an E, and some of our favourite names do too. Really like Emma, Eleanor (Ella/Ellie/Elle nn) etc. I'd always said no to E names because of alliteration, but we're struggling to agree on anything and these are names we both like. Not sure if it will sound silly

DS has an alliterative name (FF), it worked well as we have a one syllable surname.

I wouldn't do it personally but I know lots of people do.

I quite like it. It works better with some letters. I like A, M. E is ok. B wouldn't work.

I like it. I think it works well.

Awrite B definitely works, I know a few and they sound good.

My DS is RR

Ah yes, like Ben Bridges. I was more trying to think of B names and coming up with Brenda Blether, Brian Blessed, Bobby Ball.

Brenda Blethyn that should be.

My ds has one and I love it- depends very much on the name as it can sound cartoonish but generally they are more memorable and quite strong.

I had one prior to getting married. With the letter S.

One of the reasons I was more than happy to take my husbands surname as I always felt it made me sound like a storybook character

Brenda Blether !!

Sounding quite positive so far! I don't think it'll sound too cartoon/story book as our surname is quite hard and unusual. Trying to find a feminine soft name to balance it out, and they just all seem to be E ones that we agree on...

Don't worry about it, it's hard enough finding a name you both agree on without the added stress of alliteration. Go with the name you love it will be fine.

Brigitte Bardot coped alright with being BB.

I like alliterative names, admittedly more on girls than boys.

I married into alliteration. Quite like it now, though initially people said it made me sound like a Marvel character (think Pepper Potts, Peter Parker, Reid Richards, Susan Storm... If you've seen the big bang theory TV show you'll know what I'm on about.)

I love alliterative names.

Think they are really nice-and I love your names -

I'm thinking Eleanor Evans...

@Addy2 it's my DS1's favourite tv program, so yes, know exactly what you mean. That's partly why I'm overthinking the alliteration I think

@mumsiedarlingrevolta Eleanor is my current favourite. The surname is 2 syllables, so think it sounds better with a first name of 1 or 3 syllables. I really am overthinking this aren't I! Haha

Elizabeth is a good classic, expecially because if she doesn’t like the EE herself she can turn it into Lisa, Liza, Lizzie, Libby, Beth, Bess, Zaba, Zib.

I love Eleanor-my DS1 would have been had he been a girl.

It's easy to over think but go with your gut-it seem like you want it and just want some reassurance-it's a lovely name!!

So Eleanor Evanston it is!! I think it's fab!!

I didn't used to like alliterative names but now my son has one!! It wasn't because we couldn't agree on a name, rather I just fell in love with how it sounded. Lots of famous people use alliterative names as they are so memorable. I agree, they work better with certain names though.

Eleanor is a gorgeous name.

My DS1 is SS. I hadn’t given it any thought when we were deciding as for some stupid reason I kept including his middle name when I was repeating it in my head. It was only when he was nearly born I released he would be known by just his first name and last name in life and maybe that was a problem.

DP said I was being ridiculous though and we went with it. It’s just his name now and I don’t really think about it (apart from when threads like this appear😜).

My DD is CC, first name two syllables and surname is one. Works really well

Just be careful of Eleanor bring shortebed to Ellie, Ella, Elle. There are SO many girls in DS’s school with those names. I honestly zone out now as I can’t keep track of who’s who.

@SleepFreeZone I know what you mean, but I think it varies with local area. Where we live people are all going for less common names, so at the moment people are more likely to have someone with the same name if it's outside the top 50. I teach, and in my 2 form entry school we only have 1 each of Ella and Ellie... but we have 4 girls called Genevieve.