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

Oh I bet those four Mums were pissed lol 😂

I just wish people were a bit more daring when it came to girls names. It’s all so samey. Feel sorry for the next generation as Ellie and Ava will be the equivalent of Sharon and Tracey.

Feel sorry for those mums- i purposely looked for names outside top 50 for dd as didn’t want her being one of many...it’s the only girl name duplicated in the whole year 😂🙈

Like your name choice but do prefer the Elinor spelling

I would if it flows well.

We considered it for DC2, she would've been BB but there was a pretty major court case going on at that time with a disgraced reporter with a very similar name which put me off!

I'm in a similar situation as Eleanor was one of my fav names but we have a 2 syllable surname starting with E so in the end sadly ruled it out. Eleanor went fine but if she wanted to ever shorten it to Ellie or Nora it sounds ridiculous with our surname (ends in an 'a' sound). Whereas, Elizabeth works fine plus most of the its nicknames.

I'm with the others, they can totally work and some sound amazing but others really not so much. Just try it out with your surname and if it sounds ok then alliteration doesn't matter.

Alliteration is for superheroes!

We have an LL. I love it :)

I like it. I went to school with an Emma E. Lovely name.
Loads of alliterative names work.

I think it depends on the name. Meghan Markle, Susan Sarandon...

I'd avoid a name like Ella Evans because it would become Ellerevans. Eva Evans sounds fairly glamorous if a little jokey looking.
Eleanor Evans is ok.
Your surname might not be Evans - just using it as an example.

My husband and one of my children have alliterative names. We didn't deliberately choose that with my daughter. We just liked that name and of the ones on our shortlist, it went the best with our surname.

Mine is alliterative due to married name. Think Peter Piper or Holly Hobbie. Even when I divorced (and then eventually remarried) I kept it as everyone said it was memorable ('like a fairy tale character' I was told).

I'm 50 so not much of a Snow White type, lol.

My birth name was slightly awkward to say and easy to get wrong (a bit four candles vs fork handles) so I prefer current name for those reasons as well.

Sam Spade is a cool name. Barry Bennett isn't.

I think they often tend to work better where the 1st and surname have a different number of syllables, (although Sam Spade is v cool!), and where there are no repeated sounds in the two names.

Were likely to have one next month, ive dithered on it for ages as i know some people really dont like them, but ultimetely i think if you love the name and it doesnt sound obviously ridiculous then go for it!

All depends on the alliteration.

I married in to being KKK 🙈 but it’s fine 😊

I knew a girl at school called Marianne Kassapian. How fabulous!

It's all the rage where I live and teach. Lots of kids have not only alliterative names but alliterative sibling names too! No one bats an eye although I will admit I found it a bit odd at first.

I know quite a few Eleanors. None are Ellie or Ellie. Names don't have to be shortened.

It can totally work but it depends how matchy they are/rhyme etc. Eg Sam Stevens would work but Rose Ruse would be awful.

but we have 4 girls called Genevieve.

Wow!!! That's my name..only met 2 in my whole life and I'm late 30's!

My daughter is AA 😂 although the A’s have different sounds in each name if you know what I mean. I didn’t even think about it when choosing her name I just liked what we have called her.

Personally can't stand it. Whenever I see or hear it I just think it makes the name sound like a character name in a kids book, a comedy name, or old entertainers name.

Some alliterative names sound ok but some just sound so twee imo eg Polly Potts or Lucy Lane. I think Eleanor would be fine but shortened eg Ellie Evans sounds really sickly sweet and twee 🤢