Wilfred and River?

[dancingunicorns123]

Could DS Wilfred have a sister called River or are they too different/not really following the same theme whatsoever?

I have no idea why people on here are so obsessed about having matchy-matchy names, it's so naff. Your children are individuals, not part of a branding exercise.

I suspect you'll get a beating but I think both names are cool in their own right, so go the hell for it, I say!

Luckingfovely, I could not agree any more.

But will the dB be happy dsis got a cool name?

@Aprilmightbemynewname I don't think Wilfred is 'uncool' in anyway?

Guess like every name it's where you live!! Up here it's not cool, but maybe my dc have names not nice where you live!!
Both names nice just not together!!

I agree that Wilfred is equally as cool as River.

One of my children has a significantly more 'out there' name than the other.

Does it bother them? Have they ever even noticed? Have they bollocks.

Are they both super cool individuals in their own right who completely own their own names? Yup.

They're fine together, I wouldn't think anything negative.

I think they're very different in style, honestly.

I would also assume a River - with a brother named Wilfred - was a boy. If it was a River and Harper, or River and Piper, or River and some other unisex name, I'd be more inclined to wonder if River was a girl.

Wilfred is the very antithesis of cool. River is quite self-consciously cool. Also masculine imo.

Names don't need to match!

And your kids will spend more time apart than living together. Just choose names you like.

I quite like Wilfred or wilf.

I think they are very at odds and don't gel well.
But of course, you can name your children whatever you like, really, within reason.

River is a very cool name, for a boy.

Rowan is a better match, esp for a girl.
Wilf and Roo :)

As the mother of a Wilf(red) I think its a very cool name!!!

Wilfred and River sounds a bit like a clothing shop for the country gent, I can picture them selling tweeds and waders.

Seriously, it’s fine, names don’t have to match.

Like Marcipex's suggestion