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Name anxiety!!

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TiddlyWinks01 · 31/05/2018 21:23

I was just interested in your opinions... I have never been a names person particularly until I had my baby boy. We have seemingly given him a very unique name, but didn’t seem rare to us as we both knew people called this. Everyone was shocked as my older daughter has a very popular, “normal”, classic name. Also, a lot of people say it’s a dogs name, however this never even crossed my mind when we named him!

How important is it really to have “matching” names?

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MikeUniformMike · 31/05/2018 21:33

Names don't have to match. Unless your boy is called Fido then these people are idiots.

Jj2431 · 31/05/2018 21:34

Not going to be very good at answering this but in my opinion if you like a name then use it. Personally I do sound names out with my other two kids names but sometimes I do think I'm being daft to miss out on names I like because it doesn't match the other two or isn't biblical like there's. So in a nutshell I think if you don't care if it matches then don't worry about it

Joeybee · 31/05/2018 21:40

I don't think it's important to have matching names. In fact if Mamés are too matching then they can sound terrible.

Tipee22 · 31/05/2018 21:44

What’s the name?

Missnearlyvintage · 31/05/2018 21:46

I wouldn't worry. It's such an emotional thing chosing names for your children, and it is your choice. I did feel bad for a little while as DS couldn't pronounce his name when he was very little (and people weren't used to hearing it so they assumed that they had misheard him and 'gave' him a name they had heard of). Now he's a little older he loves having a name that is a bit unusual. DD on the other hand has a more mainstream name as that was the only one that both DH and I could agree on. They sound okay together off the tongue and both names were ones that DH and I felt attached to somehow.

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TiddlyWinks01 · 31/05/2018 22:14

Thanks all! My DS is called Digby (be nice!) and I love it. We liked the whole “nickname” name trend ie. Alfie, Archie etc but wanted it to be a full name. I didn’t realise how marmite it would be!

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IggyAce · 31/05/2018 22:24

I like it, I think Digby sounds cool. My DCs names don't match DD has a beautiful and somewhat classic name my DS has a very American name that you either like or don't. In fact someone told my DF that it sounded like am American porn stars name!

MikeUniformMike · 31/05/2018 22:27

www.rover.com/blog/top-male-dog-names/

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TiddlyWinks01 · 31/05/2018 22:38

my point exactly!!!!

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Dangerousminds · 31/05/2018 22:46

I think Digby is a cool name!

I also gave my dc names I liked rather than names that 'match'. I don't think it matters personally.

butlerswharf · 31/05/2018 22:58

I like it too. It's quite a strong name.

Marcipex · 31/05/2018 23:43

Digby is a great name.

ManInTheMoonMarigold · 01/06/2018 01:27

Digby is a perfectly fine, normal name. It's not as though you have called them Jane and Sparklepants.

Irksomeness · 01/06/2018 01:38

One of my kids is named after my Aunties dog. When I see his name mentioned on MN as being a dogs name I can't deny they have a point 😂😂. (It's not Fido!)

I think matching names is weird but it seems a really common thing to do. We just chose the names we liked. I'd avoid rhyming names or names that sound daft together but that's about it.

GoatYoga · 01/06/2018 06:12

We have a dog called Digby - I do think of it as a dog name, probably because of this:

Name anxiety!!
Flamingosnbears · 01/06/2018 07:53

It is nice to have a theme but it's not set in stone after all they are individuals...

scrivette · 01/06/2018 08:03

I like Digby!
It doesn't matter if they 'match' after a while they will work together anyway as people use them together.

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TiddlyWinks01 · 01/06/2018 08:21

Haha I realise there was a movie about a massive dog but that was before my time! There is also a movie about a dog called Max but it still seems to be a popular name for babies.

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Jammycustard · 01/06/2018 08:30

Im considering a ‘dog’ name for my (unborn) son, but looking at that rover list, it’s way down.

MollyHuaCha · 01/06/2018 08:35

It's absolutely fine. Touch of upper class about it.

I much prefer to to Jayden, Brayden, Cayden etc.

Sessy19 · 01/06/2018 08:43

MikeUniformMike almost never says anything nice about name choices...

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 01/06/2018 16:05

But Mike also says some hilarious things too ! 😂

MikeUniformMike · 01/06/2018 16:53

Thanks Sugarhoneyeye! I have nothing against Digby - it's a big different but not unheard of. There's Lord Digby Jones and a few other Digbys. It's not on the links of dog names I posted. I looked at other lists to and still no Digby. The dog names are things like Alfie, Archie, Rufus, Oscar, Jack and so on.

Most names are fine - you meet someone and they're called something and you might think it's not a great name but it suits them so it's nice.

MikeUniformMike · 01/06/2018 16:54

too not to