Are these sister names OK?

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My DD1 is Maeve. She was named after our amazing midwife, and we are not Irish at all so I'm not looking for an Irish name. I am English, and my husband is half-Indian, half Canadian, but we both live and grew up in the UK.

My husband had a lovely great aunt named Nina whom he wants to honour. I do like the name, but my biggest hang-up is that it does not "go" with Maeve. I do not know why I care about this so much! My husband thinks it's a silly reason not to use a family name, especially as our family doesn't really "match" anyway! But it's picking at me.

Any thoughts? Also, now I know I'm really picking, but my name is Nicola, sometimes Nikki -- that's not too close to Nina is it to be confusing, right?

I think they are good together.

I don't understand why people want matching names. What's the point

To show that they're a sibset.
I think it's a bit naff but I wouldn't give completely different names (e.g. Cressida and Ellie-Mae or Agamemnon and Wayne)

Nina & Maeve are very nice together.

They're completely fine together.
Agamemnon and Wayne

OP, I work with a bloke called Rocco who has a brother named Rollo.

Honestly, Maeve and Nina are fine!

Love the name Nina. Do it!

Tarquin and Steve

They are both lovely OP. You have great taste!

HumpHumpWhale I also think of Nina as having an Irish sort of sound because of the town called Nenagh

It goes fine! Both a bit different yet familiar!Do you like it enough? If not don't be pressured but if you do I think they make lovely sister names!

I'm irish and I think Maeve and Nina go lovely together, it's a lovely touch to name her after someone you care about. I also think Niamh(Neeve) would work well and sound similar to Nina.

Both beautiful names.

And sound great together- I'm not a fan of matchy-matchy names.

Agamemnon and Wayne 😂

They sound very good together.

Re previous comments, when people say do names match? they mean do they harmonise, not like siblings named Barry and Jonquil

I like the choices OP and don't think there's any conflict with Nicola at all.

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I love Agamemnon and Wayne May try and have twins just so I can use them.

I would say that maeve and Nina do go together, classic and but not over used and easy to spell! Go for it!

I see Nina in a group with Krystal, Demi, Lacy, Lexi.

I don't.

I think the names go together well. Not that it matters. I think they are nice names

Maeve and Nina sound really great together ! 😄

I think they match as they are similar in their shortness. It would be weirder to have something like Maeve and Alexandrina or Maeve and Anastasia.

It's a Russian name, but one of the few Russian names that doesn't have a proper and diminutive form.

I think they sound fine together! They have a similar 'feel' to me. Lovely names too

Maeve and Nina are two of my favourite names and go well together! I wouldn't see Nicola as being too close either.

They sound great together! Go for it. And I definitely don’t think Nina is too similar to your name.