Same sounding first and last name

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Daisy Ridley
Harry Fernley

Our surname and chosen name both have an ‘ee’ Sound. I’ve always thought these names were fine, can think of lots of famous examples, but now having a third trimester wobble (in more ways than one )

What do people think?

I think it's fine my names both end 'll' and I like that it flows so much I'm not changing my surname when I get married lol x

Ha, I feel you malachis!

I know of an Alex Fox - always thought that was such a cool name

I have this issue too. I like a lot of ee sounding names but surname is Rossi.

I like Holly and Lucy but they don't go do they?

I think they sound lovely!

Holly Rossi
Lucy Rossi
Lily Rossi
Freddie Rossi

I think it’s fine, but maybe don’t listen to me until enough other people have commented

Depends on the combination - there’s a fine line between sounding “flowy” and sounding like you have a superheroes civvie name like Peter Parker or Clark Kent.

They have different letters, so would be very similar to the examples I gave in the OP

Ive just remembered, there’s a Henry Tilney in Jane Austen’s Northanger Anbey.

It’s passed the Jane Austen test ✅

Anyone else?

I think names like Daisy Ridley and Harry Fernley are fine.

If there was a more similar first vowel sound (e.g. Mindy Ridley/Ernie Fernley) or same first letter (e.g. Rosie Ridley/Freddie Fernley) then I would say no.

I think Holly is a better fit than Lucy greeneye because it's a soft c with the ss as well as both ending in 'ee' sounds.

OP I know an Ellie Killea and have always wondered if my friends, who I met when the DD was 2, could not agree on Any Other Name. So I think you need different consonants in the middle. As Jane Austen demonstrates!

Interesting. I think I agree about the same letter/sound thing.
Could I have a Henry Fearnley?

I think Harry Fearnley is fine.

I don't like it when the first name ends with the same sound as the start of the last name. E.g.
Nick King
Leo O'Grady
Emily Lee

My husband's name does this and he has to pronounce it really awkwardly like a wierdo.

I agree with the above, it depends a lot on the specific names involved. For example Kylie O'Reilly is awful, but Harry Fearnley sounds good.

Also agree that Holly Rossi sounds better than Lucy Rossi - Holly is a stronger name imo and I think a surname like Rossi needs it. It's a nice surname, don't get me wrong, but I'd be inclined away from soft first names.

DD has a name like Betty Reilly. Never really thought about the ee sounding ends on both names to be honest, it's such a common sound to end a word with in English.

I'd be more concerned with the whole names rhyming like Miley Reilly, Owen Bowen, Hayley Bailey that type of thing.

I don't like it when the first name ends with the same sound as the start of the last name. E.g.
Nick King
Leo O'Grady
Emily Lee

My husband's name does this and he has to pronounce it really awkwardly like a wierdo.

YY. You may also want to avoid the scenario where the first name ends in a vowel and the surname begins with one. Depending on the specific vowel sound, you can end up with both names being run together into one unpleasant-sounding entity with an unnatural extra 'r' being instinctively added - such as with Pamelaranderson.