Place names

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Looking for opinions...

DC1 has a name that's also a place (it's a capital city). Would it look cringey to have DC2 also having a name after a place?

It isn't a theme I'm after. I sometimes forget DC1's name is also a place and then after looking down my long list for DC2, there's also a few place names on there that I like!

Is this something that would look weird?

Depends on the places! Some place names are so common as people-names that it doesn't matter. (Or indeed are named after people.)

If it's like, Iona and Florence - that's fine.

Adelaide and Virginia - also fine.

Bristol and Brooklyn, then maybe a bit weird.

Two definitely becomes a theme, so I would probably avoid it, personally.

Nice places? Coz Newcastle and Sunderland for names would be shite!!
And I say that as a Geordie!!

I know a fair number of parents whose DC's names follow a theme. I don't find it cringey, and once they're adults not many people are even going to know.

I think it depends on the name. If it’s a well established and used name then yes but if not then I’d probably avoid it.

For example, my eldest daughter is Aurora... Technically, a place name but it also has a lot of other connections and it’s the place isn’t one you think of being outside of the US so we’ve considered Florence this time around.

That didn’t make sense lol. It’s not the sort of name you’d connect with the place when outside of the US*

Some place names are commonly used first names - Florence, Georgia, Adelaide, Sidney etc, largely because those places were named after people. I wouldn’t see two of these types of names as a theme. My siblings and I all have place names meaningful to DDad as middle names. Only mine is not also a commonly used given name. My DD is also named after a place, where DH and I first lived together, but it’s also a commonly used girls name.

If I came across a sib set called say Manhattan and Canberra, I’d think it a little odd if the third sibling was called say, Paul, but I wouldn’t loose any sleep over it.

My dd is Florence. When she was at primary school, one year she was on a table with Georgia, Paris and Devon. Made me chucke!

I’m not against themes in particular, but that theme would make me assume it’s where each child was conceived (perhaps it is!)

One of my favourite names is Aude. It’s a girl’s name over there, also the name of a river and a region.

Sorry ‘over there’ in France.

It's fine, lots of place names used for people too eg Paris, Florence, Sofia, Brooklyn, Madison etc

I think what previous posters have suggested is fine. Siblings like Paris and Sydney I would avoid.

Depends on the name. Nancy and Florence are OK. Leigh and Bradley are OK. Chester and Lincoln a bit railway timetabley.
Burnley and Preston may sound like a football fixture.
Milan and Paris too fashion showy ...

Agree that it depends on the name.

If it's another capital city (or even well known city) then I wouldn't, to be honest. (ie assuming your child is called London, Paris or Rome then I wouldn't use another of those and nor would I use Milan, Florence, Sydney or Atlanta)

But if it's a country, area or random small place then I wouldn't worry. (ie I think it would be fine to have London and India, Paris and Alaska or Rome and Brooklyn - though that last one's a bit too Beckham-like!)

PS - I know twins called Sydney and Atlanta. They have two cousins their age called Dakota and Savannah. Doesn't seem to be an issue for them and I think all 4 are lovely names. But I wouldn't want so much of a theme personally.

What is the other name? Like others have said, it depends on the name

I agree it depends on the names, but generally I'd be inclined to avoid as two will often feel a bit themey even when the names themselves are well-established. For example, Florence on its own is fine, Florence and Paris/India/Georgia I would definitely notice.

India
Brooklyn
Paris
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