Very similar first name and surname.

[Milasmummy]

what’s the consensus regarding the surname sharing two letters from the first name.

Examples are:
Freya Farmer

Heidi Hayden

Is that a no go? Too mean?

Thanks!

Marilyn Monroe.

I used to go to school with someone called Joe Jones. Always thought that was a bit of a strange one!

I love illiterate names as long as they don't sound silly.

I knew a Val Valentine and it was only after he died I realised he was actually called Valentine Valentine (he was born on Valentine's Day).
I couldn't do that to my child but then again it didn't seem to do him any harm and he was a lovely man.

I love alliteration names my son has one and I’ve had lots of comments it sounds like a movie star name :)

I don’t think it’s a definite no - depends on the names.

I knew a John Johnson too!

The ones you've suggested are fine.

I know some called David Davies and William Williams 🤦🏼‍♀️

I went to school with a William Williams

Or the Klu Klux Klan.

Sorry, that was to goldengummybear

I went to school with someone called Ronnie Renney. Anything is possible.

One of my DC has the first two letters the same in his first name and surname. Two syllables then two syllables. I didn't choose it but I like it a lot - it sounds more strong / superhero than twee.

It's personal preference I think, rather than an accepted general view of it being awful / amazing. It's lovely to have a monogram of the same 2 letters though! Marilyn Monroe - MM etc. #helpful

I love aliterate names! They do sound like movie stars!

I think it usually sounds cool and like they could be an actor or something eg Amy Adams.

BIL/SIL’s DD has the same initial for all three names! All good as long as it’s not KKK

I love names that have alliteration. do it!

It’s really weird. I know a woman who didn’t just do it with one of her DD’s but with both of them. They have the same first name bar one letter and the names are very similar to the surname. Can’t say the names because it’s outing but it’s bad...

I think it sounds a bit ridiculous in the examples you've offered, but don't listen to me because I'm 100% convinced I could have a Lillian Lee i.e. Lily Lee.

My favourite alliterative name is January Jones (the Mad Men actress). Love the 3(4?) syllables with a single syllable surname too.

My first & last names alterate after I married DH. I prefer this to what I had before, particularly as both names are unusual.

OP, it depends on the names you wish to use & many can work while others sound daft.

Not quite the same but I know someone who took their husbands name when they married and became Hayley Bailey. I always think it's weird to have a rhyming name

I had never, until this thread, realised that my DS's first name and surname share three letters. Which should indicate how much of a non-issue it is! They are alliterative but I like that, whilst others don't.

I agree with others, as long as it's not silly then it's probably not noticeable either

I love illiterate names as long as they don't sound silly.

Yeah, we all know an illiterate parent with a ridiculously names offspring.

Not quite the same but I know someone who took their husbands name when they married and became Hayley Bailey

I also know someone who took her husbands name and is now Phillipa Phillips awful.

Most of my fav names rhymed with dh's surname. Had to find alternatives as thought it sounded silly eg. Judith Smith. Alliteration is better, so I guess it depends where the letters are and do they made same sounds?