Alliterative names

[Linny88]

What do people think about names beginning with the same name? My husband is really keen on a name that begins with the same letter as his surname (I don’t share his surname but have decided our baby will have my husband’s surname) ....I should also add that the name he likes not only begins with the same letter of his surname but also ends with the same sound. He says that he likes it so much we could just use my surname, but I think family members will get quite upset if we used my surname.

Personally I love it but wouldn't choose a name just because of that. If it was alliterative, I'd just see it as a bonus ( not sure about SS as initials though)

I love that sort of thing! My daughter has an alliterated name and it gets loads of compliments!

I have noticed that mumsnet is normally split on this sort of thing but I say go for it!

I like alliterative names, but if it rhymes too, then fonthe names actually work together? I’m thinking something like Carter Cooper.

Don't mind alliteration but don't like names at are too matchy matchy which is what you sound like you are describing.

The only people who have a say on your LOs surname is you and your DP. Have a frank chat about it together about what you both prefer.

Depends on how the names sound together.
I don't think I'd bat an eyelid if I met a colleague called Jonathan Jackson or Conor Carter.

It didn't do Kevin Keegan or Neville Neville any harm.

I'm am one by marriage. I love it! Makes me feel like I'm an actress for some reason!

I love it! Are you saying it would be along the lines of Leo Lyall or Nicholas Nedin? Yeah, I still love it. I mean, the names may make difference. But based just on alliteration, I'd go for it.

Re surname though, could you double-barrel?

Maybe it’s not so bad then - it would be the equivalent of something like Orla Ollinger

Ah ok. In my rhotic accent Orla and Ollinger do not have the same ending at all, so I'm a bit useless here!

Something like Julian Jackson maybe or Harrold Hold? I still think I like it. It does depend on the names a bit though.

I love alliterative names, they make me smile. Handy because I have one

Don't decide in your child's surname on the basis of how family members will act, it's yours and your husband's child, not theirs.

If I wasn’t married and sharing a surnMe with my partner my baby would have my surname but that's not what you were asking about...

It’s hatd to know without knowing the bands. If you don’t want to say can you think of anything similar?

Bands🙄 names! Fat fingers and iPhones aren’t good together!

I think the op is married though, but hasn't changed her name.

Is double barreling out op? Or portmanteau maybe? I sort of wishers portmanteaued our surnames when we got married!

Double barrel would be far too long with both our surnames and I work with children and have found it’s more of an issue when a father turns up with a child who has a different surname to him- the father then gets questioned a lot and we have to check consent...on the other hand nobody ever seems to question a woman with a different surname to their child when they say they’re the mother.

I guess I just wanted to see people’s opinions on a name like Orla Ollinger or Freda Foster as I previously read a post saying not to use a first name that shares two sounds with a surname.

I love them.

Another like here!

My son has a name like this, I genuinely didn't even think about it until he was about six months old (blame the pregnancy hormones and the fact that I have a different surname!). Anyway I like it and would have still chosen his name either way, most people probably won't notice, not one person has ever commented to me about DS's name.

I think with the Freda Foster type name, it again depends a lot on the name.

If it was Hayden Hudson for example, I personally don't like it as it shares the H sound, the D sound and the ending.

Gregor Gardener though, I do like as it only shares the G sound and the ending.

Orla Ollinger and Freda Foster do not share the same endings in rhotic accents, so if that is the ending, it will not sound the same in some parts of the UK and elsewhere in the English speaking world. So I think it's less of an issue.

To clarify, in my Irish accent, they would be; Orr-la Oll-in-jerr and Free-da Foss-terr. Not Orr-la Oll-in-ja and Free-da Foss-ta.