To all have names beginning with the same letter

[sandytoes84]

Both mine and my husbands name begins with the same letter. We decided on a name we loved for first baby then I realised it also begins with the same first letter...

Is that completely naff? Would anyone even notice or care?

I think it's fine! If you had a second child with the same letter I think it'd become more noticeable..

I would notice and I would probably think it was deliberate and a bit naff. Sorry OP!

I have a job where I look at lists of household names. I do think it's naff. I don't judge but I do an involuntary

Also it's a total PITA for post.

You might want to think about whether you’d like DC opening your mail because they think it’s theirs (or vice versa).

My dsis and I share the same initial. So do my two DD's. Our names sound totally different so I don't think most people would realise.

I know a family of five who all have the same first initial, and a family of four all beginning with L!

Two of my kids have names starting with same letter. Then another one has same letter as me. Never really gave it much thought as names are all completely different.

It’s fine. Me, DH and DD all have the save first 2 initials ans surname! Eg, A.B.Smith. DS has completely different initials! It’s a non-issue.

My DH and BIL have the same initial. His one absolute will not barge when naming our DC was that they were to have different initials. I didn't really see an issue myself. But DH rarely puts his foot down about anything and I didn't have an idea of a matching initial name so I decided it wasn't a battle worth having.

I wouldn’t worry too much about post.

My phone bill and bank statements now no longer arrive by post. My doctors surgery now give blood results online. Nothing important will be sent by post by time your child is old enough

A friend of mine had 4 boys who all had the same initial and middle initial as the middle name was a family name. As DelurkingAJ said above he used to get very pissed off as when they got older nobody had a clue whose bank statement had arrived. Particularly if one of his DC opened his or other personal mail! He really wasn't happy that his DS read the letter telling him that an insurance policy was paying out several thousand pounds whilst he was pretending to have no money. Served him right, the tight git.

Might be a non issue now BikeRunSki, but you might not want your DD opening your post when she gets older. And she very well might not want you opening hers.

MissHenty Basic medical stuff is done online I agree. But a blood test tells nobody anything really.

But both my DS and DFIL receive very, very detailed hard copy reports of their last consultation in the post. This is from a massive teaching hospital trust in one of the UK's largest cities. And there's some really personal stuff in there.

I've never read DFIL's, only DH has, but DS does share his with me. Digital is coming but not that fast. Paper will be king for a long while yet. It will be years before everything moves online. Some stuff has which is great, but there is a lot more work to do.

@BigFluffyCatWhiskers, I forgot to say that I also grew up with a brother with the sane jnitials and surname. I’ve lived with people who share my initials and surname fir most of my life, and really do not recall any problems. I get very little of any note through the post anymore, and last got a personal letter by post 8 years ago.

BikeRunSki it probably depends on where you live but in the last year I have received letters in the post telling me that my mammogram and smear test were clear. But no doubt letters would also be sent recalling me if further investigations were required due to the results of those tests. I absolutely wouldn't want anyone else but me reading those. I wouldn't want my DC to read that and be worried.

My DS has had cancer and absolutely everything is sent hard copy in the post; very detailed and personal records of his consultation with his medics. He'd be pretty pissed off if anyone else opened them. Yes anyone should know 'that's not mine' and stick it back in the envelope but there is a privacy issue.

I'm the youngest girl of 3 all with the same letter. My 3 DC all have the same first letter that their dad has. Never made much of difference other than elderly relatives going through all the other names before getting to theirs 🤷🏼‍♀️

This happened to us, I don't really care if anyone thinks it's naff. I didn't pick a husband based on his first initial

Sorry, I think it's naff. But I'm projecting because I hated having the same initial (& similar name) to my mum.

I swear my dad has never said my name correctly first time, ever.

I made sure my DC had different initials to everyone else in the house!

Also with the issue of post, myself and my DH have quite literally never had post addressed to 'initial surname' so have managed to never open one another's mail. I'm capable of reading my own name thankfully, so it's not been an issue.

My friend is Julie. She has sisters Delia and Daisy. Her brother is Justin.
Their parents are Jean and Derek.*

*None of these are their real names but they do all begin with those initials.

We have 3 of us with same first initial and surname. Not so bad for me as I am the only female, but it is a pain for the two "Mr" DBs.
Babies grow up, and won't thank you if their dad accidentally opens their post!

I've had issues with post and also banking (we both used to bank with the same bank) with my DSis who has the same first initial as me, when we were grown up but both still lived at home. So it does happen. We're now married and have different surnames and addresses.

Personally I still choose to receive bank statements by post ( it's useful having a recent paper proof of address) and also phone bill (paperless not an option), and my GP surgery is quite archaic and doesn't do much online at all. Things may well be different by the time the OP's baby is old enough to get any important mail though.

It's a bit twee I think.