One long name, one short name

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Just musing...

Would you find it strange if one sibling had a shorter name (e.g. Eve, Grace) and the other had a longer name (Madeleine, Alexandra, Francesca)?

Not at all.

If I was the namer I would try and find a longer bc name for the short name.

I”d find it a bit strange, but not the end of the world.

No. My best friend growing up had a 3 syllable name. Her sister had 2 and her brother had 1.

My DC both have 3 syllable names.
Their step siblings both have 2 syllables.
One of their half siblings has a 2 syllable name. The other 2 have hyphenated names. One is 5 syllables in total. One is 3. Actually I do think that's a bit odd because the youngest 2 have such a different

Sorry hit send.

Have such a different style of name to their older siblings.

No, I wouldnt think anything of that

It's not something I would do myself but I don't find it that strange, especially if the general style of the names was similar. I mean all the ones mentioned in the OP have a similar sort of classic feel - I'd be more surprised to see Alexandra or Madeleine alongside a modern or surnamey name, like Jade or Paige.

On first thought I do think it's a bit strange, yes.

Then I think of me and my sibling - one of us has a one syllable name, the other a three syllable name, and as both are classic names of a similar style they actually go together quite well.

I wouldn't notice tbh.

I think it’s fine. I think style of name being in sync is more important. One of my DC has a one-syllable name, another has three syllables.

Nope. Different people, whatever tickles your pickle

Definitely not an issue. Agree with pps that the style of names would be more important.

DSis has three syllables, I have one. Inevitably DSis got a nickname that Was one syllable. But it’s never even occurred to me that it was odd that I had a much shorter given name. Both are classic names, I think if they weren’t I might have wondered why at some point.