Siblings - too similar?

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Ella and Alice? Do they sound good together or too similar?

Too similar I think, purely from a bellowing-up-the-stairs point of view.

I think they’re fine. Different

...ending sound, different starting letter. As long as you don’t call Alice Ally as a nickname.

Yes

Oh sorry, hit send too soon. Yes, we wouldn't call her Ally but I guess the problem is nicknames are out of our control once she's a little older.

Fine unless they are Elly and Ally.

Too close for me.

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Fine unless they are Elly and Ally.

This is the only thing...

Both lovely names
I don't find them too similar. I think it's fine

I think they sound nice together.

I think it's fine and they're both great names :)

Think they sound lovely together

I really like both names, it's just when I say them together that I wonder whether they work. The Alice nickname 'Ally' is another thing, we wouldn't use it but others might. Not sure whether Alice tends to get shortened though.

Tbh I don't know any Alices whose names are shortened, so as long as you're not calling her Ally routinely I think it's probably ok.

I know a lot of Alices ranging from age 5 to 25 and I've never met one who was called Ally (or anything other than Alice).

I think it's fine. You could shorten Alice to Liss? Avoid any confusion!

We're happy to just use Alice without any nicknames. I guess I was just worried others would call her Ally/ she'd go by Ally in the future and then we would have an Ally and an Ella which we wouldn't want. Reassuring to hear that other Alice's you know don't have the nickname Ally. Perhaps I am just overthinking it !

I don't know any Alice's who have their names shortened.
Alice and Ella sound nothing alike to me. I'd have no concerns.

Ok this is good to hear. They do sound a little too similar when I say them together but perhaps I'll be able to get used to that. I just worried that it sounded a bit silly.

Ella and Alice are fine imo - lovely names. The only thing I'd say that Ella seems a little more trendy/contemporary sounding than classic/traditional Alice (Emma and Alice would be a more obvious pairing), but not to the point it's unusual or unusable (and some people say sibsets shouldn't be the exactly same style anyway!)

These are mine and my sister's names. Not too similar!

Eleanor and Alice is a fab combination.

We've got the Ella already (definitely an Ella not an Eleanor), it's just the name for little sister

@redyellowpink nice to hear that you haven't found them to be too similar

I like it - sounds nice together