Isaac Zachary?

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Thoughts on the name Isaac Zachary? Surname is two syllables beginning with a hard C if it helps. My husband and I both like the flow of the name but he's worried we would be calling our child Zac Zachary. Not adverse to the nickname Zac at all so could happen but I'm not convinced it's a problem. Want to keep our names a secret from family and friends so can't ask them what they think. Thanks!

Too much of a mouthful imo..

I think they are very similar a bit like using Jake Jacob or John Jonathan !

I like them both separately but not together.

No, it's basically Zac Zac.

Isaac is a lovely name but it doesn't really go with Zachary in my opinion.

I wouldn't purely because the shortening for both is Zac.

Isaac and Zachary are both nice names in their own right

Can I just say those are two of my favourite names? (Didn’t use either of them as I have girls). Good choice

I see what you mean about the repeated sound. I don’t think it’s terrible, but if it bothers you would you consider Isaiah instead of Isaac?

No my first thought was Zac Zachary, it’s terrible! Both nice names individually but terrible together

Unmakes me think of Hanson! They had three brothers 2 were called Isaac and Zach

I agree with pp, although spelt differently the sounds are basically I-zac Zac-ary which feels a bit full on, but comes down to how much you love it and how much it bothers you given full names are rarely said. Agreeing on something that ticks every box is so hard!

If those are 2 names you love how about putting them the other way round? Zachary Isaac takes away the ‘zac-sac’ issue

One or the other but not both together.

Zac-zac, not zac-sac 🤦‍♀️

One or the other ..both nice but not together.

Love Isaac, would find a better middle name

I don’t think it’s terrible, and you would never really use a nn with a middle name - if you were listing a middle name then you’d use the full first name.

However if it bothers you - Issac... Anthony, Alexi, Gregory, Jacobi, Montgomery, Timothy might all work

I have an Isaac and no one ever calls him Zac but is still in primary school so that may change. Even so, I think isaac zachery is too much zzzz sounds.

Both lovely names but too similar in combination for me.

They don't flow at all.

Wow this got alot of comments fast! Thanks guys, looks like I'm outnumbered here. I don't mind the repeated sound in the slightest and we struggle so much with boys names. Don't know what we're having so this might not even be an issue. Back to the drawing board I suppose hah...

They both shorten to Zac so Zac-Zac. It be like having a baby girl and calling her Bethany Elizabeth (Beth Beth)

I quite like Zac Zac. It makes me think of Jack Jack from The Incredibles

@Sunbird24

If those are 2 names you love how about putting them the other way round? Zachary Isaac takes away the ‘zac-sac’ issue

I was about to suggest this. Would this work for you OP?

We're quite set on Isaac so although Zachary Isaac is a great suggestion it's not for us. Struggling because our daughter's middle name is quite unusual (Niobe) so feel like alot of the traditional boys middle names don't go with hers.

I think it's ok - no one uses middle names anyway! Isaac is nice 😊