Is this too much like the Kardashians?

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I have two sisters and we all have the same initial at the start of our names (pre-dating the Kardashians being famous)

Now I'd love to follow that pattern with my kids but is it tacky now that the Kardashians are famous for it?

Very much dependent on the names, really. For me, the tackiness comes with some of the names being spelled differently to fit the K theme.

Is your last name the same initial?

As ever on this board, consider a middle name that they can use when they’re adults if they don’t like it.

It'll just be the first name not the surname too so maybe it's ok

Totally agree about changing the spelling! I didn't think about that

Didn't some American family with 9 kids do this with the J as the first initial?

Not my cup of tea, it's little cheesy, and I would find it too limiting in terms of name choice. But, I wouldn't think badly of someone for it, and it means something to you then does it really matter? Not everyone will like your kids names regardless of if they have matching initials.

If they're nice names and you only have 2 or 3 kids i think it's fine.
Three kids called Eleanor, Emma and Edward is totally different to Kourtney and Krystal or whatever they're called.

@SummaLuvin that is the Duggar family, they have 19 kids with J names.

For me, the tackiness comes with some of the names being spelled differently to fit the K theme
Yes I definitely agree with this

[quote AntsMarching]@SummaLuvin that is the Duggar family, they have 19 kids with J names.[/quote]
They did the same naff changing the name spelling to fit the theme, with names like Jinger and had loads which ended up really similar like Joanna and Joy-Anna

Three kids called Eleanor, Emma and Edward is totally different to Kourtney and Krystal or whatever they're called.

Exactly @DockOTheBay. I don’t think I’d even notice this in a sibling group

I agree it only screams 'Kardashian' if it's deliberately misspelled or otherwise weird names. If the names are all classy in themselves and not overly matchy or rhimey or anything I think it's fine.

Something like Nancy, Natalie and Nia
Or Sophie, Sarah and Sylvia

Sophie, Secily and Soë not so much!

I know a Tabitha, Thalia and Thomasina.

Never really gave the initial thing much thought.

Didn’t your post always get mixed up?

It would certainly make handing down labelled clothes easier!

That's exactly what i was about to ask @Wigglegiggle0520 my mum and brother have the same initial and even that led to not knowing whose post was whose if they didn't include Mr / Mrs.

Agree with other posters. Also it's not an unusual trend in the states. It just depends on the names.

I know a family of four kids where all the kid's names begin with a V. It is actually adorable!

I have a colleague who has three girls with the same initial.

It was one of my rules though not to do. I have the same initial as my mum and even though she had re-married so we no longer had the same surname, she still opened my post (to Miss not Mrs) as she allegedly still got post in her previous married name 🙄

So that's something to consider when you have young adults in the house who are all Miss J Smith.

I think it's totally fine if you really like the names so Sarah and Sophie completely fine.
Sounds a bit daft if you have lots of kids and alter the spellings to fit. So Joseph, John, Jorgina not so good.

I know someone who did this with 3dc.

I find it a bit weird. She calls them ‘the E’s’ or ‘team E’.

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I know someone who did this with 3dc.

I find it a bit weird. She calls them ‘the E’s’ or ‘team E’.

Sounds like me and my mates on a Saturday night out a few years ago

@letsfightlikechickens I bet she hasn’t thought of that! (I hadn’t)

Agree with all previous posters, completely OK if they are normal names ie: Josh, Jamie and Jason or Alex, Alana and Arthur - names like that.
If it’s a made up, try to hard names then its daft

I wouldn't do it myself, but I don't hate it if I like the individual names enough and they're not too contrived, as others have said.

One thing I did find a bit weird was an American family I know slightly who gave their first 4 children the same initial (no strange misspellings though) and the last one not only a different initial but a double-barrelled first name. So something along the lines of Mary, Michelle, Mark, Matthew and... Sarah-Jane! I think if you have more than two kids in a row with the same initial you are kind of committed to it.

Fine as long as they are not misspelled

Give them a middle name with a different initial though - one of my friends was one of 3 girls with same first 2 initials - post was a nightmare!

I had the same rule waiting. I have the same initial as my DF who would open my post, read it, put it somewhere random and then forget to tell me about it. We all have different initials in our family now

at letsfight.

I’m really not keen. I do agree with other posters that part of the tackiness comes from the misspellings and the surname being the same initial but I feel it even when this isn’t the case (I think most of the Duggar’s are spelled properly). I think it’s something about being an obvious matchy ‘set’ that I don’t like. That said, if this is a tradition and it means a lot to you, go for it. I would have a think about the future though - as others have mentioned there’s a point where you really have to commit to it and it’s quite restrictive.