baby girl - similar first & middle names - Athena Arabella

[AlyssaJane2]

Baby girl due Feb. DP likes the first & middle name to be similar - currently we are set on Athena Arabella - he thinks this is cool & likes they are very similar - is this something others would laugh at? for reference surname is nothing like this - think Smith

It doesn't really roll off the tongue but middle names are rarely said out loud so as long as you're both happy that's fine

I love alliterative babes. I think it sounds rather cool.

*names, not babes!

Its a bit of a mouthful and doesn't flow very well.

I think it's OK. Plus as above, middle names are rarely even said...i don't know the middle names of 95% of people i know, even some pretty close family!!

I don’t think it matters too much as long as you don’t mind as middle names are only used rarely. It’s a bit of a mouthful and flow isn’t great, but then I’d gene try to avoid one name ending and the next beginning with the same sound. I might privately wonder when I first heard the name if you got bored after the A section of the baby name book, but I don’t think it’s something anyone would laugh at.

Be even cooler if your surname was Milne!!

They are nice names. It's a bit OTT but who cares if you like it.

I think it sounds OK, and both are nice names.

Arabella Agnès ?

It's fine. I prefer it the other way round though, Arabella Athena.

It’s definitely not something others would laugh at. It is a bit too similar but then they are such lovely names that I’d use them both anyway.

Def wouldn't laugh at it, as other have said it is unlikely that most people will even know what her middle name is.

I think it’s very limiting to purposely seek names for first and middles that are similar - surely it should just be names you both love for whatever reason? If it was the case incidentally then that’s different - it just seems a very arbitrary basis for choosing a name.
That said, the names are fine (really like Athena) and the combo is not mockable in the slightest. Most people won’t ever know the middle exists let alone say it aloud.

For the record, although both are a names start and end, I find them very different stylistically. Athena is classical and mythological with that strong e sound, Arabella is frilly and princessy.

@DramaAlpaca

It's fine. I prefer it the other way round though, Arabella Athena.

I agree, much prefer it this way round.

I wouldn’t laugh. It’s a middle name.. I don’t even know half my friends’ kids’ middle names, the other half I know from when they announced them only. The combination is totally fine.

And on the point about which way round sounds better, the only consideration should be whether you want a DD called Athena or one called Arabella. It would be a shame not to use the name you wanted and have it buried as a middle name that no one ever says.

It's trying a bit hard--feels forced.

They might laugh a bit - it's fussy and doesn't really roll off the tongue, but they are nice names, so who cares really, she'll hardly use her middle name.

I think it sounds nice. People never use their middle names, but I like the 2 names together. I like the name Arabella slightly more than Athena.

I think this is a very beautiful, elegant name choice.