Is Wilbur too similar to Winston?

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We already have a little boy called Winston, our second doesn't have a name beginning with W and I am now pregnant with my third (not finding out the gender) and I love Wilbur for a boy.

I just don't know if Winston and Wilbur are too similar and it would get confusing? Plus I don't want people thinking we are trying to be some sort of Kardashian household where all our boys have to have names starting with W!!

I think they are different enough, but still a bit too alike for brothers.

They’re both nice names but for brothers? A bit too cartoon-twins, matchy.

Too close for me, sorry. But know some sibling with names this similar.

Too close

And Wilbur is, and always will be a pigs name

Too similar IMO.

Too similar.

Plus it’s so annoying later with post when banks etc just write to “Mr W. Graveyravey.”

Give him his own name that isn’t merely an echo of his brother’s.

In general I’d try to avoid matching initials for two siblings all things being equal, but if that’s the name you like I don’t think they’re too similar. Especially as there’s a non-W sibling. Maybe try shouting them across your house to see if you can hear the difference.

How about Willoughby if you are keen on another W?

Definitely too close. As a rule I think it's good to avoid the same first syllable.

I'd worry they would both be called Willy for short

@spotcheck

Too close

And Wilbur is, and always will be a pigs name

I'm afraid Wilbur the pig is what immediately came to my mind too!

They are a bit, sorry - it’s the Wi not just W start

Winston and Walter? That’s on the OK side of similar

Otherwise Ernest, Arnold, Edgar, Edmund spring to mind, along with the ever popular Alfred and Arthur. Or Robert nn Robin?

Huh-I don’t think they’re too similar.

Go for it, They're both nice names.