Is this first and last name too similar

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Spanglebob · 14/05/2022 21:56

Me and my husband are really struggling to agree a name for a our baby boy.

We both love the name Emrys but our surname is Emms.

We are divided on if Emrys Emms has a lovely flow to it or if its too much.

What do you think?

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Pineapplepine · 17/05/2022 13:46

KirstenBlest · 16/05/2022 15:39

@Pineapplepine , I mean in wales lots of people are called eg Efan Evans, David Davies, Gruffydd Griffith etc. Efan and Gruffydd aren't very popular names in Wales, so those aren't good examples.

If you said David Davies, Robert Roberts, John Jones and William Williams, I'd agree with you. I know a lot of people called John Jones

In my area of wales, there are a few of the examples I said. My son has friends named Efan and Gruffydd. Maybe area dependent. I also know a few John jones.

KirstenBlest · 17/05/2022 14:43

I know one Efan and a few Gruffydds. Efan is far less popular than Ifan, and the Gruffydds I know usually go but Griff or Gruff. None of these has the surname Griffiths and the Efan I know is not an Evans.

The David Davies type names tend to be old men's names now and would have been quite popular when the pool of names was smaller

Name popularity does seem to have some element of regionality. Seems if you gave your DC a really obscure name, the only other one born that year would end up in the same school and friendship group

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