Winnie and Connie too close for sisters?

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I don’t have a Winnie or a Connie but I adore both names (would use full names on BC - Winifred and probably Constance). If I used one for a baby, would the other one be off the table for a future baby do you think? I love them both so much, if I think I can use the other in the future then it will make my decision about which to use easier 😂

I have other children so they’d not be the only two which might make the nicknames seem less same-y? Their other siblings have nicknames which don’t end in an ie/y.

My final question is that one of my other children is a Tabitha. Would Tabitha, Winifred and Constance be too witchy of a combination? (My other children’s names not witchy! Am I overthinking?)

For me the overrriding issue would be having a child called poo/Pooh/Pooh bear throughout her school years I'm afraid, sorry OP, don't do it!

My final question is that one of my other children is a Tabitha. Would Tabitha, Winifred and Constance be too witchy of a combination? (My other children’s names not witchy! Am I overthinking?)

This made me laugh. They do sound a bit like a coven but I kind of like it.

Sounds like a bridge to cross if you ever come to it.

I don’t think they’re too close. But as it doesn’t sound like you’re pregnant with twin girls, it doesn’t really matter at the moment. Just pick your favourite and if you ever do have a another two daughters, you might have cooled on the name you didn’t select anyway. Winnie and Connie don’t sound at all witchy to me. If anything Constance/Connie sounds more puritanical.

I think as long as you use the full versions of the names you can’t force nicknames anyway.

They might not even be known as Winnie & Connie - they might prefer their full names or go by something different again.

I know a Winifred who’s generally known as Fredi.

If you really want to go witchy I’d switch out Connie for Sabrina… 😁

How many children are you planning on having?

Freddie & Con = not too matchy-matchy (& Freddie is way cooler than Winnie!)

Regardless of any pre-determined nicknames, Constance & Winifred are both gorgeous names. Bring on the coven!

No, just one baby! Not twins.

What I mean is, I love both names and can’t choose! If I feel that I can use the other name for a future baby then it will make the decision much less painful 😂 like I haven’t sacrificed the name forever

We don’t live in the UK, Winnie the Pooh won’t be an issue here!

Glad everyone likes the witchy vibes, I quite like it too 😂

Love.

Winneconne (pronounced Winnie Connie) is a town in Wisconsin. I wouldn't call siblings that.

If you're living outside the UK and somewhere where Winnie the Pooh isn't known (and Winnie the Pooh has been translated into over 70 languages and is part of Disney so promoted internationally) I'm not sure people in the UK commenting on how 'witchy' names seen is useful, as you'll be in a totally different cultural context.

We are British, with a home in the UK and British family and friends. But the children won’t be attending school in the UK. Still care about what other British people think! (Very different names here so I could name my child literally Lollipop and nobody here would raise an eyebrow!)

(FWIW Winnie the Pooh has been translated into the language of the country we live in. But it’s got a totally different language and alphabet and when most TV shows and books are translated into this language the name changes a lot. Like SpongeBob in this country has been translated as ‘Sponge Baby’ - the name Bob is nowhere to be found! Similarly, the word ‘Winnie’ is not in the name of Winnie the Pooh. So they’d not recognise it.)

I didn’t know that! What a cute town name. Maybe I’ll look into moving there with Winnie and a Connie someday 😄

Interestingly I mentioned Winnie the Pooh to a class of 7/8 year olds (in the UK) only to receive blank looks from the majority. I don't think it's such a problem with a Winnie as you might think

Tabitha, Winnie and Nora or Nancy sound nice to me.

No idea why as I love Connie too and loving the witchy vibes!

I've a Connie niece so I'm biased cos she's totally gorgeous. But she loves her name (late teen)

Tabitha is a gorgeous name.

Constance/Connie is quite nice.

Winifred is hideous though. Absolutely one of the ugliest names I can think of, and if I were a Winifred (perish the thought) I'd be changing my name as soon as I could manage it.

Connie is OK but Winnie is awful.

And you definitely can't have a Connie and a Winnie. Nothing witchy at all about the names (am I missing a reference?), it would just be twee overload.

Its Tabitha, Constance and Winifred that have the witchy vibe, not Winnie and Connie!

Funny that people’s opinions differ on names, I don’t think the names Winifred and Constance are remotely twee - the opposite, in fact. I was worried they might be a bit too unpretty to be honest!

I suppose the ending ‘ie’ sound of Winnie and Connie might be a bit cutesy though, although my other children’s nicknames have a different ending so when said all together it doesn’t sound as noticeable! I think I’m going off Winifred slightly and moving towards Constance/Connie being my fave