Help! Names too similar??

[Bertbear]

Due a baby girl in the next few weeks and I’m struggling to decide on a name. I’ve been considering Martha or Phoebe, however I have a George already and wonder if phoebe is too similar in spelling to George??

They sound different though so I don't think it matters, it's not like say Oliver and Olivia.

I don’t see any resemblance! But Martha is much nicer than Phoebe.

I think they're both fine to use with George, I do think Martha goes nicer though

Phoebe and George are completely different sounds so I wouldn’t worry about similar sounds. I absolutely love Phoebe but do think Martha sounds better with George

Totally different

I wouldn’t give it a second thought; they don’t sound similar and the letters aren’t in the same order

They don't sound similar.

I much prefer Martha though.

I don’t get how they’re similar. They both end in e?

I think it's fine. I much prefer Martha too. Lovely name.

Totally different. Martha is far prettier though and goes much better with George x

Think you've got pregnancy brain. No resemblance. But Martha is nicer and much less common

However Phoebe and George makes me think of Sharkey and George, the crime busters of the sea!

Haha thanks!! 😂 Think I just they were spelled similarly as in O and E in the middle and an E at the end 🤷🏻‍♀️

I do like Martha a lot but we’ve chosen a middle name also ending in an A so not sure if they go together.

I don't think they are similar in sound. Nice choices. But you will need four sets of alphabet fridge magnets for all the Es!

You will say the names together far more often than you will write them together in George and Phoebe sort of format (almost never - letters? Greeting cards? When else?) and they don’t sound alike so I think they’re perfectly fine.

😂😂 very true!

George and Phoebe works fine and they’re both nice

Martha is a biblical kitchen drudge, so no

I prefer Phoebe!

Phoebe and George look good written down together, like balanced as a pair. They both have oe or oe in the middle and end in e but the consonants are all different so they're not matchy matchy like kittens.

Martha is beautiful.

Phoebe is often misspelled as Pheobe.

Phoebe isn't too similar to George. Martha is the better name by far, I think.

Can you think of a new phrase to describe your dislike of Martha, please?

OP, Phoebe is lovely but I have a Martha and it’s a fabulous name.

I prefer Phoebe but they are both nice names and both flow well with George.

Nope, because that’s why I dislike it.

Oh well. Perhaps you’ll get a thesaurus for Christmas 🤞🏻

I think because they sound so different the spelling doesn’t really matter. Go with the name you love :)