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Are Fraser and Foster to similar?

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Happylove1 · 30/01/2023 16:38

I have a DS Fraser and DD Darcie
currently looking at names for baby number 3 and me and DP can’t decide on many names that we both like. The only one we both like at the moment is Foster-Jude but after discussing it with my parents they said that Foster and Fraser were way to similar. We kind of see where they are coming from but think they are different enough.
We have no other name options if baby number 3 is a boy and don’t know what to do

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CastleTower · 30/01/2023 16:57

For brothers, yes.

How about just Jude, if you like it?

BungleandGeorge · 30/01/2023 17:00

Yes too similar and foster-Jude is not good imo. Just go for Jude?

musicandpassion · 30/01/2023 17:01

Jude is lovely and goes nicely with Fraser and Darcie.
I'm not keen on Foster-Jude. I don't think the two hyphenate well together.
I agree with your parents though, I do think Fraser and Foster are too similar.

fairlygoodmother · 30/01/2023 17:03

Way too similar, people will mix them up constantly. Even you probably. Jude on its own is nice.

EzzieM · 30/01/2023 17:04

Well obviously yes.

You must have more imagination than this? I have faith in you OP!

EzzieM · 30/01/2023 17:05

(Plus foster is a ridiculous and rather depressing first name)

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Happylove1 · 30/01/2023 17:08

i wasn’t sure on hyphenating but DP really liked it (most likely will use it as a middle name).
DP’s family have a tradition that the boys names have to be 6 letters long so DP said he wants a 6 letter name for baby number 3 (we also did it for Darcie and that’s why we went for the ie spelling)

Foster has always been my favourite name since I was a child and I’ve always wanted to use it but DP didn’t like it when I was pregnant with Fraser so we agreed on that. I know the names start and end the same but I thought that they sounded different enough especially with Fraser often going by Fraze
and I don’t love many other 6 letter names at the moment

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SausageRoll2020 · 30/01/2023 17:14

I don't think Foster works as a first name and introducing your son, Foster, would end up sounding like your foster son.

I'm not keen on Forest but it's a similar sound and fits your bizarre requirement that a name has 6 letters

megletthesecond · 30/01/2023 17:15

Don't call them Foster. He won't thank you for it.

underneaththeash · 30/01/2023 17:16

Finlay?

SleepingStandingUp · 30/01/2023 17:19

Juuude.

Foster is an aef first name. It's a surname and an adjective (or some other sort of proper word).

Also two with the same initial and sex is a nightmare once they get post.

MajorCarolDanvers · 30/01/2023 17:19

Foster isn't a name and yes far too close Fraser.

MuckyPlucky · 30/01/2023 17:20

I feel like sometimes people become slaves to these quite obscure, niche ‘traditions’ which then hang like an albatross around their necks when trying to name a baby and having to clumsily scrape about for something which fits the random specified criteria: (3 syllables / begins with Y / is a palindrome / can be an adverb / ends in -er / works equally well in French etc etc….

ihavespoken · 30/01/2023 17:21

They are both nice names IMO but both together just reminds me of this chap: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Forster

Luckingfovely · 30/01/2023 17:22

Foster is terrible, it's far too similar, and that hyphenation is absolutely laughable. You can't be serious, surely.

Jude is a lovely name on its own but I'd let go of the Foster insanity pronto.

Luckingfovely · 30/01/2023 17:23

Oh and what to do? Go back to the drawing board and look for other names you do like. Not complex.

Or ask on here for lists (but don't start with Foster, it won't end well).

DestinysGrandchild · 30/01/2023 17:24

Please don't name the baby foster. It's alcohol. Or a home. Or a carer.

MuckyPlucky · 30/01/2023 17:24

Sorry, got carried away there & forgot to answer your question! I really wouldn’t go with Foster.

-Its far too similar to Fraser
-It’s a verb, not a first name.
-It’s a surname, not a first name.

If it really must have 6 letters (really daft IMO) how about:

Nathan
Daniel
Robert
….gosh it’s actually really hard to think of 6 letter names which don’t sound dated for a new baby. Do you think it’s time to let DH’s ‘family tradition’ quietly die now??

FatSealSmugSoup · 30/01/2023 17:25

Dreadful. Foster child. Why not go the whole hog and call him Adopted? It’s nice, it’s different, it’s unusual.

DestinysGrandchild · 30/01/2023 17:26

FatSealSmugSoup · 30/01/2023 17:25

Dreadful. Foster child. Why not go the whole hog and call him Adopted? It’s nice, it’s different, it’s unusual.

Ffs🤣🤣🤣

xJoyPeaceHealthx · 30/01/2023 17:26

Too similar. Sounds like kittens, starting a law firm. Fraser and Foster, miaow!

ReamsOfCheese · 30/01/2023 17:26

DestinysGrandchild · 30/01/2023 17:24

Please don't name the baby foster. It's alcohol. Or a home. Or a carer.

^^ This.
Also Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
What about Flinar? Nice strong Viking name.

MuckyPlucky · 30/01/2023 17:27

FatSealSmugSoup · 30/01/2023 17:25

Dreadful. Foster child. Why not go the whole hog and call him Adopted? It’s nice, it’s different, it’s unusual.

That’s got too many letters tho! DH’s ‘family tradition’ decrees males (only males!) have to have 6-letter names. Random.

Rollingdownland · 30/01/2023 17:27

They are too similar and Foster is an awful name.

custardbear · 30/01/2023 17:27

Too similar and not a first name, like some other surnames.
What about
Archer
Hunter
Forbes
Cooper
Fletcher (6 letters doesn't work here!)
Jarvis
Taylor
Sailor
Barney

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