Jack and Max

[Cindy1802]

As siblings, are these names too similar?

No I don't think so, they go well together

I don't think they are.

I get that if calling them from another room, you get the long 'aaaa' sound, but initials are different. Both nice names with a similar vibe.
I'd use them both quite happily for brothers.

I don’t think they are two similar. It might not matter to you but both are very common names now.

I think boy and his dog .

Too similar imo

Both nice, go in theory, but would the sounds get confused when calling up the stairs etc? I think maybe when slightly muffled they’d sound pretty similar. How about Leo, Otto, Miles/ Milo, Fred(die), Rafe or Will/ Wilf?

Iv known a jack & Max for decades & it has literally never crossed my mind that they are similar names?

Thanks all. We already have a Jack, and his brother was born a week ago and is still nameless 😬 me and husband cannot agree on a name! We had a shortlist and tried a few out for a day, but we now each dislike each others first choice. I have people telling me that I carried and laboured him etc and therefore tell my husband to do one (which is tempting) but ultimately I can't bring myself to enforce a name which he genuinely doesn't like. Arghh it's bloody hard!!

There are two brothers on eastenders with those names, just in case that bothers you.

I've got a jack and have recently had a Toby, if that helps :)

I think jack and Max sound pretty similar so might get a bit confusing maybe?

A plan: first go through each others lists and strike off the names that are absolute no’s.

Then go through again and give each name a score out of 10, both of you on both lists. Highest score wins!

Congratulations!! Personally I’d go for either another one syllable name, or another 4 letter name.

Are their surname Branning?

"Is" their surname
(Grammar failure)

No, I don't watch soaps so just had to Google this!

I think the “a” sound with a hard end makes them just a bit too similar.

Too similar.
Jack and ..

Harry
Tom
Sam
Richard
Clyde
Fred
Gus
Wal - Walter or Wallace

They're fine but you'll be saying 'Jack & Max' a lot.
What were the other names you were considering?

Freddie was my favourite, James is my husbands. He likes James cos he really likes the nickname Jimmy, which I really dislike so it's putting me off James entirely if there's a good chance my husband ends up calling him Jimmy!

I also like Finn (finley) and Ollie (Oliver). Husband likes Tom.

Thanks. Jack and James are basically the same name (both from Jacobus), but I love James. I don't love James as a middle name because it's overused.

You don't like Jimmy so that rules it out, but you'd probably grow to like Jimmy.

I also like Finn (finley) and Ollie (Oliver). They're ok but Finley seems a bit wet and Finn a bit 'naughty boy'.
Oliver is fine but very popular, also seems slightly wet.

Husband likes Tom. - me too, if short for Thomas. Can't go wrong with it.

** I'm aware that Jack was used as a form of John. Finn seems a bit trendy and I know one who is a young version of a tearaway.

Jack & Tom would get my vote.

Not James, really annoying to have same initall plus sounds like a singer/clothing
Jack James.

Whilst I think Max is too similar James is worse.

Love Jack and Finn
Jack and Tom is ok (like pp suggestion of Toby)

Suggestions

Jack & Sebastian (Seb)

Jack & Harry

Jack & Roary (hmm maybe not)

Congratulations btw

So after a lot of debate today I think we've narrowed it down to

Jack and Tom
Jack and Fred

Obviously one of us prefers Tom, the other prefers Freddie. We're going to try out Tom for the day tomorrow (we've already spent a day using Fred)

Which would you choose?

Tom

Both lovely and much better than Jack and Max. Personal preference would be Jack and Tom.

Not keen on Fred. Love Tom.

😁