Sienna & Philippa, do these work for sisters?

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Do you think they "go together"?
Thanks!

@Mumofgirls2017 Piper or "Pijper" sadly has a whole different meaning in Dutch

Sienna and...
Elodie
Imogen
Scarlet
Jocelyn
Willow

Sienna and Philippa are both lovely.

Others ..
Pomeline
Delphine
Adelphi
Allegra
Francesca
Asissi
Cecily

Don't go together. Sienna is modern, and Phillipa is old, frumpy lady

I agree with pp. I think Sienna was used more in the US first and sounds modern with a colour meaning, whereas Philippa is a more classic name. I’m not actually sure Pip goes with Sienna, as Sienna is flown and Pip is more of a traditional old boy’s nickname that sounds cute. Depends what Sienna’s nickname is though and also doesn’t matter what I think as it’s your dc 😊

Do they need to go together? They’re not going to be joined at the hip. I’m not so keen on Philippa, it was popular for 80s children, like Sarah. I know two and it’s always shortened to Phil (despite one of them whose parents call them Pip).

No they don't go togther. Phillipa is frumpy and will get shortened to Phil, at least the 3 that are in their 40's are. You need something more modern sounding I think.

Just to add a bit of balance-I love Phillipa-Sienna is not to my taste at all but since you already named your DD that I will leave it.
But I think Phillipa gorgeous name but the styles are very clashing

Poor Philippa. Bad enough that she is called Philippa, but then her sister gets a lovely name.

Blimey, this thread is peak Mumsnet...

OP, they are both perfectly acceptable names. If you like them, go for it.

What a load of BS on this thread.
Why do names have to ' go together '
If you like the names , use them.

They're absolutely fine. I really don't understand the Mumsnet obsession with perfectly matching names. As long as the names are not so bizarrely different in style as to provoke laughter ("Have you met my two children Persephone and Bob?"), it's perfectly OK for one name to be a bit newer etc. than the other one.

Poor Philippa. Bad enough that she is called Philippa, but then her sister gets a lovely name
Absolutely ridiculous!

Philippa is much nicer than Sienna

No they don't. Not that they necessarily need to.

To me Sienna is a beautiful, cool name and Philippa is quite the opposite.

Names that go with Sienna that immediately come to mind:
Savannah
Sadie

I really like Philippa, underused now. Helps that the two I knew at school were both lovely. Pip is a very nice nn too.

I think people put too much thought into matchy matchy sibling names. They are individuals and if you like the names then you go for it. It's fine to have cats or dogs with themed or matching names, but not necessarily children. It's cute in the early years of let's dress them the same kind of way, but that's it.

In answer to your question no they don’t.

To me, Phillipa sounds frumpy. Sienna is a different vibe.

Yup

I don't think people are saying that names have to match. Yes, people are individuals but they are also part of a family unit. I wouldn't want to be the one called Balonz when my siblings are called Andrew and Peter. You want a sense of belonging.

I agree! Sienna is the hot one, Philippa is the ugly duckling.

I actually quite like them together!

Why do people think Sienna is similar to Amber? Every Amber I know is over 40 - I'd be quite surprised (pleasantly) to see it on a baby (it's a nice name, just not particularly similar to Sienna, which is very 21st century).

Maybe because they are colour names.

Cracked up 😂

Also, for PPs, I have a Philippa who has never one, in their life, been 'Phil'.
The common nicknames are Pippa and Pip.