Is it tacky for the whole family to have the same initials?

[PringleWingle]

Been wondering so I thought I'd ask some baby naming experts. 😉

Both mine and DH's names begin with the letter L. We're currently pregnant with our first and we both fell in love with the name Lydia, but I'm worried it might be tacky (and weirdly 'cultish' haha) if we all have the same initials. I took DH's last name as well if that's relevant so we'll all be L [surname].

This is worse, because then the other children aren't as special imo

My DD has the same first initial as my DF, which wasn't deliberate at all. It's only caused confusion a couple of times with post, but those were potentially tricky ones.

There’s a very fine line between cute and tacky / twee.

The Rooney dropped it for the last kid. Which was even more strange!

Yes I think it is. We’ve got same first letter of our name and we’re deliberately avoiding a baby name that starts with that letter

I know. Especially as they could have gone for Kass a la Khloe

It’s strange what people decide to pick on. When I was going through names with my mum and aunty they were worse than 10 school playgrounds with the amount of potential bullying nicknames they thought my kid would be called. Apart from some obvious naming pitfalls to avoid I don’t know why people are so nasty, or put so much thought into it.

I don't think it's tacky but it becomes very confusing as they get older and get letters and bank statements.

I wouldn't say tacky as it's very much individual choice but it's not something I'll be doing.

My husband and his siblings (5 of them) all share the same first initial and surname. His sister has carried on the 'tradition' by intentionally giving her daughter a name starting with the same letter.

We haven't and won't be doing that.

There's nothing 'special' about having the same initials as your parents. I can't imagine a 13 year old who would think they were more special because of that, more likely be cringing.
I agree one child looks like a coincidence, more than one and it's tacky. I know someone with three kids with the same initials and people do laugh about it.

Yes. Annoying for life admin too.

My younger sister and I had the same initial and she insisted on opening all my mail (not such an issue now of course). I started using my second initial as well to delineate that it was actually mail intended for me.

Snap. I started using my middle name when ordering stuff instead.

My son and DH have same initial and surname. I have to say all post comes addressed to their first name surname now so its not an issue and very easy to tell who it's for (maybe was more of an issue when he was little, I feel like NHS used to write to Initial Surname, but don't seem to anymore).

The only thing id say is what if you go on to have a second or third child? Would you feel compelled to have to find an L name for them as well? Would it be weird to have 3 L surnames and one non L?

Not so much tacky as potentially confusing.

You also have to decide whether you would continue with it if you have more than one child. I don't like matching initials for siblings but I think all matching except one would be even worse. I know of a family where the children are E, E, E, E and L-G. That's one of the strangest decisions I've heard of!

😆 Like Khloe and Kourtney and Kylie And Kendall in the Kardashian/Jenner family!!! Changing the first letter of Courtney and Chloe so they begin with K too. Tackymungous! 😂

Just name your second child Noelle and you’ll be fine 😂

But seriously you’ll be fine. I would just think you were doing it on purpose if your second had an L

Is this a joke? 😂

It can’t be tacky that you and your husband have the same initial as each other as it isn’t deliberate - you didn’t get married based on your initials! Then choosing a name you like for your kid isn’t tacky either in my opinion. It’s just a coincidence!

Lydia is a lovely name.
I think for your first child it’s fine.

Who are the authority’s on what is tacky in this instance? 😂

Argh my 2 children have the same letter, as does my husband. So they are all A. Smith (name changed)

it wasn’t on purpose and they were the only names we liked / agreed on. But people do notice / ask and I have to explain I wasn’t trying to be a kardashian. 😓