Rupert as a brother for Freya?

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Hi!
Currently pregnant with baby 2, a boy. Our daughter is called Freya, middle name Rose. We've decided to call our son Rupert, middle name Michael.
Just wondering on people's thoughts on whether Rupert goes well with Freya as a sibling name or not? Already know our family are probably going to think Rupert is a bit of a strange name as it is usually old men with this name, or makes them think of the bear, but this is the name we love and have decided on so they will have to get used to it😁 (not sharing until he is born to avoid potential unnecessary/rude comments from them though)
I guess what I'm asking really is that if we met for the first time and I said "my kids are called/ oh and here are my kids, Freya and Rupert", would you think they sound weird together at all? Just curious as Rupert is so different to Freya.
Obviously I am not choosing names to make sure they match/are a set, none of my siblings names are similar style to mine/match mine, nor my partner's siblings or a lot of my family members, it's just names the parents liked. Just want to make sure it doesn't sound too silly when said together!
Thank you😀

Rupert is a great name and goes very well with Freya. I don't think it's particularly wet.

Great names. As is Freya Rose.
Remember they do't need to match really. One day they may live on separate continents! They don't come as a pair unless they decide to be a TV double act like Ant and Dec!

I don't know this concept of sibling names going well together. Possibly so if twins but otherwise, what's the context in which they need to link up or be evaluated? Sorry, I am grandma age but I would really like to get my head round it...

It's lovely. Practice saying the two of them out loud together... "Freya and Rupert". Broadly though, I think we can overthink these things and as long as you love them that's what matters. Congratulations!

Does Rupert go with anything these days? These kids have to go to school you know.

We've got one and he is in his 40s and absolutely fine with it! He has the choice of reverting to Michael if he prefers

Rupert is quite a divisible name. A lot of people will strongly dislike it, it’s associated with foppish upper classes in my mind. I think they will get nicknamed Roo as well regardless of whether you like that (you have no choice with school friends). It goes fine with Freya though (which I think is lovely and seems to be liked quite broadly).

@Muddlingalongsomehow , sibling names usually don't clash. They're named by the same parents, and their taste won't have changed.

Boy in my year at school, from 11 to 16 years and he got called “ rupert - stupid “ right the way through those years by other kids … sorry x

Yeah, see, I don't even know what that means! Eg "clashing". I mean, you wouldn't call them Phyllis, Dilys and Willis, one would hope. Or Rag, Tag and Bobtail (for older listeners). Is it a sort of culture clash, eg one posh name vs one downmarket? Or nationality, eg if I, Welsh woman married to an English man, had called one Blodwen and the other Sophie? (I didn't). I genuinely need to get my head round this, as even if I might not be a gran, I am already a great aunt, with scope for many more little treasures, and I don't want to put my foot in it.

@Muddlingalongsomehow ,what's to understand? I can think of sets of siblings with a mix of names but they show a similar sort of taste, whereas if someone has 3 DC with names that vary e.g. Jayden, Sebastian and Tabitha, I'd probably think that one of them was from a previous relationship.

The examples you gave were a bit bizarre. Blodwen has been used for 3 baby girls since 1996 and the name is very old-fashioned and not in a good way, whereas Sophie has been in the top10 for most of that time. The other sibset names you gave were just ridiculous.

I think Rupert is a bit wet.

Thanks, that does indeed come under the "what's to understand" banner. The "previous relationship" judgement didn't enter my head at all. So it's not exactly about whether the names themselves "go together" in some way that sounds nice or something but whether the names present the family in a different way then.

However, in the case under discussion, we've got two modern fashionable names so it's still a mystery. I will follow and learn.

I think they sound fine together. If I overheard you in the playground/campsite, I'd make the assumption you are unfeasibly posh, but 🤷🏼‍♀️

However, in the case under discussion, we've got two modern fashionable names so it's still a mystery. I will follow and learn.
I think you get it. Freya and Jaxxon would clash because one is a regular name that doesn't really say much about the parents, whereas Jaxxon is a bit less neutral.

You realise he'll be called Rupes by his friends....

It's a top 100 name these days.

Love both the names. Good luck with the birth of your baby boy x

I would be concerned about teasing or worse at school, either being mocked for having a 'posh' name, or references to Rupert the Bear.

Loads of Ruperts around now. I know several of various ages. It’s a great name. It goes fine with Freya. The style doesn’t clash at all.

Yeah they go well. I had a friend Rupert he was about 20 at the time, lovely person.

Otherwise it’s just “ Rupert, Rupert the Bear, everyone knows his name” - except now only people of a niche age will know it and have the tune in their head for the rest of the day!

My dogs called Rupert 😬 and my sisters and her partners old whippet is Freya 😂

Both are lovely names. I don't consider Rupert old, I associate it more with Rupert Grint

100% it will be shortened to Ru

Just a heads up - (A) Rupert is British army slang for an officer. I quite like it though (I've always had upper class traits 🙂)