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Do you think siblings names need to "go with each other"?

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soon2befamilyof4 · 23/02/2009 18:12

I have never really understood this but I am not very good when it comes to knowing what goes and what doesn't!

My DD is Eloise and we are thinking about naming the next baby (apparently a girl) Talia. The names (to me) do sound a bit funny together but that might be a bit because I am obviously very close to DD so it isn't just a name iyswim?

Anyway, do you think it matters if the names go together or not?

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sweetkitty · 23/02/2009 19:09

hello soon2be I think I am stalking you on the baby names threads today

I went out my way to have different names for all my DDs, they are very different little people

Eloise and Talia are nice together IMO

(PS I have Abbie, Talia and Bethany)

AliceTheCamel · 23/02/2009 19:23

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Sorry.

OP - I think they're lovely names and go well together.

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soon2befamilyof4 · 23/02/2009 19:23

Sweetkitty, we must have the same taste, abbie and bethany are both names I really like too!

What is wrong with sam and Ella? Am I missing something here?

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RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 23/02/2009 19:26

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thisisyesterday · 23/02/2009 19:27

no, it doesn't matter at all.

for the vast majority of their life they will not be known as "eloise and talia"

Karamazov · 23/02/2009 19:53

Agree with PP. For 20/5 years they will be known as Eloise and Talia. For the following 50 odd years or so they will be Eloise & partner's name and Talia & partner's name... So in the grand scheme of things, you only ever use the names together in Christmas cards and the like, 99.9% of the time, the names are used individually - so go with what you like individually!

intheLiffey · 23/02/2009 22:31

Alicethecamel, I have seen you being sensible elsewhere, NO way are your children called pacer, maude and wayne!

LuLuBai · 24/02/2009 09:50

I think Eloise and Talia do go really well together. I think names need to sound right together but that is so subjective. I think usually if parents love both names then they usually go fairly well together. Obviously excessive rhyming or alliteration can be a bit but go with your instincts. My DD has a Spanish name and the name we currently hav as number one choice if the next one is a girl is a Dutch name. We think they work together... Both reasonably unusual without being completely way out there. But given DD's name we felt that a very trad British name like Kate or Jane would sound a little odd for baby2.

lunamoon2 · 24/02/2009 14:18

I think both names are lovely and do go together.
I do understand when people say they want a name the goes well with their other choice of name.
It would seem strange (but this is just my opinion) if someone had say a Fifitrixabelle-Anastacia and a Catherine. The names just don't seem to fit one family.

TinkerBellesMumandFiFi2 · 24/02/2009 14:33

I think they sound great together. Whatever names you choose (as long as it's not getting stupid like some of the examples) will sound right because you'll hear them a million times.

My brothers eldest two begin with the K/C sound and the eldest was a twin with the same. Because the next three were different it doesn't sound as bad as it did when it was jsut the two.

It was important for me deciding, I thought long and hard about a name to go with Tinker Belle before coming up with Fifi

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LuLuBai · 24/02/2009 14:50
  • surely Plum's sister should be Pudding!
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soon2befamilyof4 · 24/02/2009 21:19

Thanks everybody.

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2pt4kids · 24/02/2009 21:24

I totally get this.
Was one reason why I didnt go with my first choice name for Ds2 as it didnt 'go' as well with Ds1's name.

I know a family with 4 children where 2 names were chosen by the Mum (pretty, girly, not unusual names) and 2 names were chosen by the Dad (made up, quite masculine, very quirky names)!

2pt4kids · 24/02/2009 21:25

Oh and after all that I forgot to say that I think your 2 names go together lovely

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soon2befamilyof4 · 24/02/2009 21:28
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kalo12 · 24/02/2009 21:31

eloise and talia do go together imo

4andnotout · 24/02/2009 21:36

Mine all have double barrelled first names. after dd1 &2 i think dd3 would have looked as a single name iykwim.

jammydodger · 24/02/2009 21:40

Have an Oscar and thought about Jasper for the second, but they sound too similar together, so we didn't in the end.

willowthewispa · 24/02/2009 21:43

I think Talia and Eloise go together fine - it's just if you go for two different types of names that it sounds odd. Jayden and Verity for example.

My aunt has four kids - two with quite classic/grandad names and two with quite earthy bible names and they don't sound like siblings somehow.

Fillyjonk · 26/02/2009 19:41

they WILL sound ok together though, you'll get used to them and they'll fit

the names of my 3 don't really "go". doesn't really matter though-doesn't grate or anything..

HeyMa · 28/02/2009 13:45

i def think names have to "go together" or match, that is why i'm having a quandary with my DC potential name....for example you can't have a Stuart and a Carlos can you? or a Princess Anastacia Queen-Bee and a Gill? come on think about it you would want people to think the same person chose all your DCs names...

atowncalledalice · 28/02/2009 13:51

I have an Oscar and an Arthur. Thought about Solomon for DS2 but somehow the Germanic/Hebrew combination didn't seem to work.

HeyMa · 28/02/2009 13:53

oscar and arthur are fab

atowncalledalice · 28/02/2009 13:57

Thank, HeyMa!