Curious about how to match siblings names

[MarchNowFebMum]

There's often posts on here about how to pick names that 'match' the older siblings.

I may be dim but I don't get it - what are the rules of matching? Obviously Connie and Bonnie sounds hideous together but I don't get what logic people use to respond to these questions.

This is a serious question - worried I'll make a mistep with dc2!

Worzel - I know another George and Grace so not so unusual a combo (assuming that your Grace is older than Geroge as you named her first so you can't be the same person!)

Alistair - LOL at Bert and ERnie (am assuming you are joking...)

I really don't like the whole same-initials thing - I knew someone who was so keen on the letter K once that their 4th was called Kristopher just so they could get another K in.

Littlepurple - know what you mean, 3 Finlays/Finleys in DD2's school year, I'm sure everyone thought it was an unusual name until they all went to school. Names go like that sometimes.

I never gave any thought to how the names went together - I think the orgiins of their names are German, Greek and French. Emma, Georgina and Amelie. I think in one of the baby name books Emma and Georgina were lumped in the same category of "Old English charm" which means DD3 should have been Amelia but I didn't like the long "ee" sound in the middle hence the French version. (She just gets called Amelia or Amy Lee by most people who read her name anyway...)

Grapes -- go for it! Philippa, Isabella, Victoria, Matilda, Etheldreda... no probs there, surely?

(though be prepared for a lot of shortening if so -- I know a family of girls called Felicity, Elizabeth, Victoria and Katherine, known to all as Fizz, Liz, Vick and Kate)

I overheard a woman talking about "Ralph and Elaine" - I presumed they were her neighbours or in-laws or something - turns out they are her pre-school children.

I have Edward & William. Didn't really think about it at the time but SO many people have said "Oh, like Bill & Ted".....

It doesn't bother me, just didn't occur to me before.

The other comment we get is "Very royal names", that does get to me, like we're wanna be aristocracy!

Anyway, I still love the names and they do seem to go well together!

Already have a Harry and Libby and thinking of katie or Jamie for the next one due soon.........what do you think!

My two nephews are named Leon and Dion, I still cringe but hey my sister-in-law really likes it!!

Expecting baby 2 soon and my DD's name starts with P but pronounced as an F, I really like Poppy but concerned that 2 P names will look silly. Hope that baby is a boy as will be named after my grandfather Jack. Easy.

Leon and Dion is outrageous!

I don't see what the problem with Liam and Alfie and Matthew and Harrison are - especially the second two seem to be on the same social register (whatever that is).

The Teguela I know is nic named Tiggy - guess you have to figure that in too!

Kathryn, it's Ted 'Theodore' Logan (and Bill S. Preston, Esquire). I may have seen that movie a few times when I was younger.

I think it's really personal what you think 'goes' but you can always ask and MNetters are not short of opinions on names!

I have an Oliver and really liked 'Blythe' for dd but it felt too modern and different compared to Oliver which is traditional and commonplace! I was looking for something which 'went' but ended up with Mirissa which is a place name and very unusual - so I guess some people would think it doesn't 'go' with Oliver, but I don't think it clashes IYSWIM. And he is Oli, she is Miri, so 'goes' better thay way.

Flossi a third 'ee' sound may be a bit much. I know I have 2 , but my other child is Jude, so no 'ee' sounds on the end of his name!

The same initial thing is VERY annoying. My Dad is called Neil, I am Nicola and for some weird reason he wanted to call his son Neil too. So there were 3 N Kirby's in our family and the post thing drove us all mad. As did the phonecalls asking for Neil Kirby.... 'which one senior or junior?' most of the time people didn't know

I made it my mission to have childrens names that a) didnt match and b) where completely different from everyone we new.

That didnt quite work Rio DD1 is fairly unusual but DD1 wanted to name DD2 and choose Daisy. However i drew the line then and took over for the other 2 . Beau for DS3 and Serge for DS4.

I've heard of brothers called Richard and Ricardo - the same name in different languages, surely??!

I have a Max already and number two on way.

If a girl we were jokingly going to call her Minnie... but we probably wont dare! I like Mariella or Lily at the moment.

But boys names are foxing us! Any ideas for a good - "go with but not too similar" name for a brother for Max??

LuLuBai - Michael and Rafael's brother would have to be Gabriel - they are both names of angels I believe!

We went for names that would never have to be spelt for our 2 DDs - we have an unusual surname which you always have to spell out and we didn't want our children to have to spell out their entire names all the time!

Anya Renee and Willow Rose - both middle names are from grandparents on both sides. He chose Anya so I got to choose Willow. Everyone happy! Job's a good 'un x

My granny went to school with 3 sisters called Ivy, Olive and Emerald Green.

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Max and Jack (1 syllable, I like the 'a' in the middle).

Max and Pax may be a bit much tho'!

Emerald Green?!

We went for nearly anagrams of each other with I m o g e n and G i d e o n. Agree with the post on not doing one weird and one normal. My friends Colletta and Luke (bro and sis) get some funny looks,

I've got Morgan and Aurelia already, having discussions about name for number 3, we can't agree on anything
my great grandfather was John Thomas......

Saffron, Sienna n Scarlet...all shades of red...

Max and Zachary

Max and Joshua

Max and Theo

Max and Jamie

Max and Ethan

Max and Finn

Max and Jonah

Friends of mine have girls called Mila and Hayley. Dad is Indian and Mum is not and they went for an indian name for the first and English for the second. DD1 was very miffed about it. And they both have the same middle name of Jane!!

Two sibsets I have heard of:

Hope, Faith and Kevin

Eartha, Amethyst, and their new baby brother is called Steve.

I know siblings who are

Vladimir, Kasmir, Bartok and... Molly(!)

The name Molly doesn't match, but now that they're all grown up, everyone's name fits.

Gossipmonger-think they all sound good but to be honest I dont really get this going together larky. Had a pregnant friend round today who has chose Jasmine for new baby as she thought it went well with Isabella, even though she likes Molly but doesnt think this does! I was baffled. I admitted I'd not even thought about it when i chose name for my daughters! Just picked what i liked, and one is not that common and one is but still think they sound ok together, Melissa and Chloe.