How many of you chose names....

[FrankMustard]

..based on the names of your existing siblings?
I mean no malice or judgement and am not trying to be contentious, I am simply curious because having seen at least 3 threads recently where OPs have asked if a name they like for their new baby goes ok with the names of the children they already have, it begs the question - am I in the minority having chosen 4 boys names for my sons purely on the merit of each individual name rather than on what they "sound" like when all said together?

(Obviously, the combinations of Bill and Ben, Will and Grace, Dick and Dom etc are borne in mind ...but that aside....)

Yeah....but they need to go don't they?

You wouldn't have brothers called say
Montgomery and Jayden

or sisters called

Chardonnay and Xanthe... would you?

So I disagree Frank, I think you need to take the other names into account.

You'll need to tell us their names. [nosy]
Some people naturally choose names that 'go' without having to think whether they do or not.

There is nothing wrong with any of those names.

Montgomery and Xanthe are my favourite of all the names DH wouldn't allow me

I definitely thought about if they would 'go' together. I do think it would sound odd to have a so-called chavvy name for one child then use a classic name for your next.

But that's me. The rest of you can do what you want.

I also have a theme going on for my 3 boys names. All Scottish kings.

I didnt pay any attention to whether my childrens names 'go' or not.
They are called
Skye
Ptolemy
Jordan
Kevin

No. I'm positive if I posted my dd's names people would say they don't match.

I don't care, dd1 got a name with origins from the country she was born in and dd2 just got our favourite name at the time.

My DC's names don't go together at all, several people have commented on it. But they both have names that we like and that mean something to us. (actually ds' real first name does go better with dd's but he is known by his middle name)

I only have one daughter but if I have another child I will consider what it sounds like with my DD's name to the extent I wouldn't want them to rhyme or clash or be totally at different ends of the scale.

I know a child is an individual but some combos (as suwoo has demonstrated above) would be odd to say the least.

Perhaps FrankMustard all your DCs names are just classics and so there was nothing that jarred and made you stop and think about it?

my childrens names don't 'go' imo.
but they are different because i was different 3 years later, if that makes sense.

I have 4 children called
Montgomery, Jayden, Chardonnay and Xanthe

I am very insulted by this thread

Well, I'm not going to list the names of my little chaps but it's only because I don't want to be easily identified in RL by anyone I know who comes on MN (and I didn't think of the fact you might ask me when I started thread! )

However, none of the names jar with one another but that's more happy fortune than planning. TBH, aside from wanting different initials for the boys so their post didn't get muddled up as they got older, we didn't actively seek names that sounded a certain way with each other and just made sure we didn't have names that ended with the same sound or that rhymed - or we may as well just put them in matching clothes and be done with it!

...so I suppose in a way I did base them on names of existing siblings.....

bugger

as long as its not twins thomas and starbuck

its going to go together - unless its some made up shit - which imo is wrong anyway.

at Frank. Best shut up then love.....

{grin]

I agree with that custardo - that's what happened with me and dh when we picked names...none are so offbeat that they sound odd anyway, so we didn't have to consider anything apart from if it rhymed or not.
More important, IMO< is making sure the iniitals don't spell anything odd or aren't the same initials as some strange corporation or embarrasing illness....and it's amazing how many people don't seem to even consider how the initial sounds when said with the surname, eg A.Pratt or B.Lister

sorry suwoo
x-post!
I'll shut up now......

i did make the mistake of inadvertantly giving my 1st son the exact initials as dh. this has become trouble some with regards to bank statements now he is 19.

i have opened a couple and had a couple of panic attacks thining we are skint - when its ds

oh dear custardo!
We have a surname that starts with a letter that lots of short and rude words end in, so had to be really careful when we named the boys!
Had to rule out giving them 2 middle names as it was hard to find any that weren't an offensive collection of initials!!

Didn't enter my mind, but my older child's name isn't a very definite type of name, so lots of names went with it. I did shy away from giving DD a name beginning weith same letter as DS's name, though, as I always think that sounds a little bit naff

Jessie & John
Milly and Mikey
Sam and Sarah

etc

Nah.

I think it's nice for names to go together without being too matchy.

I wouldn't go with 'themed' names, but surely it's as well to try saying possible new baby names in the same sentence as other names in the family?

Some combinations would be like tongue twisters to say ("Seth and Theresa!" "Lola and Ollie!"- and I am often surprised that people put some first and middle names together because of the way they sound. (Deborah Emma doesn't sound good, imo.

AND if your first dd is called Storme, suggestions of Gail or Raina for the second may not be helpful.

So, reasonable to give other names to consider, i think!

I totally agree when you have picked an unusual or indeed a made-up name, but if you're just choosing a name and your existing children have normal classic names for example, what does it matter if the 3 names said together aren't singsong and perfectly matching?
It's interesting to read the posts, so thanks to everyone for their input - I was genuinely wondering if it was something that people put a lot of thought into and clearly it is!

i agree frankmustard,
i am not sure why people are so keen for the names to "go"

for the vast majority of their lives they are NOT going to be known as "james and sarah" or whoever.
they're separate people with separate lives. it matters not a jot if their names "go"

thank you thisisyesterday!!
Very succinctly put!

The amount of times when the children's names are said all in one go, or written down together is pretty small compared to the rest of their lives when they won't be linked with their siblings' names and indeed many people won't even be aware of their siblings' names or even if they HAVE siblings!

I am particularly troubled/amused/eyebrows raised (delete as appropriate) at people who give their children names starting with the same letter or with the same sounding end - like Billy, Betty and Bobby,
Ned, Ted and Meg etc
Too Enid Blyton for my liking!