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rooted · 29/04/2010 15:22

I am having twins very soon and if they are both girls i would like to use the names Clara and Sarah. I am a bit worried that they sound too similar (at the end of the name if you know what I mean).
So what do you think?

Thanks

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scurryfunge · 29/04/2010 15:26

They do sound quite similar and Sarah is sometimes mispronounced as Sara....sometimes Clara is mispronounced too so it might be confusing

rooted · 29/04/2010 15:48

Thanks - thats my worry, i think we would use Sally as a nickname so mostly would be Clara and Sally. Oh don't know really!

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whywhywhydelilah · 29/04/2010 15:54

They do sound similar but if you think Sarah will mostly be called Sally then I don't think it will matter.

motherlovebone · 29/04/2010 17:05

they go well together imo

fairimum · 29/04/2010 17:11

Why not just call her Sally? Clara and Sally are lovely

recireci · 29/04/2010 17:42

I think Clara and Sarah go very nicely together.

imahappycamper · 29/04/2010 19:39

Try calling them- will you get tongue tied when you want them to come in from the garden or downsatirs for a meal?

motherlovebone · 29/04/2010 20:04

you will prob be calling 'girls' or 'dinner'
or NN lara and sally

randomimposter · 29/04/2010 20:51

LOVE Clara
Sarah is nice, but the 2 together don't roll that well to my ear. Sally is ok.

How about Sadie. Clara and Sadie sounds lovely.

Lora69 · 30/04/2010 15:06

You may end up saying Clara and Sara by accident..

too similar i think yes xx

birdofthenorth · 30/04/2010 15:09

I would just call them Clara and Sally. Lovely names. Agree with Lora that you'd end up mispronouncing them when yelling in a hurry... I know a "Zoe and Noah" who often end up "Zoah and Noey" in haste!!

birdofthenorth · 30/04/2010 15:10

NB LOVE Sadie too. Clara and Sadie is great.

rooted · 30/04/2010 17:06

Thanks all, my husband is insistant that Sally is a nickname and therefore we have to have a 'proper' name! I like Sadie too - food for thought!

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Magaly · 30/04/2010 17:08

What about Clara and Susie?

That seems more balanced. less,,,,Panda ish, more sisterly

Magaly · 30/04/2010 17:08

Clara and Sadie is lovely. good suggestion.

recireci · 30/04/2010 17:10

Sophia

recireci · 30/04/2010 17:13

Sadie and Sally are both diminutives of Sarah, but you might consider them names in their own right

kailie · 02/05/2010 11:03

I agree - clara & sarah are nice names but just too similar....but clara with either sally or sadie is lovely

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