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Do you think it's necessary for your kid's names to "match"?

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Miaou · 25/04/2006 18:37

Was thinking about this earlier as there was a poster the other day wanting a flower name for her second dd to go with her dd1's flower name. I thought ... hmmm, then realised that my kids' names "match" in the sense that they are all gaelic!

And I once knew a woman with three girls called Sharon, Tracy and Clarissa, which I thought was a little strange ...

However your siblings are only with you on a daily basis during your childhood, and for the most part of your life you will not be living with reference to them ... so how necessary is it really?

Just interested in your thoughts ...

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collision · 25/04/2006 21:38

Friend of mine has Lewis, Lexi and Logan!! Shock

Mine are Max and Joshua which dont really 'match' but sound fine together.

SIL has George and Henry which do match and she cant think of another boys name she likes so wont be having any more.

I knew someone who had an Alexander and Olivia and called her 2nd daughter ..........Lara!!! That doesnt match imo.

collision · 25/04/2006 21:39

what was the name hunker?

thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 25/04/2006 21:40

my kids names are both quite Irish. although it wasn't intentional and I didn;t really think about it until seeing this thread. I think people are always going to go for names of a similar type. You're unlikely to get an Alfie and a Tyrees; or a Beyonce and Elizabeth

motherinferior · 25/04/2006 21:41

I actively wanted another Jewish name for Dd2. Almost got round to looking in a Bible. Except I'd have had to go out and get a Bible, of course.

hunkermunkfish · 25/04/2006 21:44

Email me Collision - hunkermunker at gmail dot com - funny as I have put DS2's name on here, but I don't put DS1's on for some reason!

Posey · 25/04/2006 21:44

My gran's neighbour, in the 1960s, named her twins Sonny and Cher. Now they do match Grin
My kids' names don't match, aren't of a theme,don't have the same initial letter but sound fine together.

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Miaou · 26/04/2006 08:25

pmsl at sonny and cher GrinGrinGrin

Just realised I never answered my own question - is it necessary?

No, it's nice though.

Moondog I am still Grin at your comment, you are so right, I really need some more pressing things to think about Grin

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PiccadillyCircus · 26/04/2006 08:37

I don't think DS and DD's names really "go" together but hopefully they don't sound too odd Grin.

RnB · 26/04/2006 08:49

we really like latin names so both our boys have them. ds1 is Benedict (blessed) and ds2 is Rex (king). I definitely wouldnt change them and am glad they 'match'.

We went for male family names as middle names so ds1 has my father and dh's father's first names and ds2 has my grandfathers name and dh's great uncles name. Ds2 does actually sound like a Shakespearian actor with his name: Rex Julius Aurelio...

RnB · 26/04/2006 08:50

...or someone out of Gladiator! Grin

Uwila · 26/04/2006 09:30

I prefer syblings names not to match. Just think it's silly when they do.

Sherbert37 · 26/04/2006 10:01

Know several people with 3 who have two letters the same - including mine. I always think of them all together so it is a bit strange when I am out with the two 'R's without the other. Was determined that DS1's name would not be shortened but everyone does and I dont't mind now. Don't they all just 'look like' their names - I couldn't imagine them being some of the other names we thought of.

moondog · 26/04/2006 10:12

I have come to the conclusion that names are like weddings.
Everyone thinks that theirs is different but it's not.
It's same old same old or just plain silly.

Blackduck · 26/04/2006 10:16

depends what you mean by 'match'.....I suppose I expect them to be 'similar' - all biblical/all traditional or whatever....always thought it was particularly cruel of a friend to call her eldest 'Jane' and her secone 'Jet Azure' - felt one or other of those girls was going to grow up with a complex Grin

manitz · 26/04/2006 12:07

ah azure, now why didn't i think of that...

I just dont think it's all that important so we were a bit jokey with ours. i know loads of people whos names have grown on them or have been changed by their friends. dd2 is currently called The Whizzer which is much less ladylike than her proper name. actually there's another theme as dd1 was The Roobster until she could speak, now she would like to be known as Ballerina due to some mouse shes into.

Fimbo · 26/04/2006 12:18

I know sisters who's mother went for the "la" option i.e. Angela, Pamela and Nicola

Twinkie1 · 26/04/2006 12:19

God no I would go far out so they didn't match think it all a bit trailer park to be honest or Pauline Fowlerish - Michelle, Mark and Martin!!!

Liked Elliot for DS but he got it as middle name as would rhyme with DD!!!

Bumblelion · 26/04/2006 14:32

I have got an Ashly (girl) and Daniel (boy). Together sound okay, both two syllables. Ashly was a girl's name that me and my ex-h had since we were first together at 16 for our first-born girl. The only boys name we could agree on was Daniel. When my third was born, again a girl, the only name we could agree on was Sasha. I like to think Ashly, Daniel and Sasha sound fine together but when I talk about my two girls, Ashly and Sasha, it sounds a bit "sh sh sh".

Especially when I call them Ash, Dan and Sash.

Uwila · 26/04/2006 14:58

I think Ashley, Daniel, and Sasha are fine choices and go together very well.

pacinofan · 26/04/2006 14:58

Both our dd's have 'virtue' names, dd1 Grace and dd2 Verity. They also both have Catholic middle names so yes, I suppose the names do 'match'. We have a very foreign surname which is difficult to match so were somewhat limited in what we could/ couldn't choose.

Some fab names on this thread by the way - but no, we're sticking with two!

oliveoil · 26/04/2006 15:08

my girls have names that are quite similar but only by chance, not by design

both 5 letters, and 3 letters are the same in each.

fruitful · 26/04/2006 15:12

I used to be a lodger in a home where the mum was called Christine (Chris for short) and the teenage son was called Christopher (Chris for short) and the teenage daughter was called Christine (Chris for short). Answering the phone was quite interesting.

We chose dd's and ds's names cos we liked them. Found out later that they both mean the same thing ("light"). So if I have another I'm just going to have to call it Phoebe or Uri.

Now, though, I'm starting to see the advantages of having all your children's names starting with the same sound. Then you can start yelling and think about which name you want as you go...

fruitful · 26/04/2006 15:13

Have just re-read that and it sounds daft. 'Course we chose their names because we like them...

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Miaou · 26/04/2006 15:16

Shock pacinofan, I know someone who has two girls called Grace and Verity and a foreign surname - you didn't grow up in W Yorks did you??

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sweetkitty · 26/04/2006 15:19

I did briefly think of another A name for DD2 but decided against it, don't think my 2 DDs names match at all but I don't care as they are individuals not little follow on copies (if that makes sense).

Once knew a family of 5 boys all with names beginning with J.