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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 11:02am

Do you try to match your children's names?



  • No, not at all
  • Yes, by all starting with same letter
  • Yes, by rhyming them
  • Yes, by all having same/similar beginnings or endings
  • Other


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 03-06-2006
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 11:33am

I originally voted no, but after some reflection, I changed my vote to other. I do want my kids' names to "match," but by that I mean that I want them to compliment and harmonize with each other while still being distinctly different. Jane and Margaret or Jane and Silas, for example, rather than Jane and Jessica, Jane and Wayne, or Jane and Janelle.

Rhyming names, using the same letter, beginning sound, ending sound, or using a theme (like all virtue names or all gem names) are things to be avoided, imo. They're too cutesy for me.




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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 11:37am

I voted other because while I don't like names to match - I like them to compliment each other...sometimes names can compliment by beginning with the same letter, others can compliment by having similar endings or syllables, or vowel sounds...
Like I think
Audrey and Addison sound great (compliment) and not matchy because while they do start with the same letter - it is a different sound the letter makes...

I think it all depends on the names (are you the one with two boys that start with p - and are trying to figure out if #3 should follow in that letter pattern?)

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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 12:26pm
I voted no altho 3 of my DDs names
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Registered: 12-04-2006
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 12:31pm

"(are you the one with two boys that start with p - and are trying to figure out if #3 should follow in that letter pattern?)"

Nope :) I'm asking because my DD's name is a short, 3 letter name, and it seems to be the trend among my mom friends to have alliterative sibling sets. If I do that, I'm pretty short on choices, as there aren't many more 3 letter names I like for either gender. Just thought I'd see what the general consensus is around here.

Not that I'm pregnant again yet, LOL, but it's always fun to dream, right?

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Registered: 03-29-2003
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 12:42pm

Voted other also:

I would make sure my kids name have a similar style, wouldn't want one to feel like the odd one out. Example:

Josephine, Charlotte, Eleanor and Kaylee.

Neveah, Brooklyn, Jayda and Elizabeth.

The last name in each of the above pairs doesn't fit in.

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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 1:06pm

My children's names match by THEME...
that is, they are all somewhat BIBLICAL...

Elijah
Paul
Isaiah
Joshua are in the Bible

Angelina means little angel...angels are in the Bible too!

I didn't start the theme on purpose. I loved the name ELIJAH. Paul meant small and my second was small when he was born and died. And when my third came along I considered Sebastien, Nicolas or Isaiah. Isaiah seemed the most unique at the time (10 years ago) and went nice with Elijah. They all HAPPENED to be biblical. When my fourth came along, the name I liked best was JOSIAH. Yet another biblical name. However, DH said No way and we compromised with Joshua, also biblical.

So the trend on purpose didn't really start until #5...and she is the LEAST biblical...go figure.

Other choices were:
Katerina
Tatiana
Nastassja
Naomi
Trinity
Genesis
Heavenly
Claudia

Angelina won out because my kids liked it (now we have more people giving input so harder to get your name choice), it was not common around here, and Angelina Jolie was being tauted as a Humanitarian at the time...which is always nice. I fought it...but Angelina it is!

(We actually call her Weenie, not Angelina....LOL)

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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 2:30pm
I don't like matching, really. They're children, not Care Bears, so alliterative, obvious themes and rhyming names are not my style at all (so, with my son Penn, we're not going to have Patsy, Paige or Glenn.) I do like them to be complementary, though, so it makes sense that they come from the same family. How it makes sense...well, that's a little hard to explain. I guess it's just so they don't jar or make you feel like you're playing the "one of these things is not the like the other" game. (With Penn again, Gaston or Alyosius would seem a bit...off, but something short and simple like Hale or Jack would seem at home.)
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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 2:46pm

I voted other. We ended up with 2 Ds but that was just coincidence. I'm not a fan of overly matchy names. It is really cheesy to me. I'm also not a fan of feeling stuck to an inadvertent theme. (ie us feeling forced to find a D name for #3 so he/she wouldn't be left out...). I do like the names to complement each other though. Like with us both our son's names are Polish so naming #3 with an Irish name, for example, would seem a bit off.

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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 2:49pm
By the way, I love your son's name! It has such a fresh, masculine feel to it.
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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 3:17pm

I, too, love the name Penn. I know two brothers named Penn and Lawson. They are hilarious and handsome. :)

And as far as names "matching"... I prefer them to have somewhat similar styles, as previously pointed out. But this might not be possible if you're using family names -- one grandmother could be named Susan, and the other Giovanna, and then, well, so be it!

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