How important are repeating sounds/le...

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Registered: 10-18-2006
How important are repeating sounds/le...
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Sun, 11-05-2006 - 11:33am

How important are repeating sounds/letters in names?



  • Examples:
  • Sarah Smith (double S)
  • Eden Johnson (ending sound is repeated)
  • very important
  • not really important but do consider it
  • never thought about this before
  • not important only if you LOVE a name


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Registered: 09-25-2006
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 11:50am

I think that's a more complicated question than can be answered in this poll.

 
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 12:03pm
I consider it, but would overlook it if I loved the name like no other.






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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 12:09pm

I agree with Annette.

I think it varies on what the repeating sound is. For example, Sarah Smith doesn't bother me at all, but names like Jillian Johnson, Carson Carter, and Andrea Anderson don't sound good.

I would keep it in consideration, but just because the name is an alliteration, doesn't mean it is a bad name. It really depends on the circumstances.

-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 11-04-2006
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 12:12pm

I find it important, but if you really love the name I'd suggest breaking the repeating sound with a middle name. For instance Susan Smith can become Susan Dale Smith etc..

Good luck!

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 12:18pm

I couldn't really vote in the poll.

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 1:03pm

It's hard to say, because it really depends on the names in question.

From your examples ...

Sarah Smith -- the fact that the fn/ln begin with the same letter isn't the main issue. Some alliterative initials sound just fine (after all, how many Mary Mc-lns are there out there? ). But S -- especially when you have more than one in a name -- tends to be very drawn out or even lispy, so you end up with Ssssarah Sssssmith or Tharah Thmith, KWIM? Just kind of a comical combination. Also, her initials are S.S. (as in Hitler's Nazi guard). Not an association I'd want.

Eden Johnson -- the problem here isn't simply that they both end in N. They're also both two syllables, with the ending syllables being the very-similar -den and -son (especially since Johnson often sounds like John-sen when said quickly). So overall, this is a very repetitive-sounding fn/ln combo. Now if the syllables and/or ending sounds were different, two names with N endings might sound just fine together (Brendan Shanahan, for example, has a two-syllable fn and three-syllable ln, whereas the similar Brendan Shannon wouldn't work quite as well because they're both two syllables, if that makes sense).

To give an example from my own ln, McCormick, I would avoid anything ending with the -ick sound (Roderick McCormick) and many M fns (especially since our ln has both Mc- and -mick LOL), but beyond that it kind of depends on the name itself. For example, I wouldn't use Cora at ALL, because it sounds hilarious with the "Cor" part of our ln. However, our youngest dd's mn is Fiora, which has the "or" sound in it, but not as obviously rhymy as Cora would be. Then there are names that have remained on the list but that I'd probably never use in reality because of the similar sounds problem -- Oran, Orla, Mairona, Morrigan/Morgan, etc.

So really it all depends on the individual names. ;)

~Kelli


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