Too many A's for sibs?
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Too many A's for sibs?
| Mon, 10-11-2004 - 10:50am |
Need opinions....I have 2 DD's Ashley and Abigail(abby). And the only names that I've come up with that I like for #3 both are A names. Aidan for a boy, Ava or Audrey for a girl. But is it too much to have 3 A names? It isn't intentional, like I HAVE to have another A name, but those jsut seem to be the names I like......what do you guys think? TIA!

I don't think 3 A names are too much, although many will think that it is intentional. Are you planning on having more kids? If you have a fourth, he or she might feel left out if they don't have an A name as well!
Jen
I don't think it's too much as long as the names aren't rhymey or matchy.
Ashley, Abigail & Ava and Ashley, Abigail & Aidan sound just fine.
In my case especially (and less so with yours), it would have looked like we were *really* stretching for that 3rd Z name, especially for a boy (Zoe being a reasonable choice for a girl) In the end, I decided that if I didn't break the trend now, I'd be stuck with Z names forever. Plus, I felt as though adding a 3rd Z name, in a way, diminished from the first two.
As a result, I named DS#3 Quinn, and I have been *very* happy with the decision. Same idea (using a unique letter), but definitely unpredictable, and not what everyone was expecting.
How about considering using another vowel as the first letter of the first name, like E or I? I think that would be a neat twist, and yet give your #3 (especially a girl) a unique identity. I'm sure the ladies can come up with lots of lovely suggestions for E or I. Personally, I've favored Ethan for a boy for quite a while. Ashley, Abigal and Ethan?
HTH,
Beppy
It's so strange that you suggest Ethan...when I was PG w/ #2, I had told my supposed best friend that if I had a boy, I was going to name him Ethan. Ethan was the only boy name I ever even considered since I started thininkg about having kids. I told her this, and she knew how much that name meant to me. She was PG too, and ended up having a boy, and ended up naming him Ethan. Actually, she named him Conner, for the first like day and a half of his life, then decided she liked Ethan better. I was SOOO mad....still am really, but trying to get over it. Ethan was the perfect name to go with my kids. She has Keith and Ethan, which I don't think flow together too well, but that may just be b/c I'm mad that she took the name from me.
Anyhow, I've since fallen in love w/ Aidan, so I guess all will turn out ok if #3 is a boy...
BTW- what do you think of Olivia for a girl? Is it too popular these days?
Thanks for your input!