Do you consider if your kids names go together?

[Anonymous]

Asking out of curiosity...We have friends whose children have wildly different names - like one child's name sounds like it was taken from the register of the Mayflower and the other sounds like it would be voted #1 most popular name on kibbutz in Israel. One of our friends named their two sons the most white bread American names you can think of and gave their daughter a name with Japanese origins. Did you consider if your children's names would go together or did names with similar attributes (for instance, length, musicality, from the same region/culture) appeal to you or were you drawn to particular names even if they didn't have similar attributes?

[Anonymous]

I did. My first kid got my maiden name which is something like Thomas, common, traditional, familiar. Kid 2 we looked for another family name that fit the same vibe. It's got a different number of syllables, and almost none of the same sounds, but it goes. Picture Thomas and Henry or something like that.

I actually love unusual names, and while we have some heritage that fits the names we have other heritage too. But Thomas and Luigi or something like that would seem weird to me.

But I don't impose that on someone else. I have a family member whose first kid has a very ethnic name from one parent's family, and whose second kid (not here yet) will have an equally ethnic name from the other side. So their kids will be like Bjorn and Anjali or something like that. Both are great names, honoring people they love. It's fine, it's just not the choice I made.

[Anonymous]

We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

Your European uncle does not have 9 personal names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

Your European uncle does not have 9 personal names.

PP you replied to. Sigh. What sort of pleasure do you get in writing this? I am responding to the OP. There is no reason for me to lie. Go away.

[Anonymous]

I didn't need them to go together, but I needed them to not sound bad together. Or sound too much alike.

Our first was Sebastian, and we nixed Sabrina for our daughter cause they were too much alike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

Your European uncle does not have 9 personal names.

PP you replied to. Sigh. What sort of pleasure do you get in writing this? I am responding to the OP. There is no reason for me to lie. Go away.

I don’t know why you would say that but your uncle does not have 9 personal names and no one would believe such a ridiculous thing.
Is his name John Allen Thomas Richard Michael Nathanial Stephen Alexander Benedict?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

Your European uncle does not have 9 personal names.

Lol! I laughed when I read that too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

Your European uncle does not have 9 personal names.

PP you replied to. Sigh. What sort of pleasure do you get in writing this? I am responding to the OP. There is no reason for me to lie. Go away.

Is your uncle the king of England. But even be does not have 9 personal names so can’t be him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three countries of origin, so my kids have three personal names, one for each. They chose which name to go by. One chose their Asian name, the other chose their European name. Our various countries have very different naming traditions, so we just made our own. My European uncle has nine personal names, so we're definitely not maxing out.

Your European uncle does not have 9 personal names.

Lol! I laughed when I read that too!

Guys, settle down. He may be a duke, and thus legally is required to have between 9-12 names.

[Anonymous]

This was definitely important to me.

[Anonymous]

Yes, all 3 of my kids' names go together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, all 3 of my kids' names go together.

That is so corny.

[Anonymous]

In theory, yes, but husband and I had a ridiculous time finding anything we could agree on for #2 so it doesn't go as well as I would have liked. Oh well.

Growing up I knew a family with kids named Stetson, Colton, Shenandoah and Stephanie. That last choice just seemed strange...

We also knew a family with 12 children, 11 of whom had names from the Bible and one of whom (#11) did not. That seemed like it might cause strange feelings for the child who had the name that didn't fit with the rest of the kids.

[Anonymous]

We have family members who have two daughters with traditionally feminine, pretty sounding names (flowers and jewels) and then a third daughter with unisex first and middle names. IMO it's just not as pretty as the other girls and doesn't fit. She could be envious of her sisters' names when she is older or maybe she will be a tomboy and or just like her name. Who can know these things? But it seems better to me if they all fit together and then if someone wants to change to be different later on they can.