Do you consider if your kids names go together?

[Anonymous]

My dad had an aunt and uncle who gave their first 3 kids names that started with “K,” but for some reason, baby #4 got a first name that started with “J.” Her older siblings convinced her she was adopted. (She wasn’t.)

My aunt married a man whose brothers were Tom, Dick and…Gary.

[Anonymous]

I do think it sometimes makes a kid feel like the odd one out if their name is really different vibe from the rest of the family. This happened to me as a kid because I’m the only one in my family of 6 with a very unusual name. My parents and siblings all have names that were in the top 10-20 for the year they were born. My name is not even in the top 1000 for any birth year. It’s very rare. I’ve only met 1 other person in my entire life w my name. So…yeah I kind of wish my parents hadn’t done that. They could’ve given all of us kids unusual names or all of us common names but I hated being the only one w an unusual name as a kid.

Otherwise, I don’t think it matters. If you’re just talking about like one name from one culture/background and one name from another, that seems totally different and totally fine. It’s not like the names have to be in a set because the siblings won’t be in a “set” for very long.

[Anonymous]

My kids' names have the same ethnic origin and they sound good when they are said together. I did test them out together because they would be said together so frequently.

I think it would be weird to have names that sounded bad together or names that took forever to say -- like can you imagine calling "Evangalina, Sebastian, Marguerite, and Theodore, come down here right this instant!!" Way too much effort, LOL!

[Anonymous]

I think my girls names sound alright together. They both have names that were more popular when we were younger, but I also think they sound fine amongst their peer groups.

We made sure when naming #2 that the name sounded ok with #1s name.

The one thing we tried to avoid was both our girls names starting with the same letter.

[Anonymous]

Yes, as a mom of 3DC I gave considerable thought to how the names sound with oldest DC’s first and middle and considered how they sound together. So, DC’s sound nice together but I’d like to think that they aren’t overly-matchy and are individually distinctive similar to: Miranda, Alexander and Elise.

DH has a matchy name w/ his only sibling, a brother similar to David and Daniel.

I do t like what I call all-over-the place sibling names, either; makes me think that the parents ran out of names. We know a family with Renee, Cecilia and Audrey. Renee stands out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, as a mom of 3DC I gave considerable thought to how the names sound with oldest DC’s first and middle and considered how they sound together. So, DC’s sound nice together but I’d like to think that they aren’t overly-matchy and are individually distinctive similar to: Miranda, Alexander and Elise.

DH has a matchy name w/ his only sibling, a brother similar to David and Daniel.

I do t like what I call all-over-the place sibling names, either; makes me think that the parents ran out of names. We know a family with Renee, Cecilia and Audrey. [/b]Renee stands out.[b]

Why??

[Anonymous]

My kids’ names go together in that we used the same parameters in naming them.

“Unique but not weird” and no natural nicknames.

I’m a Jenny/Jennifer with strong feelings about both commonality and nicknames. Dad has a name that has to be explained to everyone, and in today’s day would probably be considered cultural appropriation.

I don’t know that we considered how they would flow together, but it definitely works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, as a mom of 3DC I gave considerable thought to how the names sound with oldest DC’s first and middle and considered how they sound together. So, DC’s sound nice together but I’d like to think that they aren’t overly-matchy and are individually distinctive similar to: Miranda, Alexander and Elise.

DH has a matchy name w/ his only sibling, a brother similar to David and Daniel.

I do t like what I call all-over-the place sibling names, either; makes me think that the parents ran out of names. We know a family with Renee, Cecilia and Audrey. [/b]Renee stands out.[b]

Why??

Yeah, I didn't think Renee was a big outlier, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad had an aunt and uncle who gave their first 3 kids names that started with “K,” but for some reason, baby #4 got a first name that started with “J.” Her older siblings convinced her she was adopted. (She wasn’t.)

My aunt married a man whose brothers were Tom, Dick and…Gary.

LOL! That's awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, as a mom of 3DC I gave considerable thought to how the names sound with oldest DC’s first and middle and considered how they sound together. So, DC’s sound nice together but I’d like to think that they aren’t overly-matchy and are individually distinctive similar to: Miranda, Alexander and Elise.

DH has a matchy name w/ his only sibling, a brother similar to David and Daniel.

I do t like what I call all-over-the place sibling names, either; makes me think that the parents ran out of names. We know a family with Renee, Cecilia and Audrey. [/b]Renee stands out.[b]

Why??

Yeah, I didn't think Renee was a big outlier, either.

Yes, I'd consider that a very nicely matched sibling set.

I know a pair of sisters named Crystal and Catherine. On one hand, I don't love matching initials for sisters, and on the other hand I feel like they are such different names in terms of "feel". One was very trendy at the time (Crystal's about 30), and the other is a classic. They have a much younger sibling named Rebecca, and I remember thinking that Catherine and Rebecca go well together.

[Anonymous]

I never liked when siblings' names started with the same letter... and then that's what I ended up doing with mine.

My first was a girl, and we came up with her name at the last minute.

My second was a boy, and my favorite boy name ended up starting with the same letter.

It didn't seem like a good enough reason NOT to use it, so oh well.

Other than being alliterative, I don't think they particularly "match" in terms of style. They are not very alike or very different in feeling.

[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.

My husband has more names the King Charles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours are both Irish-American names.

We know a family with 4 kids (3 girls and a boy) named

Evangelina
Jaqueline
Gwendolyn
Bo

Do they read DCUM?

[Anonymous]

My kids each have first names that are over 1000-2000 years old, but one of those names is now zooming up the charts and seems more trendy.

[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.

My husband has more names the King Charles.

My dog has more names than your husband and King Charles put together.