[name]Do[/name] I think they need to be [name]Max[/name] and ruby, cleo and [name]Leo[/name], cute? No. But I do think they need to have some cohesiveness. IE: I would not a highly trendy name for one, and then a classical name for the other, asher and henrietta just look mismatched.
pippi777- Hey thanks. I took the quiz on that website and I got my DH to take it as well. He suffered through it, but did it
and we have very different name styles. I know that if I left my DH to naming who knows what names we would have.
yellow- I agree with everything you said. I know a couple that actually regrets the unusual name that they picked for their
first child and now want to pick a classic, traditional name because their child’s first name gets strange looks. If it is
a different gender, I think it will be okay but they want to still use a traditional name if it is the same gender. Sets
are weird to me as well, but I agree about some cohesiveness between the siblings.
neuilly- I agree. I know if I had sisters named unique, pretty names and I got a name like [name]Sarah[/name] (which is lovely but not as
unique) I would feel kind of left out. I know I over think on names going together, and they probably go together a whole lot more than I think they do.
jemama- I agree that kids probably won’t care too much about it. I want to honor my future son with my DH’s middle name and
have worried that my current son who does not have a name honoring a family member (his middle name honors a close friend,
practically family), he would feel left out. That probably isn’t true. I know with my DH he was the middle son out
of three sons with three sister. Him and his older brother got names honoring ancestors in the family, and his younger
brother got his middle name from their father. My DH says that it never bothered him. Oh and I love your children’s names. I admire the creativity.
gblondie- [name]True[/name], they need to be cohesive. My current son’s name is [name]German[/name] in origin so maybe I can look at other [name]German[/name]
names since they seem to have some cohesiveness. BTW- love your DD’s name. [name]Geneva[/name] was the name of my Great grandmother who
died last year. It is such a pretty name.
I don’t think sib-sets are incredibly important but it does seem odd when your children’s names end up being so different from each other - like [name]Seven[/name] and [name]Felicity[/name] - it just ends up feeling like they weren’t named by the same set of parents.
No problem! Incidentally, my name is [name]Sarah[/name]. I love my name. I also have brothers named [name]James[/name] and [name]Draven[/name] and sister named [name]Krystofer[/name]. A female [name]Krystofer[/name] and a [name]Draven[/name] next to traditionally named [name]Sarah[/name] and [name]James[/name] sounds…odd. Some other family members named [name]James[/name] and myself. (Probably because my sister was born first and they were trying to avoid something like that again!) My mom came up with [name]Draven[/name] (my half-brother) herself, too. Needless to say, my dad (and his side of the family) have a different style than my mom does!!
I think it’s something that has great emphasis placed on it around this forum but in real life I don’t think most people notice too much. Now I’d it is extreme like sisters named old-fashioned [name]Martha[/name] and tomboyish [name]Scout[/name]…then I think people will notice. I know a family with a [name]Faith[/name], [name]Will[/name], and [name]Kalea[/name] (kuh-lee-ah) and of course people always say…how did she get her name? Because it dies stick out like a sore thumb. But parents have there reasons and preferences change sometimes. Im actually more bothered by matchy matchy names!!
I will suggest nymbler.com. It’s a good way to stay within your “style” without overly matching. Plus there may be some new and fresh name ideas for you!!
Good post!
I actually want all of my children’s name to mesh well, but look at my boy name list in my siggy: [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Oscar[/name], and [name]Leon[/name]. I think that they “go well” together. All are two syllables and they aren’t overused. [name]Atlas[/name] does stick out, but the naturey theme of [name]Atlas[/name] ties well with [name]Leon[/name] ("[name]Lion[/name]") while [name]Oscar[/name] has an old-school feel that [name]Leon[/name] possesses. So I think they work well.
Then there are my future daughters names. [name]Cordelia[/name] and [name]Isadora[/name] go well together wheras [name]Hermione[/name] and [name]Persephone[/name] are perfect. [name]Even[/name] if I had only a [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Persephone[/name] and [name]Cordelia[/name], origin wise, they are linked. [name]Hermione[/name] can be found in [name]Shakespeare[/name] and Greek mythology, whereas [name]Persephone[/name] is strictly Greek and [name]Cordelia[/name] is found in [name]Shakespeare[/name].
I overthink my names, but I adore them. I really get weirded out when I hear a sibst like: [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Seraphina[/name] and [name]Jill[/name]. [name]Jill[/name] just sticks out like a sore thumb. Or [name]James[/name], [name]Addison[/name], and [name]Mackenzie[/name] for sons.