So as you can tell from my signature all my children have 9 letters in their first name and 5 in their middles. I am not pregnant currently but just thinking ahead as my husband and I are TTC. I don’t know if I want to continue this trend but I feel like any future children will feel “left out” if their names don’t match their siblings. If I do follow this trend, I am MUCH more limited in name selection. [name]Do[/name] any of you feel this way?
I think younger children wouldn’t notice and older children wouldn’t care. In fact, I’m not sure younger children would care, either. I think you should pick a name that you love and not worry about patterns or trends.
Think about it this way: You can either give your newest son/daughter a name you don’t love and explain to them later that you chose their name to fit a pattern, or you can pick a name you absolutely adore and can explain to them the significance and love behind the name.
I agree with the above poster. All my sisters have 6 letters in our first name and honestly even I didn’t realize that until my dad pointed it out.
Unless your thinking about choosing a name like [name]Jo[/name] (even then it wouldn’t be a huge deal but noticeable) it shouldn’t sway you from a name you love.
Thank you both. I figured this would be the response and I agree. I just wasn’t sure 
I would just pick a name I love and if it fits the pattern great if not than the patterned is broken.
Did you by chance misspell [name]Clarke[/name] in your signature? Because that spelling actually has six letters.
In any case, if I were in your shoes, I would probably continue with a nine-letter first name pattern, but I wouldn’t worry so much about matching the middles. After all, middles are rarely used. But I don’t think you necessarily have to go with a nine-letter name if you don’t want to, since it’s a rather subtle theme. I mean, how many people are actually going to take the time to count how many letters are in each of your children’s names? It’s not like they all start with the same letter or something else that is immediately obvious. [name]Just[/name] don’t go super-short with the next one, and I think the sibset will be fine.
I don’t think it matters all that much. It’s a pretty low key pattern and I doubt anyone would notice if you did or didn’t. If you find a nine-letter name that you love, then I’d go for that, otherwise just stick with something you really like.
I think your child would rather have a short name (e.g. [name]Ivy[/name]) that you truly loved, than a name that you didn’t like as much that was the right number of letters, or even worse, that you’d made nine letters (e.g. Ievveighh).