A lot of the names I like end in “-er,” but my last name also ends in “-er.”
How big of a problem or tongue twister could that be? Would it be a big deal?
Let’s say my last name is Porter (it’s not, but sounds similar). What would you think of:
Tucker Porter
Sawyer Porter (boy)
Fletcher Porter
Cooper Porter (boy)
Fisher Porter
Carter Porter
Harper Porter (girl)
Jasper Porter
Edit - Tucker and Sawyer are my absolute favorite names for boys (at least, right now!), and I have liked Harper for a girl long before it was used by the Beckhams - I was inspired by To Kill A Mockingbird’s author, Harper Lee. That said, this question about both names ending in “-er” is something I’ve thought about for a long time and really wanted to know how much it matters!
I had a similar problem where my #1 name choice had the same ending sound as the last name. While I feel there are bigger baby-naming sins than this one, I don’t like the way it sounds and went to a different name choice over it.
It’s a little sing-songy, but it’s not the end of the world. I know people who have -er ending first names and -er ending surnames And you know what? It’s fine. Most of the time, people will just call them by their first name anyway.
I think it’s fine. Not ideal, but if you like the first name, I wouldn’t let that deter you from using it. Our last names ends in “a” and all the girls names I tend to like end in “a.” What I did to make it sound better is choose first names that had a different number of syllables than our last name. This helped the two not rhyme so much. Also, I chose a middle name that didn’t end in “a,” so it broke up the redundancy when using the entire name. [name]Hope[/name] that makes sense
Since you didn’t immediately dismiss any names ending in the -er sound, that means you really love them. I would beware of double repeats though. Like, [name]Carter[/name] [name]Porter[/name] is too much in my opinion because of the “rt” PLUS the “er”. I know your name’s not [name]Porter[/name], but just as an example.
I think overall it’s fine. [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Miller[/name] did okay. I never even noticed the similar sounds until I was trying to think of an example!
It’s one of my personal pet peeves, so I wouldn’t choose that option myself, but may not second-guess it on another. I’m wracking my brain trying to think of someone I know with rhyming endings in their name, but can’t. Perhaps that says something?
The problem with -er names in particular is that they are professions. So [name]Fisher[/name] [name]Porter[/name], if you break it down, sounds like someone who changed jobs (or has two of them). Of course, your favorites ([name]Sawyer[/name] and [name]Tucker[/name]) are some of the less-obvious on this theme.