We just had baby #3 so we don’t plan on #4 for a few years but I was thinking about future siblings and was wondering if all names we chose for our kids put restrictions on future names. I love names that are anywhere from a little unique(or really unique to non-berries) to way common. I always gravitate towards the more unique names but most of the time I go for the “safe” choice. (I sadly regret both my sons names) I feel that the names we currently love are too unique or don’t flow with our current kids names. Does this happen to you? [name]Do[/name] I need to nix names I love just because they don’t flow?
Our kids are: [name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name]
Girl names I love: (Other names are welcome)
[name]Aislyn[/name]
[name]Campbell[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Dakota[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Eden[/name]
[name]Finola[/name]
[name]Harlow[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Kendall[/name]
[name]Nola[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Riley[/name]
[name]Suri[/name]
[name]Shiloh[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
Boys Names I [name]Love[/name]:
[name]Austin[/name]
[name]Brody[/name]
[name]Chandler[/name]
[name]Emerson[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Grayson[/name]
[name]Hudson[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Mason[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Maddox[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]
I never understand why siblings names need to match. When I asked on this very site, I only get it’s doesn’t. Well, your kids names don’t need to match, go ahead and pick name you like. [name]Don[/name]'t let other kids names restrict you.
People on these forums talk about sibsets a lot as though it’s something that really matters, but other than the aesthetic appeal when introducing all your kids, there’s no actual positive or negative consequence to having a sibset that flows really well, or one that is drastically different and jarring! All your kids will grow up to be individual adults, will have their own feelings about their names, and they probably will not think about whether their names fit with their siblings or not (unless your kids are named something like [name]Grace[/name], [name]Hope[/name], [name]Charity[/name], and then the last is named something evil-sounding like [name]Bellatrix[/name]!!!). I think you should embrace what you love, and because you love it, your kids will too!
Among the names you listed, for girls I like: [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Eden[/name], [name]Olive[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], and [name]Stella[/name]. For boys, I like: [name]Finn[/name] (though would worry that it is getting to be over-used), [name]Jude[/name], [name]Milo[/name], and [name]Soren[/name].
…and they probably will not think about whether their names fit with their siblings or not (unless your kids are named something like Grace, Hope, Charity, and then the last is named something evil-sounding like Bellatrix!!!).
Kids have much bigger issues to complain about than non-matching names. Like, homework.
Some of your favorites could totally flow with your children’s names!
[name]Chloe[/name], [name]Kendall[/name], [name]Stella[/name], [name]Austin[/name], [name]Brody[/name], [name]Milo[/name], and [name]Jude[/name] all work! Your current children all have fairly short, recognizable, and easily pronounced names so in the future, I would avoid throwing in names like the [name]Aislyn[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], and [name]Soren[/name].
I think that as long as there’s some slight connection it works. It might be weird to meet…[name]Zebulon[/name] and [name]Carter[/name], but pretty much anything goes. [name]Zack[/name] & [name]Chase[/name] feel sporty/preppy/crisp/new-school while [name]Lilly[/name] is flowery/girly/classic so anything that falls into those categories might “go” the best. [name]Isla[/name] & [name]Finn[/name] go especially well.
These are the only ones I’d say wouldn’t work so great with your set: [name]Aislyn[/name], [name]Campbell[/name], [name]Finola[/name], [name]Chandler[/name], [name]Soren[/name]
I think all of the others would work just fine! I especially like: [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Eden[/name], [name]Isla[/name], [name]Olive[/name], [name]Suri[/name], [name]Shiloh[/name], [name]Stella[/name]
[name]Austin[/name], [name]Brody[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Finn[/name], [name]Graham[/name], [name]Hudson[/name], [name]Jude[/name], [name]Milo[/name]
I don’t think I’d worry about it, frankly. I think it’s more important to pick names you love than names that “go” with the other kids. Tastes change over time.
[name]Case[/name] in point: my mom gave me and my 17-months-younger brother really matchy names: [name]Kristen[/name] and [name]Justin[/name]. We never really thought about it or noticed it. I honestly don’t remember ever discussing it once, with anyone. [name]Seven[/name] years later, she gave birth to twin boys and named them: [name]Eric[/name] and [name]Cody[/name]. Pretty different from the older siblings and from each other. She just liked the names, and she never thought much further than that.
I just don’t think “sibsets” are an issue, ever, at any time in life other than laying out your sibset for review on Nameberry, LOL! Or just admiring the names aesthetically as a “set.” But practically I think it means next to nothing, and ESPECIALLY if you have name regret, I’d go with what you love for hypothetical baby #4, and don’t worry about anything else.
I think it really only “means” anything if the difference is really extreme. Like [name]Bob[/name] and Fioramettica or [name]Fiona[/name] and [name]Keiko[/name]. Only because it would draw attention and cause explanatory conversations.
Of course, it has no real affect on the kids unless one is jealous of the others name–which I could see happening if one girl got a very unisex name and another got a flowery name.
I don’t really like names in a sib-set to not flow. I know a sibset that is L!nley, F@ith, Ell3ry, and @bel. L!nley, Ell3ry, and @bel are almost unheard-of, while F@ith is fairly common. Oh well. Here’s the ones I think would flow best:
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Eden[/name]
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Chloe[/name] (although there is a TV show about twins named [name]Zack[/name] and [name]Cody[/name], so I’d be wary of that, since [name]Chloe[/name] sounds similar to [name]Cody[/name])
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Shiloh[/name]
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Isla[/name]
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Brody[/name] (Again, with the TV show.)
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Lily[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Zack[/name], and [name]Finn[/name]
Yeah, people might ask if one of your kids is adopted. lol.
Actually as a kid it was really important to me that my name fit in with the rest of my family - and I don’t have siblings.
I was always an outsider and a loner as a kid, knowing that my family at least thought I fit and belonged even though in very many ways I was nothing like any of them. This doesn’t mean each name needs the same number of letters, and has to start and end with the same letter and have the same origin. But some cohesion as Kala_Way suggested would be really important to me.
I think since you are thinking about keeping shorter names that have no nn’s that completely qualifies as cohesion of sorts.
