Future siblings

General Name Discussion
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A couple of questions…because I’m a chronic overplanner…

  1. If you had 2 favourite girl names that compliment each other …would you use [name]BOTH[/name] of them on your first child? Or save one in case you have another girl?

  2. When naming your first child, do you take into consideration what you may name future children?? Ex. would you not use a name b/c you don’t care for the names that ‘go’ with it?

thanks :slight_smile:

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1 - I’d save one, because I wouldn’t want the second girl to have a name I liked less.

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Yes! I only plan on 2 kids but I would take the sibling into consideration when naming the first. Mostly I wouldn’t want the names to sounds too similar so I would want them to have different endings. Also I have considered 2 mns but I wouldn’t want to use up my best names in case both babies are the same sex.

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If my two favorite girl names complimented each other as first and middle names, I would be inclined to use them for the first daughter. There is no guarantee that anyone will have additional daughters. (In my case, I did not use my two favorite girl names. Instead, I always planned to give my first daughter the middle name [name]Jane[/name], which was part of my mother’s name, which she passed down to me.) I have three children, but just one daughter, so there are girl names I totally love but will not be able to use.

So, unless you are planning to incorporate a family name (that is not an ultra-favorite name), I would recommend using the two complimentary names you love best. Although, you might be lucky enough to have multiple daughters, you just can’t count on it. You have to decide if you want to take a chance. [name]How[/name] would you feel about saving the name for a daughter that may never be born? The odds are very different if you are young and planning on having lots of children vs. planning on having two or three children.

As for taking into consideration names for future children when naming a first child… as a general rule, yes. Complimentary sib-sets are great. However, I believe exceptions can be made if there is a compelling reason.