[name_m]How[/name_m] much does it matter to you that you children’s names flow perfectly? When picking names for our children we never once thought about how it they sounded as siblings. Obviously, when we picked [name_m]Landon[/name_m] for our son, we didn’t think about future siblings. When we picked [name_u]Addison[/name_u], I never thought about how it sounded with [name_m]Landon[/name_m]. I didn’t even notice they ended the same for awhile. It just wasn’t too important to me, I guess. lol Their names just match their personalities and who they are. We are currently pregnant with our third, and I don’t care to make it match our other children’s names. I think of them as individuals. They won’t be around each other forever. I’m wondering if I’m the only one here who thinks this way… I see so many of you making this seem like it’s very important when picking a name for their second, third, and so on.
It’s important to me but I don’t think it’s something that if you don’t do then it’s going to scar your children for life or anything. I also think the big thing is not having polar opposites for names.
Makes sense. I just never thought it was real important, until I joined nameberry recently and seen so many mention it.
I wouldn’t say it’s that important until you get one obvious odd-man-out ([name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_m]John[/name_m] & [name_f]Harlow[/name_f]), which I think feels strange as the odd-child. That’s really the only actually important part - I just like that my kids are linked a little bit through names.
I agree with Elliebean, as long as the name aren’t extremely different, I dont think its too weird.
I personally like it when sibling names flow well with each other. I have ran into the dilemma of trying to find a name for my baby that sounds good with my step-children. I’m not sure it can be done, but if I have other children, I will want their names to go well with the name I choose for this baby.
It’s not that big of a deal. Having children whose names sound beautiful together is lovely, but it’s just a preference.
I don’t think it matters that much, but it can be fun. When my husband and I agreed on names, we tended to stick to a very particular style - short, classic girl names - because these were the sort of names we both liked. My daughters are all individuals but they are also all young and will be living with me for a long time still and I do say all of their names together quite frequently. I like that they sound good together.
I dont think it matters at all unless the names are almost exactly the same like (EX; [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] [name_m]Kyler[/name_m] and Ryler) I feel odd man out my brothers and sister have relatively common names for their age group [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], [name_m]Zack[/name_m], [name_f]Megan[/name_f] and then there is me [name_f]Alena[/name_f] totally off the wall and different and I love it.
Perhaps because I have 5 kids with a pretty similar style I feel that when I say I’m looking for a sibling name for them I’m really saying. I like these names, what else might I like?
I don’t think it’s a “requirement” to make your kids’ names “match.” [name_m]Just[/name_m] because you have a [name_m]Landon[/name_m] and an [name_u]Addison[/name_u], it doesn’t mean you have to make all the others have names that end with -on. You just don’t want to have something like [name_m]Landon[/name_m], [name_u]Addison[/name_u] and [name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f]. Or [name_m]Landon[/name_m], [name_u]Allison[/name_u] and Jehoshaphat. That would just be weird, lol.
I think “looking for a sibling name” is more of finding names you like that compliment the others. So often people have this idea that names have to match each other, but I think its better just to find names that dont clash. I guess what I mean is finding a name that doesnt stick out like a sore thumb. For example, with the names of your children already, I wouldnt choose a name like [name_f]India[/name_f] or [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] or [name_f]Ashlynne[/name_f] or [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f]. On the bright side, I think your kids names are great and match a TON of names, like the ones you have listed.
In the end, the name will become your baby and he/she will fit into your family regardless of the name.
I don’t have any brothers or sister or any kids, but I think it doesn’t matter. I mean if I had a brother he would be named [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] and I think that would go with my name. I mean anything would go with my name, even if the kid was named [name_m]Fred[/name_m] it still would work. Although there are so names that will never work together and you just have to be careful.
Can I vote for [name_m]Bennett[/name_m] or [name_f]Stella[/name_f]? [name_f]Love[/name_f]! And I don’t think it REALLY matters, so long as it doesn’t bother you. I personally couldn’t give all my kids names with a Y except one, for example. Or all of them start with the same letter, except one. I am not into purposely name patterning, but you love whatever names so just go with it!
[name_f]One[/name_f] horrid example of purposeful patterning: My cousin went to school with a family whose last name ended in -ester. They named their kids - and I kid you not:
[name_f]Ester[/name_f]
[name_m]Nester[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Lester[/name_m]
I agree with you. But I think a lot of people ask for names that sound good with XXX to get suggestions of names in a similar style.
I don’t think matching is important, as in having all names that start with the same letter or all names that have the same ending. That seems kinda hokey to me, actually. I like them to sound like a family, though, which I think is done by choosing names of a similar style. You don’t want anyone to feel left out.
In your case, I think your first 2 children’s names go well together, not because they have the same -on ending, but because they’re both old English surnames that have been receiving attention as modern given names. I don’t think you need another -on name in the sibset. I would avoid it, actually. But an English surname or place name that has a modern feel as a first name would be a good choice. It’s not overly matchy, in fact I don’t think most people would realize the connection, but they’ll seem like the same style and sound good together.
In my case, it was important to my husband to give our first child an Irish name to honor his heritage. We didn’t find out the gender until the baby was born, so we had a name picked out for each gender. We had a girl, but we plan on using the boy name we chose if we ever have a son, since it has so much significance to us. I feel like it would be unfair to have 2 children with Irish names like their dad, and then give the 3rd some other name that doesn’t belong, so we’re sticking with names associated with [name_f]Ireland[/name_f].
I always felt a little set apart in my family growing up because my siblings are [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_u]James[/name_u]. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] or [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] would fit perfectly in that sibset, but my dad chose to spell my name [name_f]Kathryn[/name_f]. Why am I the only one whose name is spelled weird?
I don’t think it matters too much. The only thing that bothers me, personally, is when names start with the same letter or sound to similar. But I know that the first one doesn’t bother many other people. I think that you should be good with any name as long as it isn’t too similar (i.e. [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] and [name_u]Andrea[/name_u]) or too different (i.e. [name_f]Christine[/name_f] and L’Qwayshah).