How terrible is alliteration?

Hello there Friends,

We are naming for my Grandfather who passed away this past year. He was [name_u]Sidney[/name_u], so we are looking for S names. The trouble is that our last name is [name_m]Smith[/name_m].

[name_m]Favorite[/name_m] girl S names are:

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But the alliteration is a little much me, but my husband disagrees, and thinks any of the three would be fine.
Thoughts?

[name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] works well!

Alliteration isn’t terrible at all! Some people aren’t a fan of it, but really most alliteration sounds just fine. I think it’s all about personal preference. I absolutely love all three of your name choices, and think they all work well with [name_m]Smith[/name_m]!

Nothing wrong with alliterations. Actually they often give an extra punch.

(real and fiction)

[name_m]Clark[/name_m] [name_m]Kent[/name_m]
[name_u]Lex[/name_u] [name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f] [name_u]Lane[/name_u]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Redford[/name_m]
[name_m]Woodrow[/name_m] [name_m]Wilson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m] [name_u]Reagan[/name_u]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Chaplin[/name_m]
[name_f]Courteney[/name_f] Cox
[name_f]Tamara[/name_f] [name_u]Taylor[/name_u]

Lots of companies, book titles, tv/movie titles, etc use alliterations.

Nothing wrong with it. I’m an H.H.

I always loved alliteration. And I agree - [name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] is lovely!

I love alliteration.

We have landed on an alliterative name for our upcoming babe if she is a little girl. I really love it.

I think alliterative names can sound really sharp and put-together. I don’t think it’s a problem at all, but I recognize it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Alliteration doesn’t bother me at all.
I like both [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] and [name_u]Sage[/name_u], however, there is only a tiny step from [name_u]Story[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] to Wordsmith for me so i’m not a fan of [name_u]Story[/name_u].

I don’t think there is something wrong with alliteration and [name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] is a great choice.

My name is an alliteration, and not even a good one, PP…

But, I always loved it!

[name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] sounds best from your list. I think as long as the name doesn’t have an “m.” Like [name_f]Samantha[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] probably wouldn’t work.

Good luck!

Not terrible at all. [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] sounds beautiful, and your other choices work well with your last name too.

I actually like alliteration a lot, and I think S@ge Sm!th, S0nnet Sm!th, or St0ry Sm!th are all lovely! I love [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] in particular with your surname. :slight_smile:

Good luck!

I have been PP all my life, before and after marriage, and don’t like it, but it often works fine. It’s personal preference, really.

I think alliteration can be quite lovely provided the names flow well together. I probably personally wouldn’t use two one-syllable names with the same starting sound, for example, but something like [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] sounds wonderful :slight_smile: and [name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] is nice too - I think the difference in vowel sounds and the sm- sound of [name_m]Smith[/name_m] instead of a straight s- sound there help it out even though they’re both single-syllable names!

Maybe the problem you’re having with alliteration is the length of the first name. For example, [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] sounds fine, since the first S is so far away from the second S. Something like [name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] is a little too close together. So going with [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] or [name_u]Story[/name_u] might be better, with the added syllable. I also suggest [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] and [name_f]Savannah[/name_f].

Alliteration is awesome!

I like alliteration! We have [name_u]Rylee[/name_u] and [name_u]Reese[/name_u] on our list, and our surname starts with R as well.

I love alliteration! I would name her [name_u]Sydney[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m].

There is nothing wrong with alliteration. I’m an HH and I love it! My husband and I even agree if we ever have a daughter, we want the first one to be an HH as well (though it was purely by accident because the name we love just happens to start with H). I know plenty of people that I work with all have alliteration, and the names flow really well. [name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] and [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] are both gorgeous names and the alliteration just makes them sound even better!