Kellan & Kieran to similar?

We are about to have our 5th boy!

We have a [name_u]Liam[/name_u], [name_u]Haydn[/name_u], [name_u]Declan[/name_u] and [name_m]Kellan[/name_m].
We obviously like names that are Irish and end with the “an” sound.

We love [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] for this baby boy, but is it because [name_m]Kellan[/name_m] and [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] sound to similar?
(We have also considered [name_u]Landon[/name_u] an Finn)

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I would personally say [name_m]Kellen[/name_m] and [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] are too similar. I love [name_u]Landon[/name_u]! [name_u]Or[/name_u] if you like the nickname [name_m]Fin[/name_m] you could go with [name_m]Finnian[/name_m] which still has that ending sound you’re looking for. Here are some other -an sound ending names (although I don’t know if any of these have any Irish background or not so if that’s important you’d have to check):
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_m]Caden[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_u]Rodin[/name_u] / [name_m]Ronin[/name_m]
[name_u]Payton[/name_u]
[name_u]Rylan[/name_u]

I do think [name_m]Kellan[/name_m] and [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] are too close, and would be confusing, unfortunately.

What do you think of [name_u]Tristan[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] or [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]?

I also agree that they are a bit too similar, but both great names! There are some good ones suggested above, I would also throw [name_m]Ronan[/name_m] into the mix!

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Yes I think [name_m]Kellan[/name_m] and [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] are too similar. If you wanted to use that name with a different spelling you could use [name_m]Ciaran[/name_m]. Between [name_u]Finn[/name_u] and [name_u]Landon[/name_u] I would use [name_u]Finn[/name_u] since [name_u]Landon[/name_u] sounds similar to [name_u]Liam[/name_u] and [name_u]Hayden[/name_u].

[name_u]Glenn[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_u]Callum[/name_u]
[name_u]Camden[/name_u]
[name_m]Bowen[/name_m]
[name_u]Harlan[/name_u]
[name_u]Nolan[/name_u]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_u]Blaine[/name_u]
[name_u]Dane[/name_u]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_u]Merlin[/name_u]
[name_u]Rylan[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_u]Sal[/name_u]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]

[name_m]Finnian[/name_m] would be my suggestion.

They are close but I don’t think unusably so. I do prefer [name_u]Finn[/name_u] though