I’ve been finding the “similar names” games interesting, as to what counts as a similar name. So I did one of my senior project class at school! You pick a first name and last name for each student (because I don’t know anyone’s middle name but my own), and each student will have a gender listed next to them, with g being girl, b being boy, and y being “you choose” (I used this occasionally for names where there were similar names for both genders.)
Have fun!
- (b) [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_m]James[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] / ends with a double letter
- (b) [name_m]Chase[/name_m], [name_m]Chance[/name_m], [name_m]Cole[/name_m], [name_m]Hunter[/name_m], [name_m]Blake[/name_m], [name_m]Logan[/name_m], [name_m]Carson[/name_m] / a type of food
- (b) [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m], [name_m]Harrison[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Roman[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], Charlie/ last name of a current [name_m]Supreme[/name_m] [name_m]Court[/name_m] [name_m]Justice[/name_m]
- (b) [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Michael[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], Adam/ ends with -sky or -ski
- (g) [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f] / four syllables (me)
- (b) [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_m]Noah[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] / reminds you of Halloween
- (g) [name_m]Taylor[/name_m], [name_f]Madison[/name_f], [name_f]Payton[/name_f], [name_f]Kendall[/name_f], [name_m]Dakota[/name_m], [name_f]Shelby[/name_f], [name_f]Haley[/name_f] / ends in -man
- (b) [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m] / a word + “e”
- (g) [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], [name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] / eight letters
- (y) [name_m]Andre[/name_m], [name_f]Julissa[/name_f], [name_m]Jaden[/name_m], [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f], [name_m]Carlos[/name_m], [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], [name_m]Trevor[/name_m] / same number of letters as FN(twin)
- (b) [name_m]Logan[/name_m], [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m], [name_m]Mason[/name_m], [name_m]Chase[/name_m], [name_m]Owen[/name_m], [name_m]Noah[/name_m], [name_m]Carter[/name_m] / same as his twin (twin)
- (b) [name_m]Colin[/name_m], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_m]Liam[/name_m], [name_m]Gavin[/name_m], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] / Scottish last name
- (g) [name_f]Madison[/name_f], [name_f]Addison[/name_f], [name_f]Mackenzie[/name_f], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f], [name_m]Morgan[/name_m], [name_f]Avery[/name_f], [name_f]Harper[/name_f] / starts with “Fitz”
- (b) [name_m]Caden[/name_m], [name_m]Camden[/name_m], [name_m]Ashton[/name_m], [name_m]Rylan[/name_m], [name_m]Carter[/name_m], [name_m]Kade[/name_m], [name_m]Landon[/name_m] / a misspelled word
- (b) [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m], [name_m]Sawyer[/name_m], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Finn[/name_m], [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Emmett[/name_m] / two syllables
- (b) [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]James[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_m]Edward[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m] / an adjective
- (b) [name_m]Evan[/name_m], [name_m]Dylan[/name_m], [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_m]Logan[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_m]Aiden[/name_m], [name_m]Everett[/name_m] / ends with “ick”
- (y) [name_m]Jordan[/name_m], [name_f]Shiloh[/name_f], [name_f]Ariel[/name_f], [name_m]Tyler[/name_m], [name_m]Cameron[/name_m], [name_f]Peyton[/name_f], [name_m]Jesse[/name_m] / two hyphenated Spanish names
- (b) [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Noah[/name_m], [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] / ends in “er”
- (b) [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Jonah[/name_m], [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m], [name_m]Asher[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]James[/name_m], [name_m]Noah[/name_m] / a famous musician’s last name
- (g) [name_f]Ashley[/name_f], [name_f]Carly[/name_f], [name_f]Crystal[/name_f], [name_f]Amanda[/name_f], [name_f]Brianna[/name_f], [name_f]Brittany[/name_f], [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] / a last name that is very common where you live
- (g) [name_f]Amanda[/name_f], [name_f]Lisa[/name_f], [name_f]Angelica[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f], [name_f]Alexis[/name_f] / contains a Z, but doesn’t start with it
- (b) [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_m]Stephen[/name_m], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], [name_m]Phillip[/name_m], [name_m]Mark[/name_m] / six letters
- (y) [name_m]Erik[/name_m], [name_m]Lukas[/name_m], [name_m]Viktor[/name_m], [name_m]Markus[/name_m], [name_f]Katya[/name_f], [name_f]Mariya[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] / Scandinavian last name
- (b) [name_m]Michael[/name_m], [name_m]John[/name_m], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_m]James[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m] / common four-letter word
- (g) [name_f]Molly[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Madeline[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] / made up of two words stuck together
- (b) [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_m]James[/name_m] / a [name_m]French[/name_m] word (twin)
- (b) [name_m]Dylan[/name_m], [name_m]Finn[/name_m], [name_m]Aiden[/name_m], [name_m]Connor[/name_m], [name_m]Cooper[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Evan[/name_m] / same as his twin (twin)
- (y) [name_m]Cristian[/name_m], [name_f]Madalena[/name_f], [name_m]Rodrigo[/name_m], Ysabela, [name_m]Enrique[/name_m], [name_f]Gisela[/name_f], [name_m]Ricardo[/name_m] / less common Hispanic last name
- (y) [name_m]Scott[/name_m], [name_f]Scotland[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_m]Taylor[/name_m], [name_m]Alex[/name_m], [name_m]Carlisle[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m] / starts with same letter as FN
- (y) [name_m]James[/name_m], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_m]Elliot[/name_m], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_m]Leo[/name_m] / starts with the letter FN ends with
- (g) [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f] / contains an unusual double letter (not n, o, e, l, or t)
- (g) [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Hope[/name_f], [name_f]Joy[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_f]Mercy[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Destiny[/name_f] / same number of syllables as FN
- (b) [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] / [name_m]German[/name_m] occupational name
- (g) [name_f]Bailey[/name_f], [name_f]Brooke[/name_f], [name_f]Ashlyn[/name_f], [name_f]Kennedy[/name_f], [name_f]Aubrey[/name_f], [name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_m]Dakota[/name_m] / [name_f]English[/name_f] occupational name
- (g) [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], [name_f]Maya[/name_f], [name_f]Petra[/name_f] / [name_m]Van[/name_m] something
- (y) [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f], [name_m]Tyler[/name_m], [name_f]Kayla[/name_f], [name_m]Brian[/name_m], [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m] / [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] last name
- (b) [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Elliot[/name_m], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_m]James[/name_m] / last name you think is really ugly
- (b) [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Owen[/name_m], [name_m]Luca[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Noah[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] / an animal name