See the results of this poll: Should a name ever rhyme with the name of one of the parents?
Respondents: 30 (This poll is closed)
- Yes : 1 (3%)
- No : 14 (47%)
- Maybe: 15 (50%)
It would help if we knew the name to see how close it is to your name.
The name is [name]Corin[/name]. My screen name is my real name.
I think it would get confusing in daily life. You’d always be mishearing one name for the other…
What a bummer…I’m gonna have to say no.
It doesn’t bother me (it probably isn’t a serious contender anyway). I’m mostly just curious about what others think of the practice. I’m more annoyed with being unable to use s-ending names (or names with common variants that do) because they don’t play well with my last name which starts with an “s”. I’ll never be able to choose most classical names for sons for that reason. I also lose [name]Beatrice[/name] for a daughter possibility.
I think it would become annoying or end up being hassle. People would get confused and I can see you and him getting names mixed.
I think [name]Corin[/name] and [name]Soren[/name] are a tad too close. It is not bad if there is only one syllable that rhymes, for example both names end in an “ah” sound (like [name]Cynthia[/name] and [name]Emma[/name] for example). But with too syllables rhyming, it’s too much imo. [name]How[/name] about [name]Corina[/name] or [name]Coraline[/name]?
My daughter 's friend [name]Hannah[/name]… Her mom is [name]Jana[/name]… it’s just weird
Sorry, but I think [name]Corin[/name] and [name]Soren[/name] are too similar. I ruled out a lot of names during my search because of this very issue.
I’ll say it’s fine. My husband is [name]Cody[/name], his dad is [name]Tony[/name], his grandfather is [name]Larry[/name] and his uncles are [name]Rusty[/name] and [name]Billy[/name]. Besides that, his siblings are [name]Tracy[/name], [name]Brady[/name], [name]Katie[/name], and then 2 that don’t rhyme. The only thing that ever happened is sometimes if someone said “[name]Tony[/name]” he’d glance down the hall.
He never cared that his name rhymed with his entire families and it rarely caused problems because [name]Tony[/name] was mostly “dad” around the house so the names were rarely said at the same time. [name]Corin[/name] is a cool name, and I love it (my friend has a son named [name]Corin[/name]). I say if it bothers you that much, don’t use it, but based on my experiences, it would be okay.
I guess I don’t see it as that big a deal. For siblings, no way. But parent and child I think you can get away with it.
I definitely had mixed feeling about it in the case of this name. I think I would feel better about a name where 20-40% of the sounds are shared which rhymes (which seems more in keeping with your example) than one with 80% of the sounds shared(mine). The similarity to the Guardians of Ga’Hoole thing would be a little weird too.
[name]Tony[/name] doesn’t completely rhyme with all the other names though, it’s just the shared -ee sound on the end. I don’t think that’s a problem at all, a lot of names end in similar sounds and even if you don’t intend it you could end up with a family sharing the endings ([name]Michael[/name] and [name]Katherine[/name] could become [name]Micky[/name] and [name]Katie[/name] very easily.)
It’s more when names are much closer, like [name]Larry[/name] having a son [name]Harry[/name] or a daughter [name]Carrie[/name], that it’s a bit too much. I guess it depends though if it’s the bc name or nickname - [name]Laurence[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Caroline[/name] could still become [name]Larry[/name] and [name]Harry[/name] and [name]Carrie[/name], but it’s not like it looks anywhere near as intentional when they’ve got completely different full names
I guess in your case [name]Soren[/name] and [name]Corin[/name] is pretty close, but the -en and -in endings do have different sounds. Would you call [name]Corin[/name] [name]Corey[/name] or another nickname some of the time, or would he always be [name]Corin[/name]? That would be important as well - if he’s going to be [name]Corey[/name] around the house it wouldn’t be half as confusing.
All their names were given, not nicknames.
I see what you’re saying, but my point was, the rhyming thing isn’t too big a deal in my opinion. Your son will call you Daddy, not [name]Soren[/name]. Your wife is apt to call you Daddy around the baby to establish that you are his daddy. He might want to be [name]Corey[/name] sometimes, like essjay said. Or [name]Rin[/name] (which is very handsome and what the [name]Corin[/name] I know goes by sometimes). You might call him a completely unrelated nickname you never thought to call him. Ex – I want this baby to be a [name]Damien[/name] and for some unexplainable reason, my husband started calling it Cubby, even though he’s [name]Cody[/name] and Cubby has nothing to do with anything :P.
So, I guess it does bother you enough to make you not want to use it, otherwise you wouldn’t have asked. If it bothers you that much, maybe find a similar name that doesn’t have as big a rhyming problem?