I guess syllables. But even moreso just the feeling or vibe of the name.
To me [name]Leonie[/name] is sort of fluffy/marshmallowy yet strong/tough and homey/comfy…no idea if THAT makes sense or would be the general impression of the name! But that’s what I would want to match & I feel like [name]Nina[/name] & [name]Veronica[/name] have those qualities.
i asked about length bc i wonder about that too. a couple years ago i didn’t really think about style too much - and i think generally since you are the same person naming them that style will probably not be crazy different. but now reading a bit more about sibsets, it seems like it matters more - thinking that one sister would like to have a name of a similar seriousness/frilliness/whatever as the other. for example we have friends that one girl has a unisex name and the other doenst - will one of them care? so to answer your question i think style matters somewhat and length maybe not as much - for instance our neighbors have twins emily and claire. at first being obsessed with name berry i thought it slightly odd that they would have a 3 syllable and 1 syllable set of twins - but then i thought the names are similar style wise so who cares!! that said emmanuelle looks a little long next to leonie, but that is bc we are discussing length of name - in the real world if i saw a card from you would i ever notice or care? and when would that happen anyway, 1x a year? otherwise i think it is most important to give each child a name that serves them best in life - which again i think goes back to somewhat similar styles but not necessarily length. sorry for rambling!
I think as long as the names match in gender (for example for me [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Jordan[/name] is a no) and don’t go extremely different in style (ex. [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Addysen[/name]) or ethnic background ([name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Fatima[/name]) then you should be alright with the rest.
I grew up with a trendy for the 80s name & my sister got a solid, royal classic…I was always kind of jealous, but later found out that SHE was jealous of my name as a child…so I guess these things do happen.
I don’t know how I would react if girl #2 gets one middle & complains about not having a third name!
I think it’s true that the names will somewhat match naturally, but is Merit too unisex? Is [name]Emmanuelle[/name] too French, making the combo corny?
I’m not really sure Merit and [name]Marigold[/name] are more out there than [name]Leonie[/name].
Maybe where you live popularity is different than where I am, but [name]Leonie[/name] is pretty unheard of here.
If anything, I think Merit and [name]Marigold[/name] are kind of comparable: familiar through their wordiness and similarity to [name]Mary[/name], as [name]Leonie[/name] is familiar by its similarity to boys name [name]Leo[/name] and maybe a bit the sound structure of [name]Fiona[/name].
I wouldn’t think much of [name]Leonie[/name] and Merit (other than that Merit is more uni-sexish, which might be a bigger issue than popularity) or [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Marigold[/name] in terms of being illmatched. I happen to like [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Marigold[/name] a little more (it’s the o’s…and the yellow images of lions and flowers).
[name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Nina[/name], [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Veronica[/name] are well-matched, but it’s really more that the second name is tamer than the first, rather htan that Merit and [name]Marigold[/name] are getting so far further out there. Maybe they’re a bit more out there but it’s not [name]Layla[/name] and Merit or [name]Lily[/name] and [name]Marigold[/name] or something.
@jesba I haven’t ever met another [name]Leonie[/name], but [name]Leo[/name], [name]Fiona[/name] & [name]Naomi[/name] are pretty common in ny area.
I group Merit with [name]Maren[/name] & [name]Wren[/name] which are nms
[name]Marigold[/name] with [name]Poppy[/name] & [name]Magnolia[/name] which also aren’t for me.
The yellow/orange lion & flower connection makes me like [name]Leonie[/name] & [name]Marigold[/name] tons more!
I think you need a middle ground. Siblings named [name]Lily[/name], [name]Violet[/name], and [name]Rose[/name] or named [name]Ed[/name], [name]Ted[/name], and [name]Ned[/name] would be too much but siblings named [name]Mary[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Tiffany[/name] [name]Loryn[/name], and [name]Jackie[/name]-[name]Rose[/name] which don’t match at all would also be questionable. But I think if you find a balance such as [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Veronica[/name] where the names don’t match per se but have similar feels to it then it’s ok. I think if one kids name is nick-namey then so should the other kids. I also think if one kid has an overly feminine or masculine name then so should the other. Also, I don’t think all sibling names need the same ethnic background-[name]Bella[/name] and [name]Flynn[/name] would make fine siblings despite one being Italian and the other Irish-but I don’t think you should name one son Abioye (African) and the other [name]James[/name].
I think it is all a matter of opinion. I kind of feel like most of what was said here is hokum. I personally do not see how [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Veronica[/name] sounds any better linguistically then [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Marigold[/name].
I think if you like a name, and you say it with your other childs name long enough you are either going to like it… or not. There are some exceptions, but they are extreme. Like [name]Bobby[/name] [name]Joe[/name] and [name]Esmeralda[/name] for sisters.
For what it is worth i think [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Marigold[/name] are wonderful together.
[name]Veronica[/name] & [name]Marigold[/name] have similarities, but feel really different to me & probably a lot of other people since one is saintly & fairly common while the other is a pretty unusual nature name.
You know what? Furthermore why should your second child have to be subjected to “matching” when the first child got the name that would suit her best regardless of any one else’s name? Doesn’t your second child deserve the same? A name for her, not a name to be paired with a person she will be tied to during childhood.
Well…my child didn’t get a name that suited her best, but the name my husband & I liked best.
In order to figure out what would suit her I probably would have had to leave her nameless for about 6 months.
I think parents pick names to suit their own taste, whatever image they want to project, people or cultures they want to honor, future they want for the child. Is it so unusual to want the same qualities for two sisters?
I don’t think my question is that unusual for this forum. I don’t know why it would upset someone.
I think as long as you love each name equally and you are completely satisfied with them, matching doesn’t really matter. Also, outside of Nameberry the general public really wouldn’t notice a name not “matching” in style, syllables, or length. I have a friend who has sons named [name]Aidan[/name] and [name]Liam[/name], which are very popular and trendy boy’s names, and she recently had a daughter named [name]Aurora[/name]. She got a couple raised eyebrows but other than that, no problems.
You did not upset me. lol I am in support of you naming your next daughter what you think is best for her, rather then what is best for the set.
I just mentioned that my posts may sound witchy with a B because, well like I said, i’m kind of touchy here lately. And I don’t want anyone to think It is them. Cause it’s not.
Incidentally, as a non-[name]Christian[/name] but a garden nerd, I think of the flower veronica long, long before I think of the saint (no offense but I didn’t know there was a St. [name]Veronica[/name]) and actually liked the flower overlap of veronica and marigold.
My only rules for matching are a little bit for length and mostly for “similarly weird” - I don’t think [name]Leonie[/name] is a great match for either [name]Emily[/name] (where [name]Leonie[/name] is far, far more uncommon) or for Tzipporah, where [name]Leonie[/name] is the far more conventional one.
But it’s a very broadbrush application for the general population, I don’t think most normal people think of [name]Sarah[/name] as uncommon compared to [name]Emma[/name], simply because even if little Sarahs are not born at a matching rate right now, it doesn’t feel uncommon overall.
I think [name]Veronica[/name] and [name]Nina[/name] both match [name]Leonie[/name] well. I also think [name]Marigold[/name] could work, both 3 syllables and uncommon but not especially difficult or vastly unfamiliar. Merit feels a bit different just because it is a choppier, sharper 2 syllables, and because its more of a word/virtue name. [name]Leonie[/name] is also far more common than it, at least here.
I think it’s more important that you love each individual name instead of how they match or not match one another.
As long as two name are not too close or “matchy” in sounds, they are fine. I do think [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Naomi[/name] are very close in sounds. I mean every vowel sound matches. But still if you really love [name]Naomi[/name] it is usable.
