A friend of mine has 2 daughters and both of their names end with an A. Now she is struggling to find a name with an A ending that she loves for a 3rd daughter, she loves some names that don’t have the A ending, but feels that a name not ending in an A would look out of place with the other sisters names.
I told her it wouldn’t necessarily look out of place, that maybe if she had 6 DDs and all but one had -a names the one name might look out of place, but it might not even look strage in that case if the names have something else in common.
But wdyt?
I definitely don’t think it’s necessary for them to have the same ending. Especially since most girls names end in ‘A’, and there’s only two other children in the sibset. I suppose it all depends on the names, and also the length in my opinion. While [name]Lydia[/name], [name]Eliza[/name] and [name]Grace[/name] would make a lovely, working set, you might not find the same goes for [name]Francesca[/name], [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Brynn[/name].
For me personally, it just looks sloppy, like you started a theme, but then decided to quit. But that’s just me, if it doesn’t bother her, than she can do it. There’s no law saying you have to…
I strongly disagree that it’s necessary to have the same ending. It actually bothers me when I see a ton of siblings ending with the same letter.
She doesn’t have to choose another girls name ending in “a”. Patterns can be broken and they should be ended if she can’t find an “a” name she loves.
It’s better to use a name you love than one that just happens to fit a vague theme.
Thanks!
I think the same way, it’s more important to find a name you love than follow a theme.
Her DDs are [name]Flaviana[/name] and [name]Eloisa[/name]. And she’s loving [name]Coraline[/name], [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Clementine[/name](none of which she likes as much with the e swithed into an a.)
Haha, I think in the exact opposite way with naming. I dont any of my kids to have the same first or last sound(which is OCD I know lol).
When I think theme, I think meanings or origins…not a fan of names ala duggar and having them end all the same takes away from the beauty that is naming.
Though I bet #3 will make jokes about being the odd one out when shes older;) they better have a #4 to balance her out hehe. I think [name]Coraline[/name] is a lovely compliment to her first two because it has the same “a” sound in it.
I agree with PP; [name]Flaviana[/name], [name]Eloisa[/name] and [name]Coraline[/name] are lovely together and you get that ‘a’ sound too. Perhaps if she feels that the theme needs to be stuck to, she should just go for a name with an ‘a’ in it somewhere 
It just happens because of the trends. Names ending in Y were in common for years…then names ending with N…as in son or -en, etc…and so on. Plus, people tend to have preferences.
Then one day, you realize that all the kids have the same ending to their names and try to stick with it because, it actually is kind of neat. My first 3 children, and my sister’s 2 children, all had names ending with -Y. But, I broke the trend with my 4th child who had an -n name (-son) and then the next which also had an N name (-in) and then the next…my husband named and it was an accident, but he ends with -an. The last baby is named [name]Piper[/name]…so does not match with anything else!!!
Thanks for the input!
I think that is a good idea genevie! That’s what I’ll tell her!