How similar do names have to be to not allow them on your list… because of another name? For example, I’ve always avoided [name_u]Rory[/name_u] and [name_m]Ronan[/name_m] on my list since [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] is one of my favorite boys’ names… but somehow [name_m]Eoghan[/name_m] (which is said like [name_u]Owen[/name_u], lol) has somehow also made it onto my list. 
Clearly I don’t have any sort of continuity with it! I have [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and [name_f]Eleni[/name_f] on my list… but always hesitate to have more than one [name_f]Belle[/name_f] name on my list since [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] is my favorite.
It’s been on my mind today because I am hardcore crushing on [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] today… and am just curious on everyone else’s stance on this. How much do you care about similar names on your list? And how cringey is it to have [name_f]Isobel[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], and [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] on the same list?
Thanks, berries!
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I have [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvaine[/name_f], and Sylvestra… I’m not the best person to answer this question.
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[name_f]My[/name_f] list is just a running list of every name I like, so it has a lot of very similar names. But I am actually having children so my list is practical for actually naming real children rather than just a list for fun. So when going through names with my partner sometimes they will prefer one “version” of a name over another and if I’m ok with either then I’d rather keep them both on my list rather than potentially throw out a name that we could’ve used. For example, I have [name_m]Ronin[/name_m], [name_m]Roman[/name_m], and [name_u]Romy[/name_u] all on my list and bf loves [name_m]Ronin[/name_m], is ok with [name_m]Roman[/name_m], and hates [name_u]Romy[/name_u]. If I had chose only one and scratched off the others then we could’ve potentially lost out on a name that I like. First thing we did when going over my list was picked out all the similar names and picked which one we prefer out of the set.
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I have two lists!
One of all of my favourite names and variations, for example [name_u]William[/name_u], [name_m]Willem[/name_m], Wellan, [name_u]Wilder[/name_u]
and another for actually naming a baby since we’re ttc, where i don’t allow repeats like that!
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I’ve come to the conclusion that since I’m not planning to have many (if any) kids, that I’m allowed similar names on my list. I’ve got [name_m]Sholto[/name_m], [name_m]Otto[/name_m], [name_m]Draco[/name_m] and [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u] on my boys list and I’ve kind of just accepted it since I find boys names so hard
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