Too cutesy or not?

Boy Names
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] all,
[name_m]Just[/name_m] want to get your thoughts on [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] as brothers? I would really prefer to have different initials and dislike anything overly cutesy but we are down to very few names when it comes to boys! There are other siblings with different initials however they are girls.

What are your thoughts??? Thanks!

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It’s not something I prefer, but if those happen to be the only boy names you like enough to use, then i would go ahead and use them.

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I think it’s fine.

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I think it’s fine. To me it’s not really cutesy, but it is normal.

My cousin’s girls’ names both begin with K and their brother starts with B. Also, my mom and her siblings are split. Her oldest brother and sister (kids 1 & 2) both start with K with no nicknames. [name_f]My[/name_f] mom’s other brother and she (kids 3 & 4) start with R & B, respectively, with nicknames that start with B and sound alike.

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I think it’s fine since [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] have different beginning sounds ([name_m]Tom[/name_m]-iss and Thee-oh-dore)

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Not cutesy at all. It could be considered ‘matchy’, but it’s not really; I say go for it.

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If you were naming twins, I might say keep looking to avoid matching initials. But for ‘just’ siblings I don’t think it matters. I know lots of sibsets where they have a repeating letter between two - it’s fine. It’s only cutesy if you were to have a 3rd and name him [name_u]Timothy[/name_u] or something.

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I understand wanting different initials because I’m the same way. But, if you really love the name, I think that’s more important. If there are no other names that you love as much, you will end up regretting not using it if you go with something else.

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I think it’s absolutely fine! [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] and [name_u]Theo[/name_u] or [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] and [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] would make a great sibset. [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] and [name_u]Thaddeus[/name_u] might be too much.

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I was expecting something 100% different when I saw the title. This is absolutely fine.

Also, you might want to move this to the #sibling-names category. :slight_smile:

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Completely different starting and endings sounds so I think it’s totally fine. Plus I feel like sometimes people have different styles for boys and girls and names often follow different patterns in a sibset

(For what it’s worth, my sister and I both have M names which end in the same sound, as well as the same middle initial-which happen to be our dad’s initials as well- and we’ve survived into adulthood unscathed, as have the other two siblings)

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It doesn’t sound cutesy as the first sounds are very different. Stylistically they work well

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I like it alot!

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I think it’s fine!

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Agreed! I like them together - both handsome, classic names.

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Now, [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] and [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] pretty much tops out on the cutesy meter (but I love it!).

[name_f]My[/name_f] boys are both Bs. While it hasn’t been a long time yet (we’re only 8 months into our second B), nobody has brought it up or pointed out the recurring letter.

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I usually prefer to not go with shared initials too but really I do think that [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] are fairly distinct and not too cutesy of a pairing. [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] and [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] lean more into the matchy/cutesy thing but I don’t mind somewhat matchy nicknames too much and they’re avoidable/not a requirement. So if you get down to the wire and there really aren’t other names you like more, I’d say it’s fine.
You could also do one as a middle name to avoid the matching initials.

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I think they’re great together! Solid, traditional, timeless names that are in no way cutesy, even taking into account the fact that they both start with T. As others have said, the starting sounds are different even though the letters are the same.

I think they’re very handsome, individually and for brothers :+1:

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I think it’s fine!

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I think it is the [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] and [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] thing that worries me a bit as our [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] is already a [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] and [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] is one of the reasons I like [name_m]Theodore[/name_m].