Too similar?

Question for the Berries from my hubby…

Are Endelyon and [name_m]Endymion[/name_m] too similar to be siblings?

Neither of these names are top of our list - we were just chatting about names we like and he posed this to me… :thinking::thinking: I think I want to say it’s fine, because they’re stylistically quiet different and from completely different languages. However they do look quite similar (which was his point).

What do you think??

I really like those names and how they look. Sorry for my ignorance, but how would you pronounce them?
I think that would be the main thing for me if they were pronounced very similarly!

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@trixiehobbit Endelyon is "en-del-ee-on

I’m currently polling berries on the most common pronunciation of [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], which you can see here… https://forum.nameberry.com/t/which-pronunciation/342131

Thank you!
I would instinctively pronounce it En-dim-ee-on and if the other is En-del-ee-on I think they would be too similar for me personally. I would say that if they were middle names that would be perfect.

At the end of the day though, if you like them and the way they sound together that’s all that matters :blush:

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Oh I love both names so much, especially [name_m]Endymion[/name_m].
I personally prefer it spelt [name_u]Endellion[/name_u], but Endelyon is nice too!
I do think they have very similar sounds, but I think that just makes them matchy and not unusable. You could always use one as a middle too!
I agree with pp, what matters most is if you love them together :slight_smile:

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I think they are too close. I would personally get very confused.

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I think they’re too similar. I’d pronounce [name_m]Endymion[/name_m] en-dim-ee-on which puts them only one syllable apart, could be potential for confusion. I do like them both though! I think [name_m]Endymion[/name_m] is slightly my favourite.

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@abxnt41 Including you in the discussion, considering it was your question! :grin:

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I think theyre too close in both spelling and sound

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