Like nature themes ([name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]) or virtue names ([name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Hope[/name_f], [name_f]Joy[/name_f]) or literary names ([name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Anne[/name_f]). Are some themes okay and some not?
In my opinion, I like themes as long as it’s not too obvious of the pattern ([name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] is a bit much, [name_f]IMO[/name_f]). And I’ve also never like same letter patterns ([name_u]Jayden[/name_u], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_u]Jamie[/name_u]). Kind of related, but a good strategy I learnt somwhere is that if you want to check if a theme is too obvious, ask a friend what the names have in common, and see if they can get it.
I don’t care about sibling matching. Among my three siblings and I we have an Irish, Greek, Biblical, and botanical name. Growing up I always thought it was nice that our names were unique to each of us rather than all cast from the same mold.
But, it can be cute when parents adhere closely to a sound pattern or theme. I know some siblings who are all Biblical first name starting with J + botanical middle name starting with H. It’s certainly easier to remember their names if you know there’s a pattern. And maybe it helps them feel close.
I think they’re okay but can be a little cheesy sometimes. [name_f]Flower[/name_f] names would verge on cheesy for me and I think if you were to add a boy (or multiple) into the mix it would become harder to find names that works. Literary names is a nice theme because it’s not as limiting, there are loads of books to choose from.
For me, the thing that puts me off a theme is how limiting they can be. I will never understand why the duggars, who probably knew they wanted lots of children, decided to just use J names. If they hadn’t stuck with a theme they would have had SO much more choice and some of their children wouldn’t have such similar sounding names. Trying to get a child’s attention in that house must be impossible because so many of their names are so similar.
It really depends. I, to a certain extent, like when siblings’ names go together. I mean, it would be a bit weird to see [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Blossom[/name_f], and Mykynzie as sisters. However, I think the best sibsets are those where the link is not super obvious either. This allows there to be a bit of a common theme without being overly cheesy and without severely limiting the parents.
If it’s done unintentionally I think it’s okay. I’m not a fan of purposely looking for themed names. I’d rather find names that I love, and if they happen to start with the same letter, so be it, but I wouldn’t simply look at names that only start with that letter.
It’s kind of a guilty pleasure thing for me. I love to make up sibsets that have a theme but it’s definitely not something I’d do in real life.
Not really a theme but I kind of like the idea of having the same pattern throughout all siblings’ names. For example, first name has an L in it, first middle name is place and second middle is a family name.
I think having sibling sets are better than having siblings names that doesn’t match -
It really depends
[name_f]Flower[/name_f] names are definitely a bit much because they’re usually quite obvious