Full disclosure: No kids & not pregnant, just love to plan.
So, our top girl name is [name_u]Josie[/name_u]. (Possibly [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], but she would primarily go by [name_u]Josie[/name_u]).
My second favorite is [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f].
I think [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f] go all right together, but my question is this â
Would it be weird if we had a [name_u]Josie[/name_u] and a [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]? They donât exactly rhyme (at least not the way I pronounce them), and I donât think Iâd call [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f] â[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]â very often anyway, but Iâm sure other people would.
Would that be a deal-breaker enough to not use [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f]?
It wouldnât be a deal breaker for me. They rhyme the way that I pronounce them but theyâre just nicknames (at least [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]) I think itâs cute.
Wouldnât be a deal breaker for me. You could just call her [name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosa[/name_f] as a nickname instead if it really bothers you
I would try to find a different nickname for one of the names as it would be an issue for me to have a [name_u]Josie[/name_u] and a [name_f]Rosie[/name_f].
When we named our son - [name_u]Sage[/name_u] -, we also had a bunch of other names on the list that rhymed with it: [name_u]Pace[/name_u], [name_u]Chase[/name_u], [name_u]Blake[/name_u], [name_u]Lake[/name_u], and so on. We chose the one from that sound pool that we loved best and knew it would render the others unusable for us.
Oh, this is a hard one because I absolutely love [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f]! I do agree, though, that [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] and [name_u]Josie[/name_u] is not ideal. My suggestion would be to use [name_f]Annie[/name_f] (or [name_f]Anna[/name_f]) as the primary nickname. That way, other people will be less likely to default to [name_f]Rosie[/name_f].
Itâs not ideal, but definitely not a deal breaker for me. They are just nicknames, after all, and [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] or [name_u]Josie[/name_u] might end up preferring [name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosa[/name_f] or [name_u]Jo[/name_u]/[name_u]Jo[/name_u] [name_u]Jo[/name_u] respectively as they age.
Not a deal-breaker at all. I think [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f] make great siblings, and the nicknames [name_u]Josie[/name_u] and [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] are sweet together. If concerned about [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] though I would just use a different nickname, eg, [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f], [name_f]Zanna[/name_f], [name_u]Rainy[/name_u]. You can encourage people to use a chosen nickname by reinforcing it and correcting them if necessary.
The full names seem fine together, the nicknames arenât as big of a deal. Both names, if you had to, are long enough to facilitate having other nicknames if later on you decide [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] and [name_u]Josie[/name_u] are too similar.
[name_u]Josie[/name_u] and [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] would sound silly, if you mainly called [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f] by the [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] nickname. [name_u]Josie[/name_u] or [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f] or [name_f]Rose[/name_f] sound fine. I love both names.
I think [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] and [name_u]Josie[/name_u] would make a lovely set, if youâre really worried [name_f]Zanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Sanna[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] are other nicknames I can think of for [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f]
Personally, I wouldnât use matching nicknames for my daughters. But Iâd say if it doesnât bother you then go for it.
My advice would be not to worry about this yet. Wait until you have one and then see if you would mind using it. Iâm in this position now which is what makes me say I wouldnât do it. Weâre considering names for daughter #2 and Iâm crossing off anything that sounds too similar. We just say our 1st daughterâs name WAAAY too much and it would be confusing. Plus we want #2 to have an equal but different sounding name so it feels all her own.
