https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:23:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-334202 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:06:20 +0000 Mrs. Pen 334202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: lol I don't see anything wrong with Willa &amp; Brandon either. Willa goes with everything ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-334201 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:05:41 +0000 Mrs. Pen 334201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I always thought your daughters names matched because of the era :) But not in a bad way. I do like era matching, I just don't think it should deter someone from choosing a different name.</p> <p>@MediaNaranja: hahahaa!! I get what @Rock n Roll: is saying, but they still could have chosen something less... normal?? Like Justice?? That's the only one I can think of haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-334185 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:55:33 +0000 Andrea 334185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we're going to match names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333801 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:57:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 333801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a big fan of subtly matching names. Like no one would know that our girls' names match without thinking about it for a while. They match only with the -ia at the end of the first name and with respect to the era that the name was popular. And if you were really thinking about it, you might realize that they are both great flapper names :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333795 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:54:40 +0000 Rubies 333795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think names should match sort of. Like, if my first daughter's name is Mary, I think it would be odd to name a second daughter Lexi, or something exotic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333785 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:51:43 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 333785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we'll purposefully try to have matching names, but we will probably have a lot of the same criteria for a name so they might end up somewhat similar in the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333773 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:48:11 +0000 HabesBabe 333773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: I don't see anything weird w/ Willa and Brandon at all! I think it's one of those things that only you would notice, and not an "outsider"... like wedding planning details.</p> <p>@Rock n Roll: LOL. Yeah, Jinger was reeeeeeally reaching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333705 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:21:48 +0000 Mrsbells 333705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we may end up using the same first letter but not intentionally, it just so happens that all the names we like the best start with the same letter. But I dont think names have to match, its a bit much when all the siblings have names like joseph, josephina, joselina etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333701 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:20:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 333701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like they need to match to a certain degree.</p> <p>For example, my LO's name is Willa. It is a unique, old fashioned name. It would be weird to me if we named her brother Brandon. Although it is a great name, it is more contemporary and very popular and I don't think they go well together at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333691 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:15:28 +0000 Rock n Roll 333691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: Yes. I guess they were only planning on girls. :) Maybe they could have used Happy, like Happy Gilmore? I don't know if that's even a real name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333683 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:13:26 +0000 anonysquire 333683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My families names are Robbie, Lindsay, Whitney and Wilson. I don't think we really match? Idk </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333677 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:11:28 +0000 MediaNaranja 333677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rock n Roll: This is true. I guess if you decide on a theme, it should be one where names for either gender work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333676 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:11:02 +0000 Rock n Roll 333676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never really thought about it much before, but me and my sisters all have names that end with N. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333665 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:05:33 +0000 tororojo 333665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the style of name should sound good together, but they don't have to match. I don't love super matchy names in theory, but my sister and I have very matchy names and it has never bothered me. I'm the oldest, though--I think it was harder for her coming afterward and having the same teachers, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333661 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:04:03 +0000 MamaBehr 333661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a mismatched sibling, I always felt left out! My sister is Kim, my brother is Jim, I am Annie. It wasn't done intentionally by my parents, but I do take this in consideration when thinking of siblings names. If anything, I don't want them to kind of match. However, we have ended up picking out two names with double letters. My daughter's name is Quinn and my son's name is Bennett, so my DH and I keep joking that the third baby would need three letters that are duplicates. Perhaps, JJaammes or Heennryy or something like that. HA! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333656 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:02:01 +0000 Rock n Roll 333656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: In their defense, I can't really think of a boy name that would fit in with those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333655 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:01:52 +0000 ladyfingers 333655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I'm not going to go out of my way to make them match. But I don't really care if other people's names do. I don't think there's a "should" or "shouldn't" (unless you're naming your kids like, Ren and Stimpy or something purposefully weird, that's maybe a shouldn't). </p> <p>But our girl name isn't anywhere close to our boy name, so we still have that if we decide for a 2nd and end up having a girl. There are lots of boy names on our short list that also aren't anywhere close to our chosen boy name for our first. So I think we're good :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333649 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:59:57 +0000 Rock n Roll 333649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: The Duggars are exactly what I thought of when we named two kids with the same first initial. I actually think the family is cute but the J name thing is so weird. Jinger? Y'all are really reaching! </p> <p>We plan on having one more, and luckily, I'm pretty sure I don't like any other names that start with R. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333647 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:59:45 +0000 MediaNaranja 333647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a girl with three siblings. Together, they are Joy, Hope, Sunshine, and....Steve. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333637 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:53:36 +0000 loveisstrange 333637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like names that are the same style and prefer classic names. Our DD is Charlotte and a sibling will likely be Audrey or Franklin, both classic names also, IMO.</p> <p>I dont necessarily like when they all start with the same letter or all rhyme... that's a little much for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333636 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:53:17 +0000 MrsTiz 333636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Matching i'm okay with: Lucy &amp; Henry..Liam &amp; Harper..etc<br /> Matching I cringe at: Brian &amp; Brittany..Lucy &amp; Leroy.</p> <p>I also don't like when the names are from diffrent periods.<br /> I like Jack and Claire, vs Bruce &amp; Sawyer.</p> <p>Trendy with trendy, older with older, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333623 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:46:57 +0000 mrs. bird 333623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm not into super matchy names- timmy &amp; tammy, oliver &amp; olivia, michael &amp; michaela, names like that. but to each their own. i think starting with the same letter isn't weird unless it turns into a diggar kind of situation where you have a million kids with names starting with a certain letter &amp; they just start sounding like you're trying to hard to think of another name that starts with that letter. i think names should complement each other &amp; sound nicely when you say all the names in your family, i wouldn't name my child a name that is super matchy with my own name or DH's name. the names we like, i think, sound nice together, but don't sound alike. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333622 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:46:04 +0000 heffalump 333622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name doesn't match my siblings. Well my brother and I have the same first initial, but that wasn't on purpose. My sister's name doesn't match.</p> <p>I don't know what we'll do yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333621 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:45:28 +0000 HabesBabe 333621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't care if they match or mismatch... I would choose names based on how I like them. If they are nothing alike, it wouldn't matter to me, but I guess if they were TOO matchy, I wouldn't choose them.</p> <p>I did/do like Vivian and Evelyn for girl twins names, though... and that's as matchy as I would get. None of this "J" business like 19 Kids and Counting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333601 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:34:46 +0000 MK0180 333601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister, myself and my mom have names that being with "M" and they are all Japanese. Needless to say my dad mixes our names so much that we know who he's talking about even if he says the wrong name :)<br /> So far the names we have picked out for any future kids do not match with each other. It's not really a coincidence - I just happen to like those names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333599 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:33:51 +0000 DpeachLu 333599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont care if they match or not.. but we sort of gave our daughter a name that is used mostly as a nick name. I also pointed out that DH and I never ever go by our full names his nick name is 3 letters long and mine is 4. Our dog also has a 4 letter long name ;-). </p> <p>So it would be a littttle weird if we gave our next little a name with 7+ letters in it?!<br /> So we will probably just pick another short name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333597 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:32:32 +0000 MamaMoose 333597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think they have to "match" but I do find it odd when I meet siblings whose names are totally different styles. Like having a son names John and then having a daughter named Sunshine. That would be strange to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333587 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:29:55 +0000 BananaPancakes 333587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really like matchy matchy, or everyone having the same first initial, but I don't think it matters once they grow up anyways. I do like names that kind of flow nicely, though. Or are all classic or all unique. But I agree with @Foodnerd81; people are typically drawn to the same types of names, so they and up "going." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333585 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:29:22 +0000 polkadots 333585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we will use the same first letter or something too similar. However I would like them to have the same style and go well together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-siblings-names-match#post-333562 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:20:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 333562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: haha funny!!</p> <p>Yeah good point...</p> <p>However my tastes are all over the board!! I love trendy, but different, classic but also hipster... it's crazy. </p>