https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 11:39:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-274107 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:00:00 +0000 purrpletulips 274107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither my or DH's family did this but DD's initials are the first letter of my DH's first names. If we have another girl it will be the same but not for a boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-273664 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:41:20 +0000 JennyD 273664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Ha! That's kind of cute. My newphew's initials are KMLO, and when they told me his name, I told them they should have switched the middle names and added a Norman so he could be KLMNO. They didn't bite.</p> <p>My husband and I now have the same initials, so we gave our daughter the same middle initial so we could "be a club". Dorky, I know, but it was convenient. My Grandma's name is her middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-271384 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:40:26 +0000 cvbee 271384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha, I won't do the same letter name because I think it gets confusing in moments when the brain is slow.....which is kindof funny:</p> <p>I have many memories of my Grandma trying to say someone's name quickly but grabbing the wrong 'k' name...."Kathy, Kevin, Karen, Cory, Courtney..."</p> <p>I find the same thing happens with name endings too. We've got a few -ey people in my family and those names are often mixed up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-271355 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:04:20 +0000 lawbee11 271355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother and I don't have the same first initial (mine is J, his is M), but my dad's first initial is K and my mom's is L, so they gave us those initials so that we could sign cards from our family as J,K,L, &amp; M. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270948 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:35:10 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 270948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: Those are Lala's initials too. I love them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270940 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:19:16 +0000 loveisstrange 270940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C's initials are C. J. and I considered naming our next girl Caroline Josephine. DH said he vetoed matching initials. lol</p> <p>My siblings and I don't have matching names but they are a similar style of name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270938 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:18:47 +0000 MegWag 270938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, my family growing up were Mike, Mary, Matt and Meg and our last name starts with an M.<br /> When I was born and I was a girl (unexpectedly) my mom's first words were "Oh good! We can use our "M" name!" She said the doctor thought she was crazy, but they hadn't been able to find another boy M name that they liked :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270716 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:16:09 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 270716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sibs and i are all named in a theme too... And our nicknames are all ending in -ie. we did make a small effort to name our kids with the same ending -ia. Of course if we had a boy we wouldn't continue the pattern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270688 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:26:39 +0000 heffalump 270688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, My parents didn't do that. My brother and I both have K names, but my sister, the middle child, is an L. They just happened to like two names that have K's. </p> <p>We name after deceased relatives..... so it would be too hard to find people with the same first initials. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270585 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:00:51 +0000 Mr. Coco Bee 270585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not my family. I have wondered how many do this intentionally and how many just subconsciously pick names of all one letter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270580 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:51:52 +0000 stargal 270580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a girl i went to high school with is named jamie, husband is jaminson nad they plan to name a son james....talk about confusing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270197 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:31:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 270197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but we all end with a 'e' sounding name. (although my older sister is a nickname, but that is all she's every went by.) </p> <p>My extended family has a love of S names (on both sides.)<br /> Mom's side: Shea, Seth, Sutton, Sawyer, Shyla, Shayla, Sara, Shana<br /> Dad's side: Sanora, Shayla, Sierra, Saige, Shelby </p> <p>I refused to use an S name for my child! haha complicated enough to keep them all straight!!! </p> <p>If we have 2 girls they will most likey both start with E, but if it's a boy and girl it won't be that way. Just becaue we like the names not because we are trying. And no J names (we both start with J.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270191 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:29:03 +0000 MsLipGloss 270191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On DH's side, there are families where all the first names start with the same letter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270190 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:28:56 +0000 April_Showers 270190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My whole family has the same initials. First, middle and last. My parents randomly had the same initials. Then My middle brother and I were a happy name coincidence (according to my parents). I was named after a great aunt whose name my mom always loved, and my MB was named after dad. Then my youngest brother was born...and they struggled to come up with a name for him that fit the pattern.</p> <p>Needless to say...it caused a lot of confusion in the house and we will not be doing that to our future children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270181 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:23:42 +0000 autumnlove 270181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother and I have names that start with the same letter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270167 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:10:07 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 270167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my family, all the girls are H and all the boys are T. In my DH's family, everyone has a J name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270164 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:08:26 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha no but I knew families that did. I always thought it was a little confusing IMO.</p> <p>Our favorite names for awhile were Adelaide and Asher and I was so worried about having the same letters for each kid!!!</p> <p>I knew a family that had the names Portia, Paris, Petra, Paige. They ran out of P names though and they named their other two daughters Raven and Kyla. lol and the boys are an N and a J name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270158 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:05:41 +0000 MamaMoose 270158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but there are only two kids and we are both named after family so it was more coincidence than by design. The letter our names start with is also the first letter of my maiden last name and my married last name. My preference would be for baby's name to start with this letter too but I'm not insistent on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270129 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:49:31 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 270129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents didn't do that. Although my younger siblings with my dad and stepmom have A.E and I.O as their initials. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270115 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:42:52 +0000 Honeybee 270115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, my sisters and I all have "themed" names that start with the same letter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270114 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:42:03 +0000 tysonja 270114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hehe... growing up, i thought it was required that siblings names' begin with the same letter! we had that in our family, as well as all my cousin's .... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270089 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:26:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 270089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, we are all the same first and last initials. Not my parents though. I won't be doing it with our kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sibling-names#post-270082 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:24:32 +0000 JennyD 270082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone else come from a family with siblings of all the same initial, or similar, or matching names? Did anyone name their children that way?</p> <p>For example, I am Jenny of Jenny, Jeremy and Jessica. And my husband is Jason of Joey, Jason, Jackie, Angela, Jordan and Adam... Our baby does NOT have a J name! </p>