So similar names?

Question

Do you find it normal if your children have sooo similar names?
I know a mother whose twin-daughters (now age 7) are named Mary Ann and Marian.Another couple I know are the sisters (3 years apart) Elaine and Alayna.and my schoolmate Hailey has a sister named Kayleigh. Why don't you stop naming yur children crazy?

Answer 1

Not normal in the least. Common? Perhaps. Creative? Not at all. LOL

Besides the confusion and obvious lack of creativity -- though I realize many parents think it magically creative they were able to come up with a name nearly identical to the first ... but I digress LOL -- it's really sad that they (hopefully) chose a name they actually loved for the first, and then for some reason feel the rest simply must follow suit.

In other words, they might have simply adored Kyle for their first son. OK. So unfortunately, the second gets next-in-line alphabetically ... Lyle. Far too similar, but at least a real name. Then twins Myle (poor kid doesn't get the S ending because it wouldn't fit the pattern LOL) and Nyle (misspelling of Niall) come along, and you realize you have a serious problem here. ;)

I mean, why does Kyle get a name the parents actually put some thought into and liked above every other name out there, but the rest are just supposed to fit the theme, whether they're names the family would have used prior to Kyle or not? That's just poorly-thought-out and not at all fair to the younger siblings. Poor little -yles! LOL

In short, I find it quite sad that these parents, in essence, choose to throw away the opportunity to actually name their children in favor of any old name that happens to "match" the first. That's just ignorant, to be blunt.

Answer 2

Thats funny. I know some families that have done that as well. My daughters' names are Ashley and Alexis (we call her Lexie, though), and I purposely avoided names that began with an "A" for my son, and the baby on her way because I didn't want all of the names to be so similar. The family down the street from us has 5 boys... Cole, Cody, Carsen, Caleb, Corbin.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I agree those names are way toooooooooooooo close to sounding to each other. It will just cause issues down the road.
There are similar names that go to gether but don't cause problems. like........ Erik Emily
or Anna- Kirsta &Elsa
Lara and Megan & Kalla
Or Cassidy & Cody
all similar but not confusing

Answer 5

what is so crazy about it they are just names and some people could make up nicknames for ur children like Mary Ann, Mary or, Annie, or even Ann.

Answer 6

Everyone does their own thing. I have granddaughters all named with the same first letter....nothing crazy about it...but if it is too close, the probably get called the wrong name all the time.

Answer 7

I KNOW!
Siblings and especially twins have to share so much already.
I used to hate it when (and this happened alot) when i was referred to as "Ben's Sister". What would have been worse is if my name was Jen. C'mon guys, give the kiddies their own names, they are their own people and w/ matching names, its hard to be treated as such.

Answer 8

ha ha. I do not know why people do this. Very strange. The names you describe actually look like variations of the same name. Bizarre.

Though my mum has three sisters, Anna-Maria, Rosa-Maria and Hilda.. I guess they figured they couldn't have four girls named something-Maria

Answer 9

My fiance's mom named him and his brother Derek and Eric. I think that they feel when they are young it'll be cute, but remember we as parents age, and having such similar names makes it really easy to mix them up, and the kids don't much appreciate it. Kids, even as newborns are individuals and should be treated as such, even with simple things like a name.

So in essense, I agree with you.

Answer 10

Although it is a bit of a cliche, I think similar names is cute. I have identical twin brothers and their names are Benedict and Benjamin.