Home How do you feel about child name alliteration?

[icekid]

I am from a family of four kids. It all started with me- my name starts with a C. Two little brothers followed and (not purposely) ended up with K first names. So when little sister came along, they figured we had better not leave her out and her first name starts with a C, like mine. Sis and I have names that more commonly start with a K, but parents preferred the Irish spelling. So how lame are we??

Fortunately my parents do not have C or K names, at least!

 

[Haven]

I think it's really cheesy if you have more than three kids, and I voted that I really don't like it.

However, it isn't nearly as bad (in my opinion) as people who give their children names that rhyme. I work with a guy who has 11 siblings--the boys' names all end with "erry" and the girls "eri", all sound like "err-ee." Serry, Lerry, Terry, Meri, Keri, Beri, etc.

I knew a girl with four siblings and all their names ended with "ielle"--Arielle, Marielle, Karielle, Sarielle, and Darielle, or something like that. The parents' license plates were "Momiel" and "Dadiel."

Weird.

 

[packrat]

Mom and I have the same initials and middle name. My brother and dad have the same initials and middle name. Wasn''t planned that way. Our first names were the only names they could agree on, and they''d already planned on using their middle names. Our daughter has my and mom''s middle name too. I don''t think I''d want to limit myself in choosing a name..like only using J for example. If it just so happened that every single name I liked started w/a specific letter, then I guess it''s a coincidence, and that''s how it would turn out..but not to purposely do it. I don''t want to give my kid a name *just* b/c it happens to start w/a certain letter or it rhymes w/a siblings name. I''d like it to have a little more meaning. And I like to be a little more original than *no offense to anyone* John Johnson, Tom Thompson, Jack Jackson..

 

[doodle]

I don''t know why this thread suddenly reminded me of this, but when I was younger, I loved the Ann M. Martin book, 10 Kids, No Pets. They apparently made a sequel to it later, 11 Kids, One Summer. Anyway, in the books, the parents couldn''t agree on names for their kids, so with their first daughter, they decided to just name her whatever the first girl''s name was in the "A" section of the baby name book, so their first-born was Abigail. When they had a son later on, they continued the trend, and since he was the second born, he got whatever name was the second name in the B for boys section, the third got the third name in the C''s, etc. Their kids'' names were Abigail (Abbie), Bainbridge, Calandra (Candy), Dagwood (Woody), Eberhard (Hardy), Faustine, Gardenia, Hannah, Ira, Janthina (Jan), and Keegan. The weirdness of the names in this book sparked my obsession with names, and I might''ve been the only 9 year old to own her own baby name book, haha! Anyway, sorry for the threadjack! I just thought it was funny!

 

[iwannaprettyone]

My DH bestfriend is a J and has 3 siblings (all boys) with J names. I think it is ok, but a bit corny maybe? In my family the first born son always has the same initials as there is a heirloom ring although my mother and father were rebels and completed cocked that up with my brother hahahaha.

Interesting topic.

 

[janinegirly]

I''m in the camp of "doesn''t really bother me, but I wouldn''t necessarily do it".

One thing that kinda bothers me is when people do that, but then deny it! Or act like, oh really, I never noticed? SIL''s kids have same initials as she and her DH. I never noticed until I was preggo, so asked her if it was a coincidence or planned, and she got kinda weird and changed the subject. Just admit it already!

 

[White Orchid]

I don''t mind alliteration as long as it doesn''t sound awkward. My favourite boys name is Michael, but I married a man with a two-syllable last name that also starts with M, so Michael M-- just sounds silly. I could never do that to my son. If we had a one-syllable name like Marsh for example, I might reconsider. Michael Marsh doesn''t sound soooo bad...

 

[Haven]

Date: 5/9/2009 4:02:09 PM
Author: White Orchid
I don''t mind alliteration as long as it doesn''t sound awkward. My favourite boys name is Michael, but I married a man with a two-syllable last name that also starts with M, so Michael M-- just sounds silly. I could never do that to my son. If we had a one-syllable name like Marsh for example, I might reconsider. Michael Marsh doesn''t sound soooo bad...

Oh, I so know your pain, White Orchid. My favorite names mostly end with "er"--Asher, Sander, Piper--yet DH''s name ends in "er" and I just can''t do that to our future children. I don''t want to share our real last name, but it would be baaaaaad.

 

[Lynn B]

I couldn''t really care less. I mean, I think the Duggers took it a liiiiiiiiiiiiiittle too far, but even then -- eh, whatever.

I have 3 sisters and we are Lynn, Lana, and Laurel. It''s never bothered me. FYI: Mom and Dad''s names did NOT start with "L".

Interesting thread. And even more interesting is how little of an opinion I have! That''s just not like me!!!

 

[AGBF]

Why is it always "J" names? I have a childhood friend who is one of nine. All of their first names start with a "J". She married a man who is also one of nine and all of the children in his family have names that start with a "J". (Now that is a coincidence!)

Their two children have names that start with, "J". (Not a coincidence, I assume.)

I would list the first names of the children in my friend's family, but will not for the sake of their privacy. They are a real family, however, and the children were named 50+ years ago. It wasn't a trend then.

AGBF

 

[pinkstars]

Date: 5/9/2009 1:30:21 PM
Author: Haven



I knew a girl with four siblings and all their names ended with ''ielle''--Arielle, Marielle, Karielle, Sarielle, and Darielle, or something like that. The parents'' license plates were ''Momiel'' and ''Dadiel.''


Weird.

I didn''t even think about this, but my dad did this with his girls. Michelle, Gabrielle, and Marielle, but the last one we usually say in spanish, so it doesn''t sound quite the same. Also I''m the oldest and then there''s nine years between me and the second one and then the last one there''s 16 years between us? I think, I''m not sure but we don''t all live together and so I don''t think they confuse us with each other.

 

[swimmer]

Like most things in life, it can be cute, and it can also be overdone.

One thing that I''ve seen that I thought was clever was having the second child''s middle initial be the same as the first child''s first name. Then monogrammed clothes (or perm marker on the inside) can just have a letter added. Say Jamie Marie Long is the first child, JL, and the second child is Camilla Johannah Long, CJL. Hard for a third child, but fabric only lasts so long. This is not a great reason to choose a name, but handy if it works out.

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 5/9/2009 6:44:23 PM
Author: AGBF
Why is it always ''J'' names? I have a childhood friend who is one of nine. All of their first names start with a ''J''. She married a man who is also one of nine and all of the children in his family have names that start with a ''J''. (Now that is a coincidence!)

Their two children have names that start with, ''J''. (Not a coincidence, I assume.)

I would list the first names of the children in my friend''s family, but will not for the sake of their privacy. They are a real family, however, and the children were named 50+ years ago. It wasn''t a trend then.

AGBF

Hahaha it is always J names, isn''t it?! Weird! I guess there are a lot of J names to choose from?

 

[Magenta]

I'd say "DON'T DO IT!!!"

Or at least, if you do, make sure the parents / children affected by this are different genders (eg, no two females beginning with 'a'), and / or make sure that there is a clear verbal difference between the names (one syllable, and 4 syllables, or something).

In our household, the parents thought it would be cute that the initials all matched, or close to match - so I share the same initials as my mother. My name has two syllables, while hers has one. Conceptually, this is fine and lovely, but has caused great problems in the area of phone calls - here's an example of what happens to us: (we do sound quite similar on the phone)


Me: "Hi, it's $myname"
Caller: "Oh, hi $mothersname, $whatever they've called about"
Me: "Sorry, no, this is $myname. I'll go get $mothersname for you"
Caller: Oh, sorry!
Me: "Don't worry, this usually happens"

This happens both with calls to my mother, which I pick up, and calls to me, which mum picks up. Also, mail gets kinda interesting (if there's mail for Ms $initial $lastname)

So, if you do it carefully, it's probably OK. But i'd certainly be avoiding it!

 

[vetrik]

I think sometimes it happens without specifically planning for it, especially with just a few kids - a lot of people I know just tend to like names that start with the same letter. Then I think some parents, if they have more, feel like they''re stuck with it to be "fair". Of course, there are also the families start out doing it on purpose, which does get weirder the more kids they have!

My middle brother''s name and mine start with the same letter because my mom just liked both of our names. When the third came along, they did have a girl name picked out that started with the same letter, but there were no more boy names she liked that started with an "e". He came out a boy, and his name starts with a different letter - I don''t think it would have been a big deal either way, although at 10, I thought it would be cool if all of our names started with the same letter.

I tend to like boy names that start with "t", so there''s a possibility that if we ever have 2 boys, their names could start with the same letter, just because they are the names we like the best. It''s funny - reading through this thread I just realized that if our baby this summer is a girl, her name will start with the same letter as DH, which was not planned!

 

[tlh]

my brother and I had the initials TLC growing up. We don''t share the initials with our parents at all... it never really bothered me growing up, still doesn''t now... though I don''t think I''d purposely do that when deciding our children''s names.

 

[MustangGal]

I''m one of 5 kids, and 3 of us have the same first initial as my mom. It wasn''t intentionall, just happened. My step-dad never could keep our names straight, I think I was called the cat or dogs name a few times, but he would have done that even if we had different names.

My uncle on the other hand, married a woman who had the same first and middle initial as him, so when she changed her name they both now have the same initials (JPM). So do both of their children. It''s kinda cool, but they took it a little too far. The mom is JoAn, and wanted another double name for her daughter, and somehow ended up with JulieAn, even though one of my sisters was already named Julie. It can be confusing at family gatherings, since they don''t use her full name, they just call her Julie also.

I won''t be doing that with my kids at all. My 3 month old is Kyle, I''m an M and DH is R. Kyle does have the same middle name as DH though. If we have another (still undecided on that), a girl will be Shelby. I have no idea what we would name another boy, it was hard enough to come up with 1 boy name!