Do you think sibling's names should match?

[AliBaby]

My DH thinks I am crazy and if we like a name we should just go for it, but I have a habit of matching things up eg around the house etc so I wonder whether it will drive me insane! Maybe I am just being silly!

So what does everyone else think?

I gotta agree with your DH! Not about you being crazy! but about if you like a name then go for it!

I think the names will develop a ring to them when you say them altogether over time.

I love your other kids names as well. Good luck deciding.

[widdly]

No, I dont reckon sibling names should match, i think its quite absurd that parents try and match the names, the kids are individual people so they should have individual names.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I think the more often you say names together, the more "right" they sound and the more they match. Because I don't think any name automatically "goes" with any other name.

A lot of people thought DS's name should be decending syllables (IE 3-2-1 and not 3-1-2) but now think his name is perfect. Of course it is, I chose it! But I did get a bit of flack about the order of his middle names when he was a baby.

[Lucy]

We have Olivia, Charles and Alexandra.

All get shortened to Livvy, Charlie and Lexie.

I'll be honest, I have no idea if they "match" at all, but though common usage the names all "go togeher" OK?

I am one of 5 kids: William, Charlie, Claire, Lucy & Tom. Now I really have no idea if these "match" or not, but because it was what I grew up with, in my head they all "go together" IYKWIM?

So I reckon whatever you chose, sibings names WILL go together through use?

[echidna]

I like longer names that can be shortened. And hopefully have 2-3 nicknames that can be made out of it. My daughter has a few nicknames. I don't think they have to match siblings, but if you'd like it to, then go for it! If there are short names you like, see if they can be lengthened. Like Jack can be lengthened to Jackson. I have a mindblank on more names LOL.

[~clover~]

Well I am one of 3.
Skye, Wade & Sahra....all a bit different & (IMO) hippy style, lol.
DH is one of 6
Anthony, Craig, Paul, Thomas, Rebecca & David....nice names, but quite common.

Mine, I'm not too sure about. Jazmyne, Brianna & Jesse. I feel like Bri is the odd one out with the 2 J's, Jesse's isn't long enough & Jaz's is the only one spelt different.

But that's just the way it is I guess. My friend & her sister go great together...Mary-Ann & Anne-Maree. Their mother didn't even realise til they were both adults!
I do think that no matter what, they will go together after you hear it a few times.