[nina_yyc]

Like Elizabeth and Elliot, Jennifer and Jasmine, Alex and Andrew etc.

Ummm, that's supposed to say "rolls right off the TONGUE." How do you edit a poll?

 

[Raene]

This mostly annoys me with twin names. A relative chose to name her twins Abi and Ali...blech. Bad enough twins look alike sometimes; do they really need matching names?

However, for other kids I think it's a bit different. I have an "S" daughter and considered using a "C" name that sounds like "S" for our 2nd. I don't think we will, but I think it would have been okay.

Okay for two kids, not for 3+...but just my opinion.

 

[Full Heart]

I'd pick other. I think it depends on the names. I know several families who did this, all have young kids, no 80's families lol. Some of the names don't go well together. And I agree with the pp who said if you have more than a couple of kids it can get to be a bit much. My cousin has 3, all 'K' names. The first 2 went together pretty well but they stuck that 3rd one there and now its more of a tongue twister lol.

 

[OGirlieMama]

My highly subjective opinion is that like Raene, I don't like it with twin names. I also don't like it with 3 or more kids. Having Mary and Michael could just be a coincidence - you liked both those names. But having Mary, Michael, Matthew, Melinda, and Margaret makes me feel like these parents are weird, and not in a pleasant way.

 

[jimblejamble]

Duuuuuuggar faaaamily!

 

[Mama Rana]

We decided to pick a name for the second that has the same LAST letter as the first's. And which is also the same last letter as both my Hubby's and my name [or the names we go by at least]. So we'll all have names that end in the same letter.

 

[SmoothieMom]

I think it's cute

 

[Justmee]

CHEEZY.

My neighbors across the street growing up had 6 "J" girls, and this was before the oldest Dugger child was even born.

 

[darcytrue]

I've not done this but I think it's cute and see nothing wrong with it.

 

[Drummer's Wife]

I also agree that with 2 kids, it's fine. We thought about it when #2 was born, the name I really liked also started with a D, in the end we went with something else. But I couldn't see doing it for all 4 kids, being limited to only names that start with one letter. Mine all ended up with different first letters, but I still like that name we didn't use for #2, so if we have another boy, the first and 5th will both start with D.

and yeah, I totally thought of the Duggars!

 

[Quinalla]

I think it is a little strange to do it on purpose, but it doesn't bother me if it just happened because you happened to like Kathryn and Karl or whatever.

 

[Channelle]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quinalla I think it is a little strange to do it on purpose, but it doesn't bother me if it just happened because you happened to like Kathryn and Karl or whatever.

This is my thoughtI grew up in a household full of C siblings, and I thought it was super cheezy of my mom to do that on purpose.

Now I happen to love a handfull of names that start with P, and would probably use them, but just because I love them. (If I have a Percival, Pippa, Pandora, Primrose, Pomeline, Penelope, and Petronel, you know it was just because I love the names!)

 

[Sarahstw]

My dad has 6 brothers and they all have "B" names... and so do/did my grandparents. To me it's a little comical, but every time I tell people about that side of my family I kinda hear the banjos playing in the background...

 

[THANKFULFORFIVE]

Haven't done it myself, but I know a few families...I think it's fine! I had friends growing up that named all 5 girls an "M" name and then gave them all rhyming middle names! Like M-May, M-Ray, M-Fay, M-Gaye etc...
I would say that's over-doing-it!

 

[Peony]

I'm of the cheesy mindset.

 

[georgiegirl1974]

Cheesy.

If I happened to like names that both started with the same letters, then fine. But to purposefully name all of your kids with the same first letter isn't very cool. I detest rhyming names even more.

 

[SeattlePisces]

Our boys are going to end up with the same first initial, only because it happened that way based on the names we fell in love with. The only feedback we've been hearing is that they think it's weird because my husband's first initial also starts with the same letter. Totally unplanned, but we still get a little bit of flack for it.

 

[Norasmomma]

There should be "other" available. While in my SIL's family it is cute-the WHOLE family is all "J" names including mom, dad and the 6 kids. My crazy G-ma has taken beyond the level of annoying to insanity, she is a "B" family, she's a B name, both husbands were B-names, her kids B names and all of her pets. The woman has had about 100+ pets in my lifetime alone(no joke). She's had a cat named Broccoli, currently has a dog named Barkley.

It's friggin annoying. She wanted me to name our next child Nadia or Nathan because our DD is Nora, ummm no thank-you.

 

[sunshynbaby]

The only families I knew who did this did it with "J" names to match the father/mother's first name. The Duggars definately did not start this! I think it is cute.

 

[philomom]

Cheese for sure!