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Charles & possible future sister

Ceridwen21Ceridwen21 member
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I'm liking the name Charles, but I have a possible dilemma.  DH and I are obsessed with the name Giada.  We are about 90% likely "one and done", but you never know...

IF we name this boy Charles, and IF we have another, and IF it's a girl, do Charles and Giada work together?

I keep hearing Charles & Diana when I say them together.  DH thinks I'm crazy.  Would you have made the association?

Am I worrying about too many if's here? 

Regardless of my possible Royal connundrum, do they even work as a sibset?  I know they're not a lovely or expected set, but do they totally clash?

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Re: Charles & possible future sister

  • Allie30Allie30 member

    Not sure why you would hear "Diana" with "Giada" given that the two names don't even have the same number of syllables. Giada is pronounce "Jah-da".

    And even if you DO insist on pronouncing it the bastardized Americanized way, it would be GEE-ah-dah, which doesn't even have the same VOWEL sounds as DIE-ANN-AH, let alone the same consonants. 

    PS: Sibsets are overrated. They aren't outfits, they are human beings. Name your children what you want to name them. I know a family where the boys were named by the father and the girls by the mother, resulting in boys with very common names (think Michael, John) and girls with very flowery fanciful ones. They are all just fine.

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  • PhilsWife07PhilsWife07 member
    I don't make any association between Charles and Diana and Charles and Giada. I don't think they're well-matched as a sibset though as one is very Italian and the other one is very obviously not. If that doesn't matter to you there's no problem. I personally prefer sibling names that complement each other.
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  • BrideBuddiesBrideBuddies member

    You're overthinking it and getting way ahead of yourself.   Even if you do have a second child and it's a girl, there's a good chance you'll be over your Giada fascination by then.

     

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  • erinmserinms member

    I am an overthinker too, so I can understand that you are already thinking about all of these what-ifs for future sibs, BUT, you are way overthinking this Diana/Giada thing.  I don't think of it at all when I hear Charles and Giada.  

    I LOVE Charles for a little boy.  Giada is pretty, and who knows what you will like if and when you have a little girl.

    Good luck 

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