Same letter names for siblings ?

SoDoMojo

Why do people pick same letter names for their children? I once babysat for a family where the mom and all 3 girls names started with A. Then of course there's the Duggar's. 

We're one and done, but before that decision was final I'd nixed a name or two specifically because it started with the same letter as DS's name.  

I can get behind a same middle name or something if it has significance. I just don't understand the same letter thing. Not trying to be rude, just curious for other's thoughts. 

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I thought about this.  All I can come up with - biitches be crazy, yo. 

nanabanana06

I don't get it either. My Mom and her sisters are named Shelley, Sandy, and Sally. My mother hated it! My Aunt Sandy is the only one who stuck by the tradition and both her kids have 'R' names.

Luckily none of my potential kid names start with an R or a C. So, I'm good.

quidditchcapn1120

My brother's name starts with the same letter as my name. But my sister's name starts with a different letter.

On the same token, next DS's name is picked out, has major significance and Starts with the same letter as DS1. If it is a girl, though, she will have a name with an entirely different letter.

Sometimes it just happens. However, I don't understand doing it on purpose.

SoDoMojo

Nana_Osaki06:

I don't get it either. My Mom and her sisters are named Shelley, Sandy, and Sally. My mother hated it! My Aunt Sandy is the only one who stuck by the tradition and both her kids have 'R' names.

Luckily none of my potential kid names start with an R or a C. So, I'm good.

How did they even know who was getting yelled at when they were kids?! My bro was Tony and I was Candi (do NOT call me Candi as an adult) and I could never tell who my folks were shouting at from the other room. All I heard was "EEEEEE!" 

AshasaurusRex

All 6 kids in DH's family have names that start with A. I have no idea why.

SoDoMojo

C_mo:

I don't get it either, I get my boys' names mixed up often enough with completely different sounding names.

That being said, three of my Mom's grandsons are Wiley, Wesley and Wyatt... Wyatt being the youngest of the three, so I'm the b!tch. It's okay because we don't all get together often. 

Yeah, my kid is is the youngest grandchild with a "J" name. There are 3 others. I didn't consider cousins' names when naming my kid. MIL has mentioned how she has "so many J grandkids". But... my SIL did name her 2 boys "J" names on purpose.  

nanabanana06

SoDoMojo:

Nana_Osaki06:

I don't get it either. My Mom and her sisters are named Shelley, Sandy, and Sally. My mother hated it! My Aunt Sandy is the only one who stuck by the tradition and both her kids have 'R' names.

Luckily none of my potential kid names start with an R or a C. So, I'm good.

How did they even know who was getting yelled at when they were kids?! My bro was Tony and I was Candi (do NOT call me Candi as an adult) and I could never tell who my folks were shouting at from the other room. All I heard was "EEEEEE!" 

Enunciation? Actually, they tell stories of my Grandma getting herself confused and using the same middle name for them (though they didn't actually have the same middle names) when yelling at them. Essentially it resulted in, you hear a yell, you come a running.

Smootchy

I know a couple in HS both with B first and last names. They had a baby, named it B BB [it had both last names] then their next child was born, also named B B but this time only one B, because they were married now.
Dad: B.B.
mom : B.B.B
DS: B.B.B
DD: B.B.

folkfemme

It's annoying, but I'm a hypocrite. 

If we have another boy his name with start with an S too. Not because we want to be the next Duggars, but because we really love the name. 

I knew a woman who has 8 children, and they all start with H. Their last name starts with an H too. It's effing exhausting. 

kmm2150

My brother and I start with the same sound, different letters C and K, and our middle names rhyme. That was not intentional, my mom never realized they rhymed till we were much older!

JessiRaye

All 3 of my boy's names start with a different letter. However, I liked names that all started with the same letter. It just seemed to rhymey to me and I couldn't do it.

Wufroggy79

Eh, I'd rather people do that instead of name their kids some of the whacktacular things I see go across the baby names board.

Lilywildcat

My kids have exactly the same initials. It was totally NOT done on purpose, but people occasionally like to point out that my kids and dog's name all begin with 'M'. My kids were named after other people and it was pure coincidence that it worked out that way. I definitely didn't set out to do it that way. If we do have another child (which is undecided at this point) the names we like do not begin with M.

penguingrrl

We started out saying we would specifically avoid doing that. But, we're at the point where we are expecting a little boy in February and still haven't found a single name we like, so at this point if we find a name that works we're not going to rule it out because it starts with a J or an E.

I know a woman who starts with a G, as does her husband, so they went out of their way to give all three of their boys unique (and fug) G names. I think that's just bizarre and her kids are going to hate her for it later.

MrsGoodkat

I wouldn't be my style if I planned on having 3+ kids but one of our girl names begins with the same letter as DS' name so they may have the same first initial if we ever have a daughter. But I'm convinced I'm only going to have boys so we probably won't have to worry about that.

All the boys in DH's family have names that start with the same letter but his sister is different so who knows if it was intentional or just happened that way. 

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha

Meh. I don't mind it. I just think it makes naming the 3rd child that much harder.

grr_aargh

I think it's weird.  I usually respond to people who point it out by saying "Oh. How nice." and if people don't point it out I usually have at least one middle of the night thinking session where I wonder if they did it on purpose, then shrug, and go back to sleep. To each their own. 

We have theme names.  Our babies all have old people names.  So whatever.  

RayRay007

I wouldn't go out of my way to name them with the same letter, but if I loved 2 names that started with the same letter for other reasons, and they didn't sound too much alike, I'd consider it.

 

mammersoh

My sister and I have names starting with the same letter and my parents always confused our names. I have two kids, different letters and I mix up their names a lot when yelling for them. I catch myself right away, but I still do it a few times a week. If we have a third I will probably go for a different letter than the first two have because oddly in my head, I don't want one kid to feel left out. Weird I know.

NotSharknado

All of DH's sisters did this with their kids. We are the only ones who didn't do it with our kids.

MJHershey

My parents went a little nutso with this.

 

Dad- Daniel

Mom- Mary Ann

Brother- David

Sister- Marci

Me- Mollie

Then we had a female dog - Mickie.

My dad still mixes me and Marci up.  i told DH no Ds, Ms or Bs (DH and my BIL both have B names) for names. It sucks, because I love the name Benjamin.

 

mom2pottamus

I appreciate it most when people don't got with an easy letter, like B.  They go with a hard one, example:  Xavier, Xander, Xandra.

Those parents can never be accused of not putting effort into kids names.

MJHershey

Oh, and there was a family we knew who's last name started with M.

They had 5 girls- a set of identical twin girls, a set of fraternal twin girls and a single. All with first names starting with M.

:headdesk:

seahorse102410

Wufroggy79:

Eh, I'd rather people do that instead of name their kids some of the whacktacular things I see go across the baby names board.

This is how I feel but then sometimes it's both whacktacular because they want it to have the same letters.

GrayGhost13

My little bro and I have the same initials. (Or we did before I got married and changed my last name). I'm not sure if it was intentional or it just happened. It's a little nerdy, but it didn't really bother us.

My son and one of my dogs have the same first initial as me, so if we have any more kids (or dogs) I need to make sure I mix it up so we're not all matchy-matchy.

kmawb

My sister and I both have K names, but I don't think I will do the same letter thing with a future sibling for A. 

My best friend has a DS and a DD both with E names but I don't think it's odd at all.

SoDoMojo

HilarityEnsued:

I also wanted to add that this isn't even remotely on my radar as a sideeyeable offense.nbsp; Andplusalso... unless you are having umpteen million kids, who cares.nbsp;

I'm not side eyeing anyone, just curious as to why it happens on purpose.