What makes a sibset NOT work for you?

ChristyML

I am just thinking of what we would name our LO2 if it was a boy, and I know that I will not be using Josiah, or other J names that have an S in it. I might consider other J names, but I don't really like that many (I do like Jacob, but that is a BiL's name, so we probably won't use it).

As for girl names, our first daughter will be Emmalynn. I wouldn't use any other E-Lynn names (like Evelyn) or any other -lyn/n names. I might use another E name (like Eden) but no others with a double letter.

What about you? 

ETA: Crud. I just saw that someone posted a thing about rules and they added a little thing about sib sets. Sorry for the double post. *facepalm* 

sept9107bride

The only thing for me is similar sounding names.   We are big fans of Joshua but have pretty much ruled it out with our first son named Asher.  Also I try to stay away from the same initial.  I have a hard enough time calling out the right kid sometimes, I can't imagine their names starting with the same letter  

 Also for our naming criteria, I try to look for something that flows well with our last name.  Based on that criteria, it helps eliminate some contrasting sibset names. 

kleigh926

The only thing that would totally be a deal breaker for me is if the names rhyme or sound too similar. I don't really want names that start with the same letter either, but if I loved the name I would still use it.

rider5344

Rhyming or same first letter...I find it tacky and "hickish" if that is a word lol

ChristyML

rider5344:

Rhyming or same first letter...I find it tacky and "hickish" if that is a word lol

My MiL did the same first letter (except for 2 girls, but one of them died when she was 4 months old and hardly anyone knows that, so most people think she hates the one child who doesn't start with J haha). I also think it is lazy or trying to be cool or cute, but yes, it is tacky too haha.

I do like a lot of E names for girls, but I'll probably only use one of them. 

5LittleBears

If I liked names starting with the same letter for all my children, I would do it. I personally do not find this tacky or lazy or anything else. If you like a name, you like a name. It just happened where all my favorite names for my little ones started with a different letter. I don't really have any rules. I just go with a name I love and that my H loves also.

blu-eyedwife

No names that rhyme or where nicknames rhyme (like Molly, Oliver - Ollie, Walter - Wally, Holly)

I don't like when kids have names that start with the same first letter.

Names of a similar style (for instance, Callum was our backup name for our son.  Now it's out because it doesn't fit with the more classic names we have chosen and would look odd on a Christmas Card: Merry Christmas from Robert, Sarah, James, Elizabeth and Callum!)

 

jupiterthecat

Idani:

The only things I really dislike in sibsets are if they are names that rhyme or if one is super trendy and the other is classic.  For example at my sons preschool he is in class with twins, Jacob and Anna. The mom brought their newborn daughter to pick up on Monday and they names her Jazzlyn Ryliegh. ( I know spelling because it was in the newsletter) It just suprised me because they don't seem to be the same style at all. 

 

See, I think the issue here isn't that the names don't match, it's that Jazzlyn Ryliegh is a horrible name (and this is perhaps compounded by the knowledge that the parents are perfectly capable of choosing better names). If Jazzlyn Ryliegh came first and was followed by twins Anna & Jacob, I doubt you'd be saying "wow, I wish they'd gone with something misspelled and uber-trendy to make a proper sibset!"

I personally don't care much about sibsets unless they are corny (themes, etc.) and/ or rhyme/ sound very similar. 

 

banannapeach85

Rhyming is the big one. I went to school with sisters named Gabriella and Isabella and just...eww.