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too matchy for sibset?

alice2Bcheshirealice2Bcheshire member
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For funsies, let's say DS1's name is William. Would naming DD something that ends the same, like Miriam, be strange and too rhymey? FWIW, DS2 will have a name that sounds nothing like either of these. Will he seem like the odd one out?

Also, I *may* be BNC (baby name crazy). 

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Re: too matchy for sibset?

  • Aligator28Aligator28 member
    William and Miriam are too close for my tastes.
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  • alohamoraalohamora member

    Eh, it might be too close.

    And we welcome the BNCs here. Wink

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  • Allycat11Allycat11 member
    It's a bit too close for my taste. 
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  • alehayesalehayes
    I think it would depend on what you call William.  If you call him Will or Billy or something, I think it sounds fine with Miriam.  If he goes by William all the time though, then yeah, it might be a bit too close.
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  • sugarpumpkin716sugarpumpkin716 member
    if it was william and miriam then i'd say yes, too close.
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  • ChristyMLChristyML

    imageAligator28:
    William and Miriam are too close for my tastes.

    This. I knew someone named Elliot (boy) and he had two younger siblings (who were not twins, but even if they were, it's still awful) named Olivia and Oliver. Your sibset is not as bad, but I wouldn't do the William and Miriam thing. 

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  • RubyLou11RubyLou11
    It is a little matchy, but if your in love with that name I wouldn't worry about it.
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  • giggles0918giggles0918 member
    I think they are too close however if you call William by a nickname then I think it's fine b/c you will not call William as much as you normally would on a day to day basis.
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  • jdk033jdk033
    oooh, I like the names!
    They are close enough to sound fun together without being silly [Like sibset Oliver and Olivia] or being deriviates of the same name.
    Besides, the nick names for both are so different that unless they are going solely by their full names I don't see it being a problem.
    And in regards to DS#2's name being different, I don't think that should be a problem at all. In fact I think it's better that it isn't quite so close to the others.
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