Stick with a trend?

lisa5201 · December 2012

So I am only 20 weeks with DD #2 and of course already thinking of names for the LO #3 that we haven't even decided if we are having (super name nerd)

How do you feel about keeping a trend? Like, if we have a Schuyler and a Sasha would it be weird to have a 3rd baby whose name doesn't start with an S? Or is it weirder to have everyone with the same first initial? I don't want to turn into the Duggars (not that there's much chance of that, three's my limit)

Starting 2 kids name with S was not on purpose BTW, just names we loved

Just curious in general what you think about trends in sibsets, when do they get weird, and when is it weird to break the trend?

Discuss

llewzier · December 2012

In my family my big brother has a C first name and my little bro and me have L first names and I never thought it was weird.

My mom just happened to like two L names. I think it is fine to break the trend. I don't think it will matter to #3.

I think the whole trend of same initials is cool BUT if someone is coming up with names just to make the trend work. I think it is a waste. If soneone happens to love 3 names with the same first letter that is fine but to settle just to make a trend work is nuts.

Krisands · December 2012

I think two S names are fine with a third of another letter. Three would e fine but I agree with PP that of you just found a third S name to make it work its not worth it.

austenreader85 · December 2012

My mother gave the first three of us the same initials, first, middle and last. Then she remarried and had my youngest brother and he's named after his father- the initials are totally different than ours.

It didn't really matter either way to us. But having 3 of us starting with C even though we all had different sounds meant more confusing names even to this day than I think is the average. And I would never toss out a name or restrict myself to a letter to pick a theme. I love DS's name (Theodore) but it's the only T name for a boy that I really like as a first name and there are no girl ones on our list at all.

Since it wasn't intentional with the second then I wouldn't make it for the hypothetical third.

BTW, I would plan out 9 kids for the names, lol. So I get ya.

beebanjo · December 2012

I don't like themes for the sake of themes. If you happen to love three names that start with an S, that's fine, but I would never pick out a name I only felt so-so about to stick with a theme. That just doesn't make any sense to me.

Honestly, if I had two S's, I would probably try my hardest to NOT pick another S name so that I could avoid the theme thing. When you have more than two kids with the same first initial, it is not coincidental anymore and I just think it can come kind of cheesy. I don't want to offend and I'm fine with those that do this, but it just isn't my style at all.

Pas1224 · December 2012

I don't have a problem with each name starting with a S. It's NMS, but I don't mind it. I also don't think it's a problem if you don't use a S name for #3. It would be different if yours and DH's names started with S. Then I think the 3rd child would feel a little left out. But, I am guessing your name is Lisa, so it wouldn't be a problem.

+lisamarie+ · December 2012

I was having the same dilemma when finding out we were having number 3. We have 2 C names already, not on purpose. I struggled with whether or not to do a third C name. Ultimately I want to pick names that I love, not just settling to make a name work with a trend. It just so happens that we do have a C name on our boy list, but our girl name we've picked strata with a P. I think your children will appreciate you picking what you love!!

Javad · December 2012

I think each kid is an individual and if you try to hard to force their names to match their siblings, your gonna be limiting the potential awesomeness of what their name could have been. If you happen to find a name you love that starts with an 'S', great, if you find a name you like even better, go with that one instead. The last name already has the shared family connection anyway, let him/her have his/her own individuality shine with the first name.

ObLaDi · December 2012

I feel like two is a coincidence, and three is a theme (and Duggarsy, and annoying).

queenbone · December 2012

I'm not a fan of obvious themes like alliteration or rhyming endings, but I feel like if you commit to it with the second child then one ought to be willing to go all the way and do it for the 3rd child too.

Fairness was very important to me as a kid (things were very unfair in my household) so for me I vowed to not give my children reason to feel like things were unequal. I don't want anybody to feel left out or, conversely, why is she special and has a different name?

blu-eyedwife · December 2012

queenbone:
I'm not a fan of obvious themes like alliteration or rhyming endings, but I feel like if you commit to it with the second child then one ought to be willing to go all the way and do it for the 3rd child too.
Fairness was very important to me as a kid (things were very unfair in my household) so for me I vowed to not give my children reason to feel like things were unequal. I don't want anybody to feel left out or, conversely, why is she special and has a different name?

I feel the exact same way.

Notwifezilla7 · December 2012

queenbone:
I'm not a fan of obvious themes like alliteration or rhyming endings, but I feel like if you commit to it with the second child then one ought to be willing to go all the way and do it for the 3rd child too.
Fairness was very important to me as a kid (things were very unfair in my household) so for me I vowed to not give my children reason to feel like things were unequal. I don't want anybody to feel left out or, conversely, why is she special and has a different name?

We're due w/kid #3 in 19 days. Having chosen two girls names that begin w/M we decided that if this next LO is a girl, her name will begin w/a M. We did find a name we love. However if it's a boy, it will not. For me the gender difference already makes the boy different thus the name starting w/a different letter isn't that big of a deal.

mjune3881 · December 2012

I think if you do it with 2 kids and you have #3 you have to use S for that one's names as well. I think using all the same letters is just fine!

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