Is this naming trick cute or too cutesy?

A fair number of people choose to give all their kids (or all their pets) names starting with the same letter. My brother (who just had his first daughter this year) says he and his wife have decided to give all their kids names starting with the same letter. I've never liked this very much... it seems like it ends up being way too cutesy and a I have seen people end up giving names just because of the letter, instead of giving a name they liked better or with more personal meaning. What do you think of it?

You should be beaten with a wet noodle for running down people's naming process.

Sorry, it was too funny, I had to vote for it. :D

I wouldn't, I'd get way too confused. And they would have a harder time telling their names apart.

yuk, I hate that. Names should mean something, not just be cute.

What! No "I like pie" option?! :p Because I really don't care either way..and I don't think you should be beaten with a wet noodle :D

I knew this one family where their names ALL started with the same letter, parents, kids, pets...it was slightly creepy.

I like pie!

It depends on how many kids they are going to have. My three cousin's names all start with C, but they are all very different names, so people don't make the connection.

There was, however, a family in my hometown - all the kids older than me, that did the same thing, but had ten or twelve kids, and ended up with one girl named Candace and another named Candy ...

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I like pie!

It depends on how many kids they are going to have. My three cousin's names all start with C, but they are all very different names, so people don't make the connection.

There was, however, a family in my hometown - all the kids older than me, that did the same thing, but had ten or twelve kids, and ended up with one girl named Candace and another named Candy ...

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I know one family that has a 3 C's, but one uses a soft C sound, so it doesn't come off as cutesy or too obvious. It can work, I just don't think it usually does. For instance, I knew two families who did this where I definitely didn't think it worked, one had 7 daughters with 'J' names (two went by the nickname Jen) and one family that had 10 kids with e names. It also seemed to increase the mixing up of kids names, much to their annoyance.

Does anyone remember that woman whose family just got a house with a whole bunch of stuff because she just had her 18th kid AND PLANS TO HAVE MORE? All of her kids names start with J (Jinger, Justin, Joseph, etc).

I would be slightly upset if my parents didn't really give any thought to our names and just did it with the letter for the sake of itself. M

Although, my sister and I are both As (Angelique and Alexandria) and both of our brothers are Ns (Nicholas and Nicholas). :p

My girlfriend's family does that. Madison, Mally, Mana, Mara, Muffin...at least she broke the cycle calling one of her rats Rin, but I believe Rin is short for an M name of some sort. My animals just get random names that stick.

My SIL has two little girls, and they are named MOrgan and Meghann! It is so hard to keep them two girls straight! Everyone in the family has the same problem. the girls are almost identical, and the names are way too close, to not get confused. drives me nuts!

my neighbour's did that with their children. They named them Teddy (theodore), Terence, and Tyler. But now they have a daughter named Jasmine.

colbi, those all sound like animal names to me! Especially becuase we have a gerbil named Terrence. (I also have a family member named Colby)

I think its cute so long as it doesnt override everything. however I do choose names that fit together, if the name does not "fit" with the other name in the pair, for axample "Happy and Misty" the names just sound right together, or "Taru and Toivo", or "Tori and Isko" the names just sound like they belong together.

Whatever name fits is what my pets are named. :D

I have a hard enough time keeping their names straight without them all starting with the same letter! ;) Lacey and Layla, just happened to be names I always liked. When I had RB Mandy, I'd slip and call my cat Missy Mindy sometimes. :D

I always thought usng the same letter for naming the kids or the pets was a little corny, and now all three of my dogs, start with the same sound! (thought not the same letter). I didn't relly think about it too much with Sadie and Cincy, but then we got Spot and he was already named and it sounds intentional.

Guess I have become corny :) :D

It's ok if it isn't overdone. then of course, there's the "accidental" pairings through marriage - like my brother & his wife, "Paul and Pauline". I used to work with a woman named- (I'm not kidding) - "Odell Odell" - her birth name plus her married last name! We ended up with two "S's" by accident - Sherman was already named when we got him, and it suits him so well, we couldn't change it. :)

It can be even worse !! My niece has 1 girl and 2 boys, and all their names start with an "MA". Poor kids, now they all have the same initials :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Their names: Margot Naessens, Maxim Naessens, Mattis Naessens.

Margot is 6 now, and she already hates it.... :(

I wouldn't pick a name just because I want it to start with a specific letter, but it doesn't bother me when other people do it. It does bother me when people have names that rhyme, like Brandy and Candy.

I suppose it's ok for pets, as long as the names sound different enough so as not to confuse the animals.

I find it so incredibly obnoxious for children, however. If you happen to like two names that happen to start with the same letter, that's one thing. For example, my son's name is Dylan, and if I would have had another son I might have named him Dane. Only because I liked both names.

However, I think three or five or seven kids who's names all start with "P" or whatever is silly. There was a family in my hometown who did the "L" thing ... Lonnie, Larry, Lynn, etc. Well, the last girl got named "LaCrisha". She hated her name and always said she got stuck with such a horrid name only because her mom ran out of normal "L" names.

The rhyming name thing is way worse, though. I have cousins named (and I'm not even joking) Jerry, Larry, Terry and Gary. Seriously. It's just beyond comprehension.

I think naming a child is important. They are going to have that name for the rest of their life, and the name is a reflection on the parent as well. I think being "cute" with what another human being is going to be called for their entire life is more than a bit immature, IMO.

What bothers me more is when it's twins. It's even harder to tell them apart, you don't need to give them similar names.

Like these 2 identical twins in my school a few years ago: Maxine and Maxene (pronounced Maxine and Maxaine ) :rolleyes: :eek:

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What bothers me more is when it's twins. It's even harder to tell them apart, you don't need to give them similar names.

Like these 2 identical twins in my school a few years ago: Maxine and Maxene (pronounced Maxine and Maxaine ) :rolleyes: :eek:

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I agree! I went to high school with twin girls who looked exactly alike. Their names were Lorena and Jorena. I also went to college with a lady who named her twin girls Tequila and Shequila. Seriously. :rolleyes:

It doesn't bother me.
I personally wouldn't do it, but hey, whatever floats their boat! :D

I don't think it's the best thing in the world... but sometime it's not too bad.
My sister has 2 kids.... Julia and Jacob... that's not too bad.
But my parents friends have 5 boys.... Anthony, Andrew, Aurther, Arvin and Allan. THAT'S gettin' a little crazy! :D

Its cute, but if I had more than two kids I wouldn't have them all the same first letter. My brother and I names both begin with J :D If I had twins that looked very alike I wouldn't have the same first letters unless they were different it could get confusing for people.

I think its a little bit too cutesy. But if someone wants to name their animals that, I have no problem with it.. To each their own.. If someone wants to name their animal something, its up to them.

I just name the animals whatever I think fits them. Except of course Baby. She was already named and since she is 2 years old, I didn't want to confuse her.

When I had pet rats, for some reason I almost always seemed to pick names that started with an S. It definitely wasn't intentional. It just sort of happened that way. Lets see... I had Squee, Sara, Smokey, Sinbad, Spencer, & Socky (aka: Socrates).. There was several more that weren't 'S' names, and I'm sure there is a few that I am forgetting as well.