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[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Henry and Helena: What are your thoughts as a sibset? Too matchy matchy, or do you like the combo?

(Son is Henry, and Helena is one of our top choices if we have a daughter. FWIW, she'd be called "Lane" or "Lanie" most of the time.)

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[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think it's fine - it's not like Henry & Henrietta which I think would be too much. I take it you'd be pronouncing it He-LAY-nuh rather than HEL-eh-nuh (going from the nicknames)?

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes, it'd be pronounced He-LAY-nuh.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think with that pronunciation it's even less matchy. They're both really nice names :)

[contagia.livejournal.com]

I think its really cute. Its slightly matchy but not over the top. I may be biased just because I LOVELOVELOVE the nickname Lanie.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hellacious.livejournal.com]

I think it will work. My daughter's name will be Hel-E-nuh with the nickname Lena. My name is Helena as well and a lot of people said it the way you do so all of a sudden I got the nn Lana ( Lay-nuh). I think I would have like Lanie or Lane better. :)

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

I think it's great! Henry and Helena don't sound that much alike, so I wouldn't worry about it being too matchy.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I didn't feel they were too matchy either, but I wanted to make sure I'd get few to no eye-rolls when I mentioned their names together. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I personally think it's a little too matchy-matchy, but it's not something that I'm like "OMG that is ridiculous!"

I love both, though.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[fletwock.livejournal.com]

Not too matching at all. It probably wouldn't even occur to me that they're a bit matchy, but maybe I'm just slow, lol.

Love the names.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Good! Thank you!

[jerseygrits.livejournal.com]

I think it's fine and I really like Helena.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

I do too! Thanks. :)

[frost.livejournal.com]

It's slightly match-y, but not overly so.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

With the Hs, yeah, but I agree. Thank you!

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[tatredbutrfly.livejournal.com]

My granddaughter 's middle name is Helena. Not thrilled with Henry, but I like them as a sibset .her name is pronounced hel-lyn-uh though

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Thank you!