Brand new sib-set

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

My mum just came to tell me that one of the little girls she childminds is now a big sister. Her name is Emily and her newborn baby sister is Holly.

WDYT?

My mum and I agreed that we're not huge fans of the set as Emily is very classic and Holly is more modern sounding. Separately, they're lovely names but I don't adore them together. Might be partly the Y sound but my sister and I are both As at the end of our names and I think our sib-set works.

Comments

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Emma-lee. Holl=lee.

To me, they both have Lee on the end, and that's a bit too similar.

My friend has a Stephanie and is talking about Emily if she had another baby. I think that sounds better. Both classic names, both three syllables, both sound good together.

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

In general, I don't like sibsets to have that ee sounds at the end of names.

Though, saying that my sister and I are informally known as Becky and Danni and I think that works okay. (obviously really we're Rebecca and Danielle which is totally different sounding.)

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

My sister and I are Louisa and Anna. I think it works but it really is down to opinion. I think they look different and the difference in syllables too. I love your names. Rebecca has been a favourite for years and I like Danielle and Daniel :)

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

The story goes that my parents were so sick of agonizing what to name me my dad just said 'I like Danny... for a girl or a boy' and my mom just said, 'okay.' So it was either Daniel or Danielle.

[traecrochet.livejournal.com]

I think they are too similar. I don't believe in choosing a name because of the way it sounds with a sibling's name. If you like a name, you should use it.

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

If you like a name, you should use it. I kinda think like that too but I just think they even look similar. Maybe the older I get, the fussier I become :p

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

While I disagree that they don't match style wise, I do agree that they are too similar sounding. The only thing that helps is that Emily is 3-syllables and Holly is 2-syllables.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I actually can't stand the idea of siblings being 'sets'. I don't think the names of siblings need to work perfectly together. Again, they're separate individuals... not sets. That said, I like both Emily and Holly and I don't think they sound at all out of place together.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I like Emily and Holly. I think I'm in the minority.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I like them too :)

[distractful.livejournal.com]

I think stylistically they work fine, but I don't like the same sound of the endings together.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Yawn. So boring, doesn't interest me at all.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Whereas I can agree with not wanting to do similar sounding names (rhyming or alliteration especially) to avoid confusion, I don't see the problem here. My girl names both end in a. Whatever future girls I may have will also end in a. Just the way of feminine names mostly. The -ee sound at the end is also a really common event. So Holly and Emily don't sound alike to me. Also I disagree with them not matching up. Holly may sound more modern, but it's not THAT modern. I think it sounds nice with Emily.