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[chaichilaquiles.livejournal.com]

 I am not planning on having anymore kids, but I have come across a name I really like: Nikolay (or other spellings considered). Problem is, my DS name is Dominic.

Ok or not ok sibset?

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[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

There are definitely worse sibsets out there--I mean, these are actually NAMES--but I still probably wouldn't feel comfortable using them together.

That's the same issue I was having with some names for hypothetical future children. I've said for a couple of years now that I would name my first son Callum. Well, I briefly fell in love with the name Malcolm, which seemed alwfully close, just switched around a bit, although today, it isn't looking nearly as bad for some strange reason. Anyway, it's all moot because 1. I would have to have a boy named Callum first 2. Malcolm is no longer a top contender for hypothetical future children. I still really like it, just not as much as others.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

There are definitely worse sibsets out there--I mean, these are actually NAMES

This part of your name made me think of a sibset I heard at work: Kasen and Caven (rhymes with Gavin). After I heard it, I though, "Casey and Gavin (or Kevin) wouldn't work because...why?"

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why this sibset wouldn't be okay.

[melly-issa.livejournal.com]

The duplicate Nic sound, I bet ... but I think it's fine

[chaichilaquiles.livejournal.com]

good to know! As the above commenter said, it is just due to the similiarity of the names with "nic" in them.

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I think it sounds fine, are you using a nickname for Doninic?

[chaichilaquiles.livejournal.com]

No, he doesn't have a nickname, though sometimes we call him by his middle name. Some people have tried out "dommers" which I don't like. My spanish speaking relatives have called him "domi" which I cringe to since it kinda sounds like dummy.

Sometimes when he is chowing down I'll call him "Nom-inic" but that's about the long and short of it.

[sictransitsuzy.livejournal.com]

I love Nikolai (spelled that way). I see your concern about the sibset though.

Also, I knew a Dominic that went by Dom.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

The way I see it, even if your kids are siblings, they are also individuals. They'll probably be only semi-constantly together for the first 5 or so years of their life, and usually together for maybe another 5-10 years after that, but once they hit adolescence they'll have their own groups of friends and their own personalities and interests. Dominic will likely leave the house before the second son, and most of their adulthood they'll probably live apart in separate (though interconnected) lives.

So I wouldn't worry whether they make a match "sibset." Besides, Nikolay and Dominic sound fine together to me.