Are they too alike?

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

So I'm working on character names for my NaNoWriMo novel, and I'm running into the "I need names that sound well together but don't get confused with each other" issue. Visually, Rowena and Morgana don't look alike, but lyrically they kinda sound similar (roh-WHEN-a and more-GAHN-a is how I'm pronouncing them). Thoughts? Would it be too much for two characters that share the same space in a story?

Comments

[jexia]

So long as they don't start with the same letter, I don't give a crap how similar the names are! Apparently that's how characters get filed in my brain.

[liltxangel83.livejournal.com]

yup pretty much this exactly.

[designingdreams.livejournal.com]

Are they siblings? They do seem to match in 'naming style', and I'd totally buy that they'd be on the same person's 'potential names' list.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

This.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

They marry into the same family, so sort of related.

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

In the UK, at least, Rowena is Row-EEN-na.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I've never heard it pronounced the way.

[heyskeleton.livejournal.com]

I'm in Australia and I/we pronounce it Row-EEN-na, too.

[cairtirnin.livejournal.com]

I'm in the US and that is how I've always pronounced it as well.