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Sorry I've been posting here so much...

Is it completely stupid to have a child named Devon and another one named Evan??

I like the name Evan I just think the kids will get confused or something when they get older.

Middle name is decided on and its going to be John.
What do you think?

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I'd advise against Devon and Evan as a sibset.

Thats what I keep telling him but he doesn't get it.

Maybe suggest something like Ethan, Edwin, Eric, Everett.
They're not Evan.. but categorically similar.

Eck. I definitely don't like it. It's way too close together for my taste

They're both good names... but awful as siblings.

Yes. I don't like them together.
I have an Evan, his male siblings are Ethan & Owen :)

Lol i suggested those because they are close to Evan but not too similar to Devon

Yeah, I agree with everybody. You shouldn't use them as siblings.

I like the names if they are both for females, however Im thinking ther aren't.

o.O

Im a bit odd liike that....

Devon reminds me of the meat 'Spam', because here in Australia we have a meat byproduct called Devon......

lmao...i've never heard of that one before.
hopefully my son never decides to move there, he'd probably get made fun of haha

Evan is a derivative of the name John. So I wouldn't use them together.

yes. yes it is.

and not only that but Evan is the Welsh form of John. so you'd basically be naming your kid "John John"

haha way back when, when my grandpa whose name was john, made his confirmation and had to pick a confirmation name (not sure if you are Catholic or familiar with this tradition, but it's usually a Saint's name and becomes part of your name.) he chose St.John. yeah I know original. and seeing as he had no mn, it made his new name "John John".

to the OP, I think they are both great names but too similar in sound for siblings.

i know way back when, parents sometimes chose names that were also the same as their last names. i saw an obituary in the paper for Amos B. Amos :X

also in Catch 22 there was a character who was called Major Major Major Major (title, fn, mn, ln)

ugh, I've always hated that. Thomas Thomas, Richard Richards, Matthew Matthews. just why????? would you do that? so not necessary.

and not only that but Evan is the Welsh form of John. so you'd basically be naming your kid "John John"

That's why I always find P.Diddy's name (Sean John) to be hilarious.

i always just smack my forehead whenever i hear it

I'm surprised you have to ask! It is very stupid lol

Owen
Euan
Ethan
Alan

ummm maybe!?

Ummm... I wouldn't name them Stacy, Tracy, and Lacy either.

I don't want my kids to be a Dr Seuss poem.

It's a little too cutesy.

Is it completely stupid to have a child named Devon and another one named Evan??

Sorry, but yes.

dont apologize, it wasnt my idea so im not the one who looks dumb lol

If you did that, you'd have to come up with a rhyming name for a third child so they didn't feel left out. AKA...don't do it. :)

it was my boyfriends idea, can you believe that? lol

Well since they rhyme, yes, it's a bad idea. Also, Evan is John, so that's weird. Like naming your kid John John (or Jane Joan or something).

Don't do it. It'll get you confused. People mix up their kids names all the time as it is, much more when they rhyme.

On a side note, I had a friend in college name Erin who was dating a Devon and i thought it would be the cutest thing in the world if they were to get married, and have a kid name Evan as a combination of their names. But alas they are no longer together.

But that doesn't have anything to do with you. sorry, tangent

Being that Evan is the Welsh form of John, I wouldn't pair them together, nor would I use it with a child named Devon as the sibling. Great name though!

My husband's name is Evan, and when he introduces himself he always gets "Kevin? Devon?" etc. People have a hard time with that name for some reason. I wouldn't use it at all, and certainly not with Devon as a sibling.

Yep. Completely stupid. :)

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