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[embracinglove.livejournal.com]

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?

Comments

[screaming--pink.livejournal.com]

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

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

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

[embracinglove.livejournal.com]

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

[screaming--pink.livejournal.com]

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

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

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

[out-of-mana.livejournal.com]

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

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

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

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

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

[zante.livejournal.com]

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

[embracinglove.livejournal.com]

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

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

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

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

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"

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

o.O

[anapology.livejournal.com]

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

Owen
Euan
Ethan
Alan

ummm maybe!?

[anapology.livejournal.com]

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

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

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.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

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

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

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

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)

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

Im a bit odd liike that....

[hautemamma.livejournal.com]

It's a little too cutesy.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

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

Sorry, but yes.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

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

[embracinglove.livejournal.com]

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

[maude.livejournal.com]

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. :)

[embracinglove.livejournal.com]

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

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

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.

[lastcastle.livejournal.com]

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).

[smileygoldfish.livejournal.com]

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

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

i always just smack my forehead whenever i hear it

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

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!

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

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.

[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

Yep. Completely stupid. :)