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I'm a fan of names that go together but at the end of the day, I say whatever floats your boat. I don't necessarily think sibling names "should" anything but I certainly have my own preference.

My kids are Gavin and Grace and while we didn't plan the whole G thing (we just really liked those names), I do like that they flow. If Grace had been a boy, we would have named him Julian so there would have been the whole name ending in a vowel and than an "n" thing. My nieces are Allyson and Madison and my other nieces and nephew are Ashley, Brittany and Colin (ABC) so perhaps it is in my genetic make-up to do the whole sibling mainstream name flow thing. :)

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I just think that parents should choose names that they like (and that won't get their kid beat up daily). Oftentimes, these tend to 'go together'. Irish names, Italian names, lyrical names, etc. Sometimes parents want an unusual name but chicken out with the first kid. They realize that they really still like the name and so they bestow it on the next kid...it's maturity speaking.

Most of my kids have Irish names, but I'm dying for some kind of German/Russian/Balkan name. Everyone notices the Irish theme and then I want to toss in a Katja or something. We'll see.

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I got sick of hearing how they needed to "go together" when we were expecting our third. Our kids all have family names.

Keithen Brick
Keithen was chosen for my maternal Grandfather, Walter Keith. Brick was my husband's Great Grandfather's last name and is my husband's middle name.

Isabella Kaylee (who goes by Kaylee)
Isabel was my hubby's Great Aunt. Kay is my Mom's middle name. Lee was my maiden name and was also chosen as MIL's Grandmother was Lee Ann and my best college friend/roomie was Liane.

Ruby Charlotte
Ruby/Reuben are family names that go back as far as hubby's family can be traced. Charlotte is for my Great Grandmothers, Lottie & Ethel. (All three names have similar meanings.) She was also conceived right before hubby took a trip to Charlotte, NC. ;-)

When I was expecting, I was told that Ruby "had" to have a "K" name like the other two. You can see how much attention we paid to that.

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My son has three "last" names. We used a family name for his first name (normal although a bit trendy, totally by chance) and another family name for his middle name. We were surprise how many moms/women wrinkled their noses at the fact we were not concerned about how the names fit together.

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I think it'd be better to name the child whatever you want without worrying if it goes well with their siblings. I'd much rather worry that it went well with the child's last name. I know of a Richard "Dick" Whacker and also a Richard "Dick" Shaker that I think would have been happier if their parents made sure their names went well together.

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