Baby Name Poll Results

No. Pick names you love. I have four boys: Nikolaus ’Klaus,’ Sebastian, Casey and Hayes. We’re thinking of naming our daughter Hermione. All of our names are different.

I think, more than anything, parents should ask "when I’m yelling my kids names 24/7, will these be easy to say?" It’s not a concern of if the match- more of if they sound good together. People want their children’s names to sound nice.

I think two kids names that are opposite in style isn’t a big deal, it’s having two or more kids with one style of name, and then one with a completely different style that makes that one kid seem like he/she doesn’t belong.

I don’t think it is too important to have matchy names. My first two kids do but I think the third will have something totally different.Just pick something you love!

I think it only matters if you want it to matter. Our oldest daughter’s name was fairly easily decided. Our next daughter was not as easy and we actually couldn’t come to an agreement until about a month before she was born. Now we’re expecting again and, as we don’t find out the gender ahead of time, we’re back to looking for another girls name. It has been rather difficult but we’re finally down to 4. If I was concerned about the names going together we’d really be in trouble. The names that I like are often very different from the names that my husband likes and therefore our "naming style" seems to be all over the place. I’m just looking to find a happy medium (a name we both like) at this point! That being said there are also definitely people who want their families to have a distinct feel to them. I think they are the ones who are looking for names that go together well...

Personally, I like names from the same "style family" (eg. Traditional, Vintage, Celtic, Mythological, Exotic etc...). But the bottom line is to choose names you love and that look and sound good together.

I personally do not think that it matters. I would rather say names I love the rest of my life than names that matched.

I think MOST names go well together. The only real exception seems to be when someone goes for super unique names or names that easily fit into a category (Greek goddesses, Welsh names, etc etc).

For instance, it would be kind of weird if you had Persephone, Demeter, Achilles, and Joe.

No , not always, it just sounds better when you name your kids if they’re all different styles. Logan, Ella, and Parker sounds better than Logan, Ella, and Donovan, for example. However, if I really loved a name, I’d use it even I’d it didn’t fit my kids names exactly. I don’t like it when sibling names end in the same sound either. But normally, I’d still use it:)