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Help[Opinions] Fiona & Freya
I admit I don't love the sound of the two names together, but do you think that if you really loved the names, it would be ok to name Fiona's little sister Freya? Or is the alliteration too much?
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They are kind of similar, but if you really love them both, I say go for it!
I love both names, by the way.
I love both names, by the way.
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Its ok to me. I like both names but they might be too similar.
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Two children with the same letter is a coincidence. Three is a cutesy theme. Just make sure #3 doesn't start with an F and all will be well.
I love both names, BTW. I prefer "Fionnuala and Freja," but "Fiona and Freya" are terrific as well.
I love both names, BTW. I prefer "Fionnuala and Freja," but "Fiona and Freya" are terrific as well.
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I like Freja or Freyja too, but I was thinking she might have more name misspellings and mispronouciations with the "j." Still, Freja looks very pretty.
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I love both names and think they sound very nice together.
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I'd be surprised to see them together. They seem out of sync where I live, because Fiona is most popular for women in their late 30s and 40s, and Freya is newly popular for babies.
To draw a US comparison, it would be a bit like sisters named Karen and Madison.
Other than that, I don't mind the sound of the names together. People might assume you matched the names on purpose, but you'd know that wasn't the case :-)
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To draw a US comparison, it would be a bit like sisters named Karen and Madison.
Other than that, I don't mind the sound of the names together. People might assume you matched the names on purpose, but you'd know that wasn't the case :-)
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This message was edited 9/14/2005, 7:49 AM
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I hadn't thought of the generational gap between the names in the UK. That's interesting to know. Thanks for sharing. I still love them both. It's funny that in the US the name Fiona is fairly popular (at least on the social security top 1000 list) while Freya isn't even on the chart. It wouldn't surpise me if Freya became more popular in the US in a few more years.
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No, it is ok. I personally dislike Fiona (fion = ass in French), but Freya is very nice (although a bit out there).
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Hee hee...now I can say 'ass' in French!
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I think the alliteration is too much, especially since F is an unusual initial letter. I think pairs with more common letters (Jasmine and Julia or Kaitlyn and Kenzie, etc.) would be less noticeable. It's really a shame though, I love Freya and Fiona too, and can't decide which I like more.
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Good point about the fact that F is an unusual initial letter. It's funny because I usually like names that begin with "A" or "E", softer names, but my husband doesn't like those (Aurora for example) so we end up compomising with "F" names. Our second choice is Guinevere. Fiona & Guinevere seem to sound much better together. Both are also mythological too. But there's something about Freya I like better.
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I guess it would be alright to use Fiona and Freya as sisters. I mean, I might use Cerys/Charlotte with Cassandra, and to me, even that's a tad close (too many C's). But if you plan on having more children, and you don't continue the F theme, the other child/children will feel left out.
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Is this really so?
Do children really care about and compare their names like that? Also, if she had 2 children with F-names and 2 or more without, how would the non F-children feel left out.
Besides, I think more F-names are good options:
Girl: Faith, Felicia, Felicity, Filippa, Fleur, Flora, Francesca, Francine
Boy: Fabian, Felix, Finn, Finian, Finlay, Forrest, Francis, Franklin
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Do children really care about and compare their names like that? Also, if she had 2 children with F-names and 2 or more without, how would the non F-children feel left out.
Besides, I think more F-names are good options:
Girl: Faith, Felicia, Felicity, Filippa, Fleur, Flora, Francesca, Francine
Boy: Fabian, Felix, Finn, Finian, Finlay, Forrest, Francis, Franklin
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Well some might, first of all she might only have three children not four or more, the third child may or may not feel left out he or she may be glad to be different you can never tell
but Children do compare names
Its a slightly different situation but my neice Victoria is still a bit upset that she is the only one in our family not to have a middle name especially since one of her cousins has Victoria as her middle name
Someone else I know was upset as a child because she was the only one of five children not to have a family name as a middle name, she said it made her feel as if she wasnt wanted as much as the others
A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
but Children do compare names
Its a slightly different situation but my neice Victoria is still a bit upset that she is the only one in our family not to have a middle name especially since one of her cousins has Victoria as her middle name
Someone else I know was upset as a child because she was the only one of five children not to have a family name as a middle name, she said it made her feel as if she wasnt wanted as much as the others
A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
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I think both names are great. They go together well b/c both names are romantic and mythological.
Too much for whom anyway? If you like it, it is not "too much". I would only consider it too much if
1) The names were confusingly similar (like Freya and Frieda)
2) It was the same name in different variants (like Caitlin and Karen)
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Too much for whom anyway? If you like it, it is not "too much". I would only consider it too much if
1) The names were confusingly similar (like Freya and Frieda)
2) It was the same name in different variants (like Caitlin and Karen)
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Thanks for your advice. Yes, that's what I wanted: two romantic and mythological names. Good point about the names not being confusingly similar or variants. When I said "too much" I was thinking that while I don't like the sound of the two names together, I do like them individually, and most of the time, the girls would be addressed individually anyway. By the way, I noticed in your description that you are from Sweden. Is "Freya" popular in Sweden? I'd be curious to know what people there think of the name since they are of course more familiar with the myths. Thanks.
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In Sweden it is spelt Freja. Currently No. 85. Frida is more popular (No. 33). Freja is well known as the goddess of love and beauty, and some find it "over the top" but others don't mind or like the mythological aspect. Frida has been popular for many years but Freja's popularity is new.
One naming trend in Sweden is international, often Irish or English names. But another one is names from the Vikings' time, like Saga, Tyra, Erik and Hugo.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
One naming trend in Sweden is international, often Irish or English names. But another one is names from the Vikings' time, like Saga, Tyra, Erik and Hugo.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I wouldn't do it because they have somewhat similar sounds, but if they're your favorites, I don't think they're too similar.
I love both names and think that they sound alright together.
I love both names and think that they sound alright together.
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I think they would be ok as sister names.
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