[Opinions] Thoughts on this sibset?
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As a twelve year old, I find these dated, but not bad if they were born in the 60s-80s. I wouldn’t pick any of these for a kid today though.
Too similar for siblings
Assuming the parents were going for maximum matchy, I'm picturing it like this:
Cathleen
Caroline (I assume the "line" is pronounced as "leen" in their accent?)
Christine
Colleen
So they're all C__een.
It's terrible but manageable if they all had nicknames. Cathy, Carrie, Chris, and Collie (or just Colleen) don't sound too similar. If Chris is actually the only one with a nickname, and Cathleen/Kathleen and Colleen are just called their full 'leen' names all the time, that could be a problem.
If Caroline is "line" instead of "leen", then she's the odd one out.
Cathleen
Caroline (I assume the "line" is pronounced as "leen" in their accent?)
Christine
Colleen
So they're all C__een.
It's terrible but manageable if they all had nicknames. Cathy, Carrie, Chris, and Collie (or just Colleen) don't sound too similar. If Chris is actually the only one with a nickname, and Cathleen/Kathleen and Colleen are just called their full 'leen' names all the time, that could be a problem.
If Caroline is "line" instead of "leen", then she's the odd one out.
This message was edited 3/15/2024, 3:19 PM
The Caroline is “line”.
This sibset makes it very obvious to me that "leen" became dated while "line/ine" stayed in.
I chose Caroline for my first daughter; don't like the others much at all.
The sound is repeated but not the spelling? Or could Kathleen be Cathleen? Matching initials must surely have caused problems at some point; perhaps if those were really the parents' favourite names, they (or one or two of them at least) could have been mns.
I really don't enjoy matching initials. My friend comes from a family which gave all the kids A names. When she married, she bravely named her son a (thoroughly unattractive!) B name, but then she lost her nerve and has two daughters, Abigail and Alexandra.
The sound is repeated but not the spelling? Or could Kathleen be Cathleen? Matching initials must surely have caused problems at some point; perhaps if those were really the parents' favourite names, they (or one or two of them at least) could have been mns.
I really don't enjoy matching initials. My friend comes from a family which gave all the kids A names. When she married, she bravely named her son a (thoroughly unattractive!) B name, but then she lost her nerve and has two daughters, Abigail and Alexandra.
Too matchy
Feels very "Flowers in the Attic"-esque. Which is kinda cool in a creepy retro way.
They’re way too close! I would feel like I don’t have my own identity in that family.
I think they've got a clear theme going on here! I do really like Caroline, I'm good with Christine, and am not a particular fan of Kathleen or Colleen, though I find them tolerable. Together, Im not huge on the rhyming of some of them, but I don't think they're too similar
This message was edited 3/13/2024, 3:12 PM
The sisters' names are too matchy for my taste. Kathleen, Christine & Colleen have similar sounds/looks in the beginnings and endings of their names. Caroline is not as bad if they pronounce the ending as "line" instead of "leen".
They do pronounce it as line!