Does anyone have a weird rule when it comes to kids names and what sounds good to you?

This is not to judge anyone's names. I just don't like the sound of them for my own kids. I also dislike my own name because it's Kylie Marie. Both names have two syllables and I really hate it. If my middle had 1 or 3 syllables I'd like it better

Not really, it’s more of a case by case basis for me, I think some combos work better than others depending on the actual name choice. But I really like family names as middle names anyways so the meaning would outweigh the flow for me. I think the most important bit is that first and last name go well together as middle names are rarely used

Not really to each their own. I personally don’t love “old school” names or even 90’s names. No thank you to William, Edward, Stephanie, Lauren. Just personal preference.

I mean I don’t really care and don’t mean to offend but the thing that comes to mind for me is spelling. For example Leigh always feels very unnecessary.

My only rule is that they are spelt properly and have no family names. I hated my name growing up because it's spelt "wrong" it absolutely did not make me feel unique, it made me feel left out when it came to school trips and I was one of about 3 people in class that couldn't buy anything personalised from the gift shop.

I don’t have a preference but oddly, both of my children have 2 syllable first names and 3 syllable middle names. And our last name is 4 syllables.

Has to be uncommon and have a good meaning to it.

I like last names as first names, nothing common and love gender neutral

Not really but I have worked in childcare for over 10 years so it was tough picking a name that didn’t remind me of a child I’d cared for!

I would never pick names that start with vowels. There are some I love the sound of but won’t pick because it’s a vowel lol

I like slightly uncommon names but not silly. Both my children have 4 letter names, if I had another I'd use a 4 letter name again.

I don’t have a strict rule just something that sounds right. Not too mouthy when saying their full name and has a nice ring to it. That’s the best way I can explain it 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

My daughter is Aoife which is (eefa) Irish as I have an Irish background but live in uk so most people struggle with it, if we were to have another girl it would be an Irish name again, if we had a boy we already had a name picked if our girl was a boy so would use that which is not Irish but still suits Aoife haha

Just preferably not very common And meaning is important to me And… I want their names to compliment mine

My first child has syllables in 3, 2, 1 order so first name and 2 middles Second has 2, 1, 1 Not intentionally but I believe it sounds better to have long syllable name followed by a short.

All my kids start with A. My oldest son has AD A for my dad and D for my mom. My second son.. is AA.. the second A is my dad's first name.. he had my last name at birth, but I changed his to their dad's last name to be nice. My fiance (not the boys' bio dad) chose her name, which was sweet as it's also an A. My dad's sons are all A's, so I wanted to keep that tradition.

Rare names for me - being a teacher makes it tricky to find names that you haven't already associated with another child!

@Phoebe ughhh and you yourself have the cutest more uncommon name (in the U.S.) and I actually know a Brontë too!

@Asha aww thank you so much. And aw do you? 😊 I've heard it a couple of times on TV, but I've never met one or taught one thankfully! And when I've googled it with her middle name, nobody really comes up 😁

@Phoebe I do lol and they’re also a shepherd and a theologian very cool interesting person I’ve never met a Braunwyn in person but that’s the vibes Brontë gives me It’s cool to have a name that not EVERYONE has My first and last my first and middle my first middle and last lol I’m the ONLY and I like that lol my partner though 🤣 his name is Jordan Michael and he’s FAR from the only here in the states

I did all A names for my kids. So far we have Ace, Axel, and Alphonse. Depending on the gender of this next baby, it’ll be either Aizen or Annabelle. Also all our middle names have the pattern of honoring a family member. So, we defiantly have a pattern in the names we choose.

I don’t like when first, last, middle names end in the same vowel sound

I don’t like when other people shorten my kids name or give a nickname that I didn’t agree to. Sounds weird but I didn’t know how much it would bother me until it started happening for myself daughter. Like if you don’t hear me referring to her as that name why would you just start calling her it? Or at least ask me if it’s ok or if we have a nickname we prefer and use? So now I’m thinking of names for my second and I’m struggling because I keep thinking of what people might call her, so some names I like but then decide I don’t because I don’t like the shortened or nickname version. I know it does t bother everyone but it has been hard for me 😂

Long first and last with short middle or short first and last with long middle, I broke the rule with my last but It helps me when picked names

And no rhyming of first and last for some reason it gives me the ick

@Riley My little sisters spells out MARZ so we always called her Marzipan

@Brielle I understand that one. Everyone like to shorten my youngest child’s name to Alfie. I tell them they can call him Al as a nickname but we really don’t like the nick name Alfie. Full name is Alphonse.

I liked mine to have different sounding endings 😅 Harley Dreama Emerald... And started with a different letter

I really like Victorian names that are longer but can be shortened to something also cute (my daughter’s name is Clementine and I call her Clemmie and I looove the name Henrietta shortened to Etta)