{"id":10165,"date":"2014-07-18T06:04:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T10:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=10165"},"modified":"2015-01-29T21:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T01:33:47","slug":"baby-girl-alber-sister-to-charlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2014\/07\/18\/baby-girl-alber-sister-to-charlie\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Alber, Sister to Charlie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

You helped us (through a private consultation) name our little boy Charlie almost 18 months ago. Now we’re expecting his little brother or sister in early October and would love some input from you and your readers.<\/p>\n

The issue this time around? Finding a good match to go with Charlie. Our favorite names are Audrey for a girl and Henry for a boy. Despite these being our clear favorites, I’m hesitant because the rey\/ry endings seem perhaps too close to Charlie’s name. So the question is, am I over thinking this? Or should we avoid these names and move on to others we are also considering?<\/p>\n

For more information Charlie’s full name is Charles Gray (sounds a lot like, but isn’t quite) Alber. We call him Charlie 99% of the time. Gray is my mother’s maiden name and is my middle name. This baby’s middle name will be Bryce (my maiden name).<\/p>\n

For a girl, in addition to Audrey, we also like:
\nEmilia (but maybe a little too fancy paired with Charlie?)
\nEliza (or maybe Elizabeth with the nickname Eliza?)
\nLouisa (also seems a bit fancy with Charlie)
\nSadie<\/p>\n

For a boy, in addition to Henry, we also like:
\nSamuel (nickname Sam)
\nJonah
\nJack (but maybe sounds a bit..geriatric…when paired with Alber?)<\/p>\n

Names we like but can’t use:
\nCaroline (my absolute favorite name, but I had to give it up when we named Charlie)
\nEleanor (another big favorite, but too close to my mother in law’s name, Ellen, and Jewish families do not name children after living relatives)
\nAlexandra (a little alliteration is ok, but Alexandra Alber is too much)
\nMolly (love this one with Charlie, but we already know several little Mollys)
\nJosephine\/Josie (my husband vetoed, sigh)
\nSabrina (also vetoed)
\nNathaniel\/Nathan\/Nate (too close to my name, which is Natalie)
\nTheodore\/Teddy (another favorite, but already used by close friends)<\/p>\n

So please Swistle, and your insightful and creative readers, help us name baby Alber!<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n

Natalie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I don’t think the endings of Audrey and Henry are too close to the ending of the name Charlie, so I would stop right there and not even move on to the other names on the list. I think a second -lie\/-ly ending (Lily, for example) might be too matchy, and that having a group of, say, four children all ending in -ie\/-y (Charlie, Audrey, Henry, Ivy) might be too matchy, but if you hadn’t pointed it out for Charlie\/Henry or Charlie\/Audrey, I wouldn’t have noticed it. It further works in your favor that Charlie is a nickname for Charles: Charles\/Henry and Charles\/Audrey aren’t too similar at all, and I don’t think it matters nearly as much how nicknames fit.<\/p>\n

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Name update!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi there,<\/p>\n

Our sweet baby girl arrived on October 9. I took one look at her and knew she was our little Audrey.\u00a0 Thanks so much for all the wonderful feedback.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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