{"id":15826,"date":"2022-03-27T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T19:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15826"},"modified":"2022-03-27T15:05:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T19:05:54","slug":"baby-naming-issue-do-margot-and-norah-work-as-sibling-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/03\/27\/baby-naming-issue-do-margot-and-norah-work-as-sibling-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Naming Issue: Do Margot and Norah Work as Sibling Names?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

My husband and I just found out that we are having a second daughter, who will be our last child. Our first-born daughter\u2019s name is Margot, which we picked easily because it is so classy, fun, and distinctive all wrapped into one. Problem is, we\u2019re having a hard time finding another girl name that \u201cfits\u201d with such a strong and standalone name such as Margot.<\/p>\n

We do have a #1 contender, which is Norah. We both love the name and prefer it with the H since it feels stronger and more distinctive to us that way. Margot and Norah are both names that end with silent letters, which I can\u2019t tell if it helps them \u201cfit\u201d (and they can bond over their silent letters and misspellings) or if it is just overkill and looks like a bit much when they\u2019re written out together. However, I don\u2019t think either of us want to spell it Nora just for this reason.<\/p>\n

I had originally written off Norah as an option because Margot and Norah sound a little funny to me together, as if they are too similar. Both names hinge on the central R letter, and have the same \u201coh\u201d and \u201cah\u201d sounds, just reversed. My concern is that they are just not unique enough from each other. And yelling them at a distance could be hard to tell them apart (however important or not important that is). Then again I know plenty of families of little girls with the same \u201c-ia\u201d or \u201c-ie\u201d or \u201c-en\u201d endings and no one seems to notice that much. (I do know of an Ella and Nell sister pair, which is way too similar for my taste!)<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve run through lists of girl names but nothing else feels particularly right, which is how I came back around on Norah. My husband has a huge, close family so there are a few names I would definitely consider if we didn\u2019t already have close cousins with them:
\nEloise
\nEliza
\nAvery<\/p>\n

I have also always liked the name Ellie (big el theme) but we prefer to just give our child a standalone name without a nickname and I\u2019m not sure I can get over how cutesy Ellie is on its own. My husband is not a fan for this reason. We also both don\u2019t particularly like the very trendy \u201c-ia\u201d endings for girls that have been in the top ten for awhile now. It would be cool to find a name that starts with a Z (distinct!), but Zoe(y) is out (it is the name of friends and former dogs of both of ours) and the other Z names feel too far afield.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 alternative suggestions to Norah, and\/or thoughts on Margot and Norah together? I\u2019m torn. We know for sure her middle name will be Logan (family name) and we do really like how Norah Logan sounds.<\/p>\n

Thank you for any help!
\n-K<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

If I encountered sisters named Margot and Norah, I wouldn’t think anything was odd about the combination, or worry the names would be confused when hollered; and I wouldn’t even notice the other things you mention about letters and vowels. I would only think what nice names they were, and that they were a nice sibling pairing. I think it’s only when we look very carefully at names, as many of us do before making our final decision, that we notice all these little things—but you’ve dug thoroughly and well, and I don’t think you’ve found anything that rules out the name, or even makes it an awkward choice. I think once you use the name, all of those issues will recede far into the distance.<\/p>\n

So, clearly I think you can\/should\/will use the name Norah. If for whatever reason you DON’T use it, or if it would help to just talk about names a little bit, I will say a few names that occurred to me as I was reading the letter:<\/p>\n

Fiona; Margot and Fiona.<\/p>\n

Simone; Margot and Simone.<\/p>\n

Celeste; Margot and Celeste.<\/p>\n

Lydia; Margot and Lydia.<\/p>\n

Vivian; Margot and Vivian.<\/p>\n

Winifred; Margot and Winifred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle, My husband and I just found out that we are having a second daughter, who will be our last child. Our first-born daughter\u2019s name is Margot, which we picked easily because it is so classy, fun, and distinctive all wrapped into one. Problem is, we\u2019re having a hard time finding another girl name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-47g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15829,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826\/revisions\/15829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}