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Aimee and Jamie?
I realized something last night.. *couldn't sleep so I had to deal with random thoughts going through my mind*Two of the top three names on my girls list rhyme: Aimee Renee and Jamie Brianna... Aimee and Jamie.. AH!My question: Would it be terrible to someday use the two names on daughters? I've never liked the idea of giving children names that rhyme, but I also don't like the idea of giving up my favorite names, as I have special reasons for wanting to use both of them.WDYT?

This message was edited 2/1/2005, 2:10 PM

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I know what ya mean. I loved the n sound for boys. Evan, Owen, Jackson, Ian, Devin and Ryan. Well unfortunately my last name has two syllables and end in and n. I didn't like the rhyme, so I just chose others. I quickly fell in love with new ones. If I were you I'd just choose one.
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But Aimée isn't pronounced AY-mee!It's properly pronounced eh-meh (the Anglo versions of this is e-MAY, which I say). Aimée pronounced AY-mee is just a kre8iv spelling of Amy. I dislike it because it's an old pet peeve of mine: it looks ignorant of the name's origin. For this reason, I much prefer Amy to Aimée if you're pronouncing the name AY-mee.Aimée Renée itself is horribly rhymey to me in their proper (albeit somewhat Anglicised) pronunciations: e-MAY re-NAY? AY-mee re-NAY isn't so bad though.Jamie I prefer on a boy, but I can tolerate it fine on a girl. Brianna's trendy and the N looks superfluous and tacky to me; Briana looks much more substantial and less "little girly" to me. Jamie Briana flows well to me.And as for your question: AY-mee and JAY-mee is just too rhymey and cutesy for siblings. Sorry.Oh, and I apologise if I seem harsh, especially on the AY-mee versus e-MAY issue. It's just one of my biggest pet peeves regarding naming. As for the other things, I just told you how I honestly felt. :-)Miranda
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what if you pronounced Aimee the proper way like ah-may of e-may i cant remember exactly. then again would continouisly mispronounced. still Aimee and Jamie are really too close in sound and spelling. someone said change ordering and one become mn - is an idea as you can still use them both. Someone else already said you never know - you might not have 2 daughters!
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yes, I think it would be terrible, especially for twins! Sorry. If you are going to do it, just dont spell it Aimee & Jaimee.
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I think rhyming sib names would be too confusing. If you absolutely love both names considering using one as a first name and the other as a mn. Either way I wouldn't worry about it too much. You might end up with a partner who dislikes both names or have only boys.
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I think that you could use them I don't think it would matter. If you like the names and have special reasons to use them then you should.btw, I know of this sib set:
Amy
Jamie
James(The parents thought that they were only going to have the tow girls so they named the second one Jamie after the dad, five years later they had James who got the dads full name.)So if you think its bad to have Aimee and Jamie, just think of them and dont feel SO bad!Tate
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Thanks, your post is much appreciated.And like everyone else has said, there is the possibility I won't have two girls...
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I wouldn't use the for siblings, as they rhyme too much. Jamie practically has the name Aimee within. It wouldn't be fair to the children. I would suggest using one of those names as a middle name for another child.
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