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My fn and maiden ln alliterated, and it never bothered me or anyone else. Together, my three names made a word, and that was a bit tedious but nothing to worry about.

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I wouldn't reject a name I loved because it alliterated with my ln, but nor would I deliberately seek out a name that did.

In general, I like alliteration, but it does depend on the names in question, and some letters are easier to alliterate than others. When it works, I think alliteration adds energy to a name and makes it more memorable. When it doesn't, the name sounds awkward or cartoonish.

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R is one of those letters that is borderline difficult for me to alliterate. Sometimes, it sounds like Scooby-Doo is talking ("Ruh-roh!"). Having a different number of syllables and few, if any, other shared sounds helps a lot.

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Tl;dr: If Rose works well with your last name, go for it.

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I think it works well with some letters but not with others. I think R is one of the letters with which it works well. In fact, my last name begins with an R and there was a good chance I would have named a daughter Rebecca. In the end I didn't, because I found a name I liked a little more than I like Rebecca, but one of the things I hated giving up when I chose Victoria instead was the alliteration of Rebecca R. I think you should use Rose if you love it.

I may be slightly biased in this subject because all of my names begin with the letter M. I've only ever had compliments about my name and the alliteration, in my experience it makes my name very easy to remember despite my surname not being very common and sometimes difficult to pronounce.
I love alliteration between first and last, first and middle, and even middle and last or all the names!

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I generally enjoy alliteration but prefer the names not to rhyme.

I don't mind most alliterations and there are some I prefer to others. For example, something like Hilary Hamilton sounds great to me yet Frank Farmer doesn't. Re: Rose, I think it should sound fine with any R name unless it's Rose, Roseman, Rossi, etc. :-)

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My hangup is the last syllable of a name running into the surname. Our surname begins with B and I just didn't care for the sound of Elizabeth, Rebecca or Isabella paired with it.

I'm a fan of alliteration ... unless it sounds phrasey or is difficult to say.

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Because Rose is an English word, alliteration with surnames often can sound vaguely phrasey. And it's often difficult to say an alliteration with the letter R. So it depends on the surname.

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Rose Richland = yes
Rose Royston = no (rolls royce)
Rose Reinhard = yes
Rose Rowland = eh, not so great, but not bad enough to give up a favorite name.
Rose Roberts = yes
Rose Roper = ok
Rose Rodriguez = yes
Rose Russell = no (rustle)

I like alliteration in names I feel it makes them memorable. My own name is alliterative. My given name is a three-syllable H name and my surname is a two-syllable H name.

It depends on the names themselves. My niece, a cousin and uncle all have firstname lastname alliteration, and I never thought about it.

I use to not like it, but now I do (depending on the combo). It makes the name more memorable I think.

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I use to discount my "R" favorites because my last name also starts with an "R," but if you love the name, and it doesn't sound TOO silly, then why not?

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I struggle with this when it comes to Romy, which I adore. But as a combo with my last name she'd essentially end up being 'Romy Rumble' - I haven't decided wether that's sort of charming or just too twee...

I am not a huge fan.... but when I meet someone with that kind of alliteration in their name... I am impressed at teh gutsyness of their parents.

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I know a guy names Daniel McDaniel and a girl named Tarah Terrance. Totally memorable names, comic-bookish even.

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I was literally (about 5 minutes ago) thinking about how most Comic characters are alliterative (Pepper Potts for example) and how we remember their names for it.

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So, while my first thoughts about alliteration are "no, ew... don't do that!"... upon restrospection, I see no reason not to.

I think it depends on the names, but I like alliteration myself a lot of the time. I like how poetic it sounds... but I don't know if you'll get any real consensus here. I think I remember a split between like/dislike in the last few topics on alliteration. Some people think it's cheesy lol

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Some of my favorite combos have alliteration, or almost alliterate:

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Corvo Noah Corentin
Corvo Cian

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Clara Calanthe
Clara Camille
Clara Corisande

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Lenora Leigh Stella
Lenora Leigh Winter
Lenora Leigh Jacoba

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Theodosia Enora Tempest

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This message was edited 1/16/2015, 10:29 AM