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R.S. asks from Royal Oak, MI on July 22, 2010

Boy Names That Go with Aidan: Owen or Jacob?

Hi everyone,

My best friend is having a baby any day now and her and her husband can't decide which name goes with their 5 year old boy's name, Aiden. So please help me help them. They are concerned Owen is too similiar to Aidan, but also can't decide which they love more Jacob or Owen. What do you think? Aidan and Owen or Aidan and Jacob?

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C.R. answers from Detroit on July 23, 2010

I like Owen but I also associate it to thrown Momma from the Train (the movie with Danny Devito) where she keeps screaming OWENNNNNN lol

I like Jacob better but I like it spelled Jaycob, but is a family thing for use everyone has a Y in their name, We just had a grandson and he was Gryffin.

Good Luck they will know the correct name to call him when he is born. Who knows he might not be an Owen or Jacob after they see him but a Sam.

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E.M. answers from Los Angeles on July 22, 2010

i don't like either with Aidan. I just had my second son with the same name and made the middle name Kai. I always liked exotic names thought. congratulations to your best friend.

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R.J. answers from Seattle on July 22, 2010

I know too many little girls who are being named Owen, so I'm beginning to associate Owen as a girls name (like Whitney, Carrol, and others before that used to be boy's names). So I would vote for Jacob.

It's a little discordant to the ear because Aiden is Celtic, and Jacob is middle eastern (Yay-cob -phonetically- being an old Jewish name).

It really is an ear thing though. Just as an example, take the top 100 Irish names, and nearly every one "flows" better to the ear with the Gaelic name Aiden:

Conor
Sean
Jack
James
Adam
Michael
David
Aaron
Daniel
Dylan
Shane
Cian
Ryan
Luke
John
Eoin
Mark
Patrick
Thomas
Jordan
Liam
Jamie
Stephen
Matthew
Oisin
Nathan
Robert
Andrew
Darragh
Ciaran
Joseph
Dean
Kevin
Evan
Jason
Brian
Niall
Ben
Paul
Christopher
Eoghan
Cathal
Ross
Joshua
Ronan
Lee
Darren
Peter
Craig
William
Jake
Anthony
Alan
Colm
Cormac
Samuel
Alex
Gavin
Killian
Kyle
Cillian
Padraig
Richard
Ian
Martin
R.
Brandon
Alexander
Aidan
Harry
Karl
Gary
Kieran
Keith
Benjamin
Ethan
Leon
Philip
Callum
Colin
Edward
Gerard
Scott
Brendan
Owen
Dillon
Jonathan
Sam
Barry
Eric
Shaun
Daragh
Donal
Diarmuid
Lorcan
Tadhg
Cameron
Fionn
Neil
Reece

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S.S. answers from Chicago on July 22, 2010

my grandson's name is Ayden Hunter it goes really well together.

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S.R. answers from Detroit on July 23, 2010

Since you did not request any new names, only our opinion of your choices listed, I would say name him Aidan Jacob.
Aidan Owen has too many vowels sounds and you'd probably shout out
"Odan Ayen" by mistake. LOL.
Best of luck with your new bundle of joy!

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H.J. answers from Austin on July 22, 2010

I personally can't stand Owen. I have never seen the appeal with that name...lol. I can't help but think of Owen brand sausage (maybe that's a southern thing). In this case, Owen being a name they like, I would chose Jacob, simply because it sounds better. The "en" in Owen and "an" in Aidan sound to similar. So, I think the better choice is Jacob. :)

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S.N. answers from Houston on July 23, 2010

My vote is Owen but that is only because I love Owen Wilson. :-)

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A.H. answers from Lansing on July 23, 2010

I like Owen with Aiden. I think they are cute together.

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C.R. answers from Kansas City on July 22, 2010

I like Aiden and Jacob!

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A.H. answers from Chicago on July 22, 2010

My vote goes with a different twist. I would go with something that is a little less "flow off the tongue". such as Aiden and Michael or Aiden and Bishop.

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M.F. answers from Detroit on July 23, 2010

They both sound good but Aidan and Jacob for me would have to be said in reverse order. Jacob and Aidan flow better in that order. Not sure if that makes sense LOL.

At the end of the day I don't really think it matters how they "flow" you pick what ya like. I actually never gave any thought to how my two kids names would flow together. I just made sure they sounded good with our last name.

I just re-read the post and Owen stands out more to me. I like it better. They can always make one the middle name too. If they do that I think Jacob Owen sounds better.

Congrats to your friends!

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C.R. answers from Detroit on July 23, 2010

I like Owen but I also associate it to thrown Momma from the Train (the movie with Danny Devito) where she keeps screaming OWENNNNNN lol

I like Jacob better but I like it spelled Jaycob, but is a family thing for use everyone has a Y in their name, We just had a grandson and he was Gryffin.

Good Luck they will know the correct name to call him when he is born. Who knows he might not be an Owen or Jacob after they see him but a Sam.

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W.T. answers from San Diego on July 22, 2010

For some reason I think "Aidan and Owen" is hard to say....for example if someone asked them their kids' names. Aidan and Jacob is easier to say.