Sibsets: Is their importance overblown?

It’s long been a precept of Nameberry, and of our books—dating back to Beyond Jennifer & Jason and more recently in Beyond Ava & Aiden— that names of siblings should ideally share a similar style and feel, not matchy-matchy, certainly, but complementary yet distinct.  And thus the concept of sibsets was born.

We still feel that way, but we’ve been seeing something of a backlash emerging lately.  For instance, for the past couple of months, there has been an interesting thread on our forums, posted by a berry expressing concern about ‘breaking the mold’ set by her first daughter’s very feminine name, wondering if she was locked into choosing an equally feminine name for her second or could use a completely different kind of name that she has fallen in love with. A number of interesting points were raised, some people feeling that the whole sibset obsession has gotten out of hand and is unnecessarily restrictive. Where do you stand?

Are sibsets important to you?