Too similar?

momoftess · July 2011

Hi there!

I have a four year old daughter, Teresa Lauren. We call her Tessie. Lauren is a blend of my mother's name, Laurie and my husband's mom, Karen. We are TTC and if we have another girl, I would like to name her Laura Elizabeth to honour my mom in both of my girls. Do you think the names are too similar?

tct1219 · July 2011

It is too similar for me but it's not awful. Do you not feel like you honored your mother enough or do you just love Laura and like that it also honors her? It just seems to me like there have to be a lot of family names or other people you can honor.

momoftess · July 2011

I do love it...and I just think my Mom is wonderful and thought it would be touching...but then again, I also want my children to have different names so perhaps Laura won't be an option. And there are so many names out there... Sometimes you just have to hear someone else's opinion to confirm what you already knew!

kayleighgarrett · July 2011

What about Loran? I went to high school with a girl who had this as her MN name and thought it was cute. I have never heard it before, excluding her. I also think it can still honor your mother.

AlphabetFish · July 2011

The name is fine, but I think one kid named after her is enough.

What about your mom's middle name? Or maybe combine Karen and Laurie again and get Carrie?

miababy · July 2011

I don't think it's too similar. It's not like you call your daughter by her mn. I have cousins who share a name. My aunt and uncle loved the name Michelle, so they gave it to my oldest cousin as a mn. When the next girl came along, they used it as her first name. It has never been a issue for the girls.

austenreader85 · July 2011

AlphabetFish:
The name is fine, but I think one kid named after her is enough.
What about your mom's middle name? Or maybe combine Karen and Laurie again and get Carrie?

ITA.