Cousins with similar names?

cmw&tdm · February 2013

My sister named her daughter Genevieve. Just wondering ... would naming a future DD Vivian be too close?

HopeTay2g · February 2013

No that sounds fine.

RussianMommy · February 2013

if it's a cousin, it's not a big deal. The nickname for Genevieve is "Jenny" or "Eve" mostly (it was my great-grandmothers name and everyone called her Jenny) ..

kayjay10 · February 2013

mj.reilly:
I don't think that those are similar at all.

Agreed.

Stewartandmaura · February 2013

::comes out from lurking::

No. Not too similar.

Now, I wanted to name a DD Emily but my sister named her DD Emma Leigh... THAT is too similar.

Peanutz21 · February 2013

I don't think it's a big deal. My name is Diana and my aunt named her daughter Diana ... We are about 8 years apart.

stahlop · February 2013

They are similar in the fact that they are both French in origin, but otherwise, I don't find them similar at all.

If you'd said Kaitlyn and Kaylee or something like that, that would be similar.

TrudyCampbell · February 2013

I don't think they are similar at all.

bonniebrownhair · February 2013

No, they are not too similar at all. The only issue could be if they are calling her Vivi and you were planning to use the same nickname.

starshineamator · February 2013

Definitely not! I don't think that would be a problem at all.

guilletskichuk · February 2013

bonniebrownhair:
No, they are not too similar at all. The only issue could be if they are calling her Vivi and you were planning to use the same nickname.

This. But at least you would still have the formal names to use when they're around one another etc.

anvloveskme · February 2013

kayjay10:
mj.reilly:
I don't think that those are similar at all.
Agreed.

. Ditto

plunderb · February 2013

I don't think they're too similar.

cnomack · February 2013

I don't think that those names are too similar.

Cousins with similar names don't bother me, either. Actually, my cousin (who was born on the same day as me, 13 years later) and I have the same name. We're both Catherine (me)/Katherine (cousin) -- but she goes by Katie.