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brideonjuly8 · July 2010

this may or may not be about me.[Poll]

ali-1411 · July 2010

I'm not sure. I think it would depend on how I thought cousin would react and how much I care about her reaction.

jessicaskyy · July 2010

I wouldn't, just because I can see a lot of confusion by my family.

ETA: Not as to why I named her the same as my cousin's baby, but which baby is being spoken about. Does that even make sense??

rssnlvr · July 2010

In theory, I think that it doesn't matter, that names are free for the taking. In practice, I probably couldn't get past it and would want something that had not been used so recently and by someone so close.

L L CG · July 2010

I would. We might do this if we ever have a boy.

My favorite boy name is William. DH's nephew is William. He's 8. I actually told my SIL that I was glad we were having a girl because I would have been a little disappointed I couldn't name a boy William, and she looked so confused. "Why not?" she asked. She didn't care in the least. She did say that it would be easier if we called him William because she calls hers Will, but she didn't care about us "stealing" his name.

If its a common name (like William is) I think parents just assume its so common that there are naturally going to be others with that name. Its a risk you run.

SaraLouiseBride08 · July 2010

I answered Yes. My name is Sara and I have a cousin named Sarah. It's never been an issue. My cousin was born several years before me (Dad's sister's daughter), and my mother had always known her first daughter would be Sara (after my mother's mother who passed away). Granted, we only see each other on major holidays, but really .... I was probably 16 or so before I realized it was even possiblely weird that we had the same name. It was just like knowing anyone else named Sara.

txbabs111 · July 2010

I don't see anything wrong with more than one baby in the family having the same name. I have 2 cousins named Jana (both on my mom's side of the family). It's not that hard to figure out who you're talking about. I say as long as you're not going all "George Foreman" and naming your own kids the same thing, you're fine.

ndluvsrk · July 2010

I think it depends on a variety of factors like how often you'll see them, how you will feel about them having the same name, how your cousin feels about it, etc..

Would it bother you if she was having a boy and she named him S's name?

It's a tough call, but if you really really love the name and you can't find something else that you totally love and that you and DH agree on, you might regret it later if you don't give her that special name.

userdeleted · July 2010

A cousin I am close with had a baby boy a month before Charlie was born. His name is Charlie too

So yes I would do it, but I will say that I spoke with her about it first and made sure she was ok with it.

sejabernathy · July 2010

ali-1411:
I'm not sure. I think it would depend on how I thought cousin would react and how much I care about her reaction.

THIS!

DH has a cousin who named their daughter Braelyn and our DS is Braylon (pronounced the same)

As far as confusion, we have a bunch of confusion with names. Ha ha the above mentioned cousins' wife shares the same name as me just spelled minus 1 letter. DH and DS 1 have the same first name but different middle names (i did NOT want a jr but definitely wanted to use the name since its a unique spelling). Thats just to name a few...

I guess it just depends on the person.

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