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same name as cousin?
DH and I have always had trouble with girl names, thank goodness 1st was a boy 
Anyway I came up with one he actually really likes, Emily Diane (Diane for DH's mom). Problem is Emily is my 1st cousin's name. She lives in another state, I see her maybe once a year and last name wouldn't be the same. Since we don't plan on telling family names til DC is here I won't be getting their opinions. Just wondering if anyone thinks this would be an issue? Thanks!
Anyway I came up with one he actually really likes, Emily Diane (Diane for DH's mom). Problem is Emily is my 1st cousin's name. She lives in another state, I see her maybe once a year and last name wouldn't be the same. Since we don't plan on telling family names til DC is here I won't be getting their opinions. Just wondering if anyone thinks this would be an issue? Thanks!
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Re: same name as cousin?
This, and if you don't see her that often I say go for it!
It's a great name
I don't see any issue, because it's your cousin's name. It's not like it would be LO's first cousin's name.
Our son's name is also the name of one of my DH's younger cousins. And my niece's name is the same name as one of their girl cousins as well. It happens
I personally wouldn't do it. I have a relatively small family though (only like 8 first cousins total), so I certainly would keep looking before I used one of their names.
And I disagree about it being better if the name is of someone older (your cousin) rather than someone younger (LO's cousin). To me it seems that you are naming after that person if it is someone older, so I find less of a problem with it if it is another young child in the family.
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My cousin and I have the same first and last (maiden) names, and almost shared a middle name, too. I don't think it's a problem at all. Plus, Emily is a very common name.
If you like it - I'd go for it. Will they have different last names?
I was considering asking my sister if she'd mind me naming my LO the same name as one of her 5 boys if I was preg with a boy - Micah. They would have lived in different states and have different last names.
I go by the same name as my SIL and we both have the same last name - once we figured out how to be identified by family it worked great - Todd's Amie and Jason's Aimee.
FYI, my other sis has a son named John and he has I think 2 cousins and an uncle on the other side with the same first and last name. Confusing at times but no one is bent out of shape about it. My nephew is younger than at least 1 cousin-but he was named after my oldest brother who passed away and our family thought it was VERY important that the first born boy in the family be named after him.
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Have to agree with you here. I'm playing the name game now and I'm trying to even avoid names of coworkers, family, friends and children of any of these people!!!! It isn't easy, but it's just my preference.
Go for it.
My brother in law and sister in law are due a month before me. If somehow they manage to use the name we've picked, we'll have some same-name cousins. Oh well!
In your situation, it's not even like the currently Emily is in the same age group as baby Emily. I don't think this will be confusing at all, especially given that you see her maybe once a year.
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