SIL (DH's sister) and I are both due this summer with our third. She's due less than 3 weeks before me with a boy. We're Team Green, but since we already have 2 boys, I have a feeling we'll have another boy. I plan to use a "C" first name for a boy to honor my grandmother who passed away last year. For a girl, I'm planning to use a "C" name as a middle name. I'm Jewish (DH isn't) and it's common to name children after relatives who have passed away. DH doesn't like to seriously talk about names until the end. The one conversation we've had, we only agreed on Chase. We pretty much vetoed most of the names the other one suggested.
I haven't spoken to SIL about names yet, but she's very into family names. When our other SIL was visiting, I found out that DH's sister has chosen Charles, which is the name of their uncle. When I mentioned it to DH, he confirmed that she has talked about that name previously and wanted to use the nickname Chaz. I asked DH if he thinks Chase is too similar to Charles/Chaz and he said yes.
If I could pick any name I wanted, I don't know that Chase would be my first choice, but with wanting to honor my grandmother, it's one of the "C" names I like best and has really grown on me. So WDYT? Are the names too similar and we should go back to the drawing board? Of all of our siblings, DH's sister is probably the one we're closest with.
Re: Too similar?
We're visiting SIL in a few weeks so I plan to talk with her and see how she feels. I don't want to step on any toes although she's pretty easy going and may not care at all. I appreciate the opinions.
Again, I appreciate the feedback from everyone.
A very similar ghing thing happened with my SIL. Our daughters were born 3 weeks apart (they were team pink, we were team green and chosen a name until she was born). It didn't occur to me until later that both girls were named with E first names and were also named for their same great-grandmother (one used her first name, one used her middle name). Oops! But, it's all good!!
They're not the SAME name, so go for it!