Question about baby names

Soooooo~I didn't want to crash on the pregnancy board on LIF, so I'll ask you lovelies your opinions:
We are going to be TTC soon and of course I have been going over baby names in my head.
Would you veto a name that you LOVED because someone in DH's family had a child with a similar name? Just curious...

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OH i totally know what you mean

in the end no i wouldnt veto one of my top choice names - everyone needs to do whats best for them!

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it it was a similar name, i would not veto it ... but if it was the same exact name, i probably would (unless it was a fairly common name)

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hmmm no if it was a top choice, I dont think so. But it depends...If it was his nephew or niece maybe...but a cousin, nope!

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Similar def no. If its the same exact name, then it totally depends...but I agree - you guys have to do whats best for you and if its your top pick name, well then...go for it!

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I think it all depends! If the name is popular, I don't see why not. If it's a little more unique, I might ask the relative.

I was a little ridiculous and vetoed names for all sorts of reasons. I'm glad I did though because we wound up with a name we LOVE. We knew we'd have a name that began with an R after DH's mom. DH and I loved the name Rebecca, but his ex girlfriend's sister's named that. I know that sounds extreme, but if you knew how vile this ex was, you'd be vetoing any association from her too! We both loved Remi, but DH has a cousin named Remi. I never met the cousin, but DH said if I could veto a name for (what he considered) a dumb reason, he could veto a name because a family member had it. I got his point, haha.

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Thanks ladies

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my inlaws named a kid after both of them.

no seriously.

plus, my brother is a junior. and DH has an uncle with the same name.

i dont think we're going to have this problem but... if i really loved a name i wouldn't care but maybe see if a different name could grow on me.


although i dont think anyone else will be planning to name their kid 'moses' so... we're in the clear.

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When I went to DH's family reunion a few years ago and met some of his TWENTY SEVEN first cousins, I was crushed to hear one of his cousins had boys named both Jack and Jonathan... two names I really like for a boy.

But when you have 27 first cousins, names are going to get used. It's kinda one of the reasons we announced our baby's name to the family realllllly quickly once we knew the gender. lol

But he really never sees these cousins so it wouldn't be much of a big deal to use the names again. If we saw them all the time, we'd probably not do it. Good thing we're having a girl right now so it's not something we have to worry about right now.

Also if they're really far apart in age, I don't think it matters much. But if they're going to be growing up together, I wouldn't.

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how similar?

we already decided that we arent going to use a name of anyone in either of our families....

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Posted by AngnShaun

how similar?

we already decided that we arent going to use a name of anyone in either of our families....

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If it's a girl- McKaela (pronounced mi-kay-la). And DH's nieces son is named Michael (pronounced mik-ay-el) It's pretty similar BUT we never see them, I've actually never even met the niece.

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Posted by AngnShaun

how similar?

we already decided that we arent going to use a name of anyone in either of our families....

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If it's a girl- McKaela. And DH's nieces son is named Michael (pronounced mik-ay-el) It's pretty similar BUT we never see them, I've actually never even met the niece.

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i wouldnt think twice about it... i would definitely do it

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Posted by StaceyWill

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Posted by AngnShaun

how similar?

we already decided that we arent going to use a name of anyone in either of our families....

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If it's a girl- McKaela. And DH's nieces son is named Michael (pronounced mik-ay-el) It's pretty similar BUT we never see them, I've actually never even met the niece.

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i wouldnt think twice about it... i would definitely do it

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Hubba Hubba! Thanks

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I would be against a name that reminded me even remotely of any person I didn't like lol.

For example, I know quite a number of girls named Lauren who are btches...therefore I would never name my daughter Lauren, Laura, Laurie, etc. (No offense to anyone with ANY of those names...the Laurens I've known have just left a bad taste in my mouth- ugh!)

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I have LOVED the name Brianna since I was 16. However, DH's sister's 9yo girl's name is Brianna. So that's out!!

totally not a big deal. there's tons of other beautiful names out there.

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Posted by StaceyWill

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Posted by AngnShaun

how similar?

we already decided that we arent going to use a name of anyone in either of our families....

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If it's a girl- McKaela. And DH's nieces son is named Michael (pronounced mik-ay-el) It's pretty similar BUT we never see them, I've actually never even met the niece.

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i wouldnt think twice about it... i would definitely do it

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ITA, i wouldn't have even thought about it!

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Me and DH have this problem! I love the name Delilah and he has a cousin with this name. Every time the name comes up...he always just says 'we can't name a baby that..it reminds me of my cousin'. Psh...they have only seen each other 3x in 10 years and its not even like she is a bad person or anything. He is so weird! I am gonna work on it though. All the girl names he likes are super lame.

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Even if it was the same name if you love it don't let it bother you. Every other person in my family is Joseph, Nicholas, Anthony or Josephine. Unless the person is a jerk then I would find a new name

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Posted by StaceyWill

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Posted by AngnShaun

how similar?

we already decided that we arent going to use a name of anyone in either of our families....

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If it's a girl- McKaela (pronounced mi-kay-la). And DH's nieces son is named Michael (pronounced mik-ay-el) It's pretty similar BUT we never see them, I've actually never even met the niece.

Edited-for pronunciation

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OMG! Totally different! Keep your name!