I have just found out I am expecting a baby girl. Since I have been a child, when I imagined having a daughter she always had my Mum's name. It is a beautiful name, classic, not overly popular but not completely unhead of.
What is worrying me is that because it isn't heard too often, particularly amongst my DM's age group where you rarely meet another, it is very much 'her' name. It has become quite popular in the name charts in recent years, although never above top 50 as far as I know and has now fallen out of top 100.
My DM would be honoured that I chose her name so this isn't a problem but part of me feels that I should give my dd her 'own' original name (in the sense that noone in our family has it) and I get a nagging feeling that I should think of something original and that it isn't fresh. The problem with this is that I can't get anywhere near a name I like as much and constantly compare any I think of to this one.
I have considered using it as a middle name but it is such a beautiful name imo that it seems wasted.
Your thoughts please?
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Strangerthingshavehappened · 24/08/2014 17:21
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