Is this weird?

[pixiestixie84]

So here's the problem-
Ds is due in September and I have a name that I am keen on but it is the male version of my name. It isn't too similar and I have asked friends about this and they have all said they hadn't noticed it but I think they are being nice...
I know I should probably say the names but don't want to out myself
So is it odd using a male or female version of one of the parents?

[NomiMalone]

There was a thread about this very thing just yesterday!

In my opinion, it's a bit weird. My sister did it with her DD's name.

It just seems at best a bit unimaginative and at worst egomaniacal.

[MamaLazarou]

If they are as similar as Jackie and Jack, then, yes, it would be a bit weird.

Stephen and Stephanie, less so.

[DampAndRotten]

It really depends on the name..

Joanna /john - fine
Phillipa /phillip - weird

[nilbyname]

Yes, may come across as ego ego ego!

[reuset]

What nilby said. Though I'd like to know the names and just how similar they were.

[DingleberryFinn]

It could be a bit matchy-matchy... depends if it's an obvious Nigel-Nigella. If they don't contain the same sound, e.g. like John and Joanna, probably fine.

[SilentBob]

I know a couple who did this with their son and their daughter. So ds was dh's name lengthened and dd was dw's name with a different ending. each to their own but it's not for me.

[CaptainHolt]

Do you get called by a unisex, shortened version e.g. Chris, Jo, Jacks, Nat ?

[DextersMistress]

Is it cringy like will smith and his kids?

[AtWorkNotW0rking]

Doh! I never noticed that about Will smith's kids!

[DextersMistress]

Took me a while AtWork

[Lucked]

I know someone with a young dd with the same name as herself and it is a very unusual name. I know it is really uncommon but I think it is quite nice.

[honeysucklejasmine]

Is it cringy like will smith and his kids?

I never noticed that before!

[pixiestixie84]

I knew I'd seen a thread about this before, didn't realise there had been one so recently! It's not like Daniel- Danielle, more john- Joanna. The more I think about it, the more I go off the idea as dad's name is a similar length and starts with the same letter as Dh's name...

[MaudeTheMopLady]

I have this dilemma too. I am Lucy and I want Lucian! I hadn't even noticed it was from the same stem as my name until DH pointed it out.

[EhricLovesTheBhrothers]

If it's too similar don't do it. I knew a family mum Christine, dad Christopher and son Christian. Why would you?

[LynetteScavo]

I know a Christine with a Christian and a Jackie with a Jack.

Also a Maria with a Mariah.

I've always thought it odd.

[longlistofexlovers]

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith had:

Jaden and Willow.

SO cringe!

[IsadoraQuagmire]

I don't think it's at all odd, I like the idea.

[Excitingtimesahead]

Just to point out in some countries it is tradition, so don't be too judgmental of others culture or heritage.

[Marisola]

I don't think it odd at all.

What I do find odd is people saying it's about ego. It's not. It's about liking your own name (or its variant) enough to give it to someone else, and there's nothing wrong with that. I wish I liked my own name that much.

It used to be very common in the UK, even the norm, for children to be given the same names as their parents. It's just not fashionable now, plus there are many more forenames in common use than there used to be.

[LynetteScavo]

I agree it's always been popular/normal on some families. I have the same name as my mother.

It's odd.