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bothered that another parent copied my childs name

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catphone · 22/11/2023 17:03

This happened a few years ago when we lived in a remote area.
My child name was very uncommon and unique. I deliberately picked the name because it wasn't common and I didn't want her to share her name with a number of people. I don't want to say what it is because there are very few people in the world with it. As she got older, in assembly, she found out that someone in primary 1 had the same name as her and the parent had obviously heard of and copied her name. Subsequently, there were a number of others with the same name.
AIBU to be annoyed?

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Angrycat2768 · 22/11/2023 20:01

Is the name Yoonique? Or Neveah?

jelly79 · 22/11/2023 19:59

You know you can trademark a name OP to avoid this ever happening.

More fool you. Your only option now is deedpoll

StrawberrySquash · 22/11/2023 19:58

My parents thought they were giving me a not too out there, not too common name. All I have done throughout my life is collect friends with variants of my name.

Beezknees · 22/11/2023 19:56

jays · 22/11/2023 19:13

That would have pissed me off too. I think irl it would piss off a lot of people who think they wouldn’t be bothered.

Wouldn't piss me off at all. There's other lads at my DS's school with the same name as him. I don't care because it's a complete non issue.

tachetastic · 22/11/2023 19:56

Whiteday · 22/11/2023 19:43

I quite like the name audacity ..... is it unique?

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If you or your DP are literally giving birth right now there's a chance you'll be the first, if you register them quick.

I reckon by midnight it will be old hat.

Whiteday · 22/11/2023 19:54

jays · 22/11/2023 19:13

That would have pissed me off too. I think irl it would piss off a lot of people who think they wouldn’t be bothered.

Give over! You don't actually believe that a not that common name can't be used by others.

Maybe people should get a copyright?

Beezknees · 22/11/2023 19:53

NuttyGranola · 22/11/2023 17:36

Same here - except it was even less popular when I picked it for my DD 41 years ago! I'm sure that it was already picking up speed by the late 1990s, though perhaps only as a middle name at that point.

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I'm 33, there was a Grace in my class at school and I have a relative born in 1993 called Grace.

steff13 · 22/11/2023 19:53

Huns2Getha4Eva · 22/11/2023 18:04

one of my dds is Kiley-Rae and I wd be raging if someone stole it of me.

Did you name her after the professional wrestler?

Daisybuttercup12345 · 22/11/2023 19:52

This didn't happen.
Noone could be so ridiculous 🙄

Cosyblankets · 22/11/2023 19:51

Is this a joke?

MargotBamborough · 22/11/2023 19:50

Cantbeardarknights · 22/11/2023 19:49

You’re joking right? Nobody is this ridiculous

Oh yes they are. I know someone who is pissed off that we used their child's middle name.

Cantbeardarknights · 22/11/2023 19:49

You’re joking right? Nobody is this ridiculous

Calliopespa · 22/11/2023 19:48

jays · 22/11/2023 19:13

That would have pissed me off too. I think irl it would piss off a lot of people who think they wouldn’t be bothered.

Agree

TempyBrennan · 22/11/2023 19:44

‘When she heard it she took it’

😂😂😂😂💀I’m dead.

Whiteday · 22/11/2023 19:43

Anywherebuthere · 22/11/2023 17:06

How dare they! The audacity!

I quite like the name audacity ..... is it unique?

User0000009 · 22/11/2023 19:42

About 5 of my son’s friends have the same name as him and I’m nowhere near meltdown. I think it’s lovely that lots of other mums thought the name was so nice

GreyhpundGirl · 22/11/2023 19:42

I'm.a teacher. 'Unique' names often aren't unique at all. You obviously heard it from somewhere, why can't they have? Also, how do you know very few people in world have it? The UK yes, from ONS data, but the world?

Reigateforever · 22/11/2023 19:39

Mine was a usual name in the 50s, not many people had heard of it until an American tv series came in the late 60s. There are more than 4 ways of spelling it and mine is hardly ever written correctly. A friend gave her daughter my name. What a compliment.
You are being silly OP, you can’t book a name for life.

JoshLymanIsHotterThanSam · 22/11/2023 19:38

The only way to fix this op is to have a son and name him Gary, Kevin, Wayne or Nigel.

charlotte361 · 22/11/2023 19:37

You must have got the name from somewhere, how do you know they didn't from the same place?

tachetastic · 22/11/2023 19:36

I think you should change your daughter's name @catphone. And change it again every time anybody copies you. It's the only way to be safe that nobody has the same name.

And avoid vowels. Or consonents. Possibly both.

Agh! But then that gets us back to "symbol" which has also been used.

I have a lot of sympathy for the OP. This is a tough one.

MyCircumference · 22/11/2023 19:32

you should charge her, copyright

tachetastic · 22/11/2023 19:30

ExTheCheater · 22/11/2023 19:27

My sons a teenager and I have never met or heard of anyone else with his name.

Well for goodness sake tell him to keep it a secret, at least from people living in @catphone's area. They're name thieves and they'll take it in an instant.

Mejustme4 · 22/11/2023 19:29

I gave my daughter an unusual name many years ago and we didn’t ever meet anyone else with the same name. Now ,it is so common and weirdly I have just carried on with my life!

Hellenabe · 22/11/2023 19:29

Usually id have said unreasonable but recently someone copied my daughter's name. It's actually foreign and although not identical, its very similar plus we are all the same extended family. I was fuming actually because genuinely it's obvious it's been copied. But i just stayed stum. Everyone who knows us both thinks the other person is stupid for doing this but no one (naturally) wanted to upset the apple cart. So yes, you are reasonable for being irritated!

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