Giving baby a version of your own name

At a baby group I met a Charlotte, whose baby was called Scarlett. Rhyming names: nope, don't do it!

I hate all the alternative versions of my name through years of people getting my name wrong and using them instead, so definitely not. There aren't really any male versions.

No i wouldnt,a child deserves their own name,i have a sil whose every child she had bar 1 is named after someone.She even called her daughter the same name
as another sil child wbich wouldnt be as bad.They basically have the same name.
Dont do it

My DD has a Irish version of my name. We couldn't decide on her name so exH suggested it and I didn't hate it so said ok. It wasn't until she was a few months old that I noticed we have basically the same name.

When I was pregnant with DD3 exH suggested a name that is in my name, think Georgina and Gina, but I said that was a step too far!

I know a woman called Teresa who has a daughter by her first marriage called Therese and a daughter by her second marriage (big age gap, 14 or 15 yeas( called Theresia! Now that does seem narcissistic!

The older DD lives with her dad a long way from her mum and only visits in the summer wonder why so I didn't initially know, when I met her with her newborn 3 years ago, that both her dds were basically named after her! I didn't think that much of the baby being named after her but certainly did when I met her dd1!

She has 3 boys by her first marriage with totally individual names, though I have never asked what her first husband's name is...

Mind you I have worked in a care home and people in their 90s almost all seem to be named, or have a sibling named, after a parent or grandparent (they mostly had biographies on the wall so we could discuss their parents and siblings with them as it's a dementia centre) so it obviously used to be normal.

My name is Rachel, my sons name is Archie. See what I did there? ;)

It's not unimaginative...

What is unimaginative is naming your daughter the name you were going to be called but weren't.

Yes DM I'm looking at you, giving me your leftover name.

I'm a Kate and I love the name Kit for a boy. I think it'll only be weird if you introduce yourselves at the same time, e.g at baby rhyme time or some such. I think if you like it, go for it.

In the last year I know of a Joanne (known as Jo) who called their son Joe, and a Danielle who called their son Daniel. I do find it odd, there are so many names out there why pick one so similar to your own?

I have no problem with that. Actually I think it's quite nice unless more than one sibling has a variation of that same name. Then it would be confusing.

One of my friends at school was named after her mother - the exact same name. I thought it was odd until it was pointed out to me that men do it all the time and it's seen as an accepted tradition, even if not to everyone's naming taste.

I don't see anything with using your name, or a variant. I draw the line at things like Angusina or Donaldina, though!

DigUp, I would name your baby, whatever you like 😄

I'm the eldest of three. The second born and I were given our parents' names and it had caused no end of trouble, not least of which are the nicknames our parents gave us confusing people outside the household which resulted in us trying to explain to confused 'outsiders' that it saved confusion.

Did it 'eck.

Unless you really can't think of another name, identical or similar names could cause no end of trouble from doctors' notes to tax bills.

I know a John & Anne who had a Joanne - didn't realise the connection until I'd known them a while.

There's a girls name that's an established name but happens to be an amalgamation of mine and DH'a names. I'd love to use it but the narcissistic angle worries me!

Oh like Peter Andre! Their daughter is Amelia I think and the wife / mother Emily. I always found that a bit weird and wondered if they just liked the name or if it was after Emily.

I think I'd find it weird to suggest a twist on my own name because it would be like me saying that my name is so good I'd want to use it again (not sure why this would be weird since no one even chooses their own name but still..), or basically wanting to name the child after myself and I find that a bit odd unless it's a family tradition.

We've recently realised we have quite similar names. DD and I have the same initial, DP and (due very soon) DS have the same initial. DS's name is one of DP's middle names, but it is a family name of long standing so I don't mind that. We did have to drop a planned middle name as that was DP's other middle name and it seemed a bit too weird to have a David Robert James Smith and a Robert James Smith (not real names).

I have a very similar name to the shortened version of my mum's name, which my dad uses. I bet it never crossed their mind, but growing up it was a pain because you never knew which name was being shouted and we'd both come running!

We've recently realised we have quite similar names. DD and I have the same initial, DP and (due very soon) DS have the same initial. DS's name is one of DP's middle names, but it is a family name of long standing so I don't mind that. We did have to drop a planned middle name as that was DP's other middle name and it seemed a bit too weird to have a David Robert James Smith and a Robert James Smith (not real names).

I have a very similar name to the shortened version of my mum's name, which my dad uses. I bet it never crossed their mind, but growing up it was a pain because you never knew which name was being shouted and we'd both come running!

We did it accidentally! DD's name sounds very similar to mine, but is spelt differently, so on paper they are not alike. It was only when others started using our names together that it occurred to us how similar they are. And though they are similar sounding they are, in fact, completely different names. Think along the lines of Korrinne and Corral. Also know a Laura and Lauren, Alison and Alice..... If you love it, go for it!

I think the same name (to honour the parent I suppose?) is ok, as is the Daniel/Danielle kind of example but Catherine having a baby Caitlin just seems a bit strange.

I would deliberately avoid using the same name or even the same initial as it can cause confusion with post later on. My exH was a G Smith (for example) as was his dad, although they had different names, but they were always opening each other's mail.

We inadvertently gave DD1 a name that is a version of my name. We didn't realise we had done this until a good while after she was born. It is fine and no one has ever questioned it.

I know a family where the mother is Patricia and the father is Manoel. The children are Patrick, Luisa, Manuela, and Emanuel.

I think they really like their names. DS has DH's name as his middle name. I really liked the name but DH had trouble with it because it is not a name from his country, ironically it is from England so it fits DS's half English self.

I think it's cringey (sorry to anyone who has done it), especially where they've merged the two parents names to make the baby's name.

I wouldn't, no - it's just a bit twee.

Oh and I have a friend called Jamil who called his DD Jamila.