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Using a friend of a friends baby name.

32 replies

abbie777 · 21/11/2020 06:41

Okay so, my best friend who I’ve known since childhood used to work with someone who named their baby the same name as I want to name mine. I don’t know her personally, and have never met her my friend doesn’t see her very often and they live a long way away. They do catch up on the odd occasion there’s a group of them. In other words shes definitely closer to me than to them, and she literally never sees this child. Do you think this is an issue or no?

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milienhaus · 21/11/2020 06:50

Yes use the name. Whether or not this random person you’ve never met thinks it’s weird is completely unimportant. Are you feeling anxious in general?

IsolaPribby · 21/11/2020 06:49

I would imagine that most people have a friend of a friend with a child with the same name, unless it's a very unusual name.

abbie777 · 21/11/2020 06:49

Just if my friend decides to post things on social media or something will this friend think it’s weird?

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Frannibananni · 21/11/2020 06:48

Why would there be a issue?

abbie777 · 21/11/2020 06:48

The baby was born a few years ago and is now 2 years old so it’s not like they were born at the same time?

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abbie777 · 21/11/2020 06:48

So should I just use the name anyway and not care?

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milienhaus · 21/11/2020 06:46

Absolutely not.

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