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Name dilemma

27 replies

Thunderstorms279 · 16/07/2024 19:17

My Sister and I (both pregnant with girls) want to use the same name for our daughter, it is the name of our grandmother who was more like our mother as we lost our own mother very young.
the girls will have different surnames and will not attend the same nursery’s / pre school / school but will be around each other growing up and my daighter is due after my sister’s daughter.

will I look like I have copied? The name is too sentimental to just be a middle name for me. Please give me your honest thoughts

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Bristolnewcomer · 16/07/2024 19:25

Don’t do it, is there a variation you could choose? Or your grandmother’s middle name?

LittleLittleRex · 16/07/2024 19:20

I think it would be a good idea to have a plan B as when DNiece is born you might feel differently, just now both babies are equally hypothetically called it.

Are there no variations on the name - what does your sister think?