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sleepawaythedayahead · 2025-12-22T16:29:09+00:00

My name is Sophie. Thinking of naming new baby Sophia I love my name and she is due the same week as me :)

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FuzzyWolf · 22/12/2025 20:09

Gardener82 · 22/12/2025 19:58

Yes it’s fine, nobody asks for my mums name when I introduce myself and they won’t with your daughter either.
I’ve only ever heard on here the weird idea that siblings names have to match each other in some way, I don’t get it, Why?!?

They will do for the first few years at every baby group, toddler group, nursery party, school meeting, school WhatsApp group, school party etc.

Sophia is a lovely name but yes, I agree people will think it’s odd.

PevenseygirlQQ · 22/12/2025 20:07

Sophia and Sophie are both lovely names, but maybe just have Sophie or Sophia as the middle name? Or if you are set on Sophia maybe spell it Sofia? Although I do prefer the PH spelling

Peonies12 · 22/12/2025 20:06

personally I think it’s a bit weird and could very very confusing. Use it as a middle name

blankcanvas3 · 22/12/2025 20:05

I prefer middle names as parents names tbh, I think Sophia would be a bit odd as a name if your name is Sophie. My DD’s middle name is my name and DS’s middle name is DH’s middle name, but now we feel really guilty because DD2 isn’t named after anybody!

DuchessOfNarcissex · 22/12/2025 20:04

I've read this post before ages ago.

OutOfVecnasReach · 22/12/2025 20:04

Always strikes me as highly narcissistic when parents do this (regardless of wether it’s the mum or dad)
As a middle name it’s fine, strange as a first name to me.

NeedsRenovation · 22/12/2025 20:02

Gardener82 · 22/12/2025 19:58

Yes it’s fine, nobody asks for my mums name when I introduce myself and they won’t with your daughter either.
I’ve only ever heard on here the weird idea that siblings names have to match each other in some way, I don’t get it, Why?!?

I think the siblings matching thing is a mad Mn obsession, but I think calling a child after a parent suggests you see them as an aspect of you rather than as a separate individual.

BillieWiper · 22/12/2025 19:59

I think that's surprisingly common. I like some names that sound and are very similar to mine.
So just go for it. It's not like people will get you mixed up.

Gardener82 · 22/12/2025 19:58

Yes it’s fine, nobody asks for my mums name when I introduce myself and they won’t with your daughter either.
I’ve only ever heard on here the weird idea that siblings names have to match each other in some way, I don’t get it, Why?!?

Ministerofmumbles · 22/12/2025 19:51

My DD was John, named after his DF and his DF too and nobody ever batted an eyelid - I wouldn’t think anything if I came across a DM naming her DC the same or similar.

SelfRaisingFlour · 22/12/2025 19:51

I had a German relative called Karin and she called her daughter Karen. I think it's a bit strange.

NeedsRenovation · 22/12/2025 19:45

OchonAgusOchonOh · 22/12/2025 16:33

Lots of people do name their dc after themselves. Personally, I'm not a fan. I think it either looks egotistical or lacking in imagination.

However, if you like it, go for it.

DS is 13 and at a all-boys’ school. I can’t get over how many of his classmates are named after their father, and in some cases, given the names, probably their grandfather too (Bernard, Maurice).

KittyHigham · 22/12/2025 19:41

I'd think it was odd. - as if you regarded her as a mini-me rather an individual.

DinoDances · 22/12/2025 19:28

Depends how you'd feel introducing yourselves. In a lot of baby classes you go round and say "I'm XX and this is my baby XX" so everyone would know you'd named your baby after yourself. I personally wouldn't do it, and would probably find it annoying for post (I'm named similar to my dad), but if it's what you want do it.

APatternGrammar · 22/12/2025 18:21

Odd enough that Sophie would be a less odd choice

DramaAlpaca · 22/12/2025 18:19

I think they're too similar. Fine as a middle name, though.

Myoldbear · 22/12/2025 18:17

I had a rescue cat called Gwen
Her first owner was called Gwen, and she named her cat after herself.

ahippityhop · 22/12/2025 18:14

I think it's would be very odd to do that tbh.

CuriousKangaroo · 22/12/2025 18:01

I have never understood the practice of naming a child after one of the parents; I think it’s odd not to give a whole new person their very own name. The tiny difference you propose does not make it any less odd to me. But everyone’s different so do whatever you want!

Cocktailsandcheese · 22/12/2025 17:56

Sophia is a lovely name, but I think it'd be better used as a middle name.

Lemonlimonade · 22/12/2025 17:15

No way

SingingSands · 22/12/2025 17:14

You can use any name you like, and I think that Sophie and Sophia are beautiful names. Yes, very similar, but there are millions of men named after their dads and nobody seems to think strange.

I did once work with a man called Stephen, whose children were called Stephan and Stephanie! That was going a bit far, I thought..!

TheeNotoriousPIG · 22/12/2025 17:08

Well, plenty of people have recycled their own names for their children before. I mean, my family tree is littered with about three names for men (John, Peter and James, but mostly known as something else) since the 1800's, but with more variation for the women and girls!

I imagine that you will probably just be known as, "Sophia's mum" in future, so you might get away with using it... or at least, that's what I'm hoping, as a name that I'm considering is one vowel sound different to mine!

Elmspringwater · 22/12/2025 16:56

I knew a woman that called her last baby emma she was called emma and she herself was the last baby in her family, also called emma after her mum.

Baby2duejuly2026 · 22/12/2025 16:42

I wouldn’t personally