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If your child is one of many with the same name in their class, does it bother them?

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TalkingBack · 06/03/2010 10:48

I was one of many with the same name and it never bothered me.

But parents go to so much effort to unsure their child doesn't have a popular name these days, I wondered does it really matter? Has it ever bothered the child? Or is just the parents who are concerned?

I ask as I'm thinking of naming dc2 George which I know is popular

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MrsCadwallader · 06/03/2010 11:33

To be honest, I think it's more important that a child has a name they can live with through their whole life than it is to have a name that is 'different'. Parents bend over backwards trying to find unusual names for their children only to find when their child starts nursery / preschool or even postnatal group that their 'unusual' choice is not unusual at all!

So, pick the name that you love the most and that you feel will 'serve' your child the best throughout their life. Never mind however many more there are of them!!

(this is the approach we took with DS3, at any rate, but that might be because we were running out of ideas for boys names by then! )

addictedtolatte · 06/03/2010 11:22

i love the name george stick with it. my ds is called jack i new when i picked his name it was very popular but the name just suited him. he was always gonna be called charlie but when he was born he looked like a jack

Hassled · 06/03/2010 11:09

There are hordes of Jacks in DS3's year (yr3). Doesn't seem to bother any of them - they all have very distinct personalities and just get on with it.

skidoodle · 06/03/2010 11:07

everyone I know with an unusual name loves it

people mostly indifferent to or irritated by having very common name ime

nickelbabe · 06/03/2010 11:04

it's a bit annoying when your child has the same name as someone else, mainly because of the confusion it causes!

i had a friend in junior school with the same name as me (first and middle name!) and we thought it was great!
it can be quite exciting for the kids: sharing something even more special than the same game or teddy bear...

lostinwales · 06/03/2010 11:00

Oh and I think George is a lovely name, if DS3 had been DD1 as we thought he would have been Megan, because I have always liked it, stuff the most popular name lists.

lostinwales · 06/03/2010 10:58

My son frequently sits at a table in school with his three best mates, Rhys, Rhys and Rhys, you'll never guess what our surname is ...

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TalkingBack · 06/03/2010 10:49

*unsure ensure

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