Name stealing?

[Crownjewels]

my brother's best friend has just named his newborn the same name as my brother's son- who is four years old. Now I know that it is a compliment, but it's the way in which he conducted himself. He didn't consult with my brother, didn't even tell him his baby had been born a week ago. My brother heard from a friend. When he rang to congratulate him, and asked the baby's name, he commented it was nice that he had named him after his son: but his best friend had the audacity to say he didn't like the name at all, it was his girlfriend's choice, also he wasn't aware that my brother's son had that name, although he had an inkling! He said they consulted baby name books, etc. My brother is understandably upset and feels betrayed. We, as a family, feel my brother's pain. But are we being terribly unreasonable, or are we justified in our emotions?

'I want to do a poo at TalkinPeace's house......'

Hahahaha (such a remark shouldn't pass unnoticed )

Catgirl's real name. Is it Lady?

Pop star, Lady Gaga
Corporate brand, Tena Lady
Actresses, some bits of posh.

I named my DD's after people in my family ON PURPOSE

I must be pure evil.

I named DTD1 after my parents' cat. They still don't speak to me.

Catgirl's real name.

WTF?
It's been established that Catgirl hass no real name. She has MY NAME.
catgirl is an imposter, a mere cypher.

My cousin called her daughter the same name as my daughter. Her excuse - "It doesnt matter because we dont really get on."

Riiiiigggghhhht.

Didnt start a thread about it though! :)

eviltwin Ha ha, BOTH of my favourite names - boy and girl - are the names of cats on DP's side of the family. :)

Someone else has used the same name another child has?

Meh.

My DD has an Irish version of my Mum's name.

And DS2s middle name was his GGfs name (DPs GF)

Really ? Did you brother actually think a friend had named his child after his own ? He must think a lot of himself

Oooh i forgot...DS2s first name is the same as my cousin.

Cousin is about 30 years older....does this count?

Tchoo. Timothy Spall......

Brilliant! :)

I absolutely refuse to believe that this is real! But if it makes you feel better OP I will try to feel your pain.

Oh and at Worra at whose house I want to do a poo!

Yabu.

Crazy. So we have here an offended name copyright-holding pair of parents and several offended and pained, pained, betrayed and emotional I tell ya, name copyright-holding extended family? Crazy.

Now someone please tell me all about the willy willy willy thread. It'll have to be good to beat this one. :o

It would annoy me that the friend actually said he didn't even like the name! It is inexplicably irritating when this happens when you have a baby but I don't think it could ever be an issue that would cause in me a feeling of betrayal or pain! I named my dd a name that I thought was really unusual. In 30 years of teaching my mum had never had a child called this in her class....6 months later it is the most popular girls name! I still love it!

We, as a family, feel my brother's pain.

snort!

What is the name?

It doesn't matter, I'm just nosey.

Yeah tell me the name. Then I can call my DS the same name.

Is your DN's name Joshua?

Or Jack?

Perhaps its Harry? Or something equally unusual?

:o