SIL baby name

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AIBU - I have a 6 month old Annabella, we call her Bella for short which I’m sure will get shortened to Belle. My sister in law is pregnant, due 04/2020 she’s just told me her girls names is Belle! I was speechless when she told me I just think It’s too similar ?? Aibu to feel angry over this?!?

Your SIL is being a dick. I think those saying to OP "oh so you own Annie, Anna, Bella, Belle and Annabella" are being a bit mean and missing the point. No one owns a name but your SIL is being very unoriginal and a bit rude. I'd speak to my DB about it and see where he stands. He might not like the idea and will veto the name anyway.

Rude is calling a stranger a dick for wanting to use a similar, yet different name, not knowing the reasons for it.

Annabella and Belle are two different names. OP has several uses of nicknames with the choice she made. For all we know, her SIL could decide to nickname her daughter (if she has one) Elle. Besides, SIL may change her mind without OP’s input, which tbh she shouldn’t be sticking her nose in in the first place unless SIL and BIL ask her opinion.

I loved the name Jackson for if we had a second boy (wasn't pregnant or even trying yet).
BIL had a little boy in the meantime and named him Jack.
No Jackson for me.
We did have another little boy a year later and called him something different, DH said to just keep Jackson, but it didnt feel right, like i couldn't be bothered to come up with his own special name and was just choosing a similar one from the family (even though I'd chosen it first 🙄).
Oh well. I love his new name, so I do think it's weird and people might comment on it.
I dont think I'd be happy about it, but not really alot you can do about it.

You don't currently call her Belle, and TBH I wouldn't shorten from Bella to Belle anyway. What's the point in calling her Annabella if you only intent to call her Belle? Yes a lot of names have a shortened version, but I wouldn't say Belle springs to mind as the most common choice for a shortened version of Annabella. It is annoying when you think you've got a good name and then there are loads of kids with the same or similar name, but that's just the way it is. I doubt your SIL is meaning to cause upset as she likely doesn't know you intend to call her Belle if you are currently calling her Bella. I'd take it as a compliment that your name choice has inspired her to chose a similar name.

Also going back to OP....her girls name is Belle...so she doesn't know the sex yet? You could be getting wound up about nothing! Also there is plenty of time for her to change her mind on her girl name anyway. Don't let it bother you

She's probably over it now in fairness. As it happened five years ago.

I remember going to primary school with 2 Ashleigh’s - although spelt differently- and they were well aware of the legacy of their once close mums falling out over both picking the same name.

her mum copied my name, no your mum copied my name 😂😂

as Ashleigh was in the 90s Bella and any version of it is astoundingly popular, this won’t be the last irritance over a similar named child, better just to crack on with it and call the next one petunia or something to avoid duplication