To be angry over a name

[Barbie46]

My baby is 6 months old and we named her a very uncommon name that was special to us. Recently we met an old friend of my husband's, they are still in the same circle but not close friends anymore. He asked us the usual questions about a new baby including her name. He and his partner had a baby in the last few days and called their baby our daughters name.
He did not mention anything about her name when we told them it and I am feeling irrationally angry that they have used our daughters name.

That is a lovely name. Is it pronounced Ren-Leha or Ren-lee? Obviously it’s a genuinely unusual name (I thought you might say it was Ottilie or some other fairly commonly used name) in the U.K. They clearly copied it. But there’s not much you can do really but move on.

I can't be the only one bitterly disappointed that it wasn't Davonz after Auntie Dave and Auntie Balonz.

It's pronounced ren-leah. Grannies Renee and Leanne. But hey-ho !

If only everyone had a different name to everyone else !

How did you find out? Yes, I’d be just as annoyed.

You cannot own a name.

I get feeling a bit put out if you think they copied you and you wanted your child to be unique but they may have had the name first and felt put out that you called your baby it first.

I grew up having at least 4 Sarah’s in my class and I really don’t think either child is going to care if someone has the same name as them.

Take it as a compliment and move on.

@Barbie46 I have complete sympathy. My cousin had a child two weeks after ours was born and used the same name. This name was not a family name and not popular at all. Names are special and sentimental and I reckon I'd have felt this way if it was a friend, as in your case.

In a room full of mutual friends, "oh did you hear x and x had their baby and called her Renlea too ?"

No but I did look....

Renlea©

what a brilliant idea - I'm changing my name to Lilmar (and my son's name to Alwal)

Brilliant idea! Renlea87. No-one else will have that name at nursery 😂

I'm astounded anybody else wanted to use that name

I think Wrenlea is the name of my neighbours house.

Could be worse i suppose how about

Dairylea

Renlea 2, well she is 😆

I always felt sorry for the actress Malandra Burrows. She was named after her dad, Malcolm, and her mum, Sandra. I

In your case, they clearly liked it so much they named their own baby after yours. That’s kind of cute.

Bit weird but there’s no intellectual property on kids names!

Well, if your child is the eldest, other people will know that the other couple copied off you, won't they?!

I'm guessing this idea to combine family names started with Renesmee? That's what came to mind anyway. I wonder how many people played with that kind of idea?

It sound's a bit cheesy... Still, it's better than Brie.

Why didn't you include the h on the end? She'll forever be correcting people who pronounce it Ren-lee.

@lifeinthehills I know at least 2 babies who were named from combinations like this! And yes, in both cases it was consciously because of Renesmee.

Dh has a great aunt called Alrene. It was a combo of both parents names. Alfred and Irene. I thought it was quite cool!

Did they know you'd made it up based on two grandma names?!?! If they knew that and still used it then that's just creepy!

I'd be rather annoyed and perhaps would send them a congratulations message but just say you are a little baffled that they used a name that you made up based on your daughters two grandmothers and perhaps it is pure coincide that their daughter also has grandmothers called X and Y!