Cousin stole my baby's name

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AIBU to be over the moon?

My DS2 14 is Henry (not real name)

Cousin had first much longed for baby this morning and they have named him Henry.

Henry is delighted and can't wait for them to be known as Big Henry and Little Henry

There are more than 482,000 people in the world named Henry.

He has his own name. His name is Henry. It's not like big Henry was the first person ever called Henry and they're very unlikely to have the same surname.

It always confuses me when people say someone has stolen ‘their’ baby name. You don’t own a trademark over the name! 😂 would you say someone had stolen your shoes if they went and got the same ones from M&S? Would you say someone has stolen your car if they chose the same one? Just use the bloody name!

So nice to see a positive look on this issue! Sounds like “Big Henry” will be a wonderful cousin to “Little Henry”.

No one has stolen mine...

...yet.

Big Hen, Little Hen (nn Chick)

So sweet! Irish family here lots of recycling of the same names.

We have the same in our family - my oldest GC has the same name as the youngest - there are 12 years between them so it is very definitely Big and Little! - one is at primary school and the other is a beanpole of a uni student in his final year.

Love this.
I have a friend who named her son the same as mine so not the same as a family member.
Not a really common name but not uncommon where we are from.
My son was proper chuffed and as I love the name anyway I thought she had great taste

She hasn't stolen a name . Ffs I've got three cousins with the same name as me and various other relatives with the same names !

People really don’t read the op do they?
We’ve got got similar my dgd has the feminine version of my ds name he was chuffed to bits.

On here? Yes people absolutely would. See the thread about the woman who's sister or friend or someone got engaged as a suprise with a ring vaguely like her own and OP was NOT happy. Everyone should have noted the ring and henceforth avoided such a style.

It's cute OP and nice to hear you're not screaming about how your son feels objectified and is it too little to go NC 🤣

Would it kill people to read the first post?

Honestly it's not like it's an essay and it will prevent you looking like a bit of a muppet.

You really need to spell shit out these days.

So if you are being lighthearted you need to say 😀(I got it though!!)

Please link me the post 😂 x

There was some nutjob on a thread a while ago who was pissed off her SIL had stolen her baby name - and she wasn't even pregnant yet 😀

Great name, lovely news

What has The Hoover said about all this? If he's upset he'll just have to suck it up.

My cousin had a baby six months after I did, and also used the same name. DH and I were flattered that they liked the name so much!!

Props for this, that's genuinely very funny!

My cousin asked me if she could name her son the same as mine (8 years apart) I said no bother at all. But in the end she didn't.

I don't understand people who get worked up over names. My husband has about 12 John's in his family.

No one owns a name. Best to just smile.

Some of you are right miserable bastards

Congratulations OP, I have a little version too and it’s such a compliment ❤️

Tbf I love this sort of thing. My DS1 and dog also have the same name. Dog just gets called Little 'Jack' or LJ

My DS is the 'Little Henry' in this situation, to my cousins DS 'Big Henry'. They love it. They dont meet often because they are 16 and 24 now, but when they do, they love it. They have a bit of a bond and 'Big Henry' makes a beeline for him at family events to have a chat to him.