Cousin copied dds name

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Dd is Amalie, cousin is she’s naming her daughter Amelia.
DC are close and see each other regularly.

AIBU to think that’s basically the same name? Im not going to say anything and so will have to get over it but just think it’s really weird.

It’s a different name. People are so bloody precious.

They are different names, imo.

It’s fine and not even the same name. I had cousins with the actual same name growing up and nobody cared.

No it isn't the same name. YABU.

You mean you didn't trademark Amelia and all variations of it when you named her?

Rookie mistake

We had Big Tom and Little Tom cousins when I were a nipper, we still call them that now, in our 40s and 50s, lol.

Not the same name at all and YABU.

It’s a different name

As far as I know, it's pronounced Ama-lee so nothing like Amelia?

It's not the same name. Amalie and Amelia are incredibly popular so its not like she's only using it because it's inspired by your daughter's name. I honestly can't see why you'd be annoyed.

It's not the same at all. They'll probably get shortened to Mills and Mels anyway.

Apologies, just reread and realise Amalie is your DD's name! Is that how you pronounce it?

Different names and they are cousins, not siblings.

i have three cousins called John, two called David and numerous Uncle Franks - we never get confused.

You should have picked a rarer name if you didn’t want this, I currently teach a class with 1 Amelia 1 Emilia 1 Amahlia and 1 Amalie
get over it

Isn't that the most common girls name still?

Nursery is full of Amelie’s, Amelia’s, Emilia’s, Amalia’s but they are different names

They’re close enough that it would be odd if you had two children called Amelia and Amalie. But it’s fine for the children of two cousins, I’d have thought - the girls won’t even share a grandparent.

You should not have posted here about this issue. Mumsnet’s motto is that you don’t own a name and you will get no sympathy. I’m with you on this…they could’ve picked something different.

Yeah it's similar but maybe she's liked that name for ages and you got in there first. TBH there's bigger issues to stress about.

Different names and it's not as though you even spell yours Amelie anyway.

I think the fact they're similar is actually very cute and a real compliment

Choose to think positivily. It actually doesn't really matter, eh?

They sound very different.

Different names, they sound very different, Amalie is spelled differently to the traditional Amelie which would make them remotely similar in spelling.

I don't get it. It's not the same name.

@RaspberryScrubs my brother is called Tom and so is our uncle. They were always big Tom and little Tom and still are now - in 50s and 80s lol

Two different names... non issue