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Can I give DS a name similar to my own?

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JojoMags · 28/02/2011 21:26

My name is Jo. I love Joey for a boy (nn for Joshua or maybe Joseph), but is the similarity to my own name too weird? I have no wish to name baby after myself, but this is one of the few boys names I love and I've got 10 days until due date and am really struggling...

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MrsRhettButler · 28/02/2011 21:38

of course you can :)

joshua is lovely btw

givemushypeasachance · 28/02/2011 21:39

I'm no more qualified than anyone else on naming etiquette, but from my lay perspective I would think that was a bit weird. I can just about follow if it's a family tradition eg that the first sons are all Johns so the father and son are the same (although usually distinguished with a nickname), but picking a name that is basically the male version of your own just because you like it rather than it having particular "meaning" is a little mini-me-ish. I appreciate that's not your intention, but on a first introduction that's what I'd think.

Have you thought it through with some other examples to get an outside perspective? What would you think if a friend Roberta named her son Robert, or a Samantha named her son Sam, or a Davina David?

IMO though if you love the name, you have thought it through, and you're prepared for quite a few people asking you if you named him after yourself and that won't annoy you, then absolutely go for it!

K8ster · 01/03/2011 03:41

I think that it is maybe to similar to your own name...I loved Nate for a boy but my name is Kate...the rhyme just made it a bit odd for me....to be honest though go for it if that is the name you've set your heart on

dan1981 · 01/03/2011 08:53

I think Joshua is less like your own name... would you not like Josh for a nn?

i know an Anne who has a daughter Hannah and a Cathy who has a daughter Catherine.... but maybe its more acceptable for girls to be named after there mums and boys after dads.....just a thought(i'm not an expert..).

good luck choosing

Hatterbox · 01/03/2011 10:31

I don't think it's a problem, it isn't like you'd be giving him the exact same name is it?

We're considering Christabel as a name and my DH is called Christopher.

AmberRock · 01/03/2011 10:47

My son has the male version of my name but I think it's dissimilar enough that people don't notice (certainly no-one has ever commented). I also know a Jo who has a son called Joshua and it never crossed my mind that he was named after her - until I read your post that is! I say go for it

randomimposter · 01/03/2011 11:04

I think you can. Love Joseph myself and it is very like my own name.

Mind you I know a Chris married to a Cristina who have a son called Kit. Is that too much...?

Clowance · 01/03/2011 11:38

I know a Joanna (Jo) with a DS called Joe, and the names don't stand out as the same to me IYKWIM. I've never thought she has named him after herself, mini-me style.

rightontime · 03/03/2011 12:43

i think its fine. other than friends and family i don't tend to tell many other people my name so can't imagine anyone outside of your social circle needing to know and cast judgement. Even if they do then who cares.

If we have a girl she will be called Raine and my DP is Ray so very similar but still different as is Jo and Joey

starterfor10 · 03/03/2011 17:29

You can do what you like, but giving your baby the same initial as yourself could be a pain in tne future. My 16 year old DS and I share the same initial and I have opened his post several times now by mistake.

Supersunnyday · 06/03/2011 18:01

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alemci · 06/03/2011 18:02

my dd has a similar name to mine. quite nice and only causes problems with doctors notes sometimes.

Onion1968 · 06/03/2011 18:46

no different to a son getting the same name as his dad

cat64 · 06/03/2011 19:03

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KLou111 · 06/03/2011 22:36

It would be a bit strange, but no stranger than when people name their children after their dads. I know plenty of Davids who have a son David, John with son John etc.
Just look at Will Smith and Jada Pinket-Smith. They have a Willow and Jaden :)

fluffygal · 06/03/2011 22:48

My name is Jo and my son is Joshua. They are different names. He gets called Josh or J but never Joey.

nooka · 07/03/2011 06:31

I think it would be a bit odd to be honest because the names are just so similar (Jo and Joey that is, I don't think that Jo and Joshua would be a problem). I also suspect that few children called Joey when small would stay Joey as they got older, so by the time your son gets a social life chances are there are going to be lots of phone calls for Jo(e) which I think would be both confusing and irritating.

There are families with fathers and sons with the same name. I think that's odd too, after all there are hundreds of names to chose from.

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