Constance and Conor for cousins - how silly, on a scale of 1 to 10?

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DH and I can't find any boys' names we like. We're Irish and have to work with a very obscure Irish surname so would prefer an Irish name. I've always loved Conn and Conor but he'll have a cousin called Constance who's Connie for short. I have massive doubts about it for that reason, but can't find anything else that either of us likes, never mind both of us!

What do you think? Knock some sense into me, go on.

I think for cousins it's fine. Brother & sister wouldn't work though...!

Not silly at all, wouldn't think it was silly for siblings either, they're completely different names.

Seems fine to me

Not at all silly.

Silly is DH, whose father and TWO of his cousins have exactly the same name, surname and all.

Go for Conor (biased!)

This is fine, really. They're cousins not siblings. Go for Conor.

Even when I (inevitably) shorten it to Con? (I prefer Conn as a name to Conor but DH thinks it sounds like a nickname so I'm sort of sneaking it in!)

lockets, when he was born did everyone comment on how little imagination they had or was it just accepted?

I have a Connor and wanted to call his sister Constance (didn't though!).

I don't see a problem with cousins having these names. Their grandparents will get their names confused, but that's what grandparents do!

The grandparents they have in common will have 15 grandchildren by then so yes, I'd say some confusion is bound to happen!

I think it's fine, they are both lovely names x

Conn is a real name, often short for Cornelius (or Conor) but a real name too.

I would see no problem at all as I see one as Irish and the other not, so there is a clear distinction there in my mind no matter how similar the sounds may be. Plus they are cousins and not siblings.

There are lots of same name cousins in my very large extended Irish family (over 60 cousins so only to be expected). I think Irish families are used to this sort of thing.

I get my own children's names confused and they are all very different. The youngest two answer to an amalgam of their names. There comes a point in the teen years when the DCs stop answering no matter what you call them anyway...

Not a problem IMO. I don't even see a problem with them if they were siblings named such, rather than cousins. Both lovely names, but plenty different.

Agree not at all a problem. Very different name styles.

FWIW - knew cousins Ellis and Elias.

My mum has an older brother Carl and a younger sister Carol (among other siblings). Now that would be strange and a little unimaginative. I think for cousins, similar names are fine.....

Depends how often they see each other and how close they will be but I do think it's a bit of a problem. Then again I come from a culture where you don't name babies after living relatives.

Could you ask constance's parents what they think?

I love Conn, I know 8 year old called it and its gorgeous, although he's just Conn. I wouldn't worry about the Conn and Connie aspect. To be honest how many times do you list all the cousins names together anyway, I mean grandparents will if they asked about all their grandchildren but on a day to day basis won't matter.

Sounds fine to me for cousins.