Can I have a Josephine if I already have a Joseph

[curatesegg]

I am expecting DC4. dc 1 is Joseph and will be 11 when baby arrives. He would be quite chuffed at the moment I know but whether that would wear off as he got older I don't know. I love both names and in my head they are totally different . NN for Josephine would be Posy so actually day to day would not be the same name. Could this ever be ok. Do you know any siblings with similar names.

I think Joe and Posy is fine tbh.

If you're going to call her Posy all the time though, I'd just name her that!

Could you use Josephine as a middle name maybe?

No, definately not!

Or even definitely !

It's a no from me too I'm afraid.

How about Jennifer, Katherine (Katie) or Emmeline?

No. Obviously not. What are those hormones doing to you?

NO!!!

I know two brothers called Angus and Fergus. It's fine for them I think. (Though they aren't at the stage where a girl would call up and ask if she could speak to 'Gus' yet.) Even so, definitely not in the two Jo's type oddness.

Posy! Lovely up to you hit your teens, I speak as an ex posy, luckily I had a grown up name that I started using and fits with my very grown up professional job. But I agree that it is a no for using basically the same name for your kids.

"two jo's type oddness". ok thats definitely a no then

No.

Posy is hideous too though. Imagine being a slightly chunky moody spotty hormonal teen And being lumbered with post as a name!

NO.
I would also say the same as Methe over Posy.

No! Both will auto shorten to Jo, just as all our Joanne and Joanna's did. The entire gossip chain will laugh at you. Just as they do at twins rumoured to be called Henry and Henrietta round here (I don't even know if they actually exist).
The same initial thing doesn't worry me.
My sister and I have the same initial, but our names don't sound alike, in full or shortened. Never caused a problem.

They will also have a lifetime of trying to explain why their parents did it.

Nooooo.

No, don't do it!

Sorry, I'm a no too. Too much trouble with letter opening cockups and people making weird assumptions about psychology. We've got two virtually identical names in the family for complicated historical reasons and it's all too much hassle. I'm with the 'call her Posy full stop' brigade - Persephone is actually rather splendid, wish I'd thought of it for dd2.

no

I think it would be very odd

No but fgs don't call your child Posy unless you want them to change their name if they want a professional job.

No - but you seem to have accepted that already

Posy - please no. It's far too fluffy with no room for movement!

Put it down to hormones and never speak of your Jo/Jo madness again

No, but find another proper name for Posy and go for it.

You could call her Fleur, Posy for short lol.

No-but I don't like Posy either. I can't see a teenager or grown woman liking being called something so twee.

Some names just go so well with the surname it can be hard to tear yourself away from a name you love. I know a Sam (mum) who has a Sam (son) and she says it does cause some confusion.
My children have quite similar names starting with the same first two letters, and I am always saying the wrong one! I wouldn't recommend it really.
Saves on nametapes, though!