Annoyed!!

[Machasma]

I've recently made friends with someone. She was pregnant. I've given her lots of baby things, clothes, toys, equipment etc etc. chatted a lot. She has just given birth..... And she has called her son my sons name! A rather uncommon name with our unique spelling. I'm really quite pissed off. My partner can't understand why! Am I being unreasonable?......

I'm also curious to know the name, and wondering like nooka whether perhaps your name and chosen spelling wasn't quite as unique as you thought? (saying that I still don't think I'd give my child the same name as a friend's child anyway, unless I'd always really wanted that name way before the friend...)

Is it Geeorge?

I am always pleased on the rare occasions I meet another child with the same name as my dd. It's such a beautiful name, there really ought to be more of them.

Care to share then alexpolismum?!

Since having dd1 I have met 3 other children with her name. I hadn't heard it before then

Haha Geeorge ;-). Well I've concluded they won't be in the same class, we aren't best friends, and she lives in the next town. So maybe I should just suck it up. Alright alright. But worried now it will be super common and il look a right div! Or it will be hated and everyone will say why would anyone use it!?..... It's Cormac. I've mostly seen it spelt cormack

Cormac is a lovely name, but it's also the name of one of JK Rowlings characters, so you're likely to come across more than one I'm afraid.

Also have a Hermione in the family so cheers jkrowling! we have no chance

My dd's name is Ariadne.

The most beautiful name in the world. So there.

That's a lovely name

I've never seen it spelt Cormack before, I thought Cormac was the normal spelling. It was spelt that way in the Irish history book I seem to remember doing.

You should be pleased she shares your exquisite taste or is it just me that feels that way about my dd's name

I've met quite a few adult Cormacs.

Cormac isn't exactly unusual, I know two.

Go on, go on, call a future dd Ariadne! You know you want to!

Oh a friend of mine is set to call her about to be born baby Ariadne! I really like it tho she's getting this face a lot sadly.

Always a mistake to tell people in advance. I have never met an Ariadne, small or big, so it is unusual. Same goes for Cormac, tho I would spell it that way tbh. Cormac McCarthy? Author?

Clary Why?? What dreadful taste the people around your friend have if they don't like it. I didn't tell anyone until after the birth for any of my children. My birth announcements went "Ariadne/ds1's name/ds2's name has arrived!"

Is there really a Cormac in JK Rowling? I immediately thought of Irish history.

Cormac McLaggen is the JK Rowling character.

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor is the recent archbishop of Westminster.

I see Cormac as the normal spelling. The name isn't that unusual, though I suppose it might be rarer in some regions than others.

I've only ever seen it spelled Cormac. Cormac McClaggen, Cormac McArthur. I would consider that the proper, irish spelling & Cormack the messed about with spelling!

Lol at sandin!
Cormac is a lovely name. I've only ever met one. Yes I'd be very pissed off too. I'd find it a bit weird as well tbh.

You must sever your friendship with this woman immediately!

Wasn't there a bar of chocolate called Cormac? It was really lovely unless you ate the whole lot in one go.

Cormac is a really lovely name!

Maybe your friend is a bit unimaginative?

IDont: that was caramac!

It was called a caramac .