should we still use the name???

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im having twin girls and narrowed their names down to
Freya and Grace, not 100% definite but Freya is my favourite.a good friend came round yesterday who is a week ahead of me and doesn't know what she is having, she asked me if we had decided on any names and i told her the choices, and they have also shortlisted Freya!! my babies will most likely be born first and she did have another name in the picture but she said we may just have 2 Freyas then, do i need to think of a new name???

No, not if you love it. (especially if yours are born first then it's her who gives her child the name you've chosen)

As unhelpful as this sounds, it's up to you. Change if you want, don't if you don't. Nowt wrong with having two Freyas. Nowt wrong with changing it.

Good on your friend for accepting the idea of them both having the same name if it's one you both like!

Entirely up to you (I think Grace is much nicer than Freya though!)

I like Freya better. Sounds like your friend doesn't have a problem with it so I don't see why you should change if you like it the best.

Both names are very common fashionable at the moment, so chances are there will be plenty of others about with the same name(s). Why not look for something more distinctive? There are hundreds of beautiful names that are seldom used.

I would still use it. My friend is a month ahead of me and when talking about names the other day we realized that we had both picked the same boys name. We're both still happy to use it, there will just have to be two little boys with the same name :-)

your friend doesn't seem to mind, so why should you?

Freya's quite a common name now, so you'd probably have at least another one in the school :)

If your friend wouldn't mind them both having the same name then if you do use Freya you'll have to accept that she might also call her DD Freya.

If it bothers you a lot that they might have the same name, you'll have to either pick a different name or try to persuade your friend not to use it.

First come first served.

Although Freya is a really overused name and this proves it.

Oh, I don't think you should try to persuade your friend not to use it, that would piss me off if I were the friend.

Either use it or don't it's not a super-unusual name, I don't think it is an isse, and you both seem to be being grown ups about it. :)

I agree that it would be a bit rude to try to persuade your friend not to use it if you are the one who has a problem with the two babies having the same name, but that is one of your options.

thanks everyone just curious what you thought,I've had it confirmed by 3 different people that were having girls and my friend doesn't yet know what she is having, Freya is not her favourite name its her husbands so there is a chance it won't be used, as she may have a boy and also they may go with something different, i don't have a problem with it but worried it will be a bit wierd when they both understand their name and we are together and shouting our children, i know other people may use it as its becoming popular however i only know of one other, thanks again :)

You having a Freya will not stop your friend. If her having a Freya puts you off, you might want to re-think your choice. If you are truly concerned about it, wait to register your daughters until her son or daughter is born and you have an idea of what she's going to name it.

To be perfectly honest, I think this sort of thing comes with the territory if you name your child a top 20 name. If it's not your friend with a Freya, it'll be another mum at school with a Grace (even more popular than Freya). 'Freya the twin' or 'Grace the twin' are probably not the most appealing nicknames.

There's always Frida or Frieda.

I would use it. It not a big problem and the girls won't necessarily even know each other all of their lives!