Put off by someone having ‘used’ your name?

[Mamami]

My OH and I have been going back on forth on names since the start. Now 33 weeks, he’s set on Melody. I do like it, it’s not my absolute favourite but I do like it a lot. The only reason I’d discounted it in the past is that a couple I (only vaguely now) know used it for their little one. They are more Facebook friends than anything else now, but we have a lot of mutual friends and I know I’ll get at least a couple of comments on it when announced.

How put off are you by someone else having ‘used’ your name? Am I just being silly? Surely it’ll become our baby’s name within a couple of weeks anyway. All comments appreciated.

I haven't hear Melody in years!

I think if it's close family or friends it's something to take into consideration - but not if it's only people you vaguely know.

It will definitely become your DD's name in no time :)

You could also consider similar names such as Elodie?

Goodness if you couldn't use any names that had been used by anyone you even vaguely knew, it would be just about impossible to come up with a name.

I wouldn't let the prospect of a couple of comments on Facebook put you off.

sister, cousins, close friends - I wouldn't do it.

anyone else - I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Depends.
If it's say Kim Kardashian or Nigel Farrage or I don't know, anyone from TOWIE, then yes, it would.

We are TTC our first and our top girls name is Elodie and has been for 2 years. Never met one in RL but know it's on the rise and am sure someone we know will use it before us and I think I'd worry people thought we were copying. Depending on how close the people in question are I may go with a different name if it was me.

To be honest, with a name like Melody it WOULD put me off. It's pretty rare and I think you would get a lot of people assuming you'd copied.

Sophie, Emily, Alice etc. - not at all!

However I may be influenced by the fact that I don't rate Melody at all. If it were a strong beautiful but also rare name, I'd probably be saying, go for it, that name could do with a few more representatives...!

... and just to say, first alernative that popped into my head (if you were looking for one...) was Melissa - also rare, quite similar, but I'd say in a completely different class - really beautiful name.

Have you considered Elodie? Lovely classic French name