Can I call my baby Jacob?

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I am struggling with boys names!

The only one I am really set on is Jacob but my brother’s baby is James.

Are these too similar? Can I name my baby Jacob?

Do it if that's the name you want.

Many siblings have similar names. Remember that although James and Jacob are not that similar, you may be painting yourself into a corner of you have any future kids in terms of choosing more matching names.

I think you can.

I have two J's so yes ;)

Yes, you can. They both begin with J, but are different sounding names.

we have chosen Jennifer for our next child my name is Josephine and our daughter is Julia.Its fine and a nice name

James and Jacob are definitely fine for two cousins. Both lovely names, and not that similar in sound.

Of course you can.

My ds and my sisters ds are similar.
Not identical but think same number of letters, ending sounds the same and same 'design' (cvcvc).

They are 7 years age difference and her ds was 4 before it really dawned on me! It was when him and ds were writing m/drawing together and both write their names on paper together!

I also love Jacob. He may become a Jake that sounds more like James but they are totally different names.

They're cousins not brothers, of course you can! The only thing too similar to a cousin's name is the identical name or a derivative (so James and Jamie, and Jim - not that anyone uses that as a given name - are the only ones cousin James takes off the menu).

Yes I had misread and thought the kids would be brothers but they are cousins.

It's fine and nothing to worry about.

Not too similar at all! Jacob is a lovely name

It’s absolutely fine OP. I know brothers called James and Jacob.

Of course! My stepson is called Jacob it's a lovely name he's a dad himself now and still likes his name . I have 5 sons and the youngest is called Jack which is so similar I know ! We asked Jake if he minded us calling him Jack since we'd run out of names we both liked for boys . By this time Jacob was 21 and he said of course ! he liked the name as well even though they were so similar x

Of course you can. Perfectly fine for cousins.

Two of mine have names beginning with j, Jacob is one of them . My nephew also has a J name. 2 of my other dc start with a C . Of course you can. I don’t think James and Jacob are similar anyway

I know a large batch of cousins which includes three whose names begin with the same letter. Nobody cares.

If you like the name, use it.

Jacob and James mean the same. In French, both are Jacques,

@MikeUniformMike I don't think the names' origin really matters in this case. It's like saying can you have cousins called Isobel and Elizabeth, or Anya and Hannah, or Molly and Maria. I think it's definitely fine.

James and Jacob are fine for cousins.

You definitely can, those names are miles apart imo

They have the same meaning but if the boys are cousins it's fine.
Good luck

I had a Joshua my mate had a jake and my sister in law had a Jakson nobody ever got them mixed up
Jacob is a lovely name xxx

My lb is called Jacob and one of his middle names is James (after a grandparent). I dithered over it a bit, but glad I went with it in the end.

I thought this was going to be because of Rees-Mogg!

Anyway, I don't think the James thing is an issue:)

Totally fine go for it

Cousins - totally fine