Same name

[Green1340]

There is a mum in my local nursery with a baby same age and name as my son. Potentially they will go to the same schools so forever more will be known as name and initial to differentiate them. It’s annoyed me so much :( neither of us copied each other just unfortunate coincidence. Am I making a fuss about nothing? It really is upsetting me. Can people let me know what they think to give some perspective. Am I right to feel like this or am I being stupid maybe. Thanks

Cool name for a boy. They’ll be unique

There were two Olivia’s in my dd’s class

One ended up being Olivia A and the other was Olivia B

Though obviously the letter was the first name of their surname not actually A and B

I do hope you mean your daughter is called Jessica....I’ve never heard of a boy called it..

At primary I shared the same first name with 2 others and we all had the same initial for our surnames so spent the whole time known by my full name. Similar in secondary lots of girls with same first names. It happens. Interestingly have never worked with someone of the same first name - all the others seem to have disappeared....!

I wouldn't worry, this happens a lot!

I had 2 Lorraine's in my class in school who were best friends & joint at the hip and don't remember there being any major confusion or issues

When I was at school there were multiple kids called Jennifer, Joanne and David. There's nothing you can do about it so I wouldn't give it any headspace. It's not as if they have the same full name.

Am I being stupid maybe
Yes.

It's really not that unusual for there to be two or more children with the same name. In a class. Unless your child has a veey unusual name the chances are that at some point in their life they will meet someone else with the same name. It's really not something to get upset about.

I shouldn't worry. My DD went to sixth form with two others who were known by the same nickname. Weirdly the proper names were all different. One of the girls even had the same middle initial but none of this bothered my DD. My DS has an immensely popular name & hardly ever comes across another with the same name. Wouldn't bother him if he did & wouldn't bother me. Your child is unique whether they have a popular name & there's a dozen in their class. I grew up with an unusual name & while I love it now, as a child I desperately wanted to be called Tracy, Linda or Alison!

My dd has 3 Ryan’s in her class , it’s the only place they’re Ryan , A,B & C don’t sweat it.

I gave my dd a v common name and she’s the only one in the class!!
You just never know!

Unless either one of you is going to change your child’s name (which isn’t going to happen!) then there isn’t much you can do about it. Jessica is a very common name

You could have picked a more unusual name if this was something that concerned you. I know lots of Jessicas, not babies, but it is a very popular name.