Baby name idea too much?

[Mammy99]

So I always wanted the name Joshua if I had a son, DH and I decided on naming Ds1 a family name which made sense for our firstborn. Friends then called their son Joshua a few weeks later.im now pregnant again and can’t seem to get over the name...DH had decided on Josiah instead as a compromise which I do like just not as much as Joshua. Would having Joshua for a middle name just be far too much?
I kind of like Josiah Joshua but don’t know if I’ve just talked myself into it because I don’t want to lose a name I’ve loved. Opinions?

Josiah Joshua is too much. It sounds like that brand with the same name twice that I just can't remember. Joseph Joseph maybe?

I would just name your son Joshua as you originally planned. What does it matter if your friends' son has the same name?

I do think it's too much. I'd just go with Joshua as the first name personally despite friends, but Josiah Joshua really isn't good.

Just use Joshua as a first name. It doesn't matter that friends have used it too - it's a pretty popular name.

He'll get JJ, which is ok but you want more of the Jos/Josh sound. Just go with Joshua, it's popular enough to get away with it.

Go with Joshua for first name. You obviously love it and it is a lovely name.

Would you want to call him Josh mostly? I know a couple of Jonathans who are called Josh for short - you could use that instead of Joshua and still call him Josh for day-to-day.

Just call him Joshua. (Lovely name.) Who cares if your friends picked the same? Josiah is also beautiful but the two together is too much.

I don't think they're great together, but I'm another who thinks it would be fine for you to call your son Joshua.

Either just call him Joshua or put another middle name in. Joshua Samuel Josiah or whatever. Just those two is a bit much...although surely the primary function of middle names is acute embarrassment anyway so 🤷‍♀️

Sorry, that last bit sounded like I was being nasty! I'm just saying we rarely use middle names in every day life and the best ones are the ones where people go 😱 then 😂 Josiah is not in that category!

Just go with Joshua. If I was your friend I wouldn't mind at all.

I don’t mind it and quite like Josiah but I’d just call him what you want, ie Joshua.

Josiah Joshua sounds terrible. Go with Joshua as originally planned. It honestly doesn't matter that your friends have called their son the same in the grand scheme of life. Joshua is a lovely name. Josiah Joshua most certainly isn't!

Jocelyn?

I would just use Joshua!

First time I’ve posted on here and wow didn’t expect so many responses so quickly-thank you!
Out of interest what name does everyone prefer out of the two?

Joshua by a country mile! Really not keen on Josiah at all and I normally like more unusual names, sorry.

I love the name Joshua.

I'm not keen on Josiah personally, it denotes piousness to me, but that might be my own hangup!

Both names sound nice though, so it's personal preference, really.

I prefer Josiah by a far. Just never cared for Joshua

Yes, it's too much. And Josiah is a nicer name anyway!

What about Jonah?

Yes Jonah is also nice but a cousin just called their baby that! Probably still lower down my list than Josiah

In my son's friendship group there is 'big Matt', little Matt (best friends) ginger Matt and Matty Matt.

It's fine to call him Joshua, if they spend a lot of time together they will soon work out different names. If they don't then it doesn't matter anyway

Just call him Joshua.