Going with preferred name when you find out someone you know has used it

[Latecomer131]

DH and I decided on a boy's name years ago, before we definitely tried to TTC. We're currently expecting a boy in a couple of months.
I have learned that an acquaintance of ours (from the same sports club DH and I are in) has a teenage son with the same name. (The name of her son was mentioned by her to someone else on a the sports club WhatsApp group).
This woman isn't a close friend, and we never see her outside club events, nor have we ever met her son, but I am now worried about her reaction and reactions of others when we name our DS after the birth (assuming all goes well).
Am I being silly/overthinking it, or is there a risk of her getting annoyed if our DS has the same name?

Use the name. So what if she gets annoyed

Is it super unusual? Because I guess if it is she might privately wonder if her DS’s name inspired your choice but even then it would be crazy for her to object.

If you ruled out every name of everyone you have a tenuous link to you’d have no names left.

It's not extremely unusual. It's in the top 100 but lower down in that list.

You are definitely overthinking it. We found out a fortnight before our son was born that one of our baby group friends had given their new son "our name" (we hadn't discussed what we were going to call our babies!) and we did think about whether we could still use it, but when our baby was born that was just his name, it's how we had been thinking of him for months. We're still friends, 18 years later. It's not a problem. At least, I don't think it is 😂

Over thinking

1. Not close family
2. Kids not same peer group
3. It's an acquaintance
4. Noone owns a name

If she gets annoyed, and I'm sure she won't -it's her own prob.

My advice would be to keep the name to yourself to avoid any other difficulties.
Good luck with your pregnancy

but I am now worried about her reaction and reactions of others when we name our DS after the birth

Her reaction, or anyone else's, is not your concern or responsibility.

You are really overthinking this. You barely know these people, and they have no bearing on your life. Use the name!

Massively overthinking.

Plus, I imagine when I have teenagers, I’ll be happy every time I meet a baby/child with the same name as my kids.

You've never even met this child.

Use the name.