Does anyone have sibling name envy?

[Greenbeanmcgee]

I'm an only child so I've no experience of this but a friend was complaining that her parents gave her two sisters much nicer names than hers and she'd rather have one of their names. Her name is a rather different style to the others. I wondered if anyone else wishes that they'd been given the name that a sibling was given. Is this a thing?

I only have a brother so nope no name envy. Though if I'd been a boy and my parents had gone with the name they were planning I still wouldn't have name envy

No, just name envy of the alternative name my parents didn't use after having two picked out for me.

I liked my older sister's name more than mine when I was younger but not now. My brother got the short straw though.

No name envy in my family. Although my sibling and I got given equally bad 80’s names.

The opposite for me. I got a nice, slightly unusual name, my poor DSis got one of the top 10 names at the time so she is one of about a billion women our age with that name.

I have name relief. Relief that I wasn't given one of the alternatives my parents had considered!

Correction - I just googled the top names in the year my DSis was born and she got the #1 UK girls name for the entire decade 😖

I adore my sister’s name but it wouldn’t suit me at all!

I do think my sister has a slightly nicer name than me but I don’t care about it enough to be bothered by it

No. My sister and I were both adopted as babies and came ready named. Compared to her I did much better but luckily there is an abbreviation she can use.

I got an incredibly boring name. 5 in my class at school. DBro got a very very unusual name, never met another. I'm a massive extrovert, he's a massive introvert.

No one is happy

I seriously read that as does anyone have a sibling called envy

Ohhh yes 😂 My siblings all have very cool and unique names, I can't share any as they would be totally outing, and my name is in the top 15 girls names It genuinely doesn't fit with my siblings names at all, it's such a strange and boring choice but whenever I ask my parents what possessed them to use it they just say they liked it 😂

The difference is honestly like having a siblings called Storm and Jett while my name is Jane 🤨

ODFOD
seriously, I’m not fussed by my brothers name!

My sister has a boring popular name whereas I got a more beautiful unusual one, so name relief here rather than envy.

My sister got a cumbersome family name. I got a name that dates me almost to the year. I hate my full name but use a nickname. I used to feel it was unfair my sister got the “family” name (which she hated) but honestly as adults neither of us give any fucks about our names. I think the envy/jealousy stuff is just childhood emotions playing out and could be focussed on anything, really. (My sister got the bigger bedroom; room with the window at the back; a bigger teddy on her birthday etc).

No 🤣 my sister's name is Sharon 🤦‍♀️ I definitely got the best name 🥰

Why so nasty? It's a lighthearted thread about names! 😱

Hell yes. My sisters got 3 syllables each to my 1. With a monosyllabic surname, my name always felt like two lead weights.

I have never met another person with either of their names, there were 3 others with mine in my school year.

I even got the worst middle name, theirs would have been usable, mine is an unregenerated old lady name.

I genuinely thought they did it out of spite. I'm the middle, it's not like they'd run out of ideas.

All 3 of us got pretty terrible names.

I'd rather have my sister's name BUT my parents changed their mind on my name last minute and it could have been much worse.

I'm the only sibling without a family middle name and it annoys me. We all have fairly unusual names though which I like

No... we both have terrible names 😂

I used to prefer my Dsis's name as it was more modern but not anymore, I much prefer my name now we are adults.

My sister and I both got quite common 1970’s / 80’s names. Hers has remained popular whereas mine hasn’t. I don’t mind though, I don’t think her name would suit me at all and I like my name.