Is it weird to give baby your sisters/their aunties first name as a middle name?

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Baby 2 due very soon and I've been set on giving her my sisters name as a middle name for a while, but now I'm over thinking it, is it weird? My sisters name goes lovely with the first name we've picked and my sister is my best friend, has been so amazing with my first daughter and doesn't want children of her own so it feels quite special to me.

Would you find this weird?

I think it’s lovely - not weird in the least.

Absolutely not. Mine are all named after family in their middle names.

Very common I think? My middle name is my mum’s sister’s, my brother has my uncle’s name as a middle name.

I think it’s a lovely thing to do.

All my DC have family names for their middle names, as do I, my brother and my dad and older generations of our family. I thought nearly everyone used middle names for this so names can be passed on indefinitely.

My niece has my name as her middle name :) I was super chuffed

Not at all.
My sibling has a name that can be shortened to give another valid name. I have used this version as a middle name for my DC. My DCs initials are the initials of the first names of my parents, both of whom are deceased.

I think it's lovely. My parents gave me my aunt's name as my first name, just because they liked it. That's slightly weird but hasn't been a problem. 😁

My niece's middle name is my first name. It's a traditional name in our family. It's my daughter's middle name too.

Oh good, I'm glad I'm over thinking this! I usually only hear of people using grandparents or parents names for their children so wasn't sure if auntie was too close to home but you have reassured me 😊

My middle name is my aunties first name

Not weird at all - why would it be?

My middle name is my grandma's first name and nieces name is mine. Totally normal thing to do.

Definitely overthinking, it's not weird at all.

No, my nieces middle name is my first name, I’m her godmother also.

I wish I'd been given my aunt's name as a middle name. She suggested the middle name that I actually have and it's a rather naff filler middle name that's now dated. It has no meaning to me, whereas her fairly unusual name would have been lovely and meaningful.

Not weird at all. I’ve been toying with the idea of using close friends’ names as MNs - similar sort of reason as you’ve described.

No its lovely. Naming children after relatives is perhaps not as commonplace as it used to be (in the UK at least) but its a great idea I think

Not at all. My neice has my name as her middle name. I was chuffed and she loves her name. Congratulations

Not at all ! My niece has my name as a middle name and I love it and feel honoured ( truth is it's after her grandmother on her mother's side but whatever🤣)

Nah this is fine. My cousin is named after my dad.

Very very common in my Irish Catholic family. All our middle names honour a relative.

Lovely and not weird at all!

It's not weird, though I would assume you'd named your baby after her.

No one "owns" a name. I liked my brother's name so much that I wanted it for DS and I did, I didn't name him after DB but don't really care what people think