Name too close to a family members name

[justwondering22]

We love the name

Noa if our Baby is a a DD

However we have recently found out that DH has a great Nephew called Noah who has just turned 1.

As we have just found out you can see that we are not close at all. However his one brother is close so he would have a Niece called Noa and a Great Nephew called Noah.

Also DH Mother and Father would have a great grandson called Noah and a Granddaughter called Noa.

We really love this name or wouldn't even be contemplating using it.

DH's family is very very big so loads of names we couldn't use as we are close to them.

What's your honest opinions please?

Calling a child by a similar name to someone else = fine. Calling a girl Noa = not fine. People will constantly ask how to spell, etc.

How about Norah instead? I think Noa is a boys name tbh.

I think Noa very pretty and I think there should be no issue in the family using it-they are far enough removed and you have every right to use the name you love

There have been thousands of boys registered with the name Noah each of the past ten years. 4525 of them in 2021, with another 53 boys called Noa and 179 girls called Noa. Those figures are for England & Wales.

This. There are so many lovely girls names to choose from.

Noa is fine for a girl, it's a very old female name.

If it took you until almost a year to find out Noah's name, I would honestly use the name for your DD. The two children won't be spending much time together.

Thanks for all the replies, we love the name Noa and have another DD with a name that is unisex and spelt differently for each gender so I have no issue with this and there is a considerable age gap and she has not issue either.

Noa is a girls name and widely used across the globe and we love it- it was the family issue I was worried about, so for all of you who has answered this and put my mind at ease thank you it's set
If 2nd child is a DD her name will be Noa.

Thank you all

@justwondering22 , the name isn't as widely used as Noah.
You might have no issue with it, but she might.

Any child might have an issue with any name for any number of reasons. You name babies when they're too young to have an opinion. If they really hate it, it's easy enough to change.

As she could with any other name she is given and then it's her right to change it when she is older, I have friends with classic names who's hated them and changed them and friends with unique names who love them.

Aside from waiting until she is old enough to decide for her self then she'll be named by us.

It's not as I'd I'm planning on naming my child Lampshade or Mystic Meg- my question was not on your opinion of the name as we love it, it's our child and I asked about the family issue. As I've said we already have a DD with a unisex name spelt differently for each sex and that's they names we like.

OP - I’ve got a unisex name and have never had any problem with it, gets lots of compliments. We also have second cousins with the same name, again not a problem.

I'd still do it!

In this case it seems not.

but in my family it is, I'm very close to all my god childrens children & will be with my nieces & nephews children if they have any in the future, but given their ages, it won't be for a long time yet.