Cousins Ella and Ellie?

[Bebebaba]

Is it ok to have two very similar names for cousins. They likely won’t see much of each other at all, talking once or twice a year tops.

The names are like Oliver and Olivia, or Ella and Ellie. Neither of those but that’s the best example I have. Probably closest to the last two because same gender.

If it’s pertinent to the situation, neither already born. The situation is that SIL who isn’t pregnant yet has always loved the name ‘Ella’ and we like Ellie. We rarely rarely see SIL, like I say maybe a couple of times a year tops

Not a problem.

We have cousins in our family that are born the same year, and they are called Chris and Christopher. Has never been a problem.

I see absolutely no problem with that, don't worry about it.

I have Ewan and my brother had Ieuan

I'm Alice and have a cousin Alice

I know someone who has two children of the same gender with names like that so they live together, go to school together and are called pretty much the same name 🤷‍♀️

It depends if your SIL is the sort who'll mind.
I can think of cousins who are something like Holly and Molly and it's not an issue.

If your baby is born first, you get first dibs at the name. Your SIL might not have a girl/boy.

One of my parents had picked two girl's names, but my one was used for an older cousin, which is fine by me.

It’s fine

It's fine imo

I dont think for most it is an issue, we have two cousins both with the same name about 8 years apart and living in different countries
BUT
I imagine this could be a bigger deal to SIL especially if she has been talking about the name for a while (given you know the name and only see her once or twice a year)

The decent thing to do is give her a heads up, i wouldn't necessarily ask permission but gage her response. She may never have a daughter but i imagine if you just announce when baby is born it might hurt her feelings

It’s fine