Is the name Lucas too similar to Luca?!

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my cousins son is called Luca and we love the name Lucas for our baby due soon - are they too similar?!

I would say yes they are too similar esp if u see her a lot or are close with this cousin

I think it’s fine!

For cousins not at all honestly. If they were brothers I would say definitely 😂

They will have different nicknames, they are still different names, worst case scenario shout their full name including the surname when they’re together 😂

only if you don’t sound the ‘s’

For cousins I'd say it's fine.

Very similar but it's fine for cousins.

One of my kids has the same name as my cousin.
Another of my cousins gave her child the same name as another of my children.
It's fine.

Fine if you make sure middle names are different!

Your cousin's son?! I definitely wouldn't care, that's basically a distant relative unless you are very close?

Are you live in the same area, see each other frequently, always do stuff as an extended family cousin. Or meet up at weddings and funerals, exchange Christmas card cousins?
I would feel they were too similar for the first but fine for the second. I have 25+ cousins on one side, I couldn't even name all their children off the top of my head.

I think it depends how close you are as a family. Total non-issue if you very rarely see them. A bit of a odd choice if you're very close and they'll gave a lot to do with each other growing up.

Also, will they have shared great grandparents who are still alive? I always think of the grandparents when people discuss the possibility of cousins/second cousins with virtually the same name as it could be quite confusing for them to have two young great grandsons with practically the same name.

It’s your cousin’s son, so the boys would only be 2nd cousins? Absolutely fine imo, - even the exact same name would be fine (unless there’s a drip feed of same surname, similar age and likely to attend same school etc.) In larger extended families it’s almost commonplace that popular names might get repeated.

But then I come from a huge family where even a few of the fathers and sons share names. If your family is very small with only a few grandkids and great- grandkids maybe it would feel more strange (especially to the Great- Grandparents if they are still alive?)

If you are close to your cousin and see a lot of him/her, I think it's a bit odd to choose a name that's quite so similar. Ditto if your family is relatively small and it's therefore easy to avoid duplicate or very similar names.

They will be second cousins once removed, I think that’s remote enough for similar names.

If the OP's cousin is her first cousin, the children will be second cousins. At the time my first DC was born, my first cousins had between them produced a total of four children. In those circumstances it would have felt odd to me to pick a name that was the same. or very similar to, a name that any of my cousins had picked for their children. I can see it's a very different situation if your children are going to have so many second cousins that it's hard to remember all their names!

Well it’s two variations on the same name.. I don’t think that’s really an issue for cousins though??

Yes too similar

short answer - yes.

slightly longer answer - if you would avoid giving him an identical name, this is too similar to use. It really depends how much you're going to be seeing them. I have a cousin with a name the same as mine and it never bothered me (she was older and the other side of the world by the time I was born).

They are very similar but I don't think it's a problem. I have two cousin John's, two uncle John's, two aunty Marys a grandma Mary, two cousin Catherines - very unimaginative naming in our massive catholic family 😂

Very similar but fine for cousins

Very similar but I think it’s fine for cousins

It's a variation of the same exact name.

Yes I'd rather go for a more original one if one that similar was already in the family.

Very similar but fine for cousins.