Naming baby almost the same as me?

[sleepawaythedayahead]

My name is Sophie. Thinking of naming new baby Sophia

I love my name and she is due the same week as me :)

Always strikes me as highly narcissistic when parents do this (regardless of wether it’s the mum or dad)
As a middle name it’s fine, strange as a first name to me.

I've read this post before ages ago.

I prefer middle names as parents names tbh, I think Sophia would be a bit odd as a name if your name is Sophie. My DD’s middle name is my name and DS’s middle name is DH’s middle name, but now we feel really guilty because DD2 isn’t named after anybody!

personally I think it’s a bit weird and could very very confusing. Use it as a middle name

Sophia and Sophie are both lovely names, but maybe just have Sophie or Sophia as the middle name? Or if you are set on Sophia maybe spell it Sofia? Although I do prefer the PH spelling

They will do for the first few years at every baby group, toddler group, nursery party, school meeting, school WhatsApp group, school party etc.

Sophia is a lovely name but yes, I agree people will think it’s odd.

People who name their children after themselves look like narcissists.

Look at George Foreman - 5 sons called George and a daughter called Georgetta. Or Nigel and Nigella Lawson.

I know a couple with two children. The boy is named after the dad and the girl is named after the mum. I do judge.

People will think it is odd. Because it is odd.

Seriously weird. Let her be a brand new person, not some sort of version of you.

It's odd. Use Sophia as a middle name

I mean lots of people do but it’s a bit odd

What about a variation? Sadhbh, Sorcha, Sarah, Saorla. Even Effy/Effie for that similar sound.

Both my parents named children after themselves and I would say that’s an accurate assumption 😂

😂

Kinda like John Ramsey and Jon Benet Ramsey. Just seems like an odd thing to do 😅

It's fine OP. Honestly, MN is like a parallel universe sometimes, it's not narcissistic, weird, or odd for parents to name a child after themselves - it's been happening forever.

I knew a family where the father and 3 sons all had both first and middle names, but only 4 names were used to create those 8.

i think Sophia is a lovely name. I can see potential confusion down the line though.

A friend of mine is called Isobel and she named her daughter Isabella. It was a bit strange at first, but after a couple of months people got used to it.

There is a Portuguese family on my road, whose twins are named ‘almost’ after both parents…eg Mario and Francisca (parents) and the twins are called (eg) Maria and Fransisco. Not sure if this is a cultural thing, but again, nobody bats an eyelid…it’s very clear who’s who 🤷‍♀️ (although I would imagine it gets confusing when post arrives).

Agreed!

Of all the names in the world, the only one you can come up with is basically your own name? I mean, come on now get a grip.

Also she won’t stay a baby. She will become a teen and quite possibly will also think you are weird. Trying to think what my own late teen dds would think in this scenario if I gave them my name and sorry to say I think it would be scathing,

What about Saffie? Similar but different.

My sister worked with a woman called Louise who named her daughter Elouise. Madness.

I find it very vain when people name their children after themselves but that's just me x