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 :)

No.

You'll get letters addressed to the other and you will not realise.

In what way?

I have the same in my family and it's never cause any problem, ever.

Just curious.

@sleepawaythedayahead . I know families where both mother and daughter have similar names or the same name.

Don't do it.
It's dull and weird at the same time. Annoying from a life admin point of view too.

I know a Susan who has a Suzette.
I do think using one’s exact name is rather narcissistic, though.

In some cultures, it's normal.

I'd go for it, personally.

I don't see it as egotistical or an indication of a lack of imagination, any more than any choice.of name would be. All names reflect something of the parents' taste or their view of their lives and the world.

Sophia is a lovely name, and, as remarked upthread, you're going to be known and perhaps even addressed as 'Sophia's mum'.

I thinks it’s too similar, people might muddle you up!

Everyone saying it's weird.... men do this aaaallll the time.
Name your child after yourself if you want to!
If it feels like the right name, it is.

It’s still weird, just patriarchally weird.

You make a fair point 😂

In past generations it was quite common for the oldest son to be given his father's name. Slightly less common for the oldest daughter to be given the same name as her mother, although the last queen was given her mother's name. I just think that now it is a bit odd and I would not do it. Why not use it as middle name instead.

I know a Louise who named her son Louis and no one really batted an eyelid

My parents named me the same as my Mother. And my Mum delighted in telling the story that Dad kept rejecting other suggested names as he knew someone he didn't like. So Mum decided to suggest her name. I hated it all my life, now 65! As a teenager if I answered the phone people would say 'is that you Helen' and I would have to respond, ' no it's wee Helen '. Totally awful. However my Dad's family were past masters at this. One of his brother's named his first son identically to himself, even including the middle name. Then blow me Dad's other brother named his son the exact same name!! To be fair I think that one couple were living abroad so didn't know about the name issue until the deed was done. However I told my daughter in no uncertain terms that she was not to use my name for my first granddaughter. She got round it by giving her the middle name of Eilidh, which is Gaelic for Helen.

My neighbour's name is Damon. He has two sons. The eldest is called David and the youngest is called Damon. It's weird.

I would wonder why you wouldn't want your daughter to have her own name.

I don’t think it’s as common nowadays but go back a few years and parents frequently named their children after themselves. My mother had my grandmothers first name and my grandmothers oldest sister gave her daughter her first name, and let’s not forget men often name their first male child after themselves (which goes on for generations).
You only need to look at something like the Ancestry website to see this is the case.
i think your name is beautiful and so is the name you are thinking of so if that’s what you want to do, please go ahead it’s your child, your choice. beautiful names.

I wanted to name my daughter Alice it's my absolute favourite name in the world it's beautiful. Every1 inc. DH had a negative reaction to it because my name is Alison - a completely different name but apparently close enough to make it weird somehow. I regret listening to them tbh as I'm not having any more so will never have an Alice. If you love the name go for it but be prepared for negative comments/reactions.

It could get very confusing. Make sure you have a middle name you love and can swap it out with.

My husband has siblings ( born with no other siblings in between) who are called Pauline and Paul. That's a serious lack of imagination.

That’s weird. Fine a different name, there are lots of them

I don't think this is weird. What DO think is weird is someone I know who has 2 children - Stephen and Stephanie. Like they couldn't think of any other name!!!!

OMG no! Not sure if you're coming back @sleepawaythedayahead as you posted this 5 days ago, but no.

It's like Will and Jada Smith calling their daughter Willow, and their son Jaden. Just weird.

If you want to do it the go for it. My dad named my brother after himself though one is known as John and one Ian. My family tree goes John, John, William, William, John, John, William…… for over 200 years. I also have another branch of my family tree where the first son is named after their paternal grandfather and the second son after their maternal grandfather, the first daughter after their maternal grandmother and the second daughter after their paternal grandmother. It is less common for a girl to be named after her mother than a boy after his father but men have been doing it for centuries so why not women too. If more women named a daughter after themselves it would cease to be unusual and just seen as something some people chose to do.

Almost the same as yours would be fine. Like Saffie or Sylvie.

Sophia is the same name as Sophie and I wouldn’t do it. You’d want them to be their own person, with their own name.