Naming my daughter the same as a cousins childs name

[Priya135]

Hi everyone,

We've just had a baby girl and my partner and his family love the name Mia.
Unfortunately my first cousin has a 7 year old daughter with the same name.

Just wondering if it's odd to even consider having the same name for our daughter?

We are not that close to my first cousin, the girls would be second cousins and have different surnames.

TIA
Priya

OP's baby was born in January and will have a name by now.

Priya135 · 13/01/2026 23:55
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We've just had a baby girl ...

Hi everyone! Baby girl was born in January and we named her Mila instead.
(Also Priya is my middle name so there was no clash of similar names between us!)

Thank you all for your suggestions! :)

Congratulations, @Priya135 . Hope you and baby Mila are doing well.

Mila is lovely! Congratulations 🌷✨

I think it's ok to use it op.

I have the same first name as a member of the Norwegian Royal Family, or it might be the Dutch, anyway so far it has not caused any issues, except once at Passport Control when they asked me if I had any cigarettes. I had none, as I don't smoke, but I like to think that any further interrogating stopped as they must have thought I was some sort of Royalty!