can I use the same name as a friends DD?

[ateles]

Our baby girl is due in less than three weeks, and we have a bit of a baby name dilema...the name we both really love is the same as a friends DD. We have a back up name, but I feel it would be a huge compromise if we didn't choose the name we love.

We don't see these friends very often, they aren't close...but I would hate to upset them. What should we do?

What's the name? What did you do in the end//?

We used the same name as a friend's daughter but I wouldn't say we were close, hardly ever see them and her daughter is alot older. I don't think I would pick the same name as a close friend if we saw them alot and the children were of similar ages iykwim.