What would you do when another family member picks your baby name?

My sister in law is pregnant 5 months before me. I didn't know what names she had picked and when the family found out we were expecting we told them the names we had picked. She was there the day we told them our names. Anyway, I asked her the other day what names she got picked out and its the same as the one I have picked so I am wondering, does she get first dibs or should I just automatically give up on the name I am in love with and go for something else *tear* lol.. I'm frazzled.

What would you do when another family member picks your baby name?
If you love the name, use it. If she heard you say you wanted to use it, then she can't call you a copier. Sounds like something my sister in law would do...in laws, sheesh!





If you're not too attached to it, you may want to choose another name so that the cousins don't have the same name. You could use it as a middle name too.





Good luck!
Reply:pissed off is how i would feel
Reply:Just let her go ahead and use the name - and then choose something that's a lot prettier and more unusual for your own baby. You should stand up and tell her in front of the family that you feel completely honored that she has picked a name that you choose. Act genuinely happy for her, and tell her how great it makes you feel to have such good taste. lol :-)
Reply:If the children will not have the same last names then name your child that name even if she uses it too. Its your choice. If it is the same last name - why not ask her what she thinks you should do? Just say something like Well gee now I just dont know what to do. I had planned to name my baby (this name) but now you are going to use it so what should I do? Let her be the one who helps you to figure out what should be done.





In our family we have two Hannah's born 3 months apart - we distinguish between them by thier middle names.
Reply:this is so frustrating, i had this happen with a gf of mine who had her baby like 3 mths before me my husband coldnt figure out why i was so upset


maybe tell her you have decided on another name %26amp; hopefully she likes that 1 more %26amp; uses it instead
Reply:i love the name Chelsea Lee and my bfs sister found out that was the name i wanted to call my daughter so when she had her daughter she named her Chelsea Lee and i was angry with her at first but now i dnt care and im going to call my daughter Emmery Rose instead
Reply:well, my brother named his daughter Cori and two weeks later our cousin named her baby boy Corey. It is weird, we have to two of them in a close family and in age, but we typically find that we call her Cori Michelle and him Corey Dean.
Reply:Sometimes relatives have the same name, I personally think its cute when they do.
Reply:Nope. It's pretty rude of her to snatch your favorite name (and that's partly why I kept ours private until right before the birth). But that's okay. You have no obligation to name your child anything but the name you chose. So there are cousins with the same name? So what?





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Reply:i think since u said them first u should get them. or each chose one u both love more than the others. as long as the kids don't have the same names ur good! good luck! Congragulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:Well, honestly as long as they have different middle names it totally shouldn't matter.





Go with the name you want, most likely she will change the name before she has the baby.
Reply:I have loved the name Morgan for as long as I can remember. anddd.. 3 years ago, my cousin named her daughter Morgan. welllll.. I thought about it for months while I was pregnant, and realized that I couldn't find another name I liked as much. my daughter now has the same first name as my cousin's daughter. but it doesn't bother me. they've never met.. I don't even know that they ever will. but, that has to do with custody issues of my cousins. your case is probably much different. but, if you really like the name that much, use it. there are definitely downfalls of it. my grandmother died on my daughter's birthday, and in the obituary, it named them both as survived, and that's when it really hit me, that everytime something mentions everyone, it'll be hard. I dunno, haha.. I dunno how this could have helped. buttt.. you'll figure out the right thing to do!
Reply:Can you say girl slapdown?
Reply:What name is it? That does put you in a bit of a pickle. How about finding something similar to the name, or another that you like just as much or even more? I am sure that by the time your baby is born, you will know what name to use. Or maybe it will be a different gender than you expected?





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Reply:omg this is so shildish no offense but its not that big of a deal to change middle names so you can both use the first name or change it around a lil bit so what if theres to names of the same in one family you know there 4 michaels in my family..
Reply:Talk to her about it. If she insists let her use the name. Don't get mad it won't do any good. You might find a name you like even better. Also make sure that she knew you were using the name. Even though she was there she might have pregnant brain and not even remember where she heard the name.
Reply:no, i'm sure the middle names will be different.
Reply:Well, maybe she's trying to mess with your mind, maybe you don't get along all that well. First I would try and make it look like you changed the name to something else and hope she would jump over to that one, or confront her and ask why she picked that name, especially if it has a special meaning to you (like named after one of your relatives) and it has no association to her, if it comes down to it, and sadly enough it might, chose another name and don't announce it to any one who would even make a casual mention.

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