family names

suejb2

George Foreman called five of his 10 children George a daughter Georgetta and another Freeda George the other 3 different names.

Yorkie1

All my goldfish started with the letter G.

There was George, Godfrey, George 2, Georgette, George 3, and so on.

None of them ever complained of having a complex.

/flippant mode off. Sorry OP, not have a dig at you, just couldn't resist the post. :)

pollypenny

There is no problem with different generations or when cousins are many years apart.

It's not on when they are close in age.

balletshoes

pollypenny wrote: »

There is no problem with different generations or when cousins are many years apart.

It's not on when they are close in age.

but the OP said its not the same name?

itsanne

Make-it-3 wrote: »

I was a bit miffed when my husband's work colleague chose the same name for their daughter just a month after ours was born.

That's even more ridiculous than objecting within the family :eek:.

Georgiegirl256

I think the OP and anyone else who is 'offended' by someone else using 'their' name (or similar) for their child needs to get over themselves! Over reaction or what?

I have the same name as one of my cousins, she is about 8 years older than me, and I know for a fact my parents didn't name me after her (not close), they just liked the name.....who'd have thunk it?!

supersaver2

I must say it shows a massive lack of imagination to use a close family members name for your child, its not like there aren't many names in the world to chose from! As for the poster who said about 5 sisters having the same name - ridiculous and rather lazy! Almost like we can't be bothered to think about different names so we'we'll call our 5 children the same!

Goldiegirl

I've worked on my family tree.

In years gone by, it was common, and indeed expected, that children were named after other family members.

Therefore you'd have several people with the same name in the family, including cousins of a similar age. It can be a real pain when you are trying to work out which William belongs to which set of parents.

Also, if a baby William died, then it was common to name the next male child 'William', to 'replace' the one that died.

It's only quite recently that names became such personal property.

dizziblonde

You're not being over sensitive but there's nowt you can do - to those who know the family dynamics they'll see what's gone on, and to those less caught up with the family, the similarity probably won't even register.

Relative used my dog's name for her child - made me feel rather arkward for a long while (especially when I started to get comments about "oh so you'll have to change your dog's name now") - and you're entitled to feel how you do about it... just can't do much about it really.

Your mum should have dropped the hint to you it was on the cards really though - unless she's like my mum who delights in stirring it up between siblings and then melodramatically stepping back declaring she's not getting involved in it all and weeping and wailing about her warring children!

Rachylou1981

I can understand OP being miffed and it is a difficult one. I think times have changed so much that calling someone in the family the same christian name or after a parent is very rare and unless it is a 'named after' reason nowadays then it could cause bad feeling.

I just think it is a bit odd to call another child in the family a similar/same name but at the end of the day, they may not associate with eachother or they may have a big gap in age that they would never be mixed up due to being called 'Auntie X' and 'cousin X'. I guess some may find it confusing or annoying to have to distinguish.

Weirdly I have started to really like the unisex name my niece is called but for a boy. She is the daughter of my stepbrother and we are not close but we do see eachother on occasions and spend time together at times. I think they would be upset if I chose that name and I wouldn't do it for the reason of it being their girl's name and I'd be giving it to a boy. I like other boys' names and so I'd only do it if I really wanted it and they and my niece agreed it was okay.

I also really like my auntie's dog name for a boy

Although I am not even pregnant or planning to be anytime soon anyway :rotfl: