Are the names Jack and Jake too similar?

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Are the names Jack and Jake too similar?
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Thu, 08-26-2004 - 12:25pm

Are the names Jack and Jake too similar?



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Registered: 08-01-2003
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 12:53pm
much too close, I don't know which one you already have, but here are some other J names that I think would go with either as a sibling, but not as close as those two are to each other

Jared, Jeffrey, Joshua, Jaden (with Jack, but not Jake), Jordan, Joel, Justin, Jason (with Jack, but not Jake).

good luck.

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 8:49pm
there is already a Jake who will be a half brother. He will be 9 years older and does not and will never live with us. Hubby agrees they are too similar but Jack is my father's name and I have always loved it.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 9:02pm
Relationships change so much over our lives... it's possible Jake and potential-Jack will end up seeing themselves as actual brothers at some point, so I don't think you can use not living together as the rationale.

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 9:05pm
Yes - dad was born a John, however my brother is John junior and plans on naming a future John III and will call him John. I like your idea of Jackson though, very different.
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Registered: 02-05-2004
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 10:55pm
Definitely not - especially since it's your father's name. What a nice way to honor him. Jack is one of my frontrunners for a boy and I have a nephew Jake and that thought never would have crossed my mind. My dad is John, but his family has called him Jack and I prefer Jack over John anyway and Jack to me - is reminiscent of my dad as it seems to be with you. So, I say GO FOR IT!

Hope

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Fri, 08-27-2004 - 9:38am
Thanks Hope!! I agree with you :)
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Registered: 03-28-2003
Fri, 08-27-2004 - 4:58pm
i went to school with a guy who has 2 sons one named jacob and the other jackson