Is this inappropriate?

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Is this inappropriate?
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Sun, 09-05-2004 - 10:29pm
What does everyone think about choosing a middle name the same as one of the baby's cousins? When I told my sister we were considering the middle name William after our father's middle name, she spoke as though it were wrong because she's already chosen it for one of her son's.


I don't get it, personally. After all, how is that different that grandfather and grandson sharing a middle name? And it's also noteworthy that my sister and I an one of our cousins all share the same middle name. But I want other opinions :)


Annie

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Sun, 09-05-2004 - 10:35pm
It's actually a bit of tradition in my family to copy middle names...my mom was Patricia Ann and my aunt Melissa Lee...I got Alicia Ann and my sister got Michelle Marie. I named my daughter Autumn Marie after my sis but when she was picking out names, she was having a hard time coming up with a match for Allyson and wanted to use Marie...

Who cares? When do you ever mention your middle name, for the most part?

Besides, you've just as much right to it as she does.

Hope it works out.

Alicia
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Sun, 09-05-2004 - 10:49pm
I agree. After all, you're talking about the middle name ... it's not like they'll both be named William (which, admittedly, might cause some confusion). I don't think it's a big deal at all.
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Sun, 09-05-2004 - 10:55pm
It's totally ok in my book. Many people in my family share the same middle name, some of us even share the same fn. You're not copying anyone, you are simply honoring someone. Use it!

Jorie

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Sun, 09-05-2004 - 11:12pm

Ah, family- don't you just love them???

Carol, loving mama to Abigail Elizabeth (2/3/99)

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Sun, 09-05-2004 - 11:26pm


If we have a boy I'll be using my dad's fn as my child's mn. My younger sister used dad's fn as her son's mn.

I was telling my little sister about my choice for a mn for a possible baby boy (I was telling her, mind you, not asking) and she didn't care at all. And why should she? We have the same Dad. We both have rights to his name.

Soooo. Your sis is just out of line on this one I'm afraid. If I had to guess I would think that she's actually peeved about something else and is just being vocal about this issue instead.

Peggy

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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 12:27am
My brother is Thomas Ryan (25yrs) and we have a cousin Taylor Ryan (18) and a Cousin Daniel Ryan (12) so I dont think its wierd (then again I also have a brother Michael Thomas, both brothers named after my dad)

I also have a cousin Jacob, and a different cousin of mine has a son named Jacob.

Aubrey


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Registered: 05-16-2003
Mon, 09-06-2004 - 1:04am
Your sister needs to get over it. I know lots of families where cousins have the same name-usually the shared grandparent. You are honoring your father, she does not get "dibs" on this.

Andi


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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 1:24am
DH's cousin used DH's middle name for his son's first name. We might also use it for a future son's middle name. I don't really think it matters, and since it IS DH's middle name, I don't expect them to care. After all, you don't use middle names very often. I would think that young cousins would think it is fun to share a middle name.

--Amy

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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 1:44am
I agree with everyone else. I see no problem with using the same middle name.
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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 8:12am
I too agree with everyone else. There's nothing wrong with repeating names within a family. I have 8 Joseph's, 4 Andrew's, 3 Benjamins and 4 Edward/Edmunds in my family.. and those are all first names! Sharing middles is really fine.

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