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| Wed, 05-17-2006 - 3:10pm |
This is my second post to this board. This is a lot of fun and I really appreciate all of the suggestions.
My next question is how do determine what names you can't use? I mean I feel like names of nieces and nephews are totally off limits, but what about names of close friends and their kids, cousins, old friends, etc. Just wondering what others think of this.

I agree that names of people you see on a regular basis should generally be off limits. However, there are exceptions... if the name you love is a family name that you'd always planned to use, and it also happens to be the name of your friend's child, I'd use it anyway.
Very common names like John, Joseph, Katherine, Emily, etc. aren't necessarily off limits either, IMO, b/c you probably already know several people with those names.
If there's ever any question, I'd run the idea by a few family members or friends to get their opinion first.
JMHO,
Stephanie