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| Tue, 01-30-2007 - 6:55pm |
Would you give your DD a name very similar to your own name?
- Mother's name is Julienne (Julie)
- Considering either Julia or Juliana
- Yes
- No
You will be able to change your vote.

I've thought about this. I love the name Alice, but I feel I can't use it because my name is Alison. For me, I just don't like the idea of giving my daughter such a similar name when there are so many unrelated names that I love.
Admittedly, I don't like using family names in general, so it's not surprising that having my own personal namesake is outside my comfort zone.
Allie
I won't even use the same INITIALS
kids are named after their father all of the time - I love the idea of a mother and daughter sharing a name. Very sweet.
Good luck,
Brooke
I think it's nice. It seems a little weird to us these days, but I think it used to be pretty common. In my family, there are several branches with mothers and daughters with the same name in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Like a previous poster said, men do it all the time.
I also like the idea of using a variation, so there's less confusion about who's who.
Thank you everyone for responding with your vote and comments!
Julie
I voted "No," but only because I know how confusing/annoying it can be to have two people with the same or similar names in one household. To be fair, I feel the same way about naming a boy after the father, so it's not a gender issue to me.
However, if you WANT to name her after youself, I think using a variation like Julia or Juliana is a nice way to do so without giving her the same exact name. So if that were your reasoning, I'd change my vote to yes. I just assumed from your wording that you simply liked the name but worried it was too similar to your own.
HTH
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