WWYD about this name decision?

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WWYD about this name decision?
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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 12:27pm

So we are about to have our second boy. Our first DS is John Patrick. DH and I both love the name Shane for our second boy. The only "issue" is that friends of mine named their DS Shane (he is 14 months old). We really like the name, there are other contenders but none that I LOVE as much as this name. I feel it suits our family really well, but not sure what the "rules" are as far as this goes. DH has no problem naming our son Shane, as they are my friends and he doesn't care what other people think (about anything).

My friends- its actually my best friend's twin brother and his wife who have DS Shane. I am friends with that too tho.

I was thinking about calling her (shane's mom) and asking what she thought. (not that she would tell me no, but maybe I could gage by her reaction).

Is this wrong of me? Should I just forget about this name and move on, or try to see if we can make it work?

Thanks in Advance for any comments :)

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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 2:54pm
I think you could at least ask. I do have one other problem with Shane for you, though. Shane is the Anglicized form of Sean, which is the Irish form of John.

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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 3:16pm

That's exactly my thought. I'd have no problems w/ you using the name Shane... except you already HAVE a John!

Cathy

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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 7:15pm

Yea, you should probably call to feel her out.

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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 7:51pm

I agree with the previous posters...first thing I thought was that Shane=John. Would you consider using it as a mn? That would be a nice way to honor baby's big brother.

Kimberly
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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 7:58pm
Personally if someone said they wanted to name their child my child's name, I wouldn't have a problem with it! Kind of an honor actually. :)

As for the Shane/John relation. I had no clue Shane and John were related, and actually it's such a far off relation that I would have never linked the two names. So I wouldn't let that bother you at all.

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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 8:07pm

For me, Shane would be too close to John, both because they have the same root and because they're 1 syllable, end in same sound and start with very similar sounds.

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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 8:57pm
I wouldn't use Shane, since your son's name is John. They're the same name.




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Sat, 01-05-2008 - 1:08pm

I think you should ask her. I had a similar problem when naming our son, I was set on calling him George until my friend and a woman I work with both called their sons George. They had no problem with me naming our son George but we decided to honour my brother by calling him James instead. I think if you ask and they're ok with it then your set but then again if they don't seem to "for" the idea well they've not exactly got rights over the name to say whether or not people can or cannot name their child that. Hope it helps