I havenât been around here quite as long as a lot of you guys so maybe I just donât get it, but I agree. Theyâre just names, and for a lot of members they arenât even names for real children. I donât really get why it would matter if more than one person loves the same name. In fact, shouldnât that actually be a good thing? I would take it as a compliment.
And just to add more to it, in real life I always think itâs weird when people get upset when their neighborâs cousinâs friend âstealsâ their baby name. Obviously if someone I am close with and see often used a baby name I would be upset, but someone you have very little or no relationship with? Who cares. You donât have ownership over a name.
Iâve definitely seen some members in threads who seem to take it pretty seriously. But like I said, I havenât been around very long so maybe I just donât understand.
This is interesting. For example, I had [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] on my UC and saw it somewhere else so decided to remove it as I havenât been on here that long I wasnât sure what the nameberry etiquette is, so to speak. I can understand if someone has a really unusual one of a kind name but my naming taste is fairly mainstream so itâs quite likely I might inadvertently âcopyâ someone elseâs name at some point.
Itâs if itâs very close to home isnât it. [name_f]My[/name_f] SIL is expecting a baby girl and if she uses my favourite name [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] for example, I would probably cry. But I donât own the name so what can I do.
I agree somewhat, because often times names are not original. Combos like [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f], or [name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] can be came up with. But if someone looks at a user UC and takes it, then that is disrespectful to some people. UCâs are your own names. Several people can come up with a combo and put it on your UC, but not rare names. Like, if someone else put [name_u]Elysium[/name_u] [name_f]Vashti[/name_f] [name_u]Noor[/name_u] on there UC without crediting or asking @leafygreens I would be confused. That is a unique combo! Some people really like there combos and donât want other people to pretend they made them. But if 2 people have the same combo they both made up, then that is fine and I see no problem
Yeah of course close family is different. All of our nephews have C or K names - [name_m]Caden[/name_m], [name_m]Keaghan[/name_m], [name_u]Karson[/name_u] - and itâs super confusing, and the names donât even sound that similar. So family or friends babyâs names I would definitely not take or use anything similar.
But like I saw someone said once something about they couldnât use a name because it was their neighborâs guinea pigâs name. A guinea pig lasts like 2 years max and your child will have their name for their whole life. Plus you might not even be neighbors forever.
Haha sorry I actually donât know the typical lifespan of a guinea pig. I just have had mice and rats and I know they typically live about 2 years so I just assumed guinea pigs would be similar.
Well, according to google 4-8 yrs. I had them as a kid and they never made it past 2 so fingers crossed Iâm doing better as an adult!! They are quite delicate though, Iâd literally be amazed if one lived to 8! Anyway sorry all for hijacking this thread with guinea pig talk, I shall be quiet now!
I dislike when a combo has a first name that ends in a and a middle the starts with a vowel. It seems less clear and harder to say. Sometimes I like a combo enough I forget this rule, but it annoys me.
I feel like we rehash this debate every week or so, and it probably will be rehashed til the end of time or the collapse of Nameberry or something. The people who feel like itâs name stealing are likely always going to feel that way, and the people who think itâs fine are probably always going to think itâs fine. Iâm not saying itâs not great to share our opinions or hear the nuances or anything. But at the end of the day itâs not really an argument based on reaching the most âlogicalâ answer, itâs more about peopleâs emotions and feelings. Again, not that Iâm calling anyone illogical or anything - everyone has been very eloquent, reasonable and respectful. I just mean that since it isnât something where there is a ârightâ or âwrongâ factual answer, I donât think itâs something we can particularly resolve, or even something where I think many people will be convinced to change their mind.
[name_m]Even[/name_m] if you were to acknowledge (as an example) that it doesnât actually affect you much when someone uses a name from your UC, that doesnât change the way some people feel about it. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if we are going to argue that people shouldnât be upset - and perhaps they should, perhaps they shouldnât - those people are still never going to be convinced not to feel that way, because that isnât how emotions works. [name_u]Or[/name_u] vice versa with the other side of the argument.
Personally, I donât agree with this. I donât think you are wrong for not minding if someone takes a combination youâve made but, I would take it personally and be very upset. Thatâs just my nature. If you get the combo from me please give me credit and ask to use it. I work hard on combos. They are what I want to name my future children. And if someone stole that and used it before I could, I would be pissed off. So, I think unless someone flat out says âtake my combos freeâ I would never do it. And, I expect the same respect.
