So I really love the combo [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f]! If I was ever to use this combo on a future child of mine I was just wondering would it be okay I am only wondering this because I also have a best friend named [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] and her middle name is [name_f]Louise[/name_f] ([name_f]Louise[/name_f] is also my middle name too. My best friend and I have the same middle name) so would it be right to honour your child after your best friend? Sadly my best friend moved house and moved about 20 minutes away from where she used to live (She used to live next door to me. That’s how we became so close and such best friends)! So is it right to name your child after your best friend?
I would never even consider the alternate [name_f]Amy[/name_f] spelling as I really don’t like it.
I think naming a child after a best friend is like getting a tattoo of a boyfriend’s name. If you and your best friend had a falling out and weren’t friends anymore, would you still love the name without a negative connection?
I think if you REALLY love the name with no strings attached, then go for it. But if you love the name because it’s your best friend’s name I would either pick one of the names or pick a different combo entirely.
I wouldn’t do it. Plus the [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] spelling looks atrocious to me. [name_f]Amy[/name_f] is the classic spelling.
Keep it on your list and revisit it when it’s time to actually name a child. Your tastes and your friendship might have changed by then. I do like the spelling [name_f]Aimee[/name_f], it’s the [name_m]French[/name_m] version.
[name_f]Aimee[/name_f] is the [name_m]French[/name_m] spelling pronounced (roughly) [name_f]Em[/name_f]-AY. If it’s being pronounced [name_f]Amy[/name_f], it looks misspelled, so I’d find something fresh for your child.
Coming from a person who is named after my mother’s best friend and who plans on doing the same when she has children, I think it is a lovely way to honor someone special to you. The one thing I would do is ask your friend how she would feel about it, since she may not like her name or would prefer it as a middle.
By the way, [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] is a beautiful combo!
Seems awkward
Does your friend like her name? If you don’t know, ask her. She might hate it and wish something better for your daughter!
Keep in mind it could get confusing when you and your daughter visit your best friend. An a couple other ideas are [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] (lots of nickname options including [name_f]Aimee[/name_f]), [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Aimee[/name_f]
ha, I’m glad I’m not the only one to think this! Everyone seems to want to claim the [name_m]French[/name_m] meaning and the [name_m]French[/name_m] look, but not keep to the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation, which I don’t get. [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] in [name_m]French[/name_m] would not be said AY-mee. But I realize it’s nearly impossible to expect anyone to say it the [name_m]French[/name_m] way.
I have names on my list to honor my best friend. But honestly, I wouldn’t use her full given name (mainly because I’m not a huge fan of it, and it’s just not my style. Plus, it doesn’t feel like it’s mine to use. It’s her name.), and she passed away in 2011, so I’m not as concerned about being betrayed by her or our relationship going sour–which has happened to others (naming a child after their friend, and then the friend and the parent not being able to keep their friendship.). Are you still friends with her? 20 miles is honestly not that far away, and I think it could be really confusing. If you like [name_f]Aimee[/name_f], maybe [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] or [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] or use [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] as a middle, or maybe just use [name_f]Louise[/name_f] in the future to honor your friendship and the middle name you share. But I think using her full name isn’t a very good idea.
Honestly I’m not a big fan of honoring names (friend or family) for the reasons other posters have noticed. Also my own first name is honoring and for many reasons I’ve really disliked having that be the case… By the time you have a baby to name, you never know. You could not even talk to this friend then, even if right now it seems you will be close forever. Life goes on and our relationships ebb and flow along with it. She also may not care for her name, or maybe she likes it okay but wouldn’t want it to be re-used so that it will stay just her name alone.
[name_f]Aimee[/name_f] I would expect the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation out of, and would say it that way as opposed to how you’d say [name_f]Amy[/name_f]. So it could be difficult in that manner to use. And again, just from my own personal experience, if you use an honoring name, it’s always good to give the child at least one name that is not honoring to fall back on, in case they dislike not having their own. So maybe just use [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] or [name_f]Louise[/name_f], not both.
“Right”? I don’t know. I’d personally make sure said friend was my closest friend or family for longer than anyone else, no chance of ever leaving. I’ve considered, and I would also make sure friend is game as well.