I recently found out I was expecting (after being told I would never have children). Although very excited, we are due at the beginning of [name_u]August[/name_u]. The catch? [name_u]August[/name_u] is my husband and I’s favorite boy name. We won’t know for some time the gender of the baby, but would naming a boy [name_u]August[/name_u] if he’s born in [name_u]August[/name_u] be tacky?
I’m hoping the baby comes in [name_u]July[/name_u] as my husbands entire family was born in [name_u]July[/name_u]. But I’m still worried I won’t be able to use our #1 name!
I think having a longer version as the full name and [name_u]August[/name_u] as the nickname is a good idea, if nothing else because it will help avoid confusion with your birth announcement
I once read a comment that went something like: what’s worse? Naming your child [name_f]Tuesday[/name_f] if they were born on a [name_f]Tuesday[/name_f], or naming your child [name_f]Tuesday[/name_f] if they were born on Friday? Lol. Now the person who made the comment didn’t like the concept of the name at all, so it’s a little different. [name_u]August[/name_u] is a really nice, solid name that I believe has been heard of enough to not sound strange on a baby born in the same month. I think if you don’t find a name you both love more, you should go for it. At least half of the time someone asks for your name, you aren’t following up with your birthday. And if you are, who cares? It might get a chuckle out of a few people, probably not much else. Some might think it’s cool. Use the name you love!
I knew a girl named [name_f]April[/name_f] who was born in [name_f]April[/name_f]. I remember it hardly ever came up. At a certain point a name like [name_f]April[/name_f] or [name_u]August[/name_u] just ends up feeling like a name, and you forget that i is also a word at the same time. So once it came up in a group, some people didn’t even notice it, but sometimes, someone would make a comment, “oh, you’re born in [name_f]April[/name_f], and your name is [name_f]April[/name_f]!” And she would go, “haha, yep.” And everyone would move on.
If you love the name, use it The only time you’ll get a whole lot of comments, I feel like is when your little one is born. It will be on people’s minds then, but throughout his life, I doubt that you’ll hear from people about it as much as you might think!
I don’t think it’s tacky at all! We wouldn’t question an [name_f]April[/name_f] in [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_f]May[/name_f] in [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_u]June[/name_u] in [name_u]June[/name_u], etc. so why [name_u]August[/name_u]? I say go for it
I had friends who were due in [name_f]April[/name_f] but baby came in [name_u]March[/name_u] instead. They decided that [name_f]April[/name_f] could no longer be used for her name. So they named her [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] instead! Crazy…right. Which is weirder an [name_f]April[/name_f] born in [name_u]March[/name_u] or an [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] born in [name_f]Spring[/name_f].
I wouldn’t bat an eye at an [name_u]August[/name_u] born in [name_u]August[/name_u]. I certainly wouldn’t find it tacky. FWIW, I have known two Aprils with [name_f]April[/name_f] birthdays, and a [name_u]June[/name_u] with a [name_u]June[/name_u] birthday. The only reaction I have ever observed to their matching birth dates and names was mild amusement or interest.
[name_u]August[/name_u] is a word name to me more than it’s a month name if that makes sense. I don’t automatically think of the month when I hear it as a name but rather the meaning of the name/word. I wouldn’t think anything odd about an [name_u]August[/name_u] born in [name_u]August[/name_u] or [name_u]July[/name_u]. I certainly wouldn’t let that stop you from using it if you love it.
