Is it too close or stepping on toes if I have a [name]Grace[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] and like the name [name]Kate[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] for my 6th child?
(Had I known I was going to have this many, I would have preserved some names.
My five are: [name]Grace[/name] [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Jack[/name] [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Emma[/name] [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Mary[/name] [name]Clare[/name] & [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Marie[/name] who was stillborn.)
Why don’t you chose a differing first and middle name? When in doubt, don’t. Please picture your child’s double name on a diploma, resume, and wedding invitations. It may seem like a typing error.
Yes.
What if your little [name]Grace[/name] one day decided that she didn’t like her name and wanted to go by [name]Catherine[/name]? Then people would wonder why you had a [name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Kate[/name].
You’ve got mn [name]Emerson[/name] and fn [name]Emma[/name], so mn [name]Catherine[/name] and fn [name]Kate[/name] is no different to that [name]IMO[/name]. But I’d caution against it solely because you’re honouring your stillborn daughter in this baby’s middle name as it is, and to give her both names that are connected to siblings might seem a bit like she’s not actually being given her own identity, if that makes sense.
@basicsand - She wasn’t talking about calling this baby [name]Kate[/name] [name]Catherine[/name], which is what your post implies. She’s talking about calling her [name]Kate[/name] ____ with a sibling ____ [name]Catherine[/name].
It is probably just fine, in your case. GL
I think it is fine, most people would not know your daughter’s middle name.
I wouldn’t do it, I’m very picky about siblings having names that aren’t at all similar.
I wouldn’t do it myself, but I think it’s fine. Like others have pointed out, you have ____ [name]Emerson[/name] and [name]Emma[/name] ____ already, and [name]Mary[/name] ____ and ____ [name]Marie[/name]. This is pretty much the same situation. In your case, I’d probably do it to keep the continuity.
I agree, because you have already created this continuity with your other children’s names it should be fine
It’s not something I’d do and it’s something that I’d suggest people avoid. However, since you’ve already done it once, why not do it again and give your new daughter the same name as two of her other siblings (since you’ve already used both [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Marie[/name]/[name]Mary[/name])?
I think you misunderstood: She wants to name a daughter [name]Kate[/name] after already giving [name]Catherine[/name] to a prior DD for her MN, not name one [name]Kate[/name] [name]Catherine[/name].
Assuming you don’t use middle names around your house I think it would be fine. But if you regularly call your children using their first and middle names then you may want to reconsider.
By the way I love your kid’s names especially [name]Mary[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. It’s also my daughter’s name.
Honestly, i think you’re fine. I know people are saying [name]Grace[/name] might decide to go by [name]Catherine[/name], but in terms of total population relatively few people randomly decide to go by their middle name. The odds of [name]Grace[/name] wanting to go by [name]Catherine[/name] aren’t huge, and i think we on NB often forget that people are separate from their sib-set for most of their lives. After age 18-21ish, [name]Grace[/name] and [name]Kate[/name] likely won’t live together and won’t have the same peer groups (and if they’re more than 3 or 4 years apart they won’t have the same peers their entire lives).
The majority of people they meet in their lives will never know about their sib-set, and those that do probably won’t care. If its a name you love, name your baby that name.
(by the way i totally thought from the title that you wanted to name a kid “[name]Kate[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]”…glad that wasn’t it haha!)
I think you’re fine with a [name]Kate[/name] ______ after already having a [name]Grace[/name] [name]Catherine[/name].
But I personally don’t love the shorter [name]Kate[/name]. However, since you plan on using [name]Elizabeth[/name] as a mn I would choose a completely separate fn that you haven’t used yet. I’d give this child a name that is only her’s and not just names that belonged to her sisters.
I agree with this.
I agree with this actually. To me it’s okay since as others mentioned you have an [name]Emerson[/name] and [name]Emma[/name] thing going, but, in this case, because you are honoring another daughter, it might seem like this child doesn’t get her own identity. She has names that are shared with other siblings, which, in my opinion, isn’t fair.
So I personally would either keep [name]Elizabeth[/name], drop [name]Kate[/name], or keep [name]Kate[/name] and drop [name]Elizabeth[/name].
I would keep [name]Kate[/name] or [name]Elizabeth[/name] but not both since this baby wouldn’t have one name all to herself.
Other names to use that go with your sibset are
[name]Colleen[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Maureen[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]/[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Eileen[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
I would use
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Anne[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] or [name]Anna[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Colleen[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Louise[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Eve[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] or [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Martha[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name] or [name]Rose[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Eileen[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Elise[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
I don’t think it really matters, honestly. It’s not a big deal. [name]Even[/name] if [name]Grace[/name] decides to go by [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Kate[/name] and [name]Catherine[/name] will be in good company of naming trends many generations past when it was not unusual for families to have girls name [name]Eliza[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name]. Also, this may be the last girl you ever have, so it would be a shame to not use a name you love. [name]Kate[/name] is a gorgeous classic! I love your taste in names. So refreshing.
I would definitely do it! I get very different feels from [name]Kate[/name] and [name]Catherine[/name]. I am sure your little [name]Grace[/name] will not randomly one day want to use [name]Catherine[/name] as her name. I also think [name]Kate[/name] goes very well with your kids names.
I think it’s fine.