Is there a name that you loved, but someone else used it first and now you can’t use it for your child?
No but im so scared of this happening all the time!!!
I adore [name_f]Nora[/name_f], but a friend named one of her twins [name_f]Norah[/name_f] 
Not yet, but we have been planning on naming a son [name_m]Zenon[/name_m], after my husband’s grandfather. We decided on this name since I was pregnant with my 3 year old, and this baby is a girl as well, so we won’t be using it any time soon. My husband’s youngest brother is currently expecting twins with his girlfriend, and we don’t know the genders yet. Since he had the same grandfather, I know its possible he could use the name first. I wouldn’t be too upset, but I don’t know how my husband would feel.
I think the only names to fall in this category for me are the girl [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-variations. My kids have two cousins with [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-related names, so that does give me pause over [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_u]Marian[/name_u], and [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] on my list. The field feels a bit crowded on that point. I’m not sure it would really be a deterrent if it were my true favorite name though. It certainly doesn’t seem to have been a problem for people who have used my kids’ names (some were straight-up copied and the parent admits it, some I guess we just had similar taste).
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] and [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]. I love both names. My LO has a cousin named [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] and I have 2 goddaughters named [name_u]Alexis[/name_u] (they aren’t related to each other). [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], because it sounds too close to my own daughter’s name! If we ever have a boy one day it will be back to the drawing board! Also, my family is over-loaded with men named [name_m]George[/name_m], on both sides. So that’s out. My husband’s family actually doesn’t do honor names, it’s considered disrespectful to use the names of your elders.
I used to love the name [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] and considered it for a future boy but my sister ended up using it. It’s my great grandfathers name and my parents were going to name me [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] if I was a boy. But I’m not that upset about it, since my taste in names have changed a bit, plus it doesn’t sound that great with my last name. So I am glad that my sis was able to use it. I really love the name [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] now and it would be an honor name for my dad ([name_u]Loren[/name_u]), one of my good friends loves the name as well, so I suppose if she used it first then I probably wouldn’t use it as a fm but will still consider it for a mn.
I don’t care if people use the name I like. I wouldn’t hesitate to use my favourite name just because my sister/friend/neighbour/colleague used it. Uniqueness is not about names, I prefer my child to have a unique character rather than a unique name.
It’s not the same name but I can’t use one of my favourite combos [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_u]Jay[/name_u] because my sister just used [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] I do love my nieces name though. It’s suites her well.
I’m also scared because I’m the youngest of 4. My other sister likes the name [name_u]Jesse[/name_u] and that is my all time favourite so I’m terrified that I’m never gonna be able to use it.
My best friend loves the name [name_m]Jack[/name_m] and [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] is high on my list.
I’m also not sure if I’d be able to use [name_u]Jay[/name_u] or [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] together either. Their my brother-in-laws siblings names. We’re not close with them though, so I might be safe.
I hate loving names and only being 15!!!
I don’t think [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] and [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_u]Jay[/name_u] are too close for cousins, especially since both of those are really popular names. And if there are two Jesses, then, so what? Unless YOU don’t like it. People have different opinions on that point. One of my sisters thinks it’s just terrible to share names. I’m the oldest in a big family, and I tell all my siblings that they should use whatever names they love, because nobody can “own” a name. Some of the names and combos of the cousins HAVE come out close to my kids’ names. THEY at least get to know that when they pick. I had no way of predicting when I picked, ha!
I haven’t had a name stolen before I was able to use it, but my sister was pregnant last year and chose [name_u]Jordyn[/name_u] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] for the baby if it was a girl. My son is [name_u]Jordan[/name_u] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] so had she had a girl and named her [name_u]Jordyn[/name_u], I would have been unhappy.
My grandfather’s name was [name_u]Owen[/name_u], and for the longest time before it got super popular, I always said I would use it for a boy.
My cousin named her 4th baby [name_u]Owen[/name_u], and the extended family was NOT happy about it (she’s a bit of a black sheep, does not have the means to take care of the other two children she has custody of, much less another baby) but shortly after he was born she reconciled with his father, who didn’t like the name. So he is now [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m].
Not quite but when I was pregnant with my daughter, I only knew one other person who was expecting at the same time. She had a little girl 6 months before my daughter was born and gave her the very unusual first name we’d picked out as a middle!
We still used it as we really weren’t that close to the other family (we are good friends now, funnily enough!), we had long loved the name and it held lots of meaning for us. I’m so glad we did because the middle name/first name thing has come up maybe twice, and it’s actually quite a sweet connection between our two girls. Plus she’s such a [name_f]Juno[/name_f]!
I guess it’s an honor to have someone choose the same name that you did for your child.
That’s a cool name! Very unique and strong. You could still use it as a middle if they use it as a first.
My sister named her two kids my favourite names (at the time). It didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would, their names suit them, they go well as a sibset and they were the only names her and her fiance liked, so it was whatever. They’re popular names anyway so I was aware of the risk, just didn’t think it would affect me as I didn’t think my sister would use them. But she clearly has good taste! 