I’ve loved the name [name_m]Luka[/name_m] for a long time now, but my brother’s and is is [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] and he goes by [name_m]Luke[/name_m]. Are these names too similar? I would spell [name_m]Luka[/name_m] with a ‘k’ because I find it more masculine and then it’s two letters off from my brother’s given name. Also, their middle names aren’t at all similar. Are the names too similar and would you do something like this with your brother or sister’s name if you really loved it?
Honestly, it wouldn’t matter if you named your son [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] and called him [name_m]Luke[/name_m]. No names are owned by anyone and we all should be able to use the names we feel are the ones. My brother wouldn’t care if I named a son his name or a child one of his children’s names, just like I wouldn’t care. If he had an issue with it, that is his issue. Actually his name is [name_m]John[/name_m] and we have quite a few in the family. [name_m]Jack[/name_m] is on my short list to honor him and a few others, including my mom, [name_f]Jane[/name_f]. And to make berries fall over I’m [name_u]Jean[/name_u]. Yep; a [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_m]John[/name_m], and [name_u]Jean[/name_u] lived under the same roof for decades and we all lived to tell the story. We also never had anyone make any comments about it.
I think it would be totally fine, seeing as how we are talking about an uncle and a nephew. If you had a son [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] and wanted to name another son [name_m]Luka[/name_m], then that would be different and wouldn’t work at all.
Going slightly against the grain here. PP are right that nobody OWNS a name and we can name our children whatever we please. However, I would be upfront with it. Chances are your brother doesn’t care and you can go for it. However, what if he was planning on naming HIS future son [name_m]Luke[/name_m] or [name_m]Lukas[/name_m]? If you use it, he may feel like he can’t. I do feel like close family members have a claim on their own name.
I feel like people would probably think you’re honouring your brother or naming after your brother -is that something you mind? Is that something your brother would be cool with?if yes , go for it. I personally wouldn’t, but it’s not uncommon to have similar names in families
My nephews name is one letter different from my husbands.
My husband LOVES it,
It’s a name we talked about using also so it’s nice,
Like it was picked right off my list!
Which is nice in this case.
I don’t think he was named for him and the syllable structure is such that that the names sound fairly different
BUT we think it’s really neat and was a cool surprise
We couldn’t have chosen a better name for him!
Not so much a suggestion as a personal experience but I do think it’s sweet and probably fine?