Using sibling middle name for a first name??

Name Advice
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We’re expecting a baby boy (our third child, second boy). My husband and I are having trouble agreeing on a first name for our baby. However, the one name we both agree on (and love) is our older son’s middle name. We’ve spoken to our son (who’s 5) and have asked if he’d be okay with sharing his name with his younger brother. He’s fine with it and actually excited about it.

My husband has no issue with using the middle name as our baby’s first name. His thinking is it’s better to use a name we both love (notwithstanding that it’s our other son’s middle name) rather than choosing a name where at least one of us isn’t 100% on board with.

My worry is that it’s taking something away from our older son. Granted, no one other than me uses my older son’s middle name, and even then I use it occasionally.

I welcome your thoughts on using a middle name as a sibling’s first name. Please help!

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i dont see any problem in it. it’s a name you loved 5 years ago when you chose it, and considering you almost never use a middle name, it’d be fine to use it as a first name for a new son.

i’ve a friend and her middle name is her s ister’s first name,.

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Thank you for your comment.

Regarding your friend, does she dislike her name or indicate to you she wished she had her ‘own’ name (in the sense that her sister didn’t share her name?)

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when she told me i asked her just that, and she didnt seem to mind at all!
her first and middle name are both traditional irish names, so whenher sister had her middle name as her own first, they both had traditional irish names: Carragh and [name]Sinead[/name].