We’re still playing the name game and we finally settled on something…then I found out there is another person on there with the exact first and last name. I feel like this almost takes the magic out of it. It’s not like my daughter has a common last name (Hollier pronounced OH-yay) so I was just surprised there was someone else out there with the same name!
I think it depends. Honestly, there are so many people in the world, mostly everyone knows someone with the same name as them.
IF the person lives in, or is from, your area or region, I wouldn’t use it. If they live across the country or in another one, I’d likely still use it.
She actually lives in the same state not too far away from where we are. I regret doing a Google search now.
This happened to me too! It does bother me, and we won’t be using that name. I think the person is a distant cousin of my husband’s which is kind of funny. But yeah…it isn’t a popular first name and not a popular last name. What are the chances?!
Unless it’s a famous person it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest.
Right!? I just couldn’t believe I managed to find someone with the exact same name that just so happens to live not to far from us! Part of me still wants to really use it (Thought we may go back to [name_f]Jaycie[/name_f] which is how I originally wanted to spell it) and part of me is like let’s start from scratch. It just weirds me out.
[name_m]Even[/name_m] if they were famous it wouldn’t bother me as much as knowing someone close by who we are not related to shares the exact same name as my daughter.
Aw man! It would definitely bum me out, too. But if it’s the name you love I think you should keep it. The middle name may be different? And I think changing up the spelling may help… It’s going to be VERY hard to find a name that no one else has, it just stinks it’s close in proximity to you. I really like [name_u]Jacey[/name_u]/[name_f]Jaycie[/name_f] for you so I hope you end up keeping it!
We will probably keep the name because my boyfriend and I do really love it. I think he’s warming up more to the idea of [name_f]Jaycie[/name_f] especially since I told him about my little discovery. He was really surprised and pretty much had the same reaction I did. I think [name_f]Jaycie[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] may just be what we settle on after all.
It wouldn’t bother me at all. I don’t know if there any other people out there with the same name as my boys, and I don’t really care.
If she lived somewhere else I wouldn’t care either, but like I said knowing there is someone within an hour and a half of me who not only has the same first name, but last name as well is a bit odd for me.
I don’t think this is a problem at all! My mom has a friend with the exact same name… and she always says she is proud to share her name with such a great person! What I think is important is the name is one you love. You should think about if your daughter met this person later, whether she would be unhappy.
Go to howmanyofme.com and type in first and last names. Most people share a first and last name with at least one other person. I wouldn’t worry about it, use the name you love.
I didn’t even know such a website existed! Makes me kind of feel a little more at ease about the whole thing. I was just surprised she lived so close to us.
I wouldn’t worry about it myself, because what’s the likelihood that your daughter would even meet this other person? Many people share names out there. [name_f]Imagine[/name_f] all the [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] Smiths in the world! Unless the person was a celebrity or something, it wouldn’t really bother me. And you truly seem to love [name_u]Jacey[/name_u]/[name_f]Jaycie[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f]. I wouldn’t change it because there is someone close by with the same name. But you do what you think is right. If its uncomfortable for you, change it.
I found out recently that there’s a girl at my university with the same first and last name as me - and I have an unusual last name! Doesn’t bother me in the slightest though.
I went to school with two girls called [name_f]Verity[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m], both in the same year - [name_m]Smith[/name_m] is a very common surname but I have never met anyone else called [name_f]Verity[/name_f] so it was a very small chance! They were fine with it though, most people used their MNs to distinguish between them and it wasn’t an issue.
There’s another person with my exact name, in my city. My age group too. Doesn’t bother me. I’d probably still use the name, especially if I loved it. [name_m]Add[/name_m] an extra middle?
It wouldn’t bother me, especially with the age difference. You never know the future. You could move or she could move, and then they wouldn’t even be close. We have a unique surname (like less than 100 people with the name) and my mom shares her name with someone else. If either one of them got married, and decided to take the husband or wife’s last name, they could share a name with a lot more people. I would go with what you love.
It wouldn’t bother me unless I actually knew them.