I just love the name [name]Grace[/name]!!! [name]Love[/name] the combo [name]Grace[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]!!! However, I have a [name]Emma[/name] [name]Addison[/name] [name]Grace[/name]. We RARELY call her [name]Emma[/name] [name]Grace[/name] but sometimes do… Last pregnancy we considered using [name]Grace[/name], and we asked [name]Emma[/name] and she thought it was great… just not sure, thoughts???
I hate that I put a name I love so much kind of as a tag a long in [name]Emma[/name]'s name, and I never get to use it! If I could have a re-do I would have named her [name]Emma[/name]-[name]Grace[/name] 
Ooh, [name]Grace[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] is so pretty! I am not sure though, if you do call your daughter [name]Emma[/name] [name]Grace[/name] sometimes, then it might be a little confusing. But how old is your [name]Emma[/name]? If she is okay with the idea, then it would be a cute way to honor her.
[name]Emma[/name] will be almost 12 when this baby arrives…
Oh, I’ll bet she would be very excited to share [name]Grace[/name] with her sister. 12 is a great age!
You know my last name… do you think it sounds o.k. with [name]Grace[/name] as a first name… I feel it runs together a tad, but I am not thinking it is a show stopper??
My thoughts? I wouldn’t consider re-using a name; there are so many other lovely names. And [name]Grace[/name] is well-used. I met a wee [name]Faith[/name] lately…
However, that’s just my personal opinion. I think it’s perfectly okay to do that if you wish.
Yes, [name]Grace[/name] does run a little bit into your last name. Hmmm, how about: [name]Hope[/name], [name]Faith[/name], or [name]Joy[/name]?
Or you could go with [name]Anna[/name]-[name]Grace[/name], which doesn’t run into your last name as much.
I do [name]Love[/name] [name]Hope[/name] and [name]Joy[/name]!! [name]Anna[/name]-[name]Grace[/name] to me would be way too close , on the occasions we call [name]Emma[/name], [name]Emma[/name] [name]Grace[/name]…
You could perhaps make it a theme if you have future girls–give them all 3 names, with [name]Grace[/name] somewhere in it. So something like [name]Emma[/name] [name]Addison[/name] [name]Grace[/name], [name]Grace[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Belle[/name], [name]Clara[/name] [name]Grace[/name] [name]Amelia[/name].
I’m making up a 3rd for this baby and the name for the other just to show what I mean.
If [name]Emma[/name]'s 12 and in favor don’t worry. It’s unusual but not a bad thing. My mother, her sisters, and their mother all have the middle name of [name]Mary[/name].
Nope I would never reuse a name – they are so many beautiful names out there and each child, no matter how many, should feel unique and special.
Though you’re [name]Emma[/name] likes it, you’re new baby might end up hating being named after her sister. I know if I had been given a name my sister had, I would have been ticked. It’s as if my parents weren’t willing to put in the effort to find me a new name and just gave me a “hand-me-down”
I know my younger sister hated wearing my clothes, so I know she’d hate if my parents used my middle name as her first name. There’s just so much sibling rivalry and you don’t want to increase the odds of a fight…
I don’t know you or your siblings, but I always caution others to think that if it was you, how would you feel? (be it a weird name or in this case reusing a name) before deciding to use the name on your child.
This is just my opinion though based on how I would feel. So you’re younger daughter may think differently, BUT you have to decide if it’s worth the risk.
All in all, I would never reuse a name.
I guess to me if it was a first name or even the first middle name that is used a lot, I could see the issue, but being that she is RARELY ever called [name]Emma[/name] [name]Addison[/name] [name]Grace[/name], I don’t see it as such a big deal… but I could be wrong, which is why I appreciate all of your thoughts and opinions My hubby and both of his brothers have the same middle name… My [name]MIL[/name] told me she just LOVED the name, and never thought twice about using it with all three.,… that it was a bond they shared. I have a friend that used her middle name for both of her daughters middle name, and said she didn’t think anything of it, either…
I guess rather than thinking that the parents didn’t put in the effort, maybe it is that the parents loved the name and it had significant meaning, so it was a name they wanted to hear and enjoyed saying…
There are too many names I love (especially girls’ names) I will never reuse one. I can understand your point of view, but in my opinion, you can just start calling [name]Emma[/name] [name]Emma[/name]-[name]Grace[/name] more often.
About the significant meaning, why not using other name with the same/similar meaning?
Maybe something like [name]Hannah[/name], [name]Anna[/name], [name]Annika[/name], [name]Annaliese[/name], [name]Susannah[/name] (I know you strongly consider this for [name]Serena[/name]), [name]Charis[/name], etc.
Well to me there’s a bit of a difference between all sharing the same middle and taking the middle of one and putting it as a first name of the other. So if it was [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Grace[/name] instead, then that would be fine I guess… it wouldn’t be my thing to do, but to me that’s a lot different than taking [name]Emma[/name]'s middle name and making it her sister’s first name… and I get the idea behind is that you loved the name so much, but you also have to view it from the person who has to wear the name and they MIGHT feel a bit cheated… (again this is all just my personal opinion and you are free to take it or leave it!)
If it were me, I would be more worried about the second [name]Grace[/name] not appreciating having a “used” name than worried about [name]Emma[/name] being bothered by it. I have to agree with catloverd that it might seem like you couldn’t devote the time to choosing a really special name just for her - even though I appreciate your spin on that saying you just loved it so much you wanted to hear it all the time. I think I would call [name]Emma[/name], [name]Emma[/name] [name]Grace[/name] more often if you want to hear it more, rather than using the name again.
I would find something similar in feel to [name]Grace[/name] but that isn’t the same name since you already used it once.
Thank you all for your thoughts and inputs…
My boyfriend’s middle name is also his younger brother’s first name. It is a family name though so I don’t know if that makes a difference, but it’s always sounded fine.