Cousins with the same nicknames?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One can be Joe the other Joey - this is not a big deal.

OP here. I'm not going to tell the kid his nickname. He will decide what he wants. So will his friends. Also the last name is the same.

You pick a different nickname for your child than the one the older cousin has. Why is this so hard to comprehend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And I don't make a fuss about much usually. I refused baby showers for both children, and am super laid back. Sorry if "stealing the thunder" put off the wrong message. I just want my son to feel like an individual, these are two boys born the same year, and they will be going to the same schools unless one of us moves.

If you wanted his name to be unique, you should have chosen something less trendy than Jonah.

[Anonymous]

Are you still 19?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our second childs name is Jonah and is 2 months, and my SIL and BIL are due in a few months with their fiest. They revealed that they would have named their son Jonah but changed it when they found out they were having a boy. Mind you, we have told everyone our son would be named Jonah when we were pregnant with #1 who turned out to be a girl. SIL told me their boy's name will be Joseph, and will have the same nicknames as our Jonah: Joe, JoJo, Joey. Does anyone else find this odd? We live 1 mile away and they will see eachother often. My daughter is Zoë and we call her Zo. Zo, joe, and Joe... Strange, right? Or am I making a big deal? We aren't going to say anything to them but feel as if they are stealing our little ones thunder.

I will bet you a million dollars that your little one does not care about this at all.

[Anonymous]

Jojo/Joey/Joe are common nicknames for Joseph. I would have thought most Jonahs just went by Jonah.

[Anonymous]

You sound like a pain in the rear. They changed the name. They may not use a nickname and there are plenty. Your kid does not need 5 nicknames. Or, just use his real name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jojo/Joey/Joe are common nicknames for Joseph. I would have thought most Jonahs just went by Jonah.

Well, guess what. We call him Joey and Joe. He was born first, should mean something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound like a pain in the rear. They changed the name. They may not use a nickname and there are plenty. Your kid does not need 5 nicknames. Or, just use his real name.

SIL literally told me she would be using the same exact Nick names. I said it was cool and made no big deal. Just wondered if others thought it was odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jojo/Joey/Joe are common nicknames for Joseph. I would have thought most Jonahs just went by Jonah.

Well, guess what. We call him Joey and Joe. He was born first, should mean something

Except it doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I don't make a fuss about much usually. I refused baby showers for both children, and am super laid back. Sorry if "stealing the thunder" put off the wrong message. I just want my son to feel like an individual, these are two boys born the same year, and they will be going to the same schools unless one of us moves.

If you wanted his name to be unique, you should have chosen something less trendy than Jonah.

Jonah isn't common and BIL even said he got the idea fom us first.

[Anonymous]

You people do know there are 14 billion other names to choose from, right. Also, I call BS on not having control over the nickname. It will be whatever you decide. Also, he doesn’t HAVE to have a nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound like a pain in the rear. They changed the name. They may not use a nickname and there are plenty. Your kid does not need 5 nicknames. Or, just use his real name.

SIL literally told me she would be using the same exact Nick names. I said it was cool and made no big deal. Just wondered if others thought it was odd.

There clear consensus is that it’s not odd. You can keep repeating the question, but don’t expect it to get you a different answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One can be Joe the other Joey - this is not a big deal.

OP here. I'm not going to tell the kid his nickname. He will decide what he wants. So will his friends. Also the last name is the same.

You pick a different nickname for your child than the one the older cousin has. Why is this so hard to comprehend?

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My child IS the older cousin! He is already here! The cousin is due in December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people do know there are 14 billion other names to choose from, right. Also, I call BS on not having control over the nickname. It will be whatever you decide. Also, he doesn’t HAVE to have a nickname.

If you read my post, I cannot choose another name as my child was born last April. You want me to change my child's name???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I don't make a fuss about much usually. I refused baby showers for both children, and am super laid back. Sorry if "stealing the thunder" put off the wrong message. I just want my son to feel like an individual, these are two boys born the same year, and they will be going to the same schools unless one of us moves.

If you wanted his name to be unique, you should have chosen something less trendy than Jonah.

Jonah isn't common and BIL even said he got the idea fom us first.

LOL, there were three Jonahs in my dd’s kindergarten grade last year, out of a total of 87 kids.