College BF Names Daughter Same As Me

[Anonymous]

Tell us the name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I named my daughter after my roommate’s cat. So it could be weirder.

I kind of love this. What is the name?

I’ll just say it was a name that was more common in the late 80s and deserved a revival, and that it wasn’t even a living cat- it was her childhood cat that she’d told stories about. Roommate was a random Craigslist find who became a dear friend and she thought it was hilarious that I had carried her cat’s name with her all those years. DD loves cats and her name’s origin story.

We do not share this story beyond the 3 of us. Don’t tell DH.

[Anonymous]

My family has a tradition of giving kids their grandparents names as middle names going back several generations.

I’ve got two kids both of whom we have one of their grandparent names as middle names.

One of those names is also the name of one of my DH’s exs. We knew that, but we decided to continue the family tradition anyway.

Oh, the craziness that ensued. She literally called DHto ask him if our daughter’s name was a sign he still loved her!

Don’t assume everything is about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get over yourself-it’s probably his wife’s grandma’s name.

Sure, sure. There were a lot of Tragedeighs in that generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s weird. You heard about it so quickly by several people. Don’t send a card.

Be quietly flattered.

Exactly. Hilarious the people were trying to say this isn’t weird when a half dozen people reached out to her within two hours of the birth to tell her about it. That’s proof. It’s extremely uncommon and odd. There’s precisely zero chance in hell I would ever name my son the same name as my college boyfriend. That’s all you need to know.

[Anonymous]

You don’t know them. Maybe her beloved grandmother shares your name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family has a tradition of giving kids their grandparents names as middle names going back several generations.

I’ve got two kids both of whom we have one of their grandparent names as middle names.

One of those names is also the name of one of my DH’s exs. We knew that, but we decided to continue the family tradition anyway.

Oh, the craziness that ensued. She literally called DHto ask him if our daughter’s name was a sign he still loved her!

Don’t assume everything is about you.

My friends loved the name, let’s say Zoey, so they named their cat Zoey. Got pregnant and regretted using up the name they liked on their cat but then says screw it and changed their cat’s name to lets say Chloe and named their kid Zoey. I thought that was hilarious.

[Anonymous]

It’s weird. I once suggested a name to my DH and he said no bc he had a crush on someone with that name at some point. In the literal decades since he said that he has never mentioned that person again, and hadn’t before.

[Anonymous]

Women pick the names 100%. She probably suggested it and he said great. He has 100% forgotten about you totally so the name didn't ring a bell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women pick the names 100%. She probably suggested it and he said great. He has 100% forgotten about you totally so the name didn't ring a bell.

Wrong. Men pick the names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He and his wife just probably like your uncommon name.

She probably doesn't know it's his ex's name.

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Did you just marry some rando off the street or did you get to know the guy at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're 28. Move on from college.

Ha.. This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard, through a half dozen friends within about 2 hours of the birth, that my boyfriend of 3 years in college gave his newborn daughter the same name as mine. My name is not common. We are 28.

That is weird, right?

Maybe. But maybe it is a name he and his wife both agreed on.

I named my cat after a college GF because I thought it was the perfect cat name, not because I was still in love with college GF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women pick the names 100%. She probably suggested it and he said great. He has 100% forgotten about you totally so the name didn't ring a bell.

Wrong. Men pick the names.

Men usually pick their son's name, and will let their wife pick their daughter's name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family has a tradition of giving kids their grandparents names as middle names going back several generations.

I’ve got two kids both of whom we have one of their grandparent names as middle names.

One of those names is also the name of one of my DH’s exs. We knew that, but we decided to continue the family tradition anyway.

Oh, the craziness that ensued. She literally called DHto ask him if our daughter’s name was a sign he still loved her!

Don’t assume everything is about you.

My friends loved the name, let’s say Zoey, so they named their cat Zoey. Got pregnant and regretted using up the name they liked on their cat but then says screw it and changed their cat’s name to lets say Chloe and named their kid Zoey. I thought that was hilarious.

Ha! We didn’t do this but ran into similar. LOVED the name we gave our dog when we found out we were having a boy. Dog was 6 and didn’t consider changing it but it was HARD to come up with something we liked as much.