Friend gave her newborn same name as my son

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is 3 years old. She copied his first and middle name. When we went over yesterday to meet the baby and bring a gift (she had the baby at the end of the month) she was like "Surprise! We liked [son's name] so much we decided to give it to our baby, isn't that awesome?!"

Except we picked his name based on family members whose memories we want to keep alive. She just ... copied us. Obviously we don't have a monopoly or anything but to copy BOTH the first AND middle names? It's weird, right? I'm trying to let it go but having a hard time.

This is all you can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh, they’re 3 years apart. And unless they’re both super unusual names like Aloysius Evelyn, it’s no big deal. Most boys names are pretty boring.

It's funny your examples are boy name and girl name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Think of it as a compliment. This is not something to get upset about.

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You copied your family's names and unless you're making something up all names are copied from one's you like. Just move on!

[Anonymous]

You don’t own the name.

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine copied my child’s very unusual name. It was odd but we took it as a compliment! And now you’ll never forget her child’s name

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Oh PLEASE. Get over yourself. What, Henry, Ben, Michael? Even if it’s Brayden, Caden, Jayden, Braxton, Jackson, Brantley, WHO CARES.

Shut up. You didn’t make any of those names up. Even if you are a ****CREATIVE MOMMMMMMM**** with a little Slate McGraw.

[Anonymous]

It's odd, and I can see why it's irritating, but I'd just let this one go. Nothing you can do.

People are so weird about names.

I remember getting into a low key argument with an older female family member about what we'd name hypothetical girls (we were adults, though neither pregnant yet). We claimed to have "always wanted" the same name. She had a girl...and did not use the name. I only had boys.

[Anonymous]

At least she didn’t steal it first. A cousin of mine has the name I was supposed to have but he was born first

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least she didn’t steal it first. A cousin of mine has the name I was supposed to have but he was born first

And what is his name, like David Michael? WHO CARES? BASIC NAMES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh, they’re 3 years apart. And unless they’re both super unusual names like Aloysius Evelyn, it’s no big deal. Most boys names are pretty boring.

It's funny your examples are boy name and girl name

Evelyn is a unisex name, poster.

Men

Evelyn Ashley (1836–1907), British barrister and Liberal politician

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), Consul-General of Egypt from 1883 to 1907

Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1903–1973), Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959

Evelyn Barker (1894–1983), British Army officer in World War I and II

Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (1819–1889), British horse breeder

Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800–1873), British statesman

G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903–1991), British ecologist

Evelyn King (politician) (1907–1994), British member of Parliament

Evelyn Frederick Charles Ludowyk (1906–1985), Sri Lankan Burgher Trotskyist, author, playwright, critic

Evelyn Owen (1915–1949), Australian inventor of the Owen submachine gun

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1655–1726)

Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (1711–1773)

Evelyn Pierrepont (MP) (1775–1801), British Member of Parliament

Evelyn de Rothschild (1931–2022), British financier and member of the prominent Rothschild family

Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (1882–1954)

Evelyn Shirley (1788–1856), British politician

Evelyn Shirley (1812–1882), British politician, antiquary and genealogist

Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1843–1906), English classical scholar

Evelyn Stuart (1773–1842), British soldier and Tory politician

Evelyn Sturt (1815–1885), English-born Australian police magistrate

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), English satirical novelist, whose first wife was Evelyn Gardner

Evelyn Webb-Carter (born 1946), former advisor to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and current Controller of the Army Benevolent Fund

Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) (1838–1919), British Field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient

Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited

[Anonymous]

This is so weird. First name alone, whatever. Both first and middle is odd. How close are you? Is she a strange person otherwise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, OP. You - and your son - should feel complimented, not upset.

I agree. I would love this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would do a slow fade. Honestly she sounds a bit crazy. I’d be worried about her borrowing my husband too.

HAHA, agreed - hilarious, I would definitely do a slow fade if you're not super close to her...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think of it as a compliment. This is not something to get upset about.

+1
You copied your family's names and unless you're making something up all names are copied from one's you like. Just move on!

In my religion, it's not copying. It's keeping the memory of a deceased relative alive by naming a new relative after them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. First name alone, whatever. Both first and middle is odd. How close are you? Is she a strange person otherwise?

We were very close friends in middle and high school, then lost touch during college and both randomly now have settled in the same town about an hour from where we grew up. This is the first strange thing I've known her to do.