Your friend steals your baby name. What do you do?

Give the name to her anyway. The name has value to you. It is bound to happen that people hearing or seeing the name may pick it themselves, which is how baby names become popular in the first place.

Frankly the fact that your friend picked this as her baby's name should be viewed as a huge compliment. Consider that when she tells the story of how her baby got her name she will be saying "My friend dreamed up the name as a child. " As the two children grow up they have a unique opportunity to share an unusual name, this could be a bond between them as they grow.

Find another name. I believe this is some sort of "sign" that this name is not suitable for my child and some higher power prevent my child to be named that way. I still believe that names have power over the person, either in supernatural way, or in a logical way.

For example, as a teacher I often found some names make the kids get bullied or it can mean something terrible in another language.

I would say give your daughter the name you chose long ago. Friends come and go but your love of the name has remained all these years. I had my boys in 1990 and 92 My older son has 2 middle names Stanley Todd and my youngest son's middle name is Robert.My cousin with a diminished intelligence liked the middle names of my sons and used them as her son's name in 93 which was odd.

Not only did she use my names she also took the idea of giving her child double middle names, which is rare in our area. I hated the fact that she took the names I had chose but my mom told me to look at it as a complement. I would have perfected that my cousin just told me she liked the name.

One solution would be to give your child the name as a middle name and a different first name. But I probably would give my baby the name and get rid of the friend. A friend who does that really isn't much of a friend.

Of course, it would be awkward if they went to the same school. They would be in the same class and have the same nontraditional name. However, not many people stay in the same neighborhood their entire lives anymore.

There is a better than average chance that one or both of you will move and then the name will be unique in that area again.

My sister in law had her son first and gave him my choice of first name, so that became my son's middle name. When I got smarter, I got rid of the sister in law.....Sadly, my son was the one who got to bear the weight of all this. My advice: do what you think will hurt your child the least.

But first, talk to the friend and gently ask her why she did this. Maybe she is oblivious, but you will never know unless you are up front, straightforward, yet diplomatic, (lest you burn bridges) Assess her explanation, then make you decision as to what to do. Unique and unheard of can be a curse to a child, especially if the pronunciation is not obvious.

You might want to rethink this whole issue....... Thank heaven you are not going to call her Ashley, Brittany, or Jennifer. A little difference can make a kid feel special, but too much difference might be a real burden.

Lol One.. I doubt this would happen as I pick really odd and old names for instance my sons names are Torsten Wilhelm and Rafe Magnus.. had I had a girl she was going to be either Aeris June or Annalise June.. BUT.. hypothetically.. I would say something. I would express my hurt and frustration. Had I been planning to name my daughter something since childhood it clearly was important to me and it's likely I expressed that to her.It would depend how close the friend was and how near she lived whether or not I still used the name.

I wouldn't want them going to the same kindergarten etc. With the same name.. I had a common name in school and it drove me nuts to not be the only me. If she was a close neighbor then I'd likely come up with something new and original, and even better. :).

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