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<h2>Choosing a baby name can be a stressful and daunting task for many expecting parents, especially when everyone in the family, the office, the grocery store, and the drive-thru has a strong opinion about the names you&#39;re considering...</h2><p>While some parents value everyone&#39;s opinion and like to take a poll of potential choices everywhere they go, others prefer to keep the decision private and wait to announce the name until after the baby is born. It&#39;s harder to criticize a name choice when it&#39;s already written on the birth certificate, but that still shockingly doesn&#39;t stop some people from offering up their special story about how they hated a Dylan in their second grade class.</p><p>So, when a pregnant woman decided to consult the online courtroom of moral philosophy otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole?&quot; about a conflict she got into with a friend over the name she chose for her baby, people were quick to deem a verdict.</p><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/mmubwy/aita_for_wanting_to_name_my_child_a_similar_name/">AITA</a> (Am I the As*hole) for wanting to name my child a similar name to my friend&#39;s daughter?</h2><blockquote> <p>I am pregnant with my first (and probably only) child. When I found out that it was a girl, I knew immediately I wanted to call her Nora. Nora was a friend of the family. She was older than my Mum, but as I grew up, I think it&#39;s fair to say she was my friend, too.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>We were both artistic souls and always had philosophical conversations about life. We even went on holiday together once. As Nora grew older, and was disabled, I helped her out as her only child was in and out of rehab - so I was a bit of a (grand)daughter to her.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Nora died in the early stages of the current health crisis (she had many health issues) and when I found out I was having a girl, I thought it would be great to name her in Nora&#39;s honor (also - it&#39;s a short, not too complex name, and both me and my partner want that for a child).</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I am making birth cards by hand and already teased them to a small group of friends. So after this, one of my friends contacted me, saying to reconsider naming her that. Her youngest is called Norah (like Norah Jones, all her kids have musician names) and she feels it&#39;s not ok that the two girls would have similar names. Honestly I didn&#39;t even think of that. There were 3 Sophies in my class - it&#39;s not the end of the world.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I told her this, and also that Nora was a special person to me - but she still feels I should have consulted with her. And that I should consider naming her after someone else - like my grandma (we&#39;re doing my grandma&#39;s name as her middle name, but I think Nora is just the nicer first name). I told her I&#39;m sorry this upsets her, but this will be my daughter&#39;s name. AITA for sticking to it, and not consulting her first? Also do you think it would be bothersome to have a friend with a similar name?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say:</h2><blockquote> <p>NTA (Not the As*hole) - people don&rsquo;t own names. That&rsquo;s why there are so many people named the same thing. Name her as you see fit. If your friend decides she doesn&rsquo;t want you in her life for that, she&rsquo;s not a true friend, in my opinion. - Portie-lover</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>NTA, your friend is mad entitled to think she can call dibs on a name and all its variants. - SeaFaringMatador</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>NTA - why didn&rsquo;t your friend consult you before naming all her children? Does she even realize how ridiculous that sounds. Not her child, not her choice - CPolland12</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>NTA Did your friend asked Norah Jones? - Shnipi</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>NTA. Your friend doesn&rsquo;t own the name. I think it&rsquo;s beautiful you want to name your little one after a person who was very important to you (and vice versa) and it&rsquo;s a shame your friend tried to talk you out of it. That doesn&rsquo;t sound like friendship to me - SnootyMcFrooty</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>NTA. This is of someone important to you. And you&#39;re right. It&#39;s not going to kill anyone to have two kids with similar names, or even same names. You don&#39;t need to be consulting anyone. - ShakeSlow</p> </blockquote><h2>So, there you have it!</h2><p>Everyone agreed that this soon-to-be mom is not at all wrong to name her future daughter after a special person in her life and she shouldn&#39;t change her plan just because it happens to be the same name as her friend&#39;s child. Good luck, everyone!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom-to-be asks if she’s wrong to give child same name as friend’s daughter.

Choosing a baby name can be a stressful and daunting task for many expecting parents, especially when everyone in the family, the office, the grocery store, and the drive-thru has a strong opinion about the names you&#39;re considering...While some parents value everyone&#39;s opinion and like to take a poll of potential choices everywhere they go, others prefer to keep the decision private and wait to announce the name until after the baby is born. It&#39;s harder to criticize a name choice when it&#39;s already written on the birth certificate, but that still shockingly doesn&#39;t stop some people from offering up their special story about how they hated a Dylan in their second grade class.So, when a pregnant woman decided to consult the online courtroom of moral philosophy otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole?&quot; about a conflict she got into with a friend over the name she chose for her baby, people were quick to deem a verdict.AITA (Am I the As*hole) for wanting to name my child a similar name to my friend&#39;s daughter? I am pregnant with my first (and probably only) child. When I found out that it was a girl, I knew immediately I wanted to call her Nora. Nora was a friend of the family. She was older than my Mum, but as I grew up, I think it&#39;s fair to say she was my friend, too.   We were both artistic souls and always had philosophical conversations about life. We even went on holiday together once. As Nora grew older, and was disabled, I helped her out as her only child was in and out of rehab - so I was a bit of a (grand)daughter to her.   Nora died in the early stages of the current health crisis (she had many health issues) and when I found out I was having a girl, I thought it would be great to name her in Nora&#39;s honor (also - it&#39;s a short, not too complex name, and both me and my partner want that for a child).   I am making birth cards by hand and already teased them to a small group of friends. So after this, one of my friends contacted me, saying to reconsider naming her that. Her youngest is called Norah (like Norah Jones, all her kids have musician names) and she feels it&#39;s not ok that the two girls would have similar names. Honestly I didn&#39;t even think of that. There were 3 Sophies in my class - it&#39;s not the end of the world.   I told her this, and also that Nora was a special person to me - but she still feels I should have consulted with her. And that I should consider naming her after someone else - like my grandma (we&#39;re doing my grandma&#39;s name as her middle name, but I think Nora is just the nicer first name). I told her I&#39;m sorry this upsets her, but this will be my daughter&#39;s name. AITA for sticking to it, and not consulting her first? Also do you think it would be bothersome to have a friend with a similar name? Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say: NTA (Not the As*hole) - people don&rsquo;t own names. That&rsquo;s why there are so many people named the same thing. Name her as you see fit. If your friend decides she doesn&rsquo;t want you in her life for that, she&rsquo;s not a true friend, in my opinion. - Portie-lover  NTA, your friend is mad entitled to think she can call dibs on a name and all its variants. - SeaFaringMatador  NTA - why didn&rsquo;t your friend consult you before naming all her children? Does she even realize how ridiculous that sounds. Not her child, not her choice - CPolland12  NTA Did your friend asked Norah Jones? - Shnipi  NTA. Your friend doesn&rsquo;t own the name. I think it&rsquo;s beautiful you want to name your little one after a person who was very important to you (and vice versa) and it&rsquo;s a shame your friend tried to talk you out of it. That doesn&rsquo;t sound like friendship to me - SnootyMcFrooty  NTA. This is of someone important to you. And you&#39;re right. It&#39;s not going to kill anyone to have two kids with similar names, or even same names. You don&#39;t need to be consulting anyone. - ShakeSlow So, there you have it!Everyone agreed that this soon-to-be mom is not at all wrong to name her future daughter after a special person in her life and she shouldn&#39;t change her plan just because it happens to be the same name as her friend&#39;s child. Good luck, everyone!

Choosing a baby name can be a stressful and daunting task for many expecting parents, especially when everyone in the family, the office, the grocery store, and the drive-thru has a strong opinion about the names you&#39;re considering... ...

Mom-to-be asks if she’s wrong to give child same name as friend’s daughter.

Choosing a baby name can be a stressful and daunting task for many expecting parents, especially when everyone in the family, the office, the grocery store, and the drive-thru has a strong opinion about the names you're considering...

AITA (Am I the As*hole) for wanting to name my child a similar name to my friend's daughter?