Can I Use the Same Baby Name as an Acquaintance/friend?

No one has a monopoly on baby names. My sister gave my niece the same middle name as I gave my daughter. So what? It's not as though their having the same name puts us at risk of not being able to tell them apart.

I think you shouldn't have to ask their permission. If this is the name you like then use it. besides their son's name is Charles - if they wanted him to be Chase they should have named him Chase! They'll either get over it or they won't.

You may want to mention it, so they aren't surprised when you do name him, but there is no reason not to name him Chase.
I've even seen cousins with the same name (usually a family name), so I don't think that children of (what sounds like) semi-casual acquantances should be an issue

Name your baby whatever you want!!!!!
I do the birth certificates at the hospital I work at and you would faint if you knew how many unrelated people who don't even know each other pick the same names. Either for first or middle. It doesn't matter. You choose a name for your child and that's what you do.
My daughter is due on May 7 and frankly I'm worried because she is really having a hard time coming up with a name. She wants this, but she knows someone else whose cousin is named that or a guy who works at the gas station she went into had that name. So what?

Choose what you like.
Your child will be his own little person no matter what.

Best wishes.

Will you be friends with these people in 5 years? How about in 20 years when your child is an adult? Probably not... so I would say yes, they do not have a monopoly on the name.

I would draw the line if maybe, it was like your sister's baby name or your best friend's mother's name who passed away and it was in honor of her or something, but other than that, why not?

Really though, I named my child the same as a very, very distant relative that I had practically forgotten about, who lives across the country and I haven't seen in almost 18 years. The kid's mom (my aunt) got so pissed off at me, she pretty much disowned the entire side of our family. What a nut!

You are free to pick any name you like. Besides, they didn't name him Chase, they call him Chase.

No-you don't need her permission-tell her you've loved that name since fourth grade. I like the name-my kids have a friend by that name. What about the name Chandler?

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Nobody owns the names, so I don't think you need "permisssion," but there's no guarantee the other couple won't feel odd about it. Communicate! Bring it up as a topic of conversation with them. Assure them you're not trying to steal their son's name, and that you recognize the potential for confusion. See how they respond, not only the words, but the body language, tone of voice, 'pregnant' pauses. Depending on their reactions, you may discover the wish to keep looking. Or to choose the name.

The most popular names are going to be heard a lot in any case. In my grandson's very small pre-K class, he tells me there are three Logans and two Dylans. In one of my daughter's elementary classes a generation ago, there were four or five Jennifers and even more Jasons.

I would personally not want to name a child the same novel, modern or popular name that many other children will carry, but that's just my own preference. I hope you find a name you love!

You can name your child whatever you want!! People are so crazy about names, "this is our name!!", blah, blah, blah. Guess what, I bet he (your friends Chase) is not the only Chase at the playground/class/school, etc. We were always planning on naming our boy after my father, and before we had a boy, my sister in law had one and used the same name. WHO CARES?? It is about what you and your husband want, not what someone else thinks!
Congrats on the baby :)

This sounds like that "Sex and The City" episode!

Name your child what you want. Don't worry about double names...my husband and I have the same name and WE HAVE SURVIVED just fine for the last 25 years!

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My very good friend, M, had another very good friend, E, when M was pregnant with her 3rd child. E had named her second child a name that M liked a lot, but because of their friendship she almost didn't use it. But at the last minute M changed her mind and named her child the same name. You know what, now, only 2 years later, M and E aren't even friends anymore. Their kids don't really know each other and there's almost no overlap in the friend group. There was no falling out at all, life just changed for both of them and they drifted apart quickly. The moral of the story is to use the name - friends come and go, sad to say. And if you stay friends, that's great - then within that friend group their child will be Chase X (or Chase the first, or something else) and your child will be Chase S. Or who knows, maybe your son will get some nickname that totally sticks and it won't matter at all anyway!

Good luck.

No one owns a name. You like it, use it.

My husband's friend had a baby and named her a name I wanted for our little one, we decide name our baby with other name but always kept that ick feeling, so if I was you, if you really like the name go for.

Their child's nickname is Chase, not his real name is what I am getting from your writing, so it really should not matter to them if you use the name Chase. I think it all comes down to what you and your husband like and that is all. I would not worry about what anyone else thinks.

D. P.

Name YOUR baby whatever you want. If she is a true friend she will not be phased at all.

The name isn't off limits, you are free to use a name that someone else has used, but personally, I would probably have stayed away from using an unusual name that my friends had used, especially so recently. You don't ask their permission, though, they don't have ownership of the name. You either decide to use it, or not. If they comment about you using the same name, tell them that was the name you'd decided on for a boy even before they had their baby, and you weren't going to change to a name you liked less simply because they use that name as a nickname.

My best friend and I have daughters with the same name. If you like it--go for it. Ask them if you want, but it isn't necessary.

I had a co-worker use for her daughter the name I picked out. Both first and middle were family names. Now I feel like I can't because it would be perceived that I got the name from her. I was not and am still not happy about it.