Naming a New Baby

Updated on July 28, 2007
J.M. asks from Baton Rouge, LA
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Okay, I have one daughter. My husband and I are hoping for a son sometime within the next year or so. And we have already picked out the name Wyatt. Now we have recently met a couple and became friends with them and they also have a son named Wyatt, is this a dilema? Or should I not worry about it?

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A.R.

answers from Lafayette on

I would not worry about it. You picked the name before you met the other couple. Wyatt is a great name. I also gave my son the same name 16years ago.

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S.C.

answers from Baton Rouge on

I have a daughter with the same name as a close friend of mines daughter. She loved my childs name. It helped that they have a 5 year age difference. We also have some pet names or each. But it is not a true problem

I woudl recommend mentioning this to your new friend's though.

Good luck!

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L.D.

answers from Fayetteville on

I wouldn't worry about it. Just compliment them on their good taste in names! If you really love the name, you may regret it later if you don't use it.

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A.R.

answers from Little Rock on

No it should not be a dilema because you had already picked that name and you should not worry about it. My son is 3 years old and he has the name of like 5 people we know granted 2 are family but it shouldnt cause a problem lol my cousin was looking for away to spell her sons middle and forgot it was our last name and she didnt ask use how we spelled our last name till he was like 2yr and now he is 4 but its all gravy.

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T.A.

answers from Fayetteville on

Don't worry about it. Name your's what ever you want to.

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M.M.

answers from Pine Bluff on

Right now I am pregnant with my first daughter. I am being very very picky with names. We are trying to find something that is original. We want a name that neither of us know anyone with that name. I dont mean this is what you should do but thats what we are going for. I dont want my daughter to be the 5th person in her class with her name. If you like the name stick with it though. Its all about how you feel about it.

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L.T.

answers from Jonesboro on

First of all your worrying about something that may not happen at all! Unless within the next couple of years they are able to let everyone with or without money decide what sex baby they want then you may have another girl. Also by the time you have another baby if you do get a baby boy these new friends may not still be around and you can alway's use a different middle name or use Wyatt as the middle name. You both are going to turn grey before your time worrying over something like this. Just be happy to have a healthy baby to love!!

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S.D.

answers from Shreveport on

J.,

It's your child, name it what you want. If we all were worried about who else has that name, we would start naming our children after numbers (haha).

A couple of things you could do to make it a little different is get creative and change the spelling, also you can put it as a middle name so there would be an initial at first when you had to call your child: "A. Wyatt, let's go." Also, you can be creative with the names so the childs initials spelled something....for example:

I named my son after my Russian herritage. His name is Alexi Nicholi Doolittle.............his initials are AND!

If you like the name -- use it. How many "Mary's" and "Scotts" are in the world?

Hope this helps,

S.

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C.N.

answers from Baton Rouge on

Name your baby what you want to name him. A friend who would get upset that you named your baby the same name as theirs is pretty shallow.

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