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[wenrob]

Marie was quite the popular middle name in previous generations. My youngest DD’s middle name is Marie after my MIL. Her great aunt’s middle name is Marie. Two of my nieces (first cousins) share my middle name.

It’s a name, a pretty common one at that and a middle name. Something I wouldn’t even give a second thought to. I could see *maybe* getting peeved if your sister named her daughter your daughter’s very unique first name but really, no one owns a name.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

My son and my cousin's 2nd child share the same middle name (in honor of our grandfather, though). They are only 4 months apart in age as well. Personally I love it. And we live 700 miles apart, they've only met once, but my son remembers hers quite well and often happily says, "We have the same name!"

 

[bobgobblin15]

I don't see the problem. One of my step sisters and I share the same first name. While I share the same first and last name with one of my sister I laws lol.

 

[macraven]

Two of my sons named their first boys the same first name

They both said it was a name they picked out when they decided to have a family
I know it’s weird

 

[zoo2tycoon]

My nephew is Xxxx Matthew. My youngest son’s first name is Matthew. Never even thought about it in 22 years until now!

 

[Hikergirl]

Two of my sons named their first boys the same first name

They both said it was a name they picked out when they decided to have a family
I know it’s weird

My friend's 2 sisters did the same thing. I'm sure it was strange for them all at first but they seem to be Ok with it now. The boys are in their 20's so it's been a long time.
The older one is XXXX1 and the younger is XXXX2, sometimes within the family they are just referred to as "1" or "2" and not by their name

 

[sam_gordon]

I have no idea who her kid is named for.

His kid is not named after my mom. My kid is. I don’t know where they got that middle name from.

If you don't know where they got the name from, how do you know she's NOT named after your mom?

No. She’s just born my kid is almost 9. And she never once said that she had that name picked for her kids. Whatever this is kind of what I expectedly on here

1) Did you guys ever talk about names for future kids? She's under no obligation to tell you what names she has picked out just like you're under no obligation to tell her.
2) You said you wanted honest responses. That's what you're getting.

 

[mjkacmom]

My oldest’s middle name is Anne, after her grandmother and two great grandmothers. I’m assuming that there are other family members with the same middle name (I honestly don’t know offhand the middle names of any of my nieces of nephews).

 

[ronandannette]

Middle name. Not first.

Two of my sons named their first boys the same first name

They both said it was a name they picked out when they decided to have a family
I know it’s weird

The mother of one of my nephews and her sisters all decided in their youth that if they had sons they would all name the first one James. And they did. My nephew is known as James; two of his first cousins are Jamie and Jim. Odd maybe but it meant a lot to their mothers.

 

[Skellingtonj]

Doesn't look like you've gotten much sleep last night, it must bother you quite a bit.

What? You can see me now too??? Is that how this works?

 

[E&Cmom]

Non issues! Definitely not stealing. Definitely not worth getting upset about.

Marie is one of the most common middle names out there.

Both myself and my sister have the middle name Maria and then my sister used it for both her daughters. I stopped that tradition and my daughters have completely different middle names.

 

[Skellingtonj]

If you don't know where they got the name from, how do you know she's NOT named after your mom?


1) Did you guys ever talk about names for future kids? She's under no obligation to tell you what names she has picked out just like you're under no obligation to tell her.
2) You said you wanted honest responses. That's what you're getting.

Why would she name her kid after my mom?!?! We are not related. Jesus. We have different parents. She is my husbands sister in law not mine.

 

[mamamary]

I have a lot of nieces and nephews and I'm sitting here and there are a few that I can't even remember what their middle names are. My daughter's middle name is Elizabeth and I didn't even realize that on DH's side of the family that there are at least two others with that as their middle name. It doesn't make any difference whatsoever. Now I prob. wouldn't be thrilled if my siblings named their kid the same first name as my kids. When my parents and aunts and uncles were all having kids in the 1950s there are a few first cousins that do share same first names. When the 1960s kids started rolling in that didn't seem to happen anymore.

 

[TheConsciousness]

 

[mrsheppo]

My DD gave her son the middle name Gabriel. A year later, one of her sister in law's gave her son the same middle name and not much later, another sister in law gave her son the name Gabriel as his first name. Not a blip on anyone's radar. My oldest daughter has the middle name Kathleen and my niece has the first name Kathleen. They were both named for my mother. Didn't bother either of us. Marie is an extremely common middle name. Not worth having anxiety about it.

 

[lovemygoofy]

So your daughter first name is Marie named after your mother? Your husband's brother's wife had child with middle name Marie? You are upset because Your daughter had it first? What if this name is special to them as well? Your daughter isn't the only Marie and the sentiment stays the same regarding why you picked her name.

 

[Searc]

So your daughter first name is Marie named after your mother? Your husband's brother's wife had child with middle name Marie? You are upset because Your daughter had it first? What if this name is special to them as well? Your daughter isn't the only Marie and the sentiment stays the same regarding why you picked her name.

No. They have the same middle name (Marie). Much ado about nothing.

 

[msjprincess]

Marie is one of the most common middle names. https://fox8.com/2016/03/15/the-most-common-middle-names-from-the-last-12-decades/ It's silly to think no one else in your family would use it because you used it first. I don't even get the issue. Even if it were the same first name I can't imagine that I would care. I picked my son's name long before I had kids. If someone in my family used it first I still would have used it.

 

[GoingSince1990]

This thread totally reminds me of “Goodfellas” (one of my favorite movies).
Paulie and his brothers had lots of sons and nephews. And almost all of them were named Peter or Paul. It was unbelievable. There must have been two dozen Peters and Pauls at the wedding. Plus, they were all married to girls named Marie. And they named all their daughters Marie. By the time I finished meeting everybody, I thought I was drunk.

 

[1GoldenSun]

My daughter has a very uncommon but not unheard-of name. I was out once and heard a woman call her daughter by that name. i said, "Oh, her name is _____?" The woman proudly responded "We like unusual names in our family. I know she'll never meet another ________."

I decided not to tell her that that was my daughter's name as well.