Is the Name I Love "Taken"?

My mom wanted a Deborah and so did her sister and I have six cousins with a variation of the name. (Debbie, Deborah Renee, Deborah Elizabeth, Deborah Rose, DebbyAnn, Deborah LeeAnn, Deberyn) Family reunions are great....ask a Deb to bring you a soda and you would get at least six.....you can still hear the laughter....so go ahead and have cousins with the same name......It doesn't hurt and it gives the family something to talk about other then.........#@$@$@###....
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Growing up in an Irish family, we have a Danny/Daniel in virtually every primary unit. We refer to them as "Robert's Danny", or "Marybeth's Danny", etc., when we're in a bigger get together.

No worries here!

We decided on the name of our first son, Nathanael David (my middle name is Nathanael, my wife's deceased father's name is David), when we didn't know if our oldest daughter, born seven years before him, was a boy or a girl.

Six months before our first son was born, my wife's cousin named their son Nathanael David. Didn't affect our plans in the least. We have two Nathanael Davids in our family, and nobody even notices.

Your family member has a BOY named Christopher, so please tell me why it would be a problem naming a GIRL Christina ? Jeez, that makes no sense to me ! Sorry.

totally dont understand the Christina and Christopher thing.... My mom's maiden name was Cristino so my name is Cristina and my brother (3 years younger) is Christopher... so we have our mom's name and our dad's name!

Totally acceptable... Christopher goes by Topher (end part of the name) and I go by Nina... trust me there is no confusion!

My maiden name is Ryan. I have two sisters, neither of whom have kids or plan to. It was important to me to name my son Ryan. I have a cousin (my dad's neice) who named her son Ryan because it was her Mom's maiden name. I also have a cousin on my mother's side who named her son Ryan, simply because she liked the name. Both cousins are more than 10 years older than me, so their sons were already young teens when I became pregnant. I didn't think twice about adding another Ryan to the lot. I think if you're very close, or see the family members all the time, it's one thing. But we are spread far and wide, and meet up only at family reunions and funerals, so it's never been an issue at all.

My husband's name is Gabriel, we decided when we were first married that if we ever had a daughter, we would name her Gabriela. Our 1st child was a boy, so the name would have to wait. During the wait, my husbands sister had a girl & named her Gabriela. As soon as we found out, I told my husband that it didn't matter because we had chosen the name 1st & because I wanted to name my daughter after her father, so a few yrs later our Gabriela was born.

The two names are different and a different sex. Why was that a problem?????

Bunny,
Why don't you spell Christina ( Kristina) same name, yet very different.

Why would having a christina and a christopher be a problem? Diff. sex and name.

I don't get why you couldn't name a daughter Christina with a Christopher in the family. They are different names. There are entirely different "rings" to each.

This same thing happened when I was born. My parents had decided to make my middle name Christina however my older cousin that I hardly ever saw had the middle name of Christina so they were pressured into giving me a different middle name.

In the end, even with the same name in families, you grow apart. I have two friends with the same name as me, and it's comical and fun being together. No matter the name as long as they are healthy! Http://www.childrenshealthsecrets.com

hey my name is lea and 4moth

That is because many Jewish families follow the custom of naming a child after a deceased relative. This can include taking the actual name, the first letter of the name (which has become the most popular) as well as taking the Hebrew name.

Emily~
Yes and no. You can easily have Jewish cousins with the same name if they are to honor the same family member. You don't name a newborn child after a LIVING relative. My husband is named after his grandfather, who died before he was born. And a Jewish man should never marry a woman who has the same name as his mother. (The tradition was if he called his wife's name and his mother, out of habit, responded to her own name being called, the man might be guilty of disrespecting his mother by calling her by her first name.) But it's okay--in fact, even expected--that if there is a venerated deceased family member, that many people in the family would name their children after that person. I know of one such family where many of the male relatives are named Asher or a derivative of it after an ancester who was part of a rabbinic dynasty.

We are Jewish. My sister's daughter (my niece) is Erika. Her cousin (my son) is Erik. Erika is named after my Great-Aunt who's name began with "E" (Ethel) and Erik is named after my Grandfather Emil (another "E" initial) Ethel & Emil were brother & sister and Erika & Erik are cousins who are named after them.