MOST parents put a lot of thought into what they name their babies.
Choosing names that will live with them for the rest of their lives can be a daunting task.
This new mum was furious when she discovered her friend had copied her daughter’s name.
After picking a name that was personal to her and her partner, this Mumsnet user was baffled when her friend announced that she was going to use a name that was practically identical.
The mum was in a haze of new-born bliss, with daughter Isabelle.
“We spent a long time picking the name and it’s really personal to us and it means a lot,” she shared.
The mum was shaken from her bubble when one of her best friends announced that she was pregnant just a few weeks after she gave birth and was naming her baby Isabella.
She said: “We talk every single day and now she has decided to pick the name Isabella.
“I just find it really strange out of all the names available she has picked the only name that could upset me, blatantly copying my little girls name.”
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but the name was too close for comfort, according to the user.
She explained: “I know she’s free to name her child whatever she wants but I can’t help but feel upset that for the rest of our lives we will have extremely similar daughter names.”
But her friend didn’t see the issue with the almost identical names, “she seems happy to copy the name with no thought,” she quipped.
“If I new she had choose that name I would’ve picked another one so it’s more intimate and special to me.”
Fellow Mumsnet users agreed that her friend had crossed the line: ” I’m pregnant with my second child.
“There are names I love but friends have already used them for their kids so I would never do the same,” one confessed.
However, some thought she was overreacting: “You’re allowed to be miffed but you don’t own the name, sorry.”
One commented: “I understand but – in the nicest way – you are being a little bit crazy.”
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A third added: “I think if the names in question were rarer I might think it odd – but Isabella is currently number eight and Isabelle 34 in the UK charts.”
Another agreed: “I really don’t get all this preciousness about names. If a friend copied my kids’ names I’d be flattered.”
