https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:34:58 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2009 16:02:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=26548 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688384&title=names-too-similar#688384 Author: RubyG
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Posted: 17 May 2009 at 4:02pm

Your little girl would probably be nick named Bel anyway? esp with a cousin Ella - do you like bel or would that annoy you?]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 16:02:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688384&title=names-too-similar#688384 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688305&title=names-too-similar#688305 Author: busymum
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Posted: 17 May 2009 at 2:08pm

IMO it's only confusing if they are likely to have a lot of contact with each other while growing up (ie when you call them).]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 14:08:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688305&title=names-too-similar#688305 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688299&title=names-too-similar#688299 Author: Rachael21
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Posted: 17 May 2009 at 2:00pm

Bella Jane is lovely]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 14:00:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688299&title=names-too-similar#688299 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688281&title=names-too-similar#688281 Author: myfullhouse
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Posted: 17 May 2009 at 1:34pm

I had originally picked Isabella but DH wasn't entirely fussed on it so Mum suggested we go with Bella which DH was happy with. Will think about it a bit more but am tending to think I might just try and talk DH round to liking Parker.

ETA: I had picked Bella Jane Lorna R...... as the name so I suppose we could just use her middle name and refer to her as Bella Jane - that would probably make Mum happy as her name is Jane.

Edited by Linzy]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 13:34:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688281&title=names-too-similar#688281 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688061&title=names-too-similar#688061 Author: caitlynsmygirl
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 11:16pm

hehe I know a girl and her two daughter's names rhyme ....

Edited by caitlynsmygirl]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 23:16:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688061&title=names-too-similar#688061 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688023&title=names-too-similar#688023 Author: BaAsKa
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 9:39pm

no i dont see a prob. My sister had a boy a year before me and named him Oakley then i had Bailey...they are reasonably similar but we dont care. They also spend ALOT of time together!! and sometimes get confussed about who is being yelled at! lol

My sis' inlaws have a Cyrus and Cypris as first cousins.]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 21:39:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=688023&title=names-too-similar#688023 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687928&title=names-too-similar#687928 Author: rachelsea
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 7:40pm

One of my cousins has a daughter named Bella, and another cousin (same side of family so they are cousins too) named her baby Ella I agree with everyone else, but best to check your SIL is happy too! ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 19:40:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687928&title=names-too-similar#687928 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687922&title=names-too-similar#687922 Author: Febgirl
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 7:32pm

If you are pretty close to your SIL and your children are going to grow up spending lots of time together then to be honest I'd probably look at another name as I think they are really similar. Although as someone else said, Bella is short for Isabella, is that an option?

]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 19:32:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687922&title=names-too-similar#687922 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687916&title=names-too-similar#687916 Author: myfullhouse
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 7:29pm

Ok, will have a chat with SIL soon once she is sorted with her little one. I am probably going to stress over this for the next 8 or so weeks and then have a boy!!
Thanks for your thoughts ladies]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 19:29:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687916&title=names-too-similar#687916 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687875&title=names-too-similar#687875 Author: pomikiwi
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 6:39pm

go for it I say. If you really like Bella then you should use it. ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 18:39:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687875&title=names-too-similar#687875 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687759&title=names-too-similar#687759 Author: T_Rex
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 3:17pm

I have cousins who are a few months apart called Ellie and Valerie - not a big deal when they were named, but they quickly became El and Val so that when you called out to one of them, they usually both responded. But honestly, usually when they were together and you wanted one of them, you usually wanted the other one too, cos it was lunch time or home time or something. So I'd say its not a big deal and go for it. But in saying that, if it were me, I'd probably run it past your SIL first ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 15:17:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687759&title=names-too-similar#687759 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687752&title=names-too-similar#687752 Author: M2K
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 3:07pm

Bella is a very pretty name...

My cousin and myself are called Jolene and Jodyne,we are same age also, hehe, but we don't mind, neither names are that common ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 15:07:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687752&title=names-too-similar#687752 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687731&title=names-too-similar#687731 Author: caliandjack
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 2:24pm

To me Bella is short for Isabella and not like Ella at all.

I have a cousin who was named after me, and it never bother me. In fact I think my mum was quite flattered that my auntie liked the name. ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 14:24:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687731&title=names-too-similar#687731 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687727&title=names-too-similar#687727 Author: Katep
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 2:20pm

If they were twins or sisters....then it would be very tacky! But Bella is a super cute name so go ahead....I wouldn't even consult ur brother and SIL about it as really, it's a totally diff name!

I am worried as we have friends here that are due with a girl a month before us. I am just hoping they don't call their bub one of our names. ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 14:20:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687727&title=names-too-similar#687727 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687723&title=names-too-similar#687723 Author: myfullhouse
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 2:18pm

SIL is pretty much my best friend (other than DH) so maybe I will have a chat to her when she is feeling up to it (her labour was hard). Bella and Parker go really well with the middle names I have chosen and they were really hard to decide on as middle names. I just dread having to start again, or alternatively talk DH into being happy with Parker!]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 14:18:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687723&title=names-too-similar#687723 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687722&title=names-too-similar#687722 Author: kebakat
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 2:17pm

They are different, I'd be fine with it.]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 14:17:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687722&title=names-too-similar#687722 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687716&title=names-too-similar#687716 Author: weegee
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Posted: 16 May 2009 at 2:09pm

Bugg3r! Technically I think your DH and Mum are right, but I know in your shoes *I* would prob try to come up with something else... and I know if a friend or relative had a baby close in age to ours and used a name very similar I would probably feel a little ticked off.

I guess it depends on what sort of person your SIL is and what sort of relationship you have? Are you close enough that you could ask her in confidence whether Bella could still be on your list? (She might be flattered you've asked.)

Love both Parker and Bella by the way, they're different without being "out there" ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 14:09:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687716&title=names-too-similar#687716 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687692&title=names-too-similar#687692 Author: myfullhouse
Subject: 26548
Posted: 16 May 2009 at 1:45pm

Everyone thinks we are having a boy again (although we didn't find out at the scan), even I think we are having a boy. I have my boy's name and 2 girls names - Parker (DH doesn't like) and Bella.

Bro and SIL had a little girl on Thurs and they named her Ella - they hadn't told anyone their name choices prior to her birth.

So now I am thinking that if we do have a girl we can't name her Bella as it is too close to Ella. DH thinks I am mad and that we can still name our baby Bella if it's a girl. Mum also thinks I am mad, she says that they will be cousins not sisters and it shouldn't matter.

What are your thoughts? I need to decide if I have to come up with a new girls name as murphy's law says that if I don't have a girls name we will have a girl! And I always seem to struggle with girls names]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 13:45:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26548&PID=687692&title=names-too-similar#687692