A mum has told of her heartbreak after her niece gave her baby the same name as her four-week-old daughter.
The woman took to Mumsnet to ask if she was unreasonable for feeling “hurt” about the situation.
She said:
“My daughter was born 4 weeks ago (still in hospital) as she arrived premature.
“Niece gave birth yesterday morning and named her the same name (although I’m putting a long version on the BC [birth certificate]).
“I’m a bit hurt tbh. AIBU? [Am I being unreasonable?]”
The comments were pretty split, with some people admitting they would react the same way – while others insisted it wasn’t a big deal.
Some mums said that the woman was totally in the right to be upset.
One person said:
“No one owns a name but I do think it’s odd. I wouldn’t like it tbh.”
Another added:
“It would annoy me as they were born so close together. I’d think ‘really, of all the names in the world you had to pick the exact same one as my dc within weeks of me naming it?!'”
Others felt that the mum should not get too upset over the situation.
Someone else wrote:
“It depends if the name is something like Olivia or something like Guinevere. If it’s a very popular name, statistically, then I don’t think you can be too upset about it.”
Another commented:
“If your daughter was prem then your niece would have probably used the name before you if your daughter was born term, and had probably picked it out ages ago.
“Maybe it was you that stole ‘her’ baby name op? Just a thought.”
