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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Personally, I think the practice of naming children with virtually > identical > names is rather lacking in imagination > Is it a lack of imagination or an example of creativity? You’ll get an > argument there. > If you really like the name Nicholas, use it as a middle name and give > your > son a name that will allow him to truly be a separate entity from his > sister. > He would already be that, whether his name was Nicolas or anything else. > There are so many lovely names for boys out there. After all, > allowing for gender changes, you would be giving your children the same > name. I wouldn’t do it. > Make your own decisions about what name you wish to give your child. He’s > YOUR child.
but didnt he come here for advice on this very question? ?;’)>
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> A couple we know have 5 kids: (little) Kenny, Kevin, Keith, Kyle and > Kassidy (the only girl). Try saying that 3 times fast 
Not only that. But even when trying to discipline, and you have to call out one of their names, and you’re searching for the right one, it gets pretty funny. I have three siblings, and my mother was always searching for the right name when yelling at us. It was quite hilarious to us kids, and she even chuckled about it from time to time. "Aaron, um, Alana, um, Mark, um, Josh — whatever your name is — get over AJPDLA, aka the "Aaron" from above.
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I think the idea of using Nicholas as a middle name is a good solution. Your son shouldn’t have the first name Nicholas when your daughter is Nicole. Extremely confusing and will be a real "ear sore" as they get older. Susan
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AJP said: >I have three siblings, and my mother was always searching for the right name >when yelling at us. It was quite hilarious to us kids, and she even >chuckled about it from time to time.
I only have one sister, Nicola, and my Mom would do that with us. We even got called by the dogs’ names – Princess and Hopi. Lol. Later, Sophie
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> This is a little different situation, but my DH is named after his dad, and > our OS is named after them also (they’re III, IV, and V). When DH was a > little boy, he ended up with a goofy nickname to stop the confusion. His > family still calls refers to him by this nickname (which I won’t repeat > here!) .
I have a friend back home whose husband goes by David and son goes by Dave. That helps them cut down the confusion a bit. > It would get confusing, I think…I sometimes have trouble remembering which > kid is which and their names are all pretty different (Sam, Willy, Eddie) > and they’re all four years apart !
We always go down the list until we get to the right name. What’s funny here is that we’ll call YS and YD will answer or we’ll call YD and YS will answer. The only similarities in their names are that both names have two syllables and they have the same middle consonent. That’s it. > I read on another parenting group that when picking names for your children, > you should imagine yourself standing on the back porch and calling them, and > think about how it sounds.
Helps with that little problem of calling out the entire list to get the right one. <g> — Kitten = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between You know you wouldn’t want it any other way – – - Meredith Brooks
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> Lol, we are having this problem now with OS (he’s a 5th, DH is a 4th) now > that he’s starting to get phone calls at home. His friends sometimes sound > like hubby’s friends! > "Is Sam there"? > "Which one?" > "Uh…." > "Ok, do you want the dad or the kid?"
We went through that in our household when I was a girl. Believe it or not, I am the sixth Aula in the family, although not always in a direct line of descent. My mom and grandmother also share my name. We got the biggest kick out of confusing people who had figured that there could only ever be one person with that name! Call it in the house and you’d get three or no answers….I was "little aula" for years, until I got out of college. Fun! We still get giggles over it many years later and with grandma long gone to her reward. -Aula
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That’s a lotta Aulas! 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Lol, we are having this problem now with OS (he’s a 5th, DH is a 4th) now > that he’s starting to get phone calls at home. His friends sometimes sound > like hubby’s friends! > "Is Sam there"? > "Which one?" > "Uh…." > "Ok, do you want the dad or the kid?" > We went through that in our household when I was a girl. Believe it or not, > I am the sixth Aula in the family, although not always in a direct line of > descent. My mom and grandmother also share my name. We got the biggest > kick out of confusing people who had figured that there could only ever be > one person with that name! Call it in the house and you’d get three or no > answers….I was "little aula" for years, until I got out of college. Fun! > We still get giggles over it many years later and with grandma long gone to > her reward. > -Aula
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the > name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close? > Thanks > I can only foresee a problem is you use the nickname "Nikky" or whatever > spelling thereof.
And even if you insist on calling them Nicole and Nicholas, their friends will call them Nicki/Nicky/Nick. My OD is Maureen. We sometimes call her Reenie and her friends call her Moe (I HATE Moe). So you can’t stop the nicknames that other kids will use. Mary Ellen We have a son named Noah and a daughter named Hannah, and – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> to me, that’s pretty close. But, Noah is referred to often as "Buggy" and > Hannah as "Banana"; so we don’t have that problem, . > AJPDLA
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A couple we know have 5 kids: (little) Kenny, Kevin, Keith, Kyle and Kassidy (the only girl). Try saying that 3 times fast When they only had 3 we would call the family Kenny, Amy (the parents) and the KKK. LOL My cousin named her 2 girls Dina and Deirdre (confusing at times). My husband is a "III" Rather than call him Little Jimmy, my MIL called him by his last name, Mitchell. My husband and I were friends for about 3 months before dating (we hung around in a big group) and I always called him Mitch like everyone else (not knowing his last name at the time). I still call him Mitch, that is what I am used to. When I was working full time, a co-worker said to me "You mean to tell me that your MIL called your husband Mitch Mitchell?!". I replied, "Yes, she had no imagination!". LOL Mary Ellen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I agree with the others – give him his own name. I actually really like > Nicholas, it’s a perfectly good name, but not for a kid whose sister > basically has the same name. > I hate when siblings all have names that begin with the same letter too – > like Justin, Jacob, and Jordan – 3 brothers I know. But I think their names > should go together. Like our 2 have old-fashioned, classical names. Not > one old name for one kid and a trendy, androgynous name for the other. > Good luck, Sophie
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> Personally, I think the practice of naming children with virtually identical > names is rather lacking in imagination
Is it a lack of imagination or an example of creativity? You’ll get an argument there. > If you really like the name Nicholas, use it as a middle name and give your > son a name that will allow him to truly be a separate entity from his > sister.
He would already be that, whether his name was Nicolas or anything else. There are so many lovely names for boys out there. After all, > allowing for gender changes, you would be giving your children the same > name. I wouldn’t do it.
Make your own decisions about what name you wish to give your child. He’s YOUR child. AJPDLA
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> Our neighbors named their identical twin boys Kevin and Kyle. It was VERY > confusing, as the boys were impossible to tell apart from appearance
anyway. Then what’s the difference whether they were named Kevin and Michael, if appearance was the discerning factor??? AJPDLA
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> We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close? > Thanks
I can only foresee a problem is you use the nickname "Nikky" or whatever spelling thereof. We have a son named Noah and a daughter named Hannah, and to me, that’s pretty close. But, Noah is referred to often as "Buggy" and Hannah as "Banana"; so we don’t have that problem, . AJPDLA
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Hehehe, that is funny. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Lol, we are having this problem now with OS (he’s a 5th, DH is a 4th) now > that he’s starting to get phone calls at home. His friends sometimes sound > like hubby’s friends! > "Is Sam there"? > "Which one?" > "Uh…." > "Ok, do you want the dad or the kid?" > Now, *that* is understandable. But for this kid to call and ask for OS > by his *last* name??? Then it took him a minute to think of OS’s first > name. OI!! > Kitten > > > > We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a > boy > > > > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the > > > name > > > > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think > there > > > > would be any issues with the names being this close? > > > YES > > > 1) Not very practical when one of them gets a phone call and you go "Hey > > > Nick – phone!" > > LOL… a couple of weeks ago, one of OS’s buddies from school called. > > "Is Mac Fhiodhbhuidhe there?" My response – "Which one?" > > — > > Kitten > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother > > I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed > > I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between > > You know you wouldn’t want it any other way – > > – - Meredith Brooks > — > Kitten > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother > I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed > I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between > You know you wouldn’t want it any other way > – > – - Meredith Brooks
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I agree with the others – give him his own name. I actually really like Nicholas, it’s a perfectly good name, but not for a kid whose sister basically has the same name. I hate when siblings all have names that begin with the same letter too – like Justin, Jacob, and Jordan – 3 brothers I know. But I think their names should go together. Like our 2 have old-fashioned, classical names. Not one old name for one kid and a trendy, androgynous name for the other. Good luck, Sophie
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Yes….they will both inevitably be called "nicky", and that could cause a whole lot of confusion!! …Charlene
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close? > Thanks
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> > We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the > name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close? > YES > 1) Not very practical when one of them gets a phone call and you go "Hey > Nick – phone!"
LOL… a couple of weeks ago, one of OS’s buddies from school called. "Is Mac Fhiodhbhuidhe there?" My response – "Which one?" — Kitten = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between You know you wouldn’t want it any other way – – - Meredith Brooks
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> Lol, we are having this problem now with OS (he’s a 5th, DH is a 4th) now > that he’s starting to get phone calls at home. His friends sometimes sound > like hubby’s friends! > "Is Sam there"? > "Which one?" > "Uh…." > "Ok, do you want the dad or the kid?"
Now, *that* is understandable. But for this kid to call and ask for OS by his *last* name??? Then it took him a minute to think of OS’s first name. OI!! Kitten – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a > boy > > > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the > > name > > > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think > there > > > would be any issues with the names being this close? > > YES > > 1) Not very practical when one of them gets a phone call and you go "Hey > > Nick – phone!" > LOL… a couple of weeks ago, one of OS’s buddies from school called. > "Is Mac Fhiodhbhuidhe there?" My response – "Which one?" > — > Kitten > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother > I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed > I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between > You know you wouldn’t want it any other way > – > – - Meredith Brooks
– Kitten = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between You know you wouldn’t want it any other way – – - Meredith Brooks
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Lol, we are having this problem now with OS (he’s a 5th, DH is a 4th) now that he’s starting to get phone calls at home. His friends sometimes sound like hubby’s friends! "Is Sam there"? "Which one?" "Uh…." "Ok, do you want the dad or the kid?" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the > name > > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > > would be any issues with the names being this close? > YES > 1) Not very practical when one of them gets a phone call and you go "Hey > Nick – phone!" > LOL… a couple of weeks ago, one of OS’s buddies from school called. > "Is Mac Fhiodhbhuidhe there?" My response – "Which one?" > — > Kitten > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother > I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed > I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between > You know you wouldn’t want it any other way > – > – - Meredith Brooks
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This is a little different situation, but my DH is named after his dad, and our OS is named after them also (they’re III, IV, and V). When DH was a little boy, he ended up with a goofy nickname to stop the confusion. His family still calls refers to him by this nickname (which I won’t repeat here!) . It would get confusing, I think…I sometimes have trouble remembering which kid is which and their names are all pretty different (Sam, Willy, Eddie) and they’re all four years apart ! I read on another parenting group that when picking names for your children, you should imagine yourself standing on the back porch and calling them, and think about how it sounds. Good luck with the new baby! Becky
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close? > Thanks
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Ya, I’d say to pick a different name for the boy. They can’t BOTH be Nicki. Or- Nikki, Nici, Nickie, Nicky.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close? > Thanks
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Our neighbors named their identical twin boys Kevin and Kyle. It was VERY confusing, as the boys were impossible to tell apart from appearance anyway.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy >next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name >may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there >would be any issues with the names being this close? > Sure there would be. Their friends are going to end up calling both > children Nicky/Nicki…or simply Nick. > Personally, I think the practice of naming children with virtually identical > names is rather lacking in imagination — and I would wager that almost > everyone has raised eybrows at twins given near identical names or rhyming > names — Diane and Dionne, Cinda and Linda, Larry and Harry and so on. > If you really like the name Nicholas, use it as a middle name and give your > son a name that will allow him to truly be a separate entity from his > sister. There are so many lovely names for boys out there. After all, > allowing for gender changes, you would be giving your children the same > name. I wouldn’t do it. > Leah >Thanks
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We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there would be any issues with the names being this close? Thanks
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> We currently have a 3 year old daughter named Nicole and are having a boy > next week. We both love the name Nicholas but we are worried that the name > may be too close to our daughters and cause problems. Do you think there > would be any issues with the names being this close?
YES 1) Not very practical when one of them gets a phone call and you go "Hey Nick – phone!" 2) Nicholas sure won’t feel very special, being the "little nikki" 3) When they are in school at the same time (Elementary and High School) it will cause social problems for Nicholas – one more thing for kids to focus in on to pick on I understand where you are coming from. We almost used NIcholas for our son(s), but each time same up with something different. GIve it up – you have already used this name, and you will have to get another. My brother was named after my Dad, and he was endless frustradted when the telephone was for "little Paul" even when he was 1/2 foot taller than my dad! For his sake get him his own name, not one so close to his sister!
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<snipped> > Personally, I think the practice of naming children with virtually identical > names is rather lacking in imagination — and I would wager that almost > everyone has raised eybrows at twins given near identical names or rhyming > names — Diane and Dionne, Cinda and Linda, Larry and Harry and so on.
I know of a family who named their children Sonya, Tonya, Donya, Alonya, and Zebedee. — Kitten = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I’m a bitch, I’m a lover; I’m a child, I’m a mother I’m a sinner, I’m a saint; I do not feel ashamed I’m your hell, I’m you dream; I’m nothing in between You know you wouldn’t want it any other way – – - Meredith Brooks
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