Is this name stealing?

I am 12 wks pg. My husband and I are trying to decide on names. We already have a girl named Brailey and trying to be equally creative... Seemingly out of the blue, I came up with the name Aubry for a girl. We both feel in love with it instantly! A couple of weeks later, I figured out where I got the name. It is an acquaintance's last name. We go to the same church and see each other at least once a week. If we go with Aubry, should we ask permission? If we don't, is that a form of name stealing? Thanks!

I have a couple of friends that are all pregnant at the moment along with myself, and they keep asking what I am going to name my baby, a one of them I'm quite sure wouldn't do anything about since she told me the names she likes and while I do think they were cute I told her I would have to find names that were nothing like them since our babies will be cousins. But then the other one is one of my best friends and i know that if I tell her she will go and name her kid the exact same thing, because everything I do she has to do. She was going to go get a dog and name it after my dog Sayuri, which while my dog does have a cute name i don't think thats something you should do, unless the dog is dead. But anyways dd and I have decided to come up with a pair of names one for a boy one for a girl that are cute but not quite our style and tell everyone those are the names...then if anyone steals them its no big deal. but yeah it sucks you have to do that sometimes

I don't think it is that big of a deal. When you find a name that you love you've just have to use it. My daughter Morgann has a boy cousin named Morgan and my friend Nichole's niece is Morrigan. I told her we were considering Morgann for a name and she said it wasn't a bid deal. It is a little confusing for her daughter to under stand she has a cousin Morrigan and my daughter's name is Morgann. But they are all spelled different.

My Sister-in-law got really mad at my step neice for naming her son Justin because her son is Justin and I didn't think it was that big of a deal. We just have to put last initals on Christmas gifts or use middle names. My brother and my husband have the same name so we have to do that for their Christmas gifts too; or we call my brother Michael and my husband Mike.

For my wedding, this is kinda funny: My husband's name is Michael, my Best Women's husband's name was Michael, my Sister-in-law/Bride's Women's is married to my brother Michael, and my Aunt/Bride's Women's second husband's name was Michael.

If you like a name use it, if someone else uses your name so what. If you love the name, use it.

No, I don't think you have to ask them for permission. It's their last name, and I wouldn't worry about it. The name we used for our son's middle name was the last name of a family where we go to church. They loved it that we named him that. I wouldn't worry about using a name of someone else unless it was a first name of a close friend or family member that has a baby with that name already. And if they already used that name, if I really wanted to, I would use it anyway as a middle name. But I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Brandi3680 wrote:

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Is this name stealing?

I am 12 wks pg. My husband and I are trying to decide on names. We already have a girl named Brailey and trying to be equally creative... Seemingly out of the blue, I came up with the name Aubry for a girl. We both feel in love with it instantly! A couple of weeks later, I figured out where I got the name. It is an acquaintance's last name. We go to the same church and see each other at least once a week. If we go with Aubry, should we ask permission? If we don't, is that a form of name stealing? Thanks!

I think that they only way for a person not to steal your name is keep it to yourself. I did not tell anyone the names I picked out for my kids until I delivered them.

Me & my friend have daughter's who are 14mths apart.
When i were pregnant i told her a name i wanted to name my child- if i were to have a boy- i had a girl but planned to still use the name if i have a boy in the near future.
Anyways to cut a long story short we were talking about names we liked just a few wks ago, my friend then says if i were to have another child 'i want to name him...'
YES..the name i had chosen
Im so angry because she knew i were still planning on using the name, to make matters worst its the only name me & my husband can agree on.

Im so mad im now thinking has she done it on purpose, ive even considered bringing my plans for another child forward so i get to use the name first.. spiteful i know, but i thought of it first & still really want it!