My cousin used the same name.....

[Oscar&Grouch]

i say go for it!!
my sisters name is Leah and my dads step brother also called his daughter Leah.

luckily they had different surnames but i think its fineits your baby afterall
there is always going to be "opinions" but hey as long as you and DP are happy then who cares!
good luck huni.

[Trillian]

If it is a name you have always wanted, nothing else will probably replace it in your heart, so I would say go for it. My SIL has two neices with the same name, born 1mth apart - one to her sister and one to her brother so they have different surnames and it's never been an issue for them and they live in each others pockets all the time.

[Socks]

I would say use it.. I wanted to use Morgan as my eldest daughters name and my cousin had just used it as her daughters name and I was going to use it only dh like Paige better so she has that as her middle name

[*TripleJ*]

well i just found out yesterday DH's step sister called her son james after i just called my DS that so im not impressed but i call ds jamie anyway

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I have the same name (different spelling) as my mum's cousin. We're quite close - in fact, she was the only one of my mum's cousins to be invited to my wedding. I also get on really well with her parents so mild confusion when I call them on the phone.

She occasionally calls me her "namesake" but that's it as far as repercussions go.

Given that I have both grandfathers named John, my mum's brother and my mum's mum's brother are both Johns, my dad's sister married a John, my dad's middle name is John, DS's middle name is John and DH has an uncle John... I consider myself lucky I have my name and am not a John!

Having said all that, my cousin gave her son the middle name George. I like this name and would be putting that forward as the main name for a second son. Now I consider it out of bounds - but I'm not that sold on it. DS#2 would have middle names James Alan so it's up to DH to pick the first name. If he picks George I won't be too upset! (One of DH's great-uncles was named George, as well as my cousin's FiL.)

[sas09]

I think you should go ahead and use the names you have chosen.

My hubby and I have had our names picked out for years, and in the meantime one of my cousin and also one of our close friends have both used our chosen boys name. I was a bit hurt with the friend because she knew about our plans, but our cousin didn't. Either way it hasn't changed our mind. When you think about the amount of kids in the world with the same names it won't matter either way.

Do what makes you feel happy... we are going to!