https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 17:19:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414711 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 07:16:58 +0000 meadow 2414711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's completely fine! Your cousins are a different generation than your child. If I had the same first name as MY cousin that could get confusing but I think it's totally fine because your child would be calling that other person uncle blag blah anyway..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414704 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 07:00:45 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2414704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd go for it. I think it's way less weird to share a similar sounding name (or even the same) with a cousin of a different generation than a cousin peer.</p> <p>My first cousin has two kids: Kyle and Kayla. In my younger days both names could have easily been on my short list. Her kids will be at least a decade older than any of mine. A name like Michaela for a girl would be fair game.</p> <p>Yes F/ E or F/S are bad ass sidekick names. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414650 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 00:35:17 +0000 HLK208 2414650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think your example is weird!! I think if LO's full name was Elliott or Elijah, I might assume you named LO after them? But Eli alone isn't weird.</p> <p>ETA: I also wouldn't think it's weird if you're not very close with the cousins! I have so many Elizabeths and Lindsays in my family but none of them are that close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414624 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:37:39 +0000 LibbyLou 2414624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. My DH cousin named a kid same name, same nn as him. I thought nothing of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414618 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:26:21 +0000 Greentea 2414618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like Elias! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414609 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:06:41 +0000 sera_87 2414609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me yes cousins names are off limits, as well as their kids names. </p> <p>I love Eli as a name just as itself though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414600 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:47:25 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2414600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think of Eli as a nickname (I went to school with an Eli). I'd just name him Eli!</p> <p>ETA: but yes, for DH and I, cousins' names (and their kids' names) were off limits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414503 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:05:41 +0000 peachykeen 2414503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not off limits to me. The only thing holding me back from using family/friend names is the idea that that person may think we named LO after them? Which is weird to me, but probably silly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414479 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:40:14 +0000 runnerd 2414479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well our son's name is shorten version of his full name, so we are weird like that and want to have the same pattern for them both :)</p> <p>My husband really warmed up to using Elliott tonight though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414477 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:38:42 +0000 catlady 2414477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just use Eli as the full name, especially since they are your cousins and not your son's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414454 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:08:10 +0000 Mrs. J 2414454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it were your nephew i would say no, but I say go for it!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414453 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:07:54 +0000 pregnantbee 2414453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why can't the name just be Eli and not a nickname for anything? Solid name.</p> <p>@pawprints: Maybe that's why Eli alone doesn't sound weird to me? I've known many Jewish Elis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414448 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:04:23 +0000 Kimberlybee 2414448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has a nephew named Eli, that's his name and not a nick name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414444 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:58:23 +0000 MrsF 2414444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think of Eli as a name and not as a nickname! We seriously considered it for DS. </p> <p>That being said, we've used names that are historically NNs for both of our kids' first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414437 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:45:23 +0000 PawPrints 2414437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eli isn't a nickname! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%28biblical_figure%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%28biblical_figure%29</a></p> <p>(Though people would probably ask LO if he's Jewish - assuming you aren't.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414428 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:40:20 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2414428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry about it at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414404 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:26:07 +0000 blackbird 2414404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Turns out T shares a first name with a cousins husband. We knew about it, but rarely see him (less than once a year), so we did it. I wouldn't do it with someone we saw very often </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414401 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:23:17 +0000 jlm22 2414401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say go for it! Honestly, if there was a name I had my heart set on and a cousin, sibling, friend used it or was named that name, I don't care. Your baby is one of a kind. Name him what you want :)</p> <p>ETA... However, I wouldn't use the same as a niece or nephew, so maybe I would scratch what a sibling used. Everyone else is fair game :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414378 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:51:33 +0000 mrschickpea 2414378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not weird! I think you should use Eli! </p> <p>Side note: Sullivan is super high on our list (DH likes it) and Sully is such a great NN! Wish your DH was on board :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414370 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:41:34 +0000 Littlebit7 2414370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cousin? No not weird<br /> Niece or nephew....ehhh yeah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414369 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:38:54 +0000 mrbee 2414369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @MoonMoon: ... nothing wrong with using a nickname for your child's real name. At least I hope not - I gave my son a nickname name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414364 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:33:14 +0000 Torchwood 2414364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's weird. Maybe a little if they went by the same name, but even then I wouldn't let it stop me. My dad and his cousin have the same first name, but my dad goes by his middle name. My cousin's son (5yo) has the same name as well, and goes by it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414363 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:33:13 +0000 FannyMae 2414363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my family, with MY first cousins we have 5 males with the same name and 4 females with the same name - its common as we are Greek and they are my grandparents names. With the 3rd generation (our kids) nobody has the same name. That being said, my youngest daughter's first name is the same as her 2nd cousin's middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414361 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:30:40 +0000 Applesandbananas 2414361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your cousins, not off limits. LO's cousins, especially if they're close in age/proximity, off limits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414358 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:29:43 +0000 travellingbee 2414358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin and I both named our sons the same name. We aren't close geographically or relationship wise though. I don't think its a problem at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414356 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:27:18 +0000 creativemomma15 2414356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Elias! Or just Eli! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414354 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:25:07 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2414354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elias! Or just Eli. </p> <p>And yes those names totally sound like two little trouble makers!! I love it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414349 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:21:54 +0000 erinpye 2414349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's weird, but you could do Elias! It's pronounced how Eli is, and then add an "us" sound.</p> <p>Elias coincidentally, was actually one of my cousin's picks, but then my other cousin named his son that, and she was sad because to her that meant it was off-limits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414347 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:21:05 +0000 JCCovi 2414347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would use the exact name of any of my cousins, but in this scenario I would just name him "Eli", I think it's a stand alone name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cousins-names-off-limits#post-2414346 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:20:25 +0000 sleepybear 2414346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's fine - either just use Eli or whichever name you like better. Unless you see your cousins a lot (I don't even know any second cousins) it's not a big deal.</p> <p>FWIW DH has a brother and a cousin (who they saw several times a week) named John - they both had different nicknames so it was never a problem. </p>