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Yes, but by how much would depend on how close we were and if I liked the person a lot or not. My sister's friend named her baby one of my fave names, and I don't like this woman very much, so it made the name less desirable-- there is a good chance I won't ever even see her again! So it can be irrational...

Friend? yes. Acquaintance, probably not.

Though, I almost didn't name DS "Bennett" because my sister had a dog named "Ben," who she recently sold. I was worried that DS would think he was named after a dog.... So I suppose that is a little more irrational, not using a name because of a dog...

@MamaBehr: That's not irrational at all! My brother had a dog named Abby so now that name, though I love it, is totally off the table.

Yes!

No, we're set on our names. They're not original, so I know other families have and will continue to choose these names. Elizabeth is our girl name. I know it's been in the top 100 since the inception of the top 100 list. But we still love it!

I do have a coworker (now ex-coworker, she quit Friday) who called her Elizabeth "Elly" and that's the only Elizabeth nickname I like. So before she quit, I was against calling baby girl Elly, but now that she's gone... I might. She was one of those super competitive, rub it in your face, kind of people. When I told work I was expecting and shared our names, she jumped right in and talked about her kids instead of letting me share my news. Annoying! She'd probably tell everyone I named my kid after her kid (who I have never met) yeah, that annoying.

Probably but depends on circumstances - if I'd already made the names I love known & a friend named theirs that name I'd stick w it. But prob wouldn't brainstorm a friends name?

Yes! I was irrationally annoyed that a DISTANT Facebook acquaintance used the name we had picked out for a boy. Luckily my closer friends pointed out how silly that was and we used it anyway. And it's fine!

Yes, I would have second thoughts about a name if someone near us used the same name. Especially if the babies were born close together. We always think about my mom's co-workers who named their daughter the same name as my sister and they were born w/in 2 months of each other. Maybe not a big deal to us, but my mom & them ended up being co-workers for 20-something years! Just kind of strange. I would pick another name.

Yep absolutely. If I was your friend I would probably reconsider too.