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HelpRe: Thomas, Peter and Rórdán
in reply to a message by LittleWolf
I think it really depends on how much of a relationship you have with the cousin in order to determine it's usability or not imo. For instance I'm in my mid-20s and have only seen one of my cousin's in person the last 8 or so years... and even that one cousin I only see maybe once a year at most sometimes it's a year and a half. Her son knows me so little he occasionally gets my name wrong XD So for me personally if one of my cousins ended up in the hospital tonight and birthed a surprise I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant baby and used one of my top names by some weird coincidence... I'd more than likely still use it tbh... even the cousin I see Maybe once a year I'd still consider it! So there is some names confusion one day out of the year.. big whoop. I think it really is your own judgement call in that department. But if this is a cousin you see with regularity and have a consistent relationship with yes then I would consider not using it.
I'm not sure if I know any Thomas under 10... I believe I know one that's about Middle School aged but that is the youngest I can go off the top of my head at least
I don't have any children myself yet but I do have family members that were used in honoring with their names. My younger sister is one of them but because she never knew the great aunt of which she was named she's not super appreciative of that fact it only refers to it as "an old lady name! * it's worth noting that she has a two-part name & both halves of it are still in the top 400* but then again my sister is a little bit of a brat so maybe a child in the present would feel differently who knows. I think it feels differently when the kid has no idea who the person was or has no context to their background. People tend to be more appreciative of honoring names when they have stories about the people of which they are named and my sister is not one of those people.. she has only the name.
Incidentally I myself have a relative named Rory. He has reported before he isn't a huge fan of it because it's a little bit eccentric but he doesn't hate it or anything. No Rordan does not look trendy to me. It's hard to be objective on accents because I don't know what region you are from though I know my own ppl wouldn't have issues with Rory but may need 1 or 2 tries for Rordan.
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I'm not sure if I know any Thomas under 10... I believe I know one that's about Middle School aged but that is the youngest I can go off the top of my head at least
I don't have any children myself yet but I do have family members that were used in honoring with their names. My younger sister is one of them but because she never knew the great aunt of which she was named she's not super appreciative of that fact it only refers to it as "an old lady name! * it's worth noting that she has a two-part name & both halves of it are still in the top 400* but then again my sister is a little bit of a brat so maybe a child in the present would feel differently who knows. I think it feels differently when the kid has no idea who the person was or has no context to their background. People tend to be more appreciative of honoring names when they have stories about the people of which they are named and my sister is not one of those people.. she has only the name.
Incidentally I myself have a relative named Rory. He has reported before he isn't a huge fan of it because it's a little bit eccentric but he doesn't hate it or anything. No Rordan does not look trendy to me. It's hard to be objective on accents because I don't know what region you are from though I know my own ppl wouldn't have issues with Rory but may need 1 or 2 tries for Rordan.
Please rate my "Names I would use" list if you have a spare moment, feel free to rate other lists too if you want but ik there's a lot, thank you :) https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/223226/138473
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Good perspective!
My children will unfortunately never know my Dad but he and I were extremely close and I do share stories, pictures, etc. So, the memories are alive but a potential son named Peter would never have his own memories.
I think you have told me the story of the Rory you know and his dislike of the name. My husband's family lives in Northern England and Scotland so the name Rory is way more familiar. Also, my brother in law has an accent in his name so that is normal for them. My family would fins Rory totally normal but the accents would likely be forgotten at times.
My children will unfortunately never know my Dad but he and I were extremely close and I do share stories, pictures, etc. So, the memories are alive but a potential son named Peter would never have his own memories.
I think you have told me the story of the Rory you know and his dislike of the name. My husband's family lives in Northern England and Scotland so the name Rory is way more familiar. Also, my brother in law has an accent in his name so that is normal for them. My family would fins Rory totally normal but the accents would likely be forgotten at times.
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I think with regards to Peter it would be fine. You don't have to know the person but so long as there are stories to be had that is the important thing imo. It would be a sweet idea. Maybe since you are down to just three you can wait till he is born and just wait and see which one he "feels like" once you hold him.
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