If you have stepchildren...

[politicking.livejournal.com]

How much do their names affect what you and your hubby/sig. other/whatever lol name the children that you have together? I am certain you would not name the child the same name, but are similar names out of the question? Does it matter how much/how little you see the stepchild(ren)?

I am asking because I have seen blended families where the children actually have the same names (one where the oldest boy was named Jason, and the youngest with the new wife was also named Jason, but called "Jay"), or very similar names. I wonder if those children don't see each other that much, or if the parents just loved the names so much they used them twice lol.

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[sarahness.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend's son has two middle names and because of this, our daughter will have two middle names.

One of his son's middle names is James, which was going to be our baby's first name had she turned out to be a boy.

James is his father's name, and a the name of a dear friend of mine that passed unexpectedly a few years ago. Also, I just love the name and he didn't think it was a big deal that it was one of his son's middle names.

[erinleighralph.livejournal.com]

My friend Sam(uel) has an older half-sister named Samantha. They grew up seeing each other often.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

This isn't steps, but halves--I knew of two half-brothers whose mother gave them the same first name but different (their fathers') last names.

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

I have heard/known of people in that situation who will use the same first name with a different middle name or something like that... I just watched an episode of Wife Swap the other day in which one of the husbands had two sons, both from different mothers but living in the same household, who were both named John but had different middle names. They went by either their full first and middle name together or their initials.
I just don't understand why anyone would want to do that! I am excited about using the names I have worked so hard to find/fit together for my future children that I can't imagine just giving two children the same name. What's the point? Unless there is some very significant reason behind it (wanting to honor a relative/friend or a strong family tradition), I don't get it...

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

My friend Rebecca has a stepsister who is also named Rebecca.