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Brandon
Ethan
Chloe
Ashley
Brian
Brittany
Mallory
Justin
Alicia

I know that most of these are verrrrry popular right now, but I really like these names. The problem is they've already been used my cousins in my family :( Most of them are 2nd and 3rd cousins, so do you think it would be alright to use them?

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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I have a story for you. My grandfather and his brother and sister gave their kids all the same names because each of them named their kids after themselves and their siblings.
Also my same grandfather already had a son named Johann from his first marriage but when my mother was born he named her Johanna (incidently, my grandfather's name was also Johann)! Luckily they live on different continents.
Also when my Aunt was born they named her Katherine (nn Katie) even though my grandmother's sister had already named her daughter that, and she went by the same nick name.

Those are extreme examples, but even outside of my crazy family I have noticed "recycled" names.
My boyfriend's middle name is Daniel and he has a much younger cousin with Daniel as a first name. My boy's sister's middle name is Hannah and that is also their (again younger) cousin's Hebrew name.

I guess the moral is depending on the closeness of your family it would be perfectly fine to give your kids middle names that your cousin's have as first names. It may even fly to give them the same first name. Just don't do what my grandfather did and have two kids with a masculine and feminine version of the same name!

now my thoughts on your names:
Brandon - very nice.
Ethan - I really like this name also.
Chloe - this name is too cute for me, but it could be a good middle name.
Ashley - it's nice, a little common now a days.
Brian - a perfectly fine name but not my style.
Brittany - I would never use this name. Pop culture connotations aside, it sounds really snobby to me.
Mallory - I have never liked this name.
Justin - it's kind of blah to me.
Alicia - I don't really like this name either.