How close is too close?

[coconutchica.livejournal.com]

My name is Carlie, but it was going to be Christa until, 2 weeks before I was born, a couple who lived around the corner from my parents named their newborn son Christopher. My parents and his parents really weren't that close, they just attended the same church. I always thought it was odd that they thought our names would be too close, lest we end up in the same classes, I guess?

My top names right now (not pg or ttc yet) are Ava, Kira and Mia (I'm hoping for only daughters!). However, my best friend's brother and his wife are naming their soon-to-be-born daughter Kira. she is due in december.

Will I still be able to use this name in good conscience and good taste? or is it too confusing? are there guidelines for this? Just for the record, the only "repeat" names in my extended family are Karen, Katie, and John/Jonathan

Comments

[sayga.livejournal.com]

if you it was your bestfriend that you saw everyday and the kids would be close in age, i would avoid using the same name. but it's your friends' brother, and you're not even ttc yet, so i wouldn't worry about it at all. if you are worried, it would still be a nice middle name, or a name for a second daughter to give it an even bigger age gap.

i love your girl names, btw. i'm hoping for only girls too... well, just one more girl (i have an almost-2-year-old named Kira).