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[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

So I'm finally at that stage in life where I've decided I'm going to start having children in the next 2-5 years. Meanwhile, all my friends and people I grew up with are starting their families and having kids, for example one of the children in my neighbourhood who is 5 years younger than me. (Makes me feel kind of old.)

Anyway, I'm one of those who sorted out my future baby names at 14 and actually kept most of them. I've changed my #1 boys name and the middle of my #1 girl, but they've mostly stayed the same. I'm starting to realize that my fear of other people I know using my favorite names is increasing by each pregnant friend I see. Unfortunately my name choices aren't so rare that I can go clear of everyone else, but they're not in the top 40 either.

Would you guys use your favorite name even though one of your friends end up using it? Where does the limit go? BFFs, normal friends, friends you have on facebook and talk to once a year, or those you just hear about every now and then.

(I actually told one of my non-pregnant best friends that one of the girl names she liked was 'my' name. She laughed and told me okay. She has later decided she only wants short names for her kids anyway so it's out of the question for her now.)

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[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

I would still use Magdalena and Henry. Henry is the name of my deceased grandfather - there is no changing it, unless I choose to do Henri instead. Magdalena is pretty uncommon here, so it's unlikely my fiends would use it. If they did I would still use it, because I love it.

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

That should say friends, not fiends. Haha.