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There's a name that my husband and I really love. It's the name of a deceased church figure that we both really admire. It also happens to be the name of my cousin. My cousin and I aren't very close. We may talk once every 5 years. He lives a couple thousand miles away.

So my question is... Do you think that it's necessary to run this by the cousin before naming our baby the same name? We wouldn't be naming our child after him - it would just be a coincidence.

Thanks for your feedback!
 

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If we have a boy, we'll be doing the exact same thing. When my mum told my uncle (the cousin's father), he said "Of course that's the name they've chosen. It's a good name!" haha. Oddly enough, one of the girls' names we're considering is very similar to the name of his daughter.
 
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