Jessica Alba Says Honor's Favorite Word Is 'No'

…she was like, “I’M NOT HAVING ANY MORE KIDS but if I was going to have one, I would name her Honor,”

If her friend is never going to actually use the name (because she specifically said she couldn’t or didn’t want to have any more children) then I don’t see the problem with Jessica taking it. I don’t really consider that name thieving.

Well her friend said that in reaction to her pregnancy announcements, adding that she would not be able to use it. Sounds like a suggestion to me!
Names are for everyone, if you don’t want people to use “your” baby name don’t go and announce it to them the minute they tell you they’re expecting unless you say it in a “I’m-telling-you-so-you-don’t-use-it” manner 🙂

well, it more says that her friend had no intention of having any more kids, so why not use the name. plus, i’m sure she wouldn’t have used it if her friend had a problem with her using it. there is no reason to think she actually “stole” the name….

Welcome to the world of no, there’s no going back once they’ve learnt that word.

LOL! My almost three year old LOVES no! The terrible twos are freaking wonderful. They start around 18 months and end around their 18th birthday (so my mom says lol)

As for the name stealing, I was in a similar sitch with my youngest daughter. We were expecting our third daughter and stuck for a name and a girlfriend w/ three boys said she wasn’t having anymore kids, but if she did, she would name a girl Hunter or Hadley. We had already picked Hunter as a boy’s name so we were like “Can we use Hadley?” and she was happy someone got to use it. We always tell people now we “outsourced” her name lol.

I wouldn’t consider that name theft. Name theft is when you take a name from someone who is actually planning to use it, without asking permission to do so. If the person tosses a name out that they “would have used if they were having more kids,” but aren’t having more kids, the name is fair game. I would still ask, as Mary-Helen did with her friend, but the name is fair game if they aren’t planning to use it. I have a whole list of names I loved, but I’m not having more children. I’d be more than happy to suggest any and all of them to a friend who was expecting!

Awww! Honor is so cute! Sounds like my 2 year old!!!

I knew two girls once, where one told us how she would name a kid, if she ever got one and when the other girl got a DOG a few month later she named it like the other girl wanted to name their kid. Now that I thought was rude.

This is more cute. Like Jessica was saying you can’t use the name anymore so I’m gonna use it for you, so in a way you have a kid with that name around. 🙂

Oh Jessica, it only gets worse from here….

My oldest daughter’s name came from a client of mine at work when I was a children’s photographer. Her name is Chase (although I had originally planned to use it as a middle name, things changed). I told the client I loved that for a little girl and i was obviously pregnant so the mom asked if I had considered it, I said no and she said if i loved it I should use it and they would be honored. Its nice to know that there are two girls named Chase in my small town:)
I asked a client about a name for my youngest child, her daughter’s name is Grayson, which I love and although we ultimately didn’t use it, she was also honored I loved the name so much.
I think it is more irritating to be asked if the child is named after some television show or famous person than to borrow a name while making the intention to borrow the name clear or a name that won’t be used. I get asked all of the time if my two youngest (Zoey and Addyson) are named after characters on Sesame Street and Grey’s Anantomy/Private Practice, NO they are not and I didn’t think about Sesame Street. As far as Addyson goes, she was born before the show came out, she’s almost SEVEN!

Me and my friend were expecting the same time-three weeks between our due dates and our children were born in the end ten days apart i LOVED the name ‘Vita’ for a girl and she loved ‘Rafael’ for a boy i had a boy and she had a girl and i called my boy Rafael and yep she called her girl Vita!!

I’ve never understood the “name stealing” concept. So you and your friend both have little Billy or little Emma. So what? There were four or five Elizabeths in my grade back in the day, and three or four Sarahs. No one died from the trauma of “sharing” a name. There aren’t that many truly unique names out there – if there are any at all.