Re: Here's a hypothetical for ya...
in reply to a message by Billina
I think it would be fine. I think that sometimes modern people get too into the "no-name-repeated-in-the-family" mindset. For a long time, a very long time, it wasn't considered a big deal. I think the situation you describe wouldn't be thought twice about in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, for example.
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Funny you should mention that. I'm re-reading the "Little House" series now, and a lot of Laura's family members have "recycled" names. She herself was named after her grandmother, and Baby Carrie was named after Ma (Caroline). The baby that died wasn't mentioned in the books, but they named him Charles after Pa. Much more common back then.