Woman Offers Pregnant Sister $500 Not to Use Her Dream Baby Name

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22-07-2025

The woman is "demanding" that her sister give up the name — even offering her money to pick something else
One woman is telling her sister she cannot use her dream baby name — even though she might not ever have children.
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous 30-year-old writes that she "always wanted kids, but due to fertility issues," isn't sure if she can have them.
Her younger sister, meanwhile, is now eight months pregnant with her first child, a girl.
"We were talking about names, and she proudly said they chose 'Isla' because it is unique and special to them," she writes in the post.
The post continues: "I have always said if I ever have a daughter, her name will be Isla. I have been saying this since I was a teenager. Everyone in our family knows this. So when she told me her name choice, I told her that she cannot use it because it has been my dream name forever. I explained that if she uses it, she will ruin my future experience if I ever get pregnant."
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The woman writes that her sister "laughed at first, then realized I was serious."
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"She said, 'You might never have kids. I am literally about to give birth.' I said that was cruel, and if she cared about me, she would pick a different name. She said no, and now my family is split," she writes. "My parents think she should keep her name because she is the one having the baby, but some cousins agree with me that it is messed up for her to take the name she knows I have wanted for years."
The woman adds that she also offered her sister $500 "to pick something else," but her sister said she is "being controlling and weird."
"I feel like no one understands how important this is to me. I am heartbroken," she adds.
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Those on Reddit, however, don't think it's okay to claim a baby name.
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Writes one commenter: "It's always weird when people 'claim' a name. Isla is super common right now anyway - I know of several preschoolers-1st graders who are named just that. And just because your family may have heard you say Isla, it doesn't mean they retained this info. It likely wasn't important to them!"
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