Geez. I understand naming the child after the miscarried one as a type of gift, but naming the kid just because the "name is up for grabs" is kinda awful

That is so insensitive

Too bad she couldn't gift her daughter the name as tribute to your daughter. That would have been sweet. When your niece grew up, she'd be able to tell her she was named after her cousin that was still loved til that day. Maybe it's just me but that would be my reasoning behind this situation. I'm very sorry for your loss. No one deserves this. Hopefully you have a supportive group of loved ones to help you through it. It's never okay but you'll smile again.

Is she doing this to piss you off or something? She's a horrible person for doing this.

My fingereat and I have been trying to conceive for about a year. We experienceshould anot early miscarriage last January and my nephew was born in June. Being an aunt is awesome but I still get reminded of our loss. I'm saying all this to let you know you aren't alone and I know the heartache you ate going through. But for your sister to behave this way is unfathomable and unacceptable. I'm so sorry OP.

this is horrible.. maybe if she would say it's in your daughters honor I could understand... but "it's up for grabs" no its not. it's taken!

This is why we didn't tell people our name choices before she was born. We didn't want anyone stealing it, not did we want people's criticism if they didn't care for it. Your sister is extremely inconsiderate and I hope that if you express your feelings to her she sees how inconsiderate it is. Maybe ask her to choose a different first name and then use your daughters name as a middle name if she is insistent.

What a bit€h!

The birth rate used to be so low they didn't even name babies til they got married and had their own kid

I've been witness to inconsiderate name stealing before, but this is the most atrocious situation I've heard of. Your family needs to intervene. What has the father of your sister's baby said about it?