Giving a Second Name to a Baby Girl

We are Ashkenazi and usually give a second name to a child after a deceased grandparent... Now I am pregnant, and my mother-in-law and husband want us to give the second name after my husband's cousin who passed away relatively young (she was in her 30s) due to illness. I am afraid that this might bring a similar fate to the baby. What should I do?

Shalom and blessings,

There is no problem with this.

Since you are giving her name only as a second name, her name is different from the aunt's name.

For example: if the aunt was named 'Sarah', and you name your daughter 'Rivka Sarah', her name is different from the aunt's name.

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