Namesakes/juniors

[*IrishTwins*]

We have a junior here! Jeremy Max Jr. We call him Max or Bubba

[Just Emily]

DH is a jr, or II actually, but its complicated. he was named after who his mom was married to at the time, not his biological father, so we wont be continuing that tradition. with that being said, my brother/dad/grandpa all have the same name, but not a single one goes by their first name. and it does have complications. my brother has been in the military for years and has some "issues" with governments outside the country, and when my dad went to go to the ukraine (where my stepmom is from) he had some issues due to them having the same name.

[CJinWA]

I voted that it's okay...but I think I actually really like it. I think I only feel that way though 'cause I really like DH's name. I do agree with pps though that I probably wouldn't go for the Jr. thing. I'm not opposed to it though - but DH really was. DH actually didn't want to use his name at all for our baby (I really wanted to). Instead we are thinking about combining some family names from each side of our familys for names.

[ColtsFan1912]

i am not into jrs. If this babyis a boy he will get my dads middle name which is Lee

[rachoochoo]

We are going to be using just DH's middle name if the baby is a boy. I think it gets too confusing. Ryan's dad and older brother are both Randy and they have different middle names. Problem is, his brother is almost 30 and is still "Little Randy."

[stlgirl]

My brother is a junior and didn't mind it, but he didn't name his two boys as the III or IV!

I'm not big into the whole "junior" thing, but I know people do it. If I want to honor someone, their name will be used as a middle name. My DH doesn't believe in honoring anyone with any names, so he has no requests or demands for names being used.

[emma1978]

i personally never understand the appeal of the whole namesake/junior (its nice for a kid to have their own identity i think). however, in my religion (and we don't actively practice or anything), you are not supposed to name a child after a living person. anyways, its just my opinion and hope it doesn't offend anyone...

[lisadaughtery]

I grew up knowing too many Jr's that hated their dads because of whatever! I don't know, I don't want to do it. I think carrying on a last name is good enough because if you didn't save the world most wouldn't think you carrying on anything. I don't know. I wouldn't do it but thats my own opinion. My son or daughter will have either mine or my husbands middle name at my husbands request and later the other will have our parents middle names (we plan to adopt as well). i love my husband..but if he ever turned sour or ever beat me or ever walked out on his kids..i wouldn't want my kid to be upset because he had his name..thats all. And its a stupid but thats just how i feel. cause I saw it happen to too many of my friends. Same reason why I wouldn't name a kid after me. We're still young and we don't whats going to happen. I like the idea of nameing them after older relatives because they've lived their life and made a name for themselves and you know its either a good name or a bad name..any one under 50 you just don't know who they will turn into later on.

[lfmzmd]

I love it. If we have a boy, it will be a Jr. named Zane Michael. First middle and last name will be the same. I think it's an honor for a father for his son to hold his name. I also think it's an honor for a son to be named after such a wonderful person.

When we name our children we look at the history of the name, and origins, and what better history then where you came from. IMO; every person is unique, a name doesn't make you unique even if the name itself is unique, a name is something we, as parents pick for our children based on what WE like.

[Thaby]

My son's first name is the same as DH. But we do not use Junior.
DH's name: August Robert
DS's name: August Wyatt
But DH goes by August and DS goes by Wyatt.

[motherof2]

my DS is a junior. And he is so proud of having his daddys name . but like other people have said , its ur baby ,ur choice!!!

[amorton1437]

I wouldnt do it for a girl, but for a boy its ok. I personally would not do it, but it doesnt bother me or anything lol

[kewkew]

Originally Posted by amorton1437

I wouldnt do it for a girl, but for a boy its ok. I personally would not do it, but it doesnt bother me or anything lol

Made me think. Why is this usually done for a boy, but not a girl?

Anyhow, I forgot until today, that my 3rd child, a daughter who is now 13, was named using my first initial for the first name and my (now ex) husband's first initial for the middle name. Didn't pay attention to it at the time, but we soon realize my dd has my initials (at least before I got remarried) because my middle name starts with the same letter as my ex's first name.
The reason I thought about this today is because during my ultrasound we discovered we are having a girl. We had planned on a boy being named after daddy, but haven't thought of a girl's name yet. Fortunately we have several months yet. Anyway, I suggested to DH that we use his first initial for the first name and my first initial for the middle name. Not sure if he likes the idea or not.

[ITZALLFORME]

Im on the fence about this I have a jr and thats what I call him JR. I promised my dh that if we only had one boy we would name him after him thats what he wanted. Well we got one boy outta 6.
That being said I feel that I didnt choose my sons name its a name that my dh's mom chose for him and I would have never named my son that. I feel that times have changed when it comes to jr's. And I thnk that if the mom dosent wanna name her son after there hubby or bf then they have the right to choose a name that they love.
Also I wanted to name our what we thaught was going to be our last child after me (Rickiann) my name and dh said no its not done with girls!(who says) So I named her Katieann close but not there right, So I guess for me this is a poor subject and its sad that people still feel that only boys should be named after there parents!

[CJinWA]

I only posted on the boy side of the issue before. I think it is perfectly fine to use family names, or mom's names for daughters as well. If our baby is a girl, she will have my middle name and one of my best friend's names as her middle name (Elizabeth Claire). I personally wouldn't use my first name as her first name because it has caused lots of issue for me growing up (mispronunciations, misspellings, assumed shortening etc.) and while Elizabeth can have the same problems, it is more common and at least they will call you by part of your name instead of something different alltogether. My name is Cassandra and all my life people have called me Casey, Cathy (cause they don't listen when I say Cassie), Sandra or all other sorts of combinations. I'm actually surprised when people get my name right the first time.

[kjones]

I'm not totally for or against it..but I have one for you that I find quite comical. My DHs family is big on naming their kids, especially girls after their mothers/grandmother. He has an aunt and (her daughter) cousin named Emily! It's very confusing for me! LOL One goes by EM, the other by Emily. Now that the cousin is older and married, I'm sure it's less confusing for most people..but when I first met them, I was totally confused! Oh..and his Mom has the same first name as his grandmother..but his Mom goes by her middle name. My DH suggested his Mom's name as a middle name if we had a girl..I was like..uh no...I think it's already well used! LOL