Serious dilemma

aprilbaby2014

Constant back & forth between DH & I about baby names for our next boy (for when that time comes.)

Dilemma- DH has name of someone famous in history as his first & middle name . Ex. Isaac Newton Johnson The 6th... yes, his name was passed down for generations as well .

I am not a fan of passing on DHs name whether it was a Jr, 3rd or 7th. On top of it, I really don't like the whole "named after somebody in history" association either .

DH... Is in love with his name and come to find out would mean a lot to pass it down.

What to do, what to do ?! I've luckily put it on hold and was able to name our recent boy Anthony instead.

Ceridwen21

I don't like Jrs, etc so I would say no.  If you don't like it, then that should be the end of the discussion.

Renisra+2

I agree with everyone else. I dislike jrs, but there is no need to bring it up until necessary.

ritzgrrl

Hope you have a girl? I'm surprised he didn't insist on having your first son be a 7th. Hopefully you can win that argument again if it comes to it.

firsttimeauntie

I really don't like Juniors or Thirds etc. either. I also think it would be weird to have not names the first son the Jr.

EXL311

I also really don't like Jrs. etc.  One of my friends did this and it still strikes me as weird sometimes that father and son have the same name.  It just seems like it would be so confusing and there's no uniqueness in the house.

Dr.Loretta

I wouldn't even worry about this until/unless it becomes an issue.

FWIW I have no problem with passing down names. And in all likelihood a name (unless made up) is going to be associated with someone else in the world. NBD to me. I also come from a family that's on their 4th generation with the same name (and my nephew says he's going to take it out to the 5th). Surprisingly, it is the moms who have been more insistent on keeping the names going, not the dads. But we have also used NNs for all but the first generation.

All that said, if you don't want to do it, you have a say in the matter. See if you can come up with a compromise. A NN. Flipping the names. Using a variation. Using the FN but choosing a different MN. Etc.