Anyone on the Jr/III/IV/V train?

CopperLane

I know it's a little early in the name game, but for those of us set on the suffix/passing a name down, we are set.

My husband is a IV, so if we end up with a boy we will pass on the name and have a V. I know some people don't like the idea of passing on a name, but we both love family tradition! His family has some really neat personalized items that belonged to each of the generations, even the guy who had the son to start this name tradition. There are things from the 1800s. It's a pretty neat legacy when you start to look at everything and see the care and pride the family took in both the name and the items.

How many of you also plan on passing on a name, either your own or your husband's? It doesn't seem like a common thing until you start talking to others about it. My friend recently had a son and he was a V as well!!

ahernandez16

A V!? That's awesome. My husband is a Jr. and when we found out I was pregnant I asked him if he'd want to continue that. He was very adamant about not wanting to, which surprised me. I think it would've been cool to have a III, but oh well.

I did suggest using his middle name (Aaron) as inspiration for a first name if we have a girl (Erin) and he's excited about that!

meggyme

My husband's family passes on the initials JDS. We plan to use the initials for our firstborn boy or girl.

bsumter0330

This is #2 for us, we have a DD so if this indeed is a boy he will be the III I love my husbands name :-) for less confusion we plan to call potential DS by his middle name Antonio

LizM61409

DH and his dad share a middle name, which he would like to pass down if its a boy. It's not my first choice but it's a middle name so i'll prolly just go along with it

CopperLane

@ahernandez16 it is exciting at the thought of having a V! There are definitely issues with these names. My FIL has showed up in my DHs credit history and car insurance. It's all on employees not taking the suffix seriously, so that can be a pain. He even had one drivers license where they tacked the suffix onto his middle name instead of last, and he had to pay them to fix it because they refused to fix their mistake!!

stringgirl

My husband is a III so I convinced him to pass on the name if we have a boy... Now we are having twins so we're trying to figure out who gets the name if we have boys.

Linsbins

DH is a Jr so he has always wanted a III. I was able to bait and switch by offering to name the kid Luke if it's a boy...I just like the name but he is thinking Star Wars. Thank god he took the bait!

Emztron500

My husband is named after his father but to my knowledge has never attached "Jr" to his name (I never actually met his father, he passed away when DH was a teenager). He's never mentioned wanting to pass it on, it honestly never occured to me, haha! What's funny though is his older family (including his mother) all calls him "Robert" (his middle name) or "Allan Robert" and Robert is also my brother and my late Grandpa's name so it's been at the top of the list for boys.

chelseay416

We are due right around my husband's bday. I told him if we have a boy on his birthday then we can do a junior, otherwise no. I'm not opposed to it necessarily but he doesn't like the uncle he gets his middle name from and we have two other male relatives that I desperately want to honor by giving our child one of their names if we can.

VikingGirl12

We have nothing to pass down but I think it's really special that you'll be having a fifth!!!
My little brother carries Harrington as one of his middle names and it's been in every generation since 1624 (we are from England and my great aunt does family history research).

mom2beEbby

My dad's father first name is Edward. He had 3 sons who all have Edward as a middle name. Each boy had a son who has Edward as a middle name. Each daughter who has had a son has given their son the middle name of Edward. I were having a boy I was definitely continuing the tradition. I found out I'm having a girl, but my sister is having a boy sonwe are all waiting to see if she will be the first to break it.

Philter14

I gave DH the option of naming DS a junior, but he didn't want to. I really did, though! Instead, he's named after both of us. My middle name is Christian and DH is Daniel, so he's Christian Daniel.

We already know we are having a girl this time. In my family, the first born girl has Mary in her name and in my husband's, it's Maria. I would like to use one or the other as a middle name for her.

kaitielynnrichardson

We don't have any jr., III, etc. in our family, however we will be using with my mom or dads middle name. My nephews middle name and my brothers middle name are my dads first name, so that's out, but it's pretty exciting to use their middle names. Mom and dad both feel honored :-)

CopperLane

@stringgirl we actually joked around about this before we got pregnant. DH decided if we had twin boys they would be V and VI, which isn't confusing at all. I'd have a hard time picking just one. Maybe you'll have b/g twins and the decision will be a lot easier!

likeabel

Philter14 said:

I gave DH the option of naming DS a junior, but he didn't want to. I really did, though! Instead, he's named after both of us. My middle name is Christian and DH is Daniel, so he's Christian Daniel.

We already know we are having a girl this time. In my family, the first born girl has Mary in her name and in my husband's, it's Maria. I would like to use one or the other as a middle name for her.

Marya?

Atlast111

stringgirl said:

My husband is a III so I convinced him to pass on the name if we have a boy... Now we are having twins so we're trying to figure out who gets the name if we have boys.

That's such a tough one! It's difficult to find two names that are just as special when one baby is named after a parent. Do you have another family members name you could use if you have 2 boys?

stringgirl

Atlast111 said:

stringgirl said:

My husband is a III so I convinced him to pass on the name if we have a boy... Now we are having twins so we're trying to figure out who gets the name if we have boys.

That's such a tough one! It's difficult to find two names that are just as special when one baby is named after a parent. Do you have another family members name you could use if you have 2 boys?

They are identical so if we have boys I think we will name number two after my dad so they each get a special name.

If they are girls... I have no idea what we are naming them.

DarkCat

*Lurking from July 16*

My husband is a V and if this baby turns out to be a boy it would be a VI. I have always been against the tradition. I know my husband wants to carry it but the rest of the family and even my FIL agrees it's time to put it to rest. I'm conflicted. I don't want my child to regret not being named the VI but at the same time I hate JR for a nickname and I don't like the idea of living with two men with the same name. It's going to get confusing at times.

CopperLane

@DarkCat my husband's family has a way around it being confusing. Both DH and his dad go by a variation of their first name that is different from each other. His grandpa went by the middle name. The proper first name (James) hasn't been used for generations, but there's also a third nickname to this first name that hasn't been used yet. We have the option of honoring the late grandfather with calling him by the middle name, using the proper first name or it's variation.

It's so interesting that your husband's family doesn't care to keep the name going. I always felt like there's be so much pressure for us to have a boy, but evil MIL hasn't been involved with this pregnancy at all so I doubt I'll be getting any pressure from his parents. DH would love to carry on the tradition, but he isn't hell bent on having a boy. It's probably because the sex is all on him and he doesn't want the pressure either.

pbandjyummies

My husband is the III and we decided early on to continue the name... we are hoping for a boy!

stringgirl

DarkCat said:

*Lurking from July 16*

My husband is a V and if this baby turns out to be a boy it would be a VI. I have always been against the tradition. I know my husband wants to carry it but the rest of the family and even my FIL agrees it's time to put it to rest. I'm conflicted. I don't want my child to regret not being named the VI but at the same time I hate JR for a nickname and I don't like the idea of living with two men with the same name. It's going to get confusing at times.

My husband goes by a shortened form of his middle name.