Sr, Jr, III, IV, V... Same name different generations

LIAngel

Just curious, in your opinion when should the name just stop?  I think after #3.  

Yeah I'm bored and was just looking at pictures from my cousin's son's b-day party.  This is the cousin who is naming her child George (lastname Burns) V.  

kittylove

DH's older brother is the 8th Peter in a row but they have diffrent middle names so they aren't jr, sr or anything like that. Personally I think naming after a parent is odd. We gave DS DH's innitals but personally I wouldn't give a son my husband's name unless his father had passed away prior to his birth.

LVBlvd

I have a friend who is the III, so he goes by Trip.  They have 2 girls, but if they have a boy, he will be a IV.   But his initials would be KLK, and he would go by Kale (KL said quickly, I guess).

I have ANOTHER friend who has an IV, and he goes by Ivy.  I actually like that : )

FaithRocks

Trig is #3, that's why we came up with the nickname "Trig". That's not really his name. My in laws joke that this baby will be #4, but it is totally not

pamela-matt

My teen is a V.  We found it difficult to break the tradition.  I never gave it a second thought.  If only I had known I would end up divorced...LOL

RoxBride

It doesn't bother me.

I have a friend who is Alvin John XXX the 14th.  He goes by Rusty due to his red hair.

Another friend is the 11th Richard - some go by Rick, or ***, or Rich, or Richard...

Christakim

The "Bob" and "Bob Jr." thing kinda bugs me.  But to each his own.

browneyedgrl4282

I personally wouldn't do the Jr, III, etc thing! Just not my thing! Plus my thing is the baby gets the fathers last name what about my family!

EastCoastBride

Well, to me, it starts to lose the point when people are going by "trig" or "ivy", etc. 

I personally am not a fan of Jr's, etc.  I find it kind of an egotistical thing, to be honest.  "My SON must be named after ME!!!!!"

mrsolsenk12

DH and I both think it is stupid ourselves and we wouldnever do it. However SIL's husband is a jr. and has "told" her that their first some would be a 3rd. For whatever reason it is extrememly important to him. This is the same guy who told her when they were dating that if they got married that she had to take his last name and that he doesn't want her to have an epi when they have a baby.

MyColonyNJ

I am generally not a fan.  My mom and sister have the same name and it has caused so many clerical problems over the years - credit reports, mail, medical records, etc. 

That said, my husband is a Jr, and is kinda set on naming the baby the 3rd, if a boy.

I am trying really hard to be OK with it, but I really am not.  So, we will see

Dochas

browneyedgrl4282:

I personally wouldn't do the Jr, III, etc thing! Just not my thing! Plus my thing is the baby gets the fathers last name what about my family!

Exactly!  My DH's cousin is insisting that we name the baby after DH's father.  He already is - the last name.  I told him it may come as a shock BUT I HAD A FATHER TOO!

FaithRocks

EastCoastBride:

Well, to me, it starts to lose the point when people are going by "trig" or "ivy", etc. 

I personally am not a fan of Jr's, etc.  I find it kind of an egotistical thing, to be honest.  "My SON must be named after ME!!!!!"

I really hope I shouldn't be taking this personally. I am proud of Trig's name and wouldn't change it for the world. And it's not pointless.

dejavu

browneyedgrl4282:

I personally wouldn't do the Jr, III, etc thing! Just not my thing! Plus my thing is the baby gets the fathers last name what about my family!

agreed! 

ela81

EastCoastBride:

Well, to me, it starts to lose the point when people are going by "trig" or "ivy", etc. 

I personally am not a fan of Jr's, etc.  I find it kind of an egotistical thing, to be honest.  "My SON must be named after ME!!!!!"

First, how tacky and rude to attack the name of somebodys child, who are you to say?

It does not have to be an egotistical thing. Many look at it as family tradition. It is very important to my dh. Like kitty, my dhs family changes the middle name and the first boy has the same first name.  A big reason I'm against it in my situation is, I really don't like the middle name at all and I don't really like my fil. The boy name issue is a whole different post! There will be a name war if we have a boy. 

browneyedgrl4282

mrsolsenk12:

DH and I both think it is stupid ourselves and we wouldnever do it. However SIL's husband is a jr. and has "told" her that their first some would be a 3rd. For whatever reason it is extrememly important to him. This is the same guy who told her when they were dating that if they got married that she had to take his last name and that he doesn't want her to have an epi when they have a baby.

 

Oh hell no- if my husband told me I had to change my name, name a baby after him and no epi I would tell him than he should find a new wife!

mama_cito95

I personally don't like DH's name so if we had a son he wouldn't be a Jr.

LIAngel

browneyedgrl4282:

mrsolsenk12:

DH and I both think it is stupid ourselves and we wouldnever do it. However SIL's husband is a jr. and has "told" her that their first some would be a 3rd. For whatever reason it is extrememly important to him. This is the same guy who told her when they were dating that if they got married that she had to take his last name and that he doesn't want her to have an epi when they have a baby.

 

Oh hell no- if my husband told me I had to change my name, name a baby after him and no epi I would tell him than he should find a new wife!

OMG if my DH pulled that crap-I'd laugh in his face and have the epi anyway.   I don't need his permission- he could suck it.

As for the name thing-I don't really like my DH name (Peter) so I told him "The Peter Train" stops here with you (his Grandfather and his Uncle and Cousin all have Peter for a firstname).  Besides I think my child should have his own name.   I will not budge on that. 

Quizzle

DH is a junior, and he finds it ridiculous. He had absolutely no desire for a III. For him, it's just a big PITA.

I think it's sort of strange after you get past the third, anyway. Technically, I think the naming conventions are you count the living generations, hence you should probably almost never get past the fourth and they renumber when somebody dies (ack.) But I'm not a big fan of using the same name, anyway.

 

One of my cousins married into a family where the first born boy is always Paul, but they all go by their different middle names.