Name son after DH

ruffle&rust · April 2009

DH is wanting his son to carry on his (first) name - I myself am not too fond..... what do you think....

Teddy - is the name

**he wouldn't go by Teddy if we decided to follow the tradition. If we have a boy he will go by his middle name ....(undecided)

berryblndgirl · April 2009

I'm not a fan of Jr.'s or calling people by their middle names instead of their first. I think you and your husband should both agree on the name of your child, whatever it is. If you're not fond of it, I would keep looking or find some way of compromise.

EXL311 · April 2009

The name is Teddy, not Theodore or something like that? I think it would be a good compromise to make Teddy the middle name and call him by his first name. That way the name honors your DH but your DS wouldn't have the pain in the butt of trying to go by his middle name.

ruffle&rust · April 2009

Yes, the actual name is Teddy. ~ I am definitely trying to find a compromise!

mfransdell · April 2009

If you don't like the idea of them having the same name then say no. This is something that you both have to agree on fully. I, personally, am not a fan of Jr.'s.

fauxbunny · April 2009

Argh, no.

My husband's family wanted me to do this... but luckily my husband hates his own name (lol)... I comprimised with the whole situation and gave my son my husband's middle name. If he had been a girl, then Lynne (MY middle name) would have been used, so it worked for me.

Why not use his name as a middle name? Because really, who uses middle names in every day conversation?

LMS05 · April 2009

mfransdell:
If you don't like the idea of them having the same name then say no. This is something that you both have to agree on fully. I, personally, am not a fan of Jr.'s.

I agree?

beckys96 · April 2009

I am really not a big fan of Jrs. My DH mentioned it before about naming a boy after him, I gave him the look and said I will not have a JR and its never been brought up again. We will use his fn or mn as a mn for a boy if we have one. I would try to use Teddy as a mn.

tct1219 · April 2009

i'm a big fan of giving children their own names so that they have their own identities. however, if you really want to, that's fine. it doesn't sound like you want to do it and you should like your child's name, too. teddy is not a formal-sounding name so i don't really like it as a fn. also, your dh already gets to carry on his last name, maybe theodore as a mn or fn for baby and a different nn? that way it incorporates his name but not so directly.

shyntrue · April 2009

DH is a JR and wants to have a III (third) if we have a boy... His middle name is NMS, but his first name is ok. It doesn't bother me, so I agreed. I get to name a girl if we have one..

smismar · April 2009

fredalina:
This is why i vehemently disagree with those people who are "anti-nickname" and feel that if you like a name that happens to be a nickname, to use that as the name and not use the longer version (i.e. name your child "Beth" instead of "Elizabeth" if you like "Beth"). Sorry to dog on your husband's name, but Teddy is just silly. And Theodore/Ted happens to be one of my favorite boy's names!

i personally would consider using Teddy (or better yet, Theodore or Ted) as the middle name and coming up with a first name you both like. It honors him, and your son won't have to constantly explain why his name is not only a nickname but he goes by his m/n.

Once again, Fredalina takes the words right out of my mouth Yes

yale · April 2009

Not a fan either. I vetoed this idea in our house. He would have been a 3rd in our case.

Aligator28 · April 2009

mfransdell:
If you don't like the idea of them having the same name then say no. This is something that you both have to agree on fully. I, personally, am not a fan of Jr.'s.

Agreed.?

jenn_a_bee · April 2009

I'm not a big fan of this idea ~ DH is named after his dad and he did want to name our baby (if it was a boy) after him and I told him no, because the baby will be his/her own person with their own personality and the least we could do was come up with their own name.....GL