Naming by culture/family tradition?

Jen&Louie · May 2009

Since names are a popular topic today...

Is anyone else going to name their children based on family traditions or cultural norms?

Names for either a boy or girl are already set for us (I agreed to it) based on how children are traditionally named in DH's Greek culture. The first child of either gender is named after the paternal grandparent (first name) and the parent (middle name).

ecoppins · May 2009

not quite, but with dc 1 we went with family names, both first and middle. With dc 2 we will do the same.?

SaraLaff · May 2009

I like that Jen. i think its a great tradition.

We arnt going by any paticular traditon but if its a girl we are naming her after my great grandmother.

mrsmacias2008 · May 2009

First boys name is already decided. But for a girl it most likely will be from DH's culture (Hawaiian)

teegrllwc · May 2009

I named my son after family tradition. He has 5 names in all. His first name is his own, then his first middle name is after his father's first name. His second middle name is after his grandfather's first name, his 3rd middle name is after his great-grandfather's first name. Then, of course his last name of his father's side. It has been a tradition for a while. I am hoping when he has children of his own that he will not do the same because I do not want to have to call out 6, 7, or 8 names if I am mad a that child.

JackiefromCanada · May 2009

I think the traditional and cultural names are a great idea.

My DH and I are choosing to not carry on the name that he was given that is his father's name as well... I don't like the whole "junior" thing or Charles III....

candy_mandy85 · May 2009

no we just picked what we liked and one that not every child has. I do love Irish names since that is my background and both that we picked are Irish.?

ernlei608 · May 2009

My side doesnt have any culture/traditions. In DH's family the son is given the father's first name as a middle name. My FIL's first name is Robert. DH's is Jeffery Robert. So if we have a son it will First Name Jeffery. No set traditions for girls

miss_beckman · May 2009

With our first son there was a tradition with first son's having the same middle name. So it went from DH's great great grandpa to great grandpa to grandpa to dad to josh to son Alek now for the same middle name. (glenn)

With the next child, if it is a boy we will be having my dad's first name as his middle name to honor him. And if it is a girl, I would love to incorporate my grandmothers name somehow but, Betty has been giving us some problems-

Mrs. Erin · May 2009

Kind of. DH is Irish, so we have a very Irish last name... O'Reilly.... we are trying to stick with Irish sounding first names that go with our last name. It's hard!

kob227 · May 2009

My family is Spanish/Cuban who tend to tack on names to each generation. As a sort of compromise, we'll be going with 2 middle names like my mom did with me. They're typically family names.

ahappygilmore · May 2009

No, DH has a family name and if we have a son we wont be carrying on the tradition. I would be fine with it if DH wanted to, but as he put it "that is one tradition that needs to be broken"

Dh's Dad and grandfather were not good fathers. actually they were down right crappy. Dh wants to name a son after my Dad instead....I'm perfeclty ok with that, but am a little worried what his Dad will say!

sunnysmile9 · May 2009

If we have a boy, we'll need a B name because DH's family initials (him, his dad, his great uncle) have BCT. Middle name will probably be Charles (DH and FIL both have this middle name), but B names are hard! Especially when the favorite is Brandon and that's my DH's name! lol

If we have a girl, we don't really have any family traditions for naming ... but I might pass along my middle name if it fits well.

Valerie Armour · May 2009

My DH always said he wanted our children's names to have a meaning (he got this thought when in "pulp fiction" Bruce willis says "i'm american honey, our names don't mean s**t" lol). Since he is VERY Irish, and i'm a heinz 57 with Irish in there somewhere we're going with gaelic names.

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