Would you ever name your child

papagena · December 2009

DH's name, Jr. or Your name, Jr.? Do you know someone who is a Jr? Do they like that fact?

Just curious because DH is a Jr. and he HATES it, and has for years - tried to make up his own nickname totally separate from his name when in school, etc. Now his sister is naming their baby boy her DH's name, Jr. Obviously, DH and I didn't naysay it at all, but I'm curious how others feel. Personally, after having various records (driving, credit history, etc) messed up for DH throughout the years, I could never even dream about it.

Dobie_Mama · December 2009

My half-bro is a JR. & one of DH's brother's is a JR. I don't think either of them really dislikes it. I would never name our children after either of us, though. Neither of us is really that in love with our names. And neither of our names are really true family names ... DH's isn't at all. My MN is, and I might consider using that for a MN, but not the entire thing. We'd consider using other family names as well but not naming a baby after a specific family member fully.

crackerjackprinter · December 2009

Never. DH hates the idea. Everyone keeps asking though!

Lotte134 · December 2009

Nope. I have nothing against it, but it's not for me. I have a good friend whose brother was a jr and it was always way too complicated trying to figure out who you were looking for, talking to, etc... We did use DH's name as DS's middle name and I like that.

Temp76535187505890 · December 2009

We were actually just talking about this the other day when the hub's parental units were here.

DH is a II, not a JR but his father has the same first name with different middle names. DH was named after his paternal grandfather hence the II. But he and his father both go by their middle name. We intended to name DS the same first name but well....let's just say it didn't work out as intended in the 11th hour (by him, not me). If the next child is a boy he will have the same first name as all the men in DH's family but will go by his middle name (which I'm not a huge fan of because I never understand why you don't just name a child the name you intend to call them but it's a concession).

But to answer your question, no, I would not make my child a JR, but a II would be ok I think. I think JR just invites the child being called junior or something along those lines.

jwpbride · December 2009

My bff's DH is a 4th and therefore their son is Karl Joseph Lastname V- but he goes by Quin (as in quint). Her DH and his dad and his dad and his dad ALL went by Karl Lastname. And they all live(d) in the same town. No thanks.

I personally don't mind it (my dad is a junior and my brother, Trip is a third), but we didn't do it. Instead FIL, DH ans DS all share a middle name only.

ETA: I especially don't care for it when people go by "Junior". Reminds me of that freaky mean red-headed kid in the 80's John Ritter movies!

laineybix · December 2009

I love my husband and my in-laws....but I barely called my husband by his first name for a year when we were dating. Just not a fan of his given name - Wally. It didn't fit him for me at the time (he's an athletic, outgoing guy) so I called him by a nickname of our last name.

To make it worse, we had a statue where I went to school of a typical Wittenberg University student named, of course, Wally Witt. So when we were set up by my mom when I was in college, I said to my girlfriends - I'm not dating Wally Witt!

Of course I ended up marrying him!

Long story, but no...we are not considering naming him Jr.! Our friends are 2 months behind us and they are naming their child the IV....after his dad and his nickname is already AJ for his first name and JR....so simple and cute! I'm jealous because we are having a difficult time coming up with names that haven't already been used by friends & family (for their kids or their dogs) or that I've dated or my husband didn't like in jr. high...too funny what happens when you have kids a bit later in life!!!

julygal · December 2009

I would not do a JR. Couldn't really say why though. I did have to use DH's middle name/FIL's first name as DS's middle name. The name has been used as a middle name or first name in the family for at least 5 generations we know of, so I really didn't want to the evil DIL to break that tradition.

triumphantreturnofplanningbug · December 2009

We have a family name from my side that we'll use if we have a boy, but it isn't a matter of jr., iv, etc. My great grandfather americanized his name when he came over, but it was a name in his family before that, and my dad and one of my cousins have the same name. No way in anywhere I'm using "the fifth," though I have always wanted a comma and some letters after my own name:)

Joes_love · December 2009

nope, no juniors. i did consider Josephine for a girl (but my good friend's daughter already has the name). his father is a 3rd, brother is a 4th.

i hate it. i think every person deserves their own name.

dejavu · December 2009

Joes_love:

nope, no juniors. i did consider Josephine for a girl (but my good friend's daughter already has the name). his father is a 3rd, brother is a 4th.

i hate it. i think every person deserves their own name.

totally agree. i can't stand Jrs or II. give you child their OWN name.

tmp-214118062502913 · December 2009

I think it depends on the family.

DH's name is Karl and he joked that if DD was a boy he would want a JR. Um, that's the name of a fast-food chain, nothankyou.

But his family has a tradition where a son's middle name is his grandfather's first name. This has been going on for generations and generations. I hate to say this, but DH's dad's name was Keith and that is not an easy middle name to work with.

Alibean · December 2009

I would never name our child DH's name b/c DH hates his own name. His name has no vowels. He is very jealous of my name b/c it has a lot of vowels although I doubt he would ever want my name.

My grandma named my mom the same name as she has, but she's not a jr. I guess women just don't do that? Anyway, it seems a little funny to me to have the same name as your mother. I do really like my name though and found myself looking at a lot of names that start with A or E that sounds like my name when we were naming DD. Her name ended up being nothing like my name though.

Dr.Loretta · December 2009

DH is a Jr. He has never had a problem with it one way or another.

My dad is a II. Grandma didn't want to call him Jr because she dated a Jr and it went bad. My brother is a III, and my nephew is a IV. He (at the age of 5) declared his son will be a V. They've all had nicknames since my dad, so we haven't had a problem with people confusing them.

There have only been 1 or 2 times that records have been an issue for my dad and brother, and it's never been a problem for DH.

Curiously, it's the wives/moms who have made the decision to name their kid after their father, with no pressure or suggestion from the DH/dads. I find that the most curious thing of all.

RubyRed1085 · December 2009

DH has a version of his father's name, and we faught so much while trying to name DS. DH was hell bent on naming him after him with the exception of his middle name. After 3 months, lots of tears, almost breaking up... I gave in. DS has the same first and last as DH (obviously) and same middle initial. I HATE it. It gets confusing when ppl are talking about "M". I almost always have to ask, "Which one?". So, no JR's here, but pretty dang close. Even after 5m, I still can't call DS by his first name, I hate it that much. It's usually first and middle, or if DH isn't around, I just call him by his middle.

I think everyone deserves to have their own name and identity, and w/ the clone names it's much harder to do that.

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