Hubby wants to know what people think about naming baby after family members?

HailsLyrics · April 2010

He's wanting opinions on specifically the middle name. He feels it should be unique to the baby. For example, if the baby takes hubby's first name he wants to make sure the baby's middle name is 100% unique. Or, if the first name is unique then the middle name can take after a family member.

mzovoce · April 2010

All of the names we have chosen are family names. Unless you make up a name nothing will be completely unique.

KKWISC · April 2010

LO will share DH's and FIL first and middle name.

bedebum13 · April 2010

I think it's a personal preference whether you name a child after a family member or choose a non-family name.

Tulips21 · April 2010

I think that is a good idea. I also believe that both the first and middle names should be names that the baby may choose to use as a first name. It just provides some options if they don't like their first name.... or there are a lot of kids with that name in their class.

summer_aka_chewchew · April 2010

i picked a first name and a family name for the middlewith my daughter.. her middle name/my middle name have been passed down for 5 generations. its just nice to carry something down like that. either way is just fine in my opinion.

BelhurstBride · April 2010

It's completely personal preference.

For us, our boy's name is completely, 100% a family name. The first name is after my father, DH's middle name, his uncle and his great grandfather. The middle name is DH's first name and his father and grandfather's names. Our girl's middle name is my grandmother's name, however the first is not from our family.

AllieJean · April 2010

We are using Dean as LO's middle name, it is my grandpas middle name but I would like it even if it wasnt.

But at the same time I grew up as Grandpa's Girl and I am closer to him than I am to my dad. And DH is close with him too, they go fishing together all summer long and stuff like that. So for us it worked out, but DH was adament (sp that doesnt look right sorry) about not using any name from his side of the family or any part of his name, so I was surprised that he liked Dean.

paxilchyk · April 2010

I like using family names as middle names. That way you can name your child what you want for the first name, then have the middle name for the possibly embarrassing, meaningful or traditional family name.

hoshicat · April 2010

LO is named after SO and his middle name is a combination of both of our grandfather's names. My Grandpa's first name is Lewyn, and his Grandfather's middle name was Allen so I combined them to be LewAllen. Which I love, especially since my middle name is Lu Anne. I feel like not only does SO, and our grandfathers get to be in on the name, but I get to be a part of his name too. Which means a lot to me, because my mom passed away when I was 6 and I carry her middle name.

TexasLadyBug · April 2010

Our son's middle name is my grandfathers first name. When DS is old enough to understand who that man is, sadly he will no longer be with us. However, for the mean time he does meat him and my grandfather LOVES that he has a great grandson with his first name. In fact when I told him the named we had picked he cried. Sadly now he is dealing with many health issues and often does not remember DS's first name. However, he always remembers his middle name which is really sweet.

Anyways, I think naming your child after a family member is fine. I like that one name is passed out either first or middle name rather then the first and middle name both being family members, but that is just me.

~CoCo~ · April 2010

I agree w/your husband.

My brother and father have the same first name, different middle names. My brother used his FN in school and with most friends, and used his MN with family and super-close friends.

I don't like Jr.s or II / III / IVs, whatever, and prefer kids having their own (name) identity apart from their fathers, grandfathers, etc.

Brytany09 · April 2010

Lia's middle name is my mom's name. Her first name is not a family name though.

adelepickle · April 2010

We are giving our son a unique first name (Tein, sounds like Tine) and giving him the middle name of my DH.

sucrets4 · April 2010

mzovoce:
All of the names we have chosen are family names. Unless you make up a name nothing will be completely unique.

She means unique to the baby, as she said earlier in her post.

alabaster_angel · April 2010

I don't think that a baby should share a first or middle name with any friends or family - but that's my personal preference.

jturn · April 2010

DD's middle name is after my grandma, this LO's middle name will be after DH's favorite aunt...if it was a boy it would have been a jr.

Tattoo Mommy · April 2010

DD's middle name is a combination of our mothers' names, and LO's first AND middle names are after family members who have passed.

MeanMommyLady · April 2010

My DS is a fourth...named exactly after his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Needless to say, we like the idea of honoring family through our children's names. If this baby is a boy he will have my paternal grandfather's first name as his middle name.

live4whatulove · April 2010

We're going with Brayden Jon.. Brayden is completely bub's own, but Jon is daddy's middle name.. Agreeing with ya.. we think it should be one or the other, definately not both..

rissa06 · April 2010

so, my family believes in naming the baby after the first born male exactly . its part of our heritage. . i'm not so much an advocate. . i believe in giving them their own first of not being named after anyone that we know and then giving them a middle name of someone special in their lives.

preppynewlywed · April 2010

DH and Baby Prepster will have the same middle name. It is a name that is shared with about 6 generations of men in DH's family.

BP's first name is not a family name. We pulled it from the Bible.

brennatay · April 2010

The first name of our DD-to-be is a non-familial name, but the middle name is my mom's first name.

I strongly believe in honoring someone important to you with your child's name, and will probably have middle names honoring family or really special friends with all our future children.

wihakayda · April 2010

LO's first name is in honor of my godfather and grandfather, his middle is DH's middle, and his fathers middle, and on an on down the line for a few generations. We always knew when we went to have kids our 1st son would inherit DH's middle and when we started ttc I told him I got to choose the first and with his being family I wanted my contribution to be family. For me I dont have a problem with not being unique because the combination is unique even if the individual's are not.

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