I think Jr. is enough???

Nicole1026 · January 2012

My fiancee has his heart set on naming our son after him. He was named after his dad, and I guess he wants to continue the tradition. I don't know how I feel about this. I mean, I want our son to have his own name and identity. Am I being to selfish?

erbear · January 2012

If it's that important to him (and it seems to be), I'd at least consider it. Family names are nice.

sassafras007 · January 2012

DD wants to name our son (if we are having one) after him. We already have 4 people on my side with the same name and his family has 3... we are not!

Heartcease · January 2012

We're giving our son the same first name as my husband. It's a family name for me as well, and I like the tradition. A compromise would be to use one name (first or middle) as a middle name, so that the name is still passed on.

amber323 · January 2012

I've always thought it was weird personally, I love the idea of creating a new identity and having the baby live up to its own name. I totally get why people do it its just not my style. I like the idea of using middle names for carrying on family names. Just my opinion

theseaword · January 2012

My son will be a third. DH loooves being a jr, and it was really important to him to continue the name. Since it meant that much to him, I agreed to it. We'll call him Trey, to prevent confusion.

Katie829 · January 2012

I told my husband a big fat no on his name (Michael) if we had a boy. It's too common, its my FIL's name, cousins name, uncles, ex-boyfriends. I can't. I told him that we can do it as a MN only.

mlebates · January 2012

I told DH that I want our child (if she were a boy) to have his own identity and reminded him how he hated to be confused w/ his dad etc. So a Jr. is off the table in our little family. Plus DH still gets mail for his dad and we live in WY and his Dad lives in KY... It's annoying.

strawberrytree · January 2012

My dad was Victor James Lastname III and I always thought it was nice. He went by his middle name and his father & grandfather went by their first names. I always felt a little bad that he just had girls (and one boy, but stillborn, so the name wouldn't be passed on). If this LO is a girl I think her middle name will be Victoria to carry on the tradition. If you're really against giving your LO the full name, what about a compromise where he has the same middle name but his own first name?

katcarls · January 2012

I don't think you're being selfish. I personally don't see the point in using a certain name just for the sake of tradition, especially when both parents aren't on board. Neither one of you should have 100% stake in the name and you both need to be happy with it. I agree with PPs that using DH's first name as the middle name is a good compromise.

DomesticDiva0429 · January 2012

DS is named after his dad and GF so he is a third. I lost a saltteen toss in the l&d room, we didn't have any coins

but....my son has ALWAYS been called Trey. He responds to Trey and that is how he refers to himself. One day I will explain to him what his full "legal" name is but he will always be Trey to me

.... My point is a name is a name but nicknames stick with LO's especially when there are two people with the same name in the home.

Josie22 · January 2012

My grandpa is Sr, my uncle is Jr, and my cousin is a 3rd. It's something so special for them. They love it. But, I don't want my child to have DH's name. And he agrees. It's just up to your preference. I did however, use their name as my son's middle name. As a way to honor the family name. Plus my husbands family has a tradition of using grandparents names as middle names, and it's his dad's name. It worked perfectly.

My BIL has a family tradition of passing down the first name, with a different middle name. That's an option.

mscandyman · January 2012

My DH is a 4th.

We are stopping the madness.

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