Girls with the same first name as their moms?

NewlyWeds13 · July 2012

Trying to gauge if most people would find it odd/weird/bad to use a mother's first name as the first name for a little girl (not a junior as middle name different).

Obviously this is very accepted for boys, but you don't hear about it with girls very often and just wondered why and thought maybe there were some bad associations or beleifs about it?

doremi29 · July 2012

I was always told it was bad luck. For me, the naming process is way too exciting to use my name.....even if I looooved my name.

queenbone · July 2012

In general I'm not a fan because I find it confusing. If the first name is something like Elizabeth and you could have different NNs, like Liz for the mom and Betty for the daughter, then I think it would be sweet. But for someone like me, the name Heather has no NNs so it would be a friggin' nightmare of confusion.

I think if there aren't NN options I'd rather use my FN as the daughter's MN.

qteepie42899 · July 2012

NMS...but to each their own. I couldn't even imagine having a little girl with my name too. DH refuses to have a junior too....just not our thing.

af1274 · July 2012

I've gotten into genealogy and I've noticed that they used to do this a lot more in the past. My great-grandmother had the same FN as her mother (Helen) but they had different MNs. I've also noticed situations where mothers and daughters are both named Elizabeth and one goes by Eliza.

It's interesting to me that while it remains common for a son to be named after his father, you rarely see daughters sharing the same name(s) as their mothers anymore.

CarynGunter · July 2012

DD has my middle name but that's as far as I would ever take it.

strawberrytree · July 2012

I have the Irish version of my mother's name- she is Catherine and I'm Caitlin. Most people don't even notice.

neverblushed · July 2012

I find it confusing and unnecessary for both men and women to give their children their own first names. That's what surnames are for.

kerribear1717 · July 2012

I don't like it on girls or boys. It was kinda crappy with all the guys in my family named the same. My brother thought so too as he is the 3rd. There will be no 4th. I always thought it was weird my BFF's little sister had her mother's first name, so not even the first born.

VTFutureMrs · July 2012

I don't like it whether it's a boy or a girl. I can't stand it actually.

benmel31 · July 2012

I don't mind middle names for the baby being a parents' FN or MN. But I don't like the FN being the same. I think every child should get their own name.

Todd&Laura · July 2012

I have never heard of it being bad luck. Naming the daughter after the mother was very common in my mom's generation. She is named after her mom with a slightly different spelling and a different middle name. She didn't like being named after her mom.

TripMomma · July 2012

Honestly, I don't like it for boys or girls, and I would never do it. I have been stuck with my mom's name my whole life. Not only do I not like the name, and feel kinda annoyed that they didn't give me my own name like my 2 other sisters but I hate having to explain why I go by one name yet my legal name is totally different. Don't do it.

this decaf life · July 2012

I wouldn't do this for a boy & I definitely wouldn't do it for a girl.

lotus_blossom · July 2012

My legal name is Marie Ann (no middle name)....my mom's name is Marie and my grandma's name is Ann. To be honest, I have mixed feelings about it. Though I am really glad I go by my nn, Mimi, which was given to me at birth. Everyone calls me Mimi and most people don't realize that isn't my legal name. The reason I dislike being named after my mom and grandma is because I feel like my name isn't unique in my family at all but I also like it just for sentimental reasons.

xoexpat · July 2012

My mom and I share the MN Jo, (my grandfather's name is Joseph), and DH and his mom's MNs are Jose/Josefina. Our DD's MN will be Josephine.

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