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shellyco
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naming baby after yourself
shellyco
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in Baby Names
Well, technically the middle name! I know it is very common for men to give their son's their own first name as the baby's middle name. In fact, my husband is really looking forward to doing this with a potential son. My question is- what do you think of mothers doing the same with their daughters?
My husband really wants to give the baby my name as her middle name. The name would be Natalie Michelle. While I think the name flows really nicely together I don't want friends and family that learn her name to side-eye it. Would you give me the side-eye?
ETA: to completely clarify that my first name is Michelle. She wouldn't be a junior. My other middle name option is Kimberly after my mom, which is my first choice but doesn't flow really well.
DD 9/2/13
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Re: naming baby after yourself
Meh... It's a pretty normal name. I wouldn't side-eye.
Side-eye goes to things that go against my naming rules (rules that I personally use for choosing my children's names).
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I wouldn't side eye you at all.
I have friends whose son has the father's first name in the MN spot and a daughter who has the mother's first name in the MN spot. I think it's great if everyone is on board.
Natalie Michelle is a lovel
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I would not side-eye this. In fact, just last week I friend named their daughter Lucy Jane, with Jane benig the mom's first name, and I thought to myself how cute that was.
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I think this is perfectly fine. I find it more odd when people chose a first and middle name that have absolutely no family connection or special meaning whatsoever - they just chose it because it sounds nice to them. Ideally I think the middle name sh
I did it. My daughters MN is my FN. I don't think I'm "so amazing" that I needed to name her after me though, I just love the way the name flows and like giving her a little bit of me in her name.
Also, if we ever have a boy, DH has
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Love Natalie!
My DD's mn is the same as mine, my moms, my grandma and my great grandma (Elizabeth). I love it.
If I have another girl I'd actually like hers to be Elizabeth too, but not sure.
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We are giving our baby girl my middle name as her middle name. I wanted to use my moms middle name but she doesn't have one. I don't think its out of the ordinary or anything weird.
I wouldn't side eye it, I have had several cousins give their daughters their FN as a MN.
I wouldn't technically do this myself, but I have a flower name and we might use a flower name somewhere if we have a daughter. So it would be her own name
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DD has my first name as her middle name.
Nobody has side-eyed. At least not that I'm aware of.
I wouldn't side eye it at all. I think it is cute
I do side-eye a friend of mine though, who has she ENTIRE name (first, middle, and last) in the names of her two daughters.
Her DD#1 has mom's maiden name as her first name and same MN.<