2007-02-24 22:11:08 · 27 answers · asked by Janiece 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Yes The Dad Would Be Happy And SO Would His Family
2007-02-24 22:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mzbossy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here are two true stories.
Story number one:
My brother is a junior that has no nicknames and my step mother regrets that decision. When he was a child no big deal, he was little _____. Well now that doesn't work anymore. So they tried young _____, but that leaves my dad as old _______. Which, as you can imagine is not much to his liking.
Story number two:
My cousin has his father's first name as a middle name. My aunt wishes that she would have made him a junior. However, she didn't actually have to face any of the challenges and that particular name had a nickname that would have been able to distinguish the two.
So my advice. If the name has a built in nickname (or you really fear regretting your decision) go for the junior. However, if you are going to be faced with needing a prefix to distinguish father from son, honour the father in some other manner. Pass on the middle name, use the first name as middle name, middle name as a first name, or flip dad's first and middle name around. There are numerous alternatives. Hope that helps. Congrats.
2007-02-25 08:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by raintigar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I named my son after his dad because the names he had were soooo ugly. I kinda wish I would have put my foot down and named him Aidan. So as you can see I regret it. We don't call him Jr, so when I call for Carlos (that's his name) they both end up coming. It gets annoying. Dr. appointments are also a pain; They always spend extra time trying to find the right chart. I don't like it, but it might work out for you. GOOD LUCK! ! !
2007-02-25 10:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by cyndi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I don't care for nameing kids Jrs. I have some Jrs. in my family and it can get very confusing. lol If anything...give your son his own name and then use the husbands name as his middle name or reverse the husbands name and give him that name....such as...if the dads name is James Michael....give the son the name of Michael James. :)
2007-02-25 08:38:51 · answer #4 · answered by Dorth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband was also against the JR idea so we compromised. He goes by his middle name anyway so we made his middle name our son's first name and used his grandfather's name for the middle name, still honors the family, doesnt get too confusing and everyone is happy.
Brendan Michael ----->Michael Thomas
Congratulations
2007-02-25 11:46:37 · answer #5 · answered by theburlaces 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honestly i dont think you should name your kid after the dad. I have a son his namae is dario so is my husbands i scream at my husband alot and my son always thinks im screaming at him it is a big mess at my house so we made up a nickname for dario which is dare he is not used to being called that so he really dosent respond i tried dario jr when his girlfriend is over he always says thats a gay name dont call me that ur embarrasing me!!!! when i ask for dario to bring out the garbagae at first they BOTH say ok but then they get in a big fight who i was talking to if ur gonna call ur son aj jr he will be fine with that till he is hanging out with his friends. HE will think that im not small i just wanna be called aj lose the junior part my son does that and so does his gfs brother once my son dario had to leave because the husband and the kid got in such a huge fight about who they were talking to maybe name the kid after the grandpa because if his name is phil for example you dont call him phil either do your kids so i dont think you should name him aj
2007-02-25 10:47:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean to name your son after your husband, that is totally up to you and him. But I agree with the other posters about giving him his own name, because he is his own person. Maybe he won't take after his dad at all, maybe they will be opposites.
I'm embarrased to admit that I have a nephew whose name is Edward John, V Now come on - that's too much!
And if you mean naming your son "Junior", aaahhh - I'm not too fond of that. Just think of when he becomes an adult, his peers will call him "junior", and this could cause problems for his adult life.
2007-02-25 08:00:57 · answer #7 · answered by jenarul 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*LOL* My hubby was absolutely dead set against naming our son a junior. "There are too many Wallys in our family" he says. If you guys both like having a jr. go for it. I don't think it is a bad thing. My hubby and I both like unique names and Wally to both of us is very common. Especially since there is a whole line of Wallys including 3 of his uncles, his dad, his grand dad, and him so we wanted him to be his own person (he goes by his middle name btw because he doesn't like wally. This is only in reference to us) and not another Wally #. :) We get calls for my father in law all the time, even when we lived in a different state and even were sent his credit report. I guess they fail to look at his social security number which isn't even close to my hubbys. We both don't care for the name wally much.
2007-02-25 06:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by Kelly s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband is a JR and I wanted to name our first son after them and my husband wouldn't let me. He said he always got confused with his dad. And even on our credit report at one time we had a lot of his dads bills. messed us up for a long time. But that is totally up to you. whatever you feel is best for your child would make the proud papa happy I am sure!
2007-02-25 06:14:58 · answer #9 · answered by happymomma3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why cant the child have his own name.Why would you want to do this. Take some time out and concentrate and think of a name. Your son may be grateful that u actually gave his name some thought.
2007-02-25 06:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by chersgaz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋