Personally i hate it when parents name their kids after them what do you think?

Question

I think it is unimaganative and lazy. I know some people as paying homage or something but really don't. The child needs their own name that you think about and labor over. For you who have and want to name your child after you or your spouse what was the motivation?

Answer 1

I would not choose to name my child after myself or my husband, but I do think it's good to honor special family or friends by choosing their names for my children. Each of our kids will have a name that we just like, and a name that comes from someone dear to us.

To me, it's a little narcissistic to name a child after yourself.

Answer 2

My dad is junior and he didn't name my brother the third. He sure has a cow if anyone thinks about leaving off his Jr; Senior's been dead since 1985.

I wouldn't do Jr. I may do the 2nd after my father in law. I think that would be more honorable. My husband's family tends to give the child the first name of the dad as a middle name for boys and mom's middle name for girls. I dropped my mn when I got married. I guess he's out of luck there...lol

Answer 3

Well, I had no choice in the matter. Robert was an age old tradition, all of the first born males are named Robert, since I don't know when. But don't think it was lazy, we had to decide on a good middle name. To make his name extra special, we chose to give him my father's name as his middle name. You should see how proud my dad is at being included in the naming. Also, it is perfect that he is named after his daddy, because he looks like a mini version of him, and he tries to imitate everything that his daddy does...

Answer 4

LOL! I fall under that category. My husband is the third. When you get that far down the line it's kind of hard to break it. I was totally against following the tradition until I realized how much it meant to his mother, father, and grandfather. I guess sometimes we just fall under that so now my son is Martin Eloy IV. Had the family linage not been so far down the line I probably wouldn't have continued it but I guess somethings just never die. I don't understand why fathers do name their son's after them the first time--JR but I guess it just means something. Next time we're going to get so creative and I hope our son doesn't fall under pressure and name his son the fifth. Good question!

Answer 5

I agree with you 100%. I am now married to a man who named his son after him, but calls him by his middle name. I told him that if we had a child together, this never would've happened.

My husband's dad named his son jr. and jr. named his son the 3 rd. Billy the 3rd was smart and named his kid Dalton.

My husband and his son who just turned 18 are already getting each others mail and being confused with each other.

I once dated a guy named after his father. When I'd call, his mother would say, do you want to talk to big Harry or Little Harry? It's just all so weird.

I think a man that needs to name his child after himself is a very insecure ego maniac, unless it's expected like 6th down the line.

I was proud of Billy for breaking the chain and not naming his son the 4th.

I even knew a woman named Nancy who named her daughter after herself. Kinda like Nancy jr.

Every child deserves their own personal name and Identity in my opinion. When a jr. sometimes you may not ever live up to your expectations and sometimes you may tarnish the family name.

Answer 6

nicely, actual, Ashley is a boy's call, so there's no longer something incorrect with that. i haven't any situation with what mothers and dads call their little ones. it is their newborn authentic? whilst it comes time, all of us call a toddler and don't care what others think of. as long as they're dealt with, a popularity is a popularity. It would not make a individual, the guy makes the call. I additionally don't comprehend why you're utilising names like could-gun and Trenadi to make your element, yet you convey regret for offending everyone with those names. You talk with it as a "poor crime" the place they're "scarred for existence," yet you do no longer pick emotions harm... exciting.

Answer 7

I agree. My husband and I did not want to give our kids our names. What if you have two sons? So one gets his father's name and the other doesn't? And I've heard of people naming their second, third, etc. son after themselves. What's up with that? If you don't do it for the first, just forget about it.

Answer 8

I think naming your kids after you is a good Idea. Tony- Tonyya, Kevin-kevina, Tyrone- Tyrenisha, Carl-Carla need I go on? How orginal is tha?. You would actually have to sit down and think of variations, at least you would if you had a girl. Trying to name the child after both parents would be even more challenging.

Answer 9

I really agree with you but we are having a boy and my husband wants a Jr. more then anything.. I don't know what to do.. I'm stuck in the middle.. Its really important to him for some reason.. My brother is a Jr. and he absolutely hates it because he gets my dads bills at his house and they are always messing up his bank account because him and my dad use the same bank.. Its horrible.. He would not recommend it in any case.. But i cant talk my husband out of it he has his mind set and hes not changing it for anyone..

Answer 10

I don't think is unimaginative, it takes a lot of imagination to come up with these names. Some men wait their whole lives to get a JR. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I wanted her name to be different, but not stupid and hard to pronunce. I found her name in a book, but it has the beginning of my name and part of her father's name and its actually a nice name. But then whoever doesn't like it, I really don't care because her father and I love it.

Answer 11

I don't like it and NOT because I think it's unimaginitive. Here's a little scenario that happened to my husband's stepdad who named his son after him. His son went to college, signed Frank Lastname on all of his loan applications in the places where his dad should have signed. I don't know if it was because his dad didn't want to press fraud charges or what but my mother in law and her husband are STILL paying on this guys college loans. Nothing wAs ever said to Jr.Now the other thing, my husband's name is James William Peter Lastname. Who in their right mind would name their child James William Peter Lastname jr.? I think it would sound completely stupid. One more thing, my husband is named after his dad. When his dad left his mom, he didn't see his dad for like 10 years. To me that is just torturing a child in that case. You can't see your daddy but you can have his name; makes no sence to me. I do however think it's cute with middle names. My girls both have their grandmother's middle names (each has a different grandmother's first name as their middle name). Maybe I'm just weird about it. Sorry for rambling.