Names with same letter or jrs?

Question

Does anyone else find it annoying and uncreative when parents give all thier kids names with the same letter or name them after themselves? For example: my brother's ex gave all 4 of his kids( i say his b/c she has no custody or visitation rights) K names and the oldest girl was named after her so she could call her "baby kat"! I feel that nameing a child directly after yourself gives the child less of a personal identity. I know the frustration of people sharing names as my father and grandfather are both bills and I'm a billie , my brothers a willie. I'm am just curious of other peoples opinions on this.

Wow lots of good answers. I do have to ask though since when is nameing a child based on "cute"? I'm sure when the baby is a big burly 45 yr old doing hard time he'll say "Yep, my mom that it was a cute name! "

Answer 1

I agree, I think its kind of cloying and pretentious, and makes you sound like you are speaking in sing-song when you rattle off your children's names and they all start with the same letter. Talk about narcississm lol. Just my opinion :)

Answer 2

I'm not a big fan of same initials, but it isn't always dreadful. If you have, say, two or three kids it isn't difficult to find a few reasonable names that begin with the same first letter. Four and up, though ... yeah, it can start to sound forced.

As for juniors, it can be a bit much. My mom's family followed the Italian naming traditions (first son after father's father; second son after mother's father; first daughter after father's mother, etc.) and the result was a generation of kids with the same given names, all changed just slightly or nicknamed so they could tell each other apart.

But then, both of my grandparents had lots of siblings, and they all lived in the same part of the world. Today, even if all of my siblings named their kids after our parents, it would never have the same impact, except for at the odd holiday or other family event.

I do think that cases like yours - Billie and Willie - are rather unfair. People deserve their own identities, and parents should strive to balance tradition with individuality.

Answer 3

I have no problem with men naming their kids Jr's after themselves. I think it's cute.... Now when you get into III, IV, V, etc. that is a little to much.

If we would have had a boy we considered giving him my Ex's first name and giving our child a different middle name. This is how it was with my Ex's father. He has his first name but different middle name so my Ex was always called by his middle name and we would have done the same if we had a boy. So Grandpa, Dad, and Baby would have had all same first but different middle names.

I also have no problem with naming all your kids names that start with the same letter. Or even names that go with a theme. My best friends mother and all her sisters were given flower names (Pansy, Rose, Violet).

Now what I do have a problem with is a girl being a Jr. I can't really give an exact reason why I do not like this but it just doesn't seem right to me. I would have never imagined giving my daughter the same name as me only to call her "baby Tina". That is a little strange IMO.

Answer 4

I think family names are a nice tradition, as long as it doesn't get too out of hand -- in my family there are three Williams (one father-son pair, plus an uncle by marriage), two Matthews (uncle-nephew), and I was almost the second Anna (the first being my aunt). I wouldn't name my kids after living relatives because it's just so confusing at holidays. I see no problem with men naming their son "junior," but -- and this is a bit sexist of me -- I think it's tacky for a woman to name her daughter after herself, mainly because there is not female equivalent of "junior" so it's more likely to cause identity (I mean in terms of credit and such) problems for the kid later on.

Also, my sister and I both have C names and I hated it growing up, but really, it doesn't matter. Theme names are obnoxious, though.

All in all, I'd rather see a family full of Williams than a family with one Ayden, one Makkaylah, one Brooklynn, etc.

Answer 5

Well I don't mind if it is tradition. Like my uncle is George William, and my cousin George Spencer. And it goes back really far. But also, I found out this just a few years ago, as I call them Spencer and Uncle Bill. I don't really like a bunch of kids with the same letter, or a bunch of people with the same name, for a scattered reason. But if your called by your middle name it is fine.

Answer 6

Well, it's kind of a tradition in my family.
My name is Noelle and my sister's is Holly. We were both born around Christmastime and so there we have the Christmas themed names.
My brother-in-law's name is Jonah and he has two children, James and Jaime.
I myself have three children, Tessa, Teagan and John, after my husband. I can't really explain my name choices to you because you wouldn't understand the meaning behind them, but Teagan's middle name is Lily and Tessa's is Rose.
I appreciate it in some ways but James and Jaime (in my opinion) is a little over the top, but still cute.
Bah, I dunno.

xXo

Answer 7

I'm kinda in the middle on this topic. If the name is awful then definitely not, but if its a nice cute name or could be shortened to something else then I am ok with it. I have a friend whose parents were named Jack and Katherine, they named the children Jay and Kathy.

Answer 8

Personally, I don't like Jr. names....unless my husband would have a name I really like:) But I get it, it's a family thing.
Yes, I do find it kind of annoying when all the kids are named with the same letter....but to each their own, I guess.

Answer 9

Personally, I would not name all of my kids with names starting with the same letter nor am I a fan of the Jr or III etc.

I say give them an original name - not too common, not too weird, not wacky spellings, no stupid play on words.

Answer 10

My aunt named her kids Kelsey, Kalen, Konner .They all have the K's at the beging of there names ! Me personal i dont like it my kids names are Chasity Elizabeth and Misty Lynn.