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Naming Babies
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We were having a discussion tonight in the Fusion household with friends about naming babies after a family member and most of all dead family members.
I am against this and think all babies should have their own identities and names and not be for instance, John Jnr or John Snr etc etc.
I am against this and think all babies should have their own identities and names and not be for instance, John Jnr or John Snr etc etc.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I agree with you, Fusion. I told my Mother that if I'd been given my Father's name (It was John - nothing wrong with it) as a child, I would have changed it at the first opportunity.
Slightly different, but my Sister has a Husband and two Kids (Brother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law) with the same initial - imagine the post through the letterbox, e.g. 3 J. Bloggs!
Slightly different, but my Sister has a Husband and two Kids (Brother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law) with the same initial - imagine the post through the letterbox, e.g. 3 J. Bloggs!
my first baby had the name of her paternal great Grandma (deceased) as a middle name, My second child had the name of his paternal great grandfather (deceased) as a first name. I myself have the name of my paternal Great Grandma as a middle name, and my husband has his father's first name as a middle name and has a nephew with the same name. It doesn't feel weird to me, and there really is no confusion
My late younger brother was named Stephen. Struggling for a middle name someone suggested Clive. My mother was much taken with the idea and he was always known as Clive. When he was in his mid-teens he decided that Clive sounded far too poncey, so called himself Steve. Only my parents and close family friends were allowed to call him Clive after that, otherwise he would just not answer.
It's really interesting on all the different views.
This discussion came about tonight as a friend of ours, daughter had her first baby yesterday and has named him after her husband's dead grandad. The trouble is she has now changed her mind but they have already told the nana and don't want to upset her.
This discussion came about tonight as a friend of ours, daughter had her first baby yesterday and has named him after her husband's dead grandad. The trouble is she has now changed her mind but they have already told the nana and don't want to upset her.