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Should first boy have part of dads name?
I am having our first boy! Its our last child!! lol.. I think the baby should have one of his dads names. What do you think? My husband was a Jr and he doesnt like his name. My FIL passed away before we got married, So in my eyes giving this child one of the names would stand for my deceased FIL. How many other moms agree with me? Im 23 weeks and at this point it doesnt look like Im going to get this baby named before a baby shower.. lol..
I'm totally not one for doing this, personally....
With that being said, we named our son Daniel Jorge - Daniel was my husband's grandfather's name, George (Jorge is the Portuguese form of that name) was my grandfathers.....and it was a complete accident! We just liked the names :-)
With that being said, we named our son Daniel Jorge - Daniel was my husband's grandfather's name, George (Jorge is the Portuguese form of that name) was my grandfathers.....and it was a complete accident! We just liked the names :-)
All of our boys (3) have their fathers first name as their middle name. With our first son my DH wanted to do a Jr. But I said nope. My grandfather and uncle were Sr and Jr and they had nothing but problems. I really like my DH's first name and it goes well with all the first names we picked out so, we compromised. I wouldnt have been able to do it if I didnt love the name. I dont think you should fight your DH on this issue, maybe you could use his name as the middle name?? Good luck!!
gokuangel- my first daughter's middle name is my first name, too! *wink* It's a great name, as I'm sure YOU know. LOL!
Okay, when my MIL was pregnant with my husband someone once prayed with her and told her that her son would "Be as an Isaac to her". If you're familiar with the Bible then you may know who Isaac is and that his name means "laughter".
So we have Isaac picked out for our firstborn's son MIDDLE name, in an offhanded way after their father. My husband's name is Daniel Keith so you can see that Isaac isn't even a part of his name. But my husband truly is as an Isaac- he's a RIOT at get-togethers and always joking around. He's hilarious! And his jokes and "characters" he'd make up helped his mother keep a joyful spirit when she was battling cancer, just as the man prophecied long before my husband was even born.
I personally don't like "junior" names but I do like using names of people we love as middle names! Or using some variation. Perhaps you can compromise in that respect.
So we have Isaac picked out for our firstborn's son MIDDLE name, in an offhanded way after their father. My husband's name is Daniel Keith so you can see that Isaac isn't even a part of his name. But my husband truly is as an Isaac- he's a RIOT at get-togethers and always joking around. He's hilarious! And his jokes and "characters" he'd make up helped his mother keep a joyful spirit when she was battling cancer, just as the man prophecied long before my husband was even born.
I personally don't like "junior" names but I do like using names of people we love as middle names! Or using some variation. Perhaps you can compromise in that respect.
I wanted to do a similar thing- but we want the baby to have his own name- so we're using his father's initials- that way the sentimental aspect is there but we can use a more modern name.
With our 1st son we did use my hubbys middle name(his gpa name) as his middle name...For us, we use Middle to honor someone. It just wouldnt feel right to give him a middle name with out a meaning behide it...I know it sounds crazy, but thats just how I feel. And I love it! Because every time I look at my Hunter Ryan, I think of my cuz would passed....
Well the boy already has the dad's last name and they will carry that on to their children so why do the first and middle names too? just my opinion.
I have actually thought about using my name for the babys middle name if its a girl! I like my first name and its my grandmas name so i think im gonna use it! I know i dont have to but i like the idea!
I don't know I am having my first baby and its a boy and neither me nor my husband want to honor anyone with the baby's name. We want him to have his own name and I think my husband is weirded out about the idea of the baby being a Jr.
He's thought about using family last names as part of his name. We are using a middle name for the baby of my great-grandfather whom I don't remember at all meeting (I was 3 when he died or maybe even younger). So we're not honoring him at all we just like the name.
He's thought about using family last names as part of his name. We are using a middle name for the baby of my great-grandfather whom I don't remember at all meeting (I was 3 when he died or maybe even younger). So we're not honoring him at all we just like the name.
You know what is funny tho is that for our daughter it would never even cross my mind to give her my first or middle name. Wonder why so many of us still feel the need to use part of the fathers name tho? ;)
With this pregnancy if it is a boy we will use my husbands middle name Neil as the babys middle name as well.
I agree that it is completly up to you & what you & DH want & feel comfortable with. I was willing to make our first son a Jr (if that is what we are having now, or when we have one), but my DH didn't want it nor did he want his name as the middle. So we have chosen family names as middle names (grandfather & father/our kids will have 2 middles) and have chosen names that we like as firsts!
It's completely up to you but with our son...we didn't want him to be the 4th...3 generations are named James Allen. So for our son we came up with Jeremiah James. Used daddy's first name as the middle name. It all depends on what the name is and how it flows.
I'm not PG YET but i do think the baby should have some part of the dads name! I plan on giving my child if and when we get pg and its a boy his own first name and then the middle name something from my DH (he actually has 3 names first middle and what they call him) but im also letting my DH name the first boy so he may pick something else!
I think it s a personal decesion on how you and the father feel about naming the baby.
Why not try and start a tradition? Use the first name of the father for the sons middle name.... then if your son has a son.. he can do the same?
My FIL gave his first son his name (William) making him a 4th generation 'William.' Unfortunately my BIL HATES his father! So we gave our son 'William' as a middle name.
We used my husband middle name for our first son's middle name. His name is Scott Anthony, so we named our son Cooper Anthony. Sadly our little man returned to Heaven at the tender age of 7 weeks due to a rare heart condition. So, when we found out that we were expecting another boy we decided to make Cooper the middle name of this little man, so his name will be Cruz Cooper!
I love having the names passed down, but if I did not care for the names I would not use them! Good luck with your decision!
I love having the names passed down, but if I did not care for the names I would not use them! Good luck with your decision!
i have 2 boys neither of the fathers wanted them having part of their name i was upset but what could i do argue with them i dont think so. so we came up with names that we both liked
What my thought was, was just give him one of his names. Like use my husbands middle name for the baby's middle name. But give him a different first name. Just use one of the names.
depends on the name :)
I'm not one to name my child for sentimental reasons if I don't absolutely love the name. But that's just me.
DH has always wanted to name a boy (if we ever have one) after himself. I personally do not like the idea at all and think it's kinda vain to name a child after yourself. After a grandfather or another relative... that's OK. Maybe use his name as the middle name?
My brother is named after my father who is named after my grandfather. It has caused him many problems throughout life.
I'm not one to name my child for sentimental reasons if I don't absolutely love the name. But that's just me.
DH has always wanted to name a boy (if we ever have one) after himself. I personally do not like the idea at all and think it's kinda vain to name a child after yourself. After a grandfather or another relative... that's OK. Maybe use his name as the middle name?
My brother is named after my father who is named after my grandfather. It has caused him many problems throughout life.
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