How do you feel about naming a child after yourself?

How do you feel about naming a child after yourself?

Re: How do you feel about naming a child after yourself?

I agree with you. I'm for naming after decesased relatives but when there's two people living in the same household with the same name it must get confusing. Let the kid have their own identity.

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my sisters boyfriend is named Jeffrey Todd, after his father, Jeff. He goes by his middle name Todd. He desperately wants to name a son Jeffrey Todd Jr. because he thinks it would be hysterical to introduce themselves to people, 'hi, I'm Jeff Jr., this is my father Todd.' Sillyhead.

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Totally not into it. DH wanted his first son to be named after him. I will allow it for a middle name but not a first name. Plus his dad is the same name - just too many with the same name for my taste. But now we can't pick a boys name and got to get on that in case our baby is a boy in three months....

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There are lots of juniors in my family..just how it is..I never minded it and think its kind of nice. But i don't think I will name my child after my fiance...he isn't that into it.

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that is all that my family is, my mom is coleen, so is my sister. my brother is thomas, so is my dad. sister named after grandmother and aunt, my mother has a cousin janice. it goes on and on. I am not into it, but oddly enough it is not really confusing.

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I wouldn't name a child after myself - it's actually a little embarrassing to me that both my name and my mother's name both start with the same letter! but, my name is a bit unusual anyway...

But, I think it's nice to name a child after its father.

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i don't think i would name my daughter sarah, but i want to name my son after my fh, christopher. but he is dead set aganist it, he is a jr and doesn't want a christopher III. my argument is, he doesn't have to have the same middle name, just the first. we'll see what happens when the time comes.

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My grandmother named her youngest (second daughter) after herself because she couldn't think of any names. They were Big Nellie and Little Nellie.
I don't really care for it, so thankfully DH is Jewish so he won't be trying to name a son after himself.

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My Fil, my Dh, and My youngest had the same name completely including middle name. Now just Dh and my son.

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I could name my kids Monkeyluv and Jerkface?

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I always considered it more of a family tradition versus being egotistical. If I was a boy, I was going to be named after my father and I would have been proud to have his name.