How do you feel about naming a child after yourself?

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Well I'm actually named after my FATHER and Mother, so I cannot complain. (my Dad's name is Felix.. rather the Italian version of Felix, Felice) I used to hate my name as a child, but have grown to love it over the years. Middle name is after my Mom)

DH is named for his grandfather. Everyone in DH's family is William, Anthony, Peter , or some combination thereof (i,e., Anthony William, Peter Anthony, William Peter. etc.. its pretty funny)

I doubt we'll name our children after anyone, because we'll wind up being among the last of our siblings and cousins on both sides to have kids, so the 'names' have already been carried on

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I dont like it only because I feel that they should have their own unique name.

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I don't like the whole jr thing. Naming after someone who is deceased is fine. I feel this way because every man born in my mom's family is named either John or Charles. My grandfather was John, I have an Uncle John who sons are John and Chuckie and an Uncle Chuckie, whose son's name is John. On top of that my cousin Shane married a man named John and my ex-husband's name was John. Whoa! that's a mouthful. You should see our christmas tags, they need full length descriptions to know who they are for.

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I'm a hypocrite I like my name but refuse to name a child after anyone in the family. If I have a daughter I might use my name as her middle name.

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I wouldn't name my kid after myself or DH. I would however name for someone deceased, but that's how it's done in my family. My sister's middle name if Faye for my mother's mother. My Hebrew name is Anna for my mother's father (Abraham). My niece's middle name is Sarine for my fathers mother. And I will name my child with a name that starts with A for my father's father (Augusto). If it's a girl maybe Payton August.

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I think its boring. Why not give the child their own name, theirs alone.

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Ok this board is for me! If I have a daughter I am naming her after my sister andgrandmother which will be victoria rose and if I have a boy it will be named after my mom's bro who passed away before i was born and the middle name for Dh which will be Joesph Robert. I was named after my grandmother Rose!

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My name is Anthony William
My brother's name is William Anthony
My father's name is William Anthony
My grandfather's name is Anthony

We are not very original....

A little side note to this:

If you are thinking of naming your children after yourself or your spouse, think twice. I work with people's credit every day and I see so many 'same named' relatives with their 'same named' son or daughter's credit showing up on their credit report....usually it isn't their good credit either.

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My brother is the 4th generation of his first name. When he was born family arguments began cuz mom refused to keep the middle name. So, mom kind of broke the tradition and gram wasnt too happy. My brother will not name his son after him @ all. He's already warned everyone. LOL
I will not name my daughter after my 1st name, however, my middle name is Ann and I love the name Anna so I may work around that

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DH is a junior. I refuse to name my kid the III

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I had a member at work name both her twins Robert after their father...And their middle intial was the same too Robert T. and Robert T...NOW Thats weird to me!!!

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