My mom knows a woman named Frank. And to make matters worse, her married last name is also Frank (I have no idea why she did not keep her maiden name--I mean, really). I don't think anyone even got any money out of the deal, it's just a case of unfortunate naming.
Or use that as opportunity to go from Frank Ann Smith to Ann Smith Frank (assuming she had a normal middle name.). Or hell, just give herself a normal first name.
Lol. I can't imagine this is going to actually be a trend. I'm glad we had 2 girls so no need to make a decision on whether to use the family name. Dh, his dad, grandfather all have the same first name.
My H, his father and grandfather all have the same initials. H is all, "if this one is a boy, we need to continue that tradition." I'm all, "please be a girl, please be a girl.
If either my dad or FIL had paid to name my son after them, I probably would have gone with it. I like both of their names. And to bring full circle to the board, both have a middle name of Paul;).
I actually lobbied to use that as a middle name, but DH didn't like it. If we ever have a 2nd son, I am planning to wage a campaign just to use the name I like. Since no one will be volunteering naming rights $$$.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Oct 5, 2015 7:52:45 GMT -5
We have friends who gave their son IV although the prior three generations all have different middle names. The first name is the same, but they only call the boy by his middle name.
I wish I had parents who could give me $10k for any reason. That's like 10% of my mom's retirement nest egg. She's just happy to have one grandchild.
My SIL just had a IV but her H isn't a III and her FIL goes by random initials instead of his given name. She announced his name and I was thinking who is this kids dad?
(I don't think he has IV on his birth certificate, he's just a casual IV I guess )
My H and FIL wanted to name DS after themselves. I put my foot down. It's not a bad name at all, but there have been so many mix-ups between just the two of them, we really didn't need to throw a third person with the same name into it. Plus no one offered us money. DS's middle name is a family name from my family though.
Yes! When we lived in the same area our Energy bills got mixed up, and DH always gets AARP cards in the mail, lol.
Post by mainelyfoolish on Oct 5, 2015 8:02:34 GMT -5
Thirty five years ago my parents blatantly disregarded my father's family tradition and made my brother's middle name William instead of his first name. My dad has spent his whole life going by his middle name rather than his first name of William because it's confusing when everyone has the same name and he didn't want his kid to deal with it, too. Those darn Silent Generation parents with no respect for family history!
My serious college boyfriend was a IV. He made it perfectly clear that his first born son would be a V. And he did have 2 boys and continued the naming tradition...thankfully with someone else!
My husband is a IV. I think he assumed DS would be the 5th however my MIL (bless her heart) said "don't do that to your child!" So there went that idea
It drives me nuts to hang out with my FIL... because if I say "Paul" (my husband, obvious from my screenname!) he often answers! Ugh! I can't imagine if I had to do that in my house for the next 18+ years. No freakin' way! And no "Paulie" either... ugh.
DS's middle name is DH's first name... that's about as far as I was willing to go!
We named DD after DH's grandmother. Grandma is pushing 90 now and when she recently gave some $ to each great-grand, she gave 20% more to DD than to DS and the others and said "this is for my special girl."
DH was all "damn, we should have used grandpa's name for DS."
His name was Chester, I'm good the name we chose, lol.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Oct 5, 2015 9:52:22 GMT -5
DD is named after xh's late mother, my mother (but it's my mn too) and my late paternal grandmother. The only thing that drives me batty about it is when my mom (despite numerous corrections !!) tells people that the J name is from her mil (2nd h's mom) .... no mom, it's from your FIRST mil, you know my gma ?!?
It a whole 15 seconds to name DD. Xh: do you want to name her after our moms ? Me: sure end of discussion. DD never goes by her given name - it's her nickname that everyone knows her by.
Post by curbsideprophet on Oct 5, 2015 9:54:49 GMT -5
Having the same name multiple times in a family seems like a giant PITA. I really do not get the appeal. I told DH I had no interest in have a Jr. if we had a boy (and I do like DH's first name). Thankfully he was fine with that.
My DS ( Charlie) is named after my Dad who passed away who is named after his father. My cousin (M) ( who is named after his father ) ALSO named a son after my Dad and our grandpa.
My grandmother tried to give me the hard sell on Isaac. There was no offer of money though It was probably easier to follow family tradition or be influenced by others when families had 10 kids. More names to choose from and more names to have to think up.
My first child's name is WILHELMINA....I like to torture. I would have used Erol or Loretta too if DH didn't veto (well we never had a boy). But no one is getting named after a baby boomer in my house.
My first child's name is WILHELMINA....I like to torture. I would have used Erol or Loretta too if DH didn't veto (well we never had a boy). But no one is getting named after a baby boomer in my house.