What is your opinion on naming a child after their father?

I do not agree with it, the child needs his own identity and has to live up to the name if the father is a success or if the father is a bum, low life then there is that kid stuck with that name so what do you think?

What is your opinion on naming a child after their father?
Father's name can be a middle name. My husband is named after his dad and they get mixed up mail all the time and some things his dad does shows up on his credit report. But I agree a child needs his own identity.
Reply:I like the idea of naming the child after the father if he has a pretty name but in my case my child wont be simply because I know to many michaels and I wont call him by his middle name, Wayne, because it just sounds old. But if I did name him after his father I wouldnt expect him to live up to his name and be like his father. Childeren deserve to be who they want to be regardless of his name.





Its not the name that makes a man and no personal in his/her right mind should try and make a child into something they're not.
Reply:A name doesn't make an identity.The child also will not have to live up to his father because of it.People just dramatize it way too much.





I personally wouldn't for many reasons.





1: I wouldn't name my kid Robert (my fiance's name) because I don't fancy it that much.


2: It would be too weird "in bed" if I call out his name and his name is the same as my son's.


3: It can get confusing when you call out a name and they both answer.Too much of a hassle!





I would stick to giving the father's first name as the child's middle name to incorporate the father yet not having it be too odd.
Reply:I don't have a problem naming a baby after someone by using either the father's first or middle name as the baby's middle name or the father's middle name as the baby's first name. I do not like Jr's I think they should have their own name. If I have a son he will most likely have my husband's middle name has is first name.
Reply:I agree with naming the child after their father: just not their father's name. Our neighbours are family: and grandfather and 6 kids all live in the same neighbourhood. So, there is a grandfather "Shawn" and a son Shawn and a grandson Shawn. So, it goes like this.


Me: I saw Shawn at the store today.


Mom: Shawn who.


Me: Shawn our neighbour...


Mom: Which one?


Me: big Shawn


Mom: Which big Shawn?


Me: The grandfather.





It's horrible, and they're all named after their parents and it's annoying. I am glad I don't share my parents names. Also, there are 2 Shawn M.'s in the phonebook on the same street, so they get each others bills, phonecalls etc.





I wouldn't recommend giving each other the same name.. maybe a middle name.
Reply:i don't really like the naming after a parent. it just seems confusing to me. you would have to call them and make sure they new it was them and not the mom/dad. i think it is fine for other people, if that is what they want, but i don't like it. i was named after my great grandmother (who i did know) and i have my own identity and that was never a problem, i think naming after someone is fine i would just prefer to not name my baby after me or their father
Reply:Well people should know the type of person they are with before deciding to have a child with them. My middle child is a junior, and I have no problem with it at all. I think it's great it shows that daddy is proud to have a son.





There is no mistaken mail because my husband put Sr after his name on all his bills, and my son has Jr after his name. They do have their own identity-their name has nothing to do with them as a person.
Reply:I wanted to name our baby after my husband if it was a boy (little Forest). Just because one person happens to have the same as another does not mean they will grow up to be like them. For example, how many Jessicas or Jennifers do you know? They are not all alike or even similar. A child makes a name for themselves by themselves, not by their father.
Reply:I do not like naming the child's first name after their father. However we used my husbands first name as my sons middle name and my daughter has my first name as her middle name. That is how it is done on my side of the family, we use parts of people's names for the child's middle name never the first name.
Reply:Well. My brother is named after my dad..and my husband is named after his dad...so when i got pregnant my husband said if we had a little boy he wanted him to be the third. I however was very against it, luckily we had a girl so i didnt have to deal with that long, but he still talks about wanting to do it if he ever has a boy. Personally, i think it takes the fun away from picking a name yourself, and it can also get confusing. My father in law is known as "Big Jerry" and my husband is known as "Lil Jerry"...ive never cared for it.
Reply:none of my kids are named after their father,first,last or middle names.I went with what I was comfortable with.they are named both after their grandparents and of course my last name.I do not agree with (having)to give your child the last name of the father,unless married and choose to do so.
Reply:i would of done if he had wanted to but he doesnt,


my child will be named after my grandad, dad and my brothers middle name (ronnie) and my fiances late father (joseph)





his first name is just a name we liked - Nathaniel - it means "god has given" and we tried for him for 2 years so he really is a gift from god :)
Reply:My brother was named after my father, but he chose to use his middle name instead of the first. I think that what someone names his or her child is their business, and if they want to carry on the fathers name then go for it. As long as the teacher can spell that child's name when they get into school.
Reply:Nobody else's opinion matters other than the parents, children just naturally have their own identity no matter what their name and some of the poor little things are saddled with some truly terrible names that they will have to defend for the rest of their lives.
Reply:I am named for my father and it was always a point of pride for me. I am honored to be named for him; however, I also suppose that it depends on the name.
Reply:I agree a child should have there own identity.








My husband made me promise to not name our children after him unless something happened to him like death.






Reply:I would rather give my son his father's name, then some name that means nothing, or something that has been made up.


We named our first son after my father and husbands grandfather, but they were both already passed on when we did.
Reply:I don't agree with it at all, my husband and his father have the same name plus his 3 unlces and his brother. And there are ton's of credit mix up's.
Reply:I see it as unoriginal.

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