If you have a boy are any of you calling it after the father ?

Keyval · Mar 15th, 2012, 12:55 PM

I was never into calling baby after the father bit confusing too ha . My OH name is Jamie and middle name luke so I was thinking if my little bundle is a boy calling him luke and middle name Jamie . What do u think ?

CloverMouse · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:02 PM

We personally decided we did not want to do that, DH wants the baby to have their own identity and own name. Of course we realize that baby will have their own identity anyway, but he doesnt want all of the comparisons and feels it would be less if they don't share a name.

That being said I like the idea of you using the middle name, plus I like the name Luke

akerie · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:06 PM

I am not and my LO's father is really pissed off at me about that. I choose Ty'mere Brennon......

Pinkorblue11 · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:08 PM

I asked DH about it when I was pregnant with our DS1, he wasn't interested and wanted him to have his own name.

Mrsctobe · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:09 PM

I personally wouldn't name my child after myself or my oh.
baby will have ohs name as a middle name but personally i would rather name my child a name i liked than just call him after his dad oh feels the same. x
each to their own but i wouldnt personally x

DeeDee80 · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:14 PM

My husband was against it and so am I. We wanted to be the ones who selected his name, not given him a name that my husband's parents picked decades ago to name their child. I asked my husband if he wanted to use his middle name this time for this baby if it was a boy and he said no because he hates his middle name. Ok then. I do use family names, just not immediate family member names and never for a first name. So my son's middle name is Steven after my uncle who passed away.

mixedbeautyx · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:23 PM

We are. I wasnt too keen on the idea at first but ive come around to OH wishes

amber1216 · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:29 PM

We are doing it, my DH is a Jr so we are naming him as a 3rd. but using something else for a name.

wifey29 · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:41 PM

Our lo won't share his dad's name as his first name, he will have it as his middle name. Don't think I'd like lo and DH to share the same first name, I'd get confused

Plus we want lo to have his own identity.

kippenhok · Mar 15th, 2012, 13:53 PM

Yes we are! With an addition though of "Jan" to OH's name because that's what my fathers name has as an addition too. Then the middle name will be my father's and eventually the second middle name OH's father's.

So it'll be like:

[First name OH + Jan] [First name my father] [First name OH's father] [Surname]

At first I was unsure but now it's nice, tradition and posterity that we find that important. He's the eldest son/first child of his family and his father is the eldest son/first child of his family, my father is the eldest son/first child of his family and so on and this will be the eldest son/first child of our new little family!

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Keyval Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,369	If you have a boy are any of you calling it after the father ? I was never into calling baby after the father bit confusing too ha . My OH name is Jamie and middle name luke so I was thinking if my little bundle is a boy calling him luke and middle name Jamie . What do u think ?

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CloverMouse Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 916	We personally decided we did not want to do that, DH wants the baby to have their own identity and own name. Of course we realize that baby will have their own identity anyway, but he doesnt want all of the comparisons and feels it would be less if they don't share a name. That being said I like the idea of you using the middle name, plus I like the name Luke

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Mar 15th, 2012, 13:06 PM	#3
akerie Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 909	I am not and my LO's father is really pissed off at me about that. I choose Ty'mere Brennon......

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Mar 15th, 2012, 13:08 PM	#4
Pinkorblue11 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: California Posts: 1,110	I asked DH about it when I was pregnant with our DS1, he wasn't interested and wanted him to have his own name.

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Mrsctobe Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Uk Posts: 6,554	I personally wouldn't name my child after myself or my oh. baby will have ohs name as a middle name but personally i would rather name my child a name i liked than just call him after his dad oh feels the same. x each to their own but i wouldnt personally x

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Mar 15th, 2012, 13:14 PM	#6
DeeDee80 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Diego/Chula Vista Posts: 1,072	My husband was against it and so am I. We wanted to be the ones who selected his name, not given him a name that my husband's parents picked decades ago to name their child. I asked my husband if he wanted to use his middle name this time for this baby if it was a boy and he said no because he hates his middle name. Ok then. I do use family names, just not immediate family member names and never for a first name. So my son's middle name is Steven after my uncle who passed away.

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mixedbeautyx Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,829	We are. I wasnt too keen on the idea at first but ive come around to OH wishes

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Mar 15th, 2012, 13:29 PM	#8
amber1216 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 246	We are doing it, my DH is a Jr so we are naming him as a 3rd. but using something else for a name.

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Mar 15th, 2012, 13:41 PM	#9
wifey29 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1,992	Our lo won't share his dad's name as his first name, he will have it as his middle name. Don't think I'd like lo and DH to share the same first name, I'd get confused Plus we want lo to have his own identity.

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Mar 15th, 2012, 13:53 PM	#10
kippenhok Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 469	Yes we are! With an addition though of "Jan" to OH's name because that's what my fathers name has as an addition too. Then the middle name will be my father's and eventually the second middle name OH's father's. So it'll be like: [First name OH + Jan] [First name my father] [First name OH's father] [Surname] At first I was unsure but now it's nice, tradition and posterity that we find that important. He's the eldest son/first child of his family and his father is the eldest son/first child of his family, my father is the eldest son/first child of his family and so on and this will be the eldest son/first child of our new little family!

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