Someone help me

[ready4num2]

My husband wants our little one to take his name and be a Jr. Which I'm completely fine with, but I want to use my fathers name as his middle. From what I've been reading that wouldn't make him a Jr. Can I just add a second middle name?

 

[Lucy139]

Can you not just use your husbands name And your fathers as a middle name ... Regardless of law he will still be a junior too you. X

 

[ready4num2]

Yes, we definitely can. My husband is just so set on him being a 'real Jr' lol

 

[lau86]

So he's only a true junior if he takes the middle name aswell? I didn't know that! I think it's enough he has your husbands first name, I would use your fathers name for the middle name

 

[love.peace]

I would use your husband's first name and your father's as the middle name and call him junior. To me it seems odd to give your son exactly the same name as he is his own unique being

 

[staralfur]

Most people probably aren't going to know that your husband and child have different middle names. I would just go with the same first name and your father's middle name and call it a compromise.

I also had no idea it wasn't a "real junior" unless the middle names were the same, I figured if a guy named George Smith named his kid George Smith that it was a "junior". Between the number of people who will actually know that the middle names are different and the number of people who will know it's not "official" unless they're the same, I doubt anyone will catch it. I think your husband needs to be flexible with the middle name and let you have some choice.

 

[ready4num2]

Yeah, I didn't know either until he insisted it wouldn't be legit. So, I started doing some research. I agree, it is a compromise and he will technically take on his dad's name. I didn't want to dismiss how important it is to him and I don't want to dismiss the importance of honoring my father either.

 

[wannabemomy37]

I think it's just as acceptable to use OH's first & last and your dad's as the middle. My uncle and cousin did this and we still refer to my cousin as a "junior". On his birth certificate though I don't think you can say he's a "John Smith Jr."

 

[Fezzle]

That's why George W. Bush isn't George Bush Jr.

I think having your dad's middle name is a good compromise even if it's not 'legit'.