Naming baby after yourself

My friend has just sent me a text to say her sister had a baby late last night. Named Grace Violet. I don't know his family but I'm assuming that violet is his mum or grans name. Their son has her fathers name as a middle name

Very clever to have a 1/1/11 baby too

I think it's a lovely tradition and you should follow it if you wish

I have a friend whose daughter is named after her (the daughter's) father. It's not even a femine name!

I think she was just marking her territory though - he has 7 other children by 7 other women. None of whom he was married to.

Ds1 has same name as his father but then is more common in Europe mind his father then disappeared for several years ,Ds1 love his name Ds2 is named for my dad bit the Italian form and has my grandads name for his middle name

dd has my middle name for hers also is my bans middle name and my NANs first name as middle name to.First name is all hers though

ds3 well lol all his middle names are family names luckily first name is not

I think middle name is fine.

And as it has passed through generations that makes it even more fine.

My cousin has given his son his own first name. I think that's weird, but equally other cousins are the fifth and sixth first son to have the same first name, which seems ok or even cool, and I suppose the tradition has to start somewhere.

It's traditional where we live. Everyone I know of my generation has a middle name that is a family name, usually after a grandparent or aunt /uncle

I think second name is fine. I knew someone called Katherine, who named her daughter Katie, everyone used to snigger at her behind her back for that!

I am called after my father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, gg grandfather, ggg grandfather........... Family tradition. DD isn't.

I'd not give a child the same name as a living relative, but carrying on with a family name that you really like is absolutely fine. My dd loves being named after two of her great-grandmothers. No one will know that your dd is shares her name with you except your family who will think of it as a family name not your middle name in any case.

I'd do it, why not?

I know of a bloke called Paul who had 2 daughters. The first one he called Pauline (after himself) and the next one was called Paula.

I'm sorry, but I just think it lacks imagination on a very basic level.

My DD has my middle name as her first name.

It was the only name that DH and I could agree on - and we both love the meaning of it.

Nobody has ever told me that they think it is weird to pass a name down in this way. I did ask MN opinion and had a unanimous "yes do it - lovely idea" at the time.

I agree that it would be different if you were giving your DD your first name as her first name.

My name is one of my Mum's middle names. It's not a family name, I don't even know why she has it, and we have never thought it weird. In fact I forget it's her name until moments like now! It's my name, chosen simply because they liked it.

My dd has my middle name which was also my great grans first name.

I wasn't sure about this at 1st but now think it's lovely, and the look on my papa's face when he heard what we were calling her has made it even more special.

Middle names fine, but as a first name it's naff.
My GPs named my mum after gran and my uncle after grandad, they absolutely hated it.

My family do this, it's lovely. My dad's middle name is his dad's first name, and my big brother has my dad's first name as a middle name. My brother's fiance is now pregnant and it is lovely to think that they will carry on the tradition into another generation. It gives you a really nice sense of family closeness, I think - great for when little children start getting interested in family trees and so on.

I wish I had given my DD my DH's name (can be used by both sexes), as she is our only child and her father, grandfather, great grandfather, etc etc all had that name and we have broken the chain (only child). I did not know when we named her, just that DH was named after his Dad.

Ohhh Tabitha me too the very same reason..!!! It's lovely, go with it and don't listen to Ladysybill you are not arrogant!

I'm sure your grandmother and great grandmother will be delighted.

Do it, it's a family link.

I know of one mother who used both her names for her daughters
eg. (not her real names)

Mum Katie Lou
1st dd Annie Katie
2nd dd Mary Lou

Lovely

I also know of a family of two girls and a boy and they all have thier fathers name as a middle name!

My DD has my first, full name (Katherine) as her middle name and she loves that we both have this name. My DS has his father and Grandfather's middle name (Alexander) as his middle name. Dont think there's any problem as using your middle name for child's middle name at all.

My Middle name is my Dad's first name. DS now has this as his middle name.

I think it's fine, but like others have posted, your baby and it's whether you are comfortable with it or not.

i dont like the idea at all. think its excessively arrogant. but its your baby and its your right to choose whatever name you want.

Will smith and jada pinket smith called their children willow and jaden.

And I once met a couple called Christina and Martin who called their children Christian and Martina.

Fine.

My uncle is ABC Surname.

He has 3 DS, they are called C, B and A.