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Would you ever name your baby after yourself?

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AlexanderS · 15/10/2012 21:22

Would you ever consider naming a DD after yourself? Or a DS after your DP? Have you, or do you know anybody who has? I can't work out if this is nice (name the baby after somebody who they will love/loves them and who will hopefully be an inspiration to them (!)) or egotistical.

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scrivette · 15/10/2012 21:56

My DSS has his Dad's name as his middle name which I think is nice.
I don't think that I would have exactly the same names as it would get too confusing, but I know a Catherine with a daughter Katie which I like.

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AlexanderS · 15/10/2012 21:52

My DS has my DP's name for a middle name, I think middle names are a different proposition.

It's just I like my name - it's classic, simple, not cutesy or frilly or overly popular - and I'm completely at a loss for what I would call a DD (not even TTC at the minute but hope to soon!).

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BikeRunSki · 15/10/2012 21:48

I know and DM Joanna and a DS Joe too, Joe's middle name is his father's first name.

DD's middle name is my first name. It is a traditional family name carried by eldest daughters. There is no way on this fine Earth that I would have been allowed to forget if DD's hadn't had it in her name. I also quite like it. Sounds better in her combo of names. There is another name that the eldest sons of eldest sons have too.

I know a family where all the boys have the same first name, then they all have different abbreviations, NNs, use middle names etc. Loons.

RedGreenWhiteViolet · 15/10/2012 21:48

If it's a cultural tradition, I think it's quite nice. One of my friends is (names changed) Viviana, as is her mother and her grandmother etc. Her first born daughter will also be Viviana. I suppose it could be considered unfair on the second born daughter, though...

If it is just a preference I wouldn't Hmm or Shock but I might think it a little egoistical.

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Rosa · 15/10/2012 21:38

Dd2 has my surname as her middle name just to ' carry the name on a generation' It is a girls name btw.

Annunziata · 15/10/2012 21:36

It was a family thing for us, in my defence, plus I loved the name. So I didn't mind. And they all go by different nicknames anyway.

HorridHeffalumpsWickedWoozles · 15/10/2012 21:36

Second name yes, my DD1 shares my middle name which I then also share with my own DM. If we had a boy his middle name would be DH's first name in keeping with tradition on DH's side of family (DH has his own dads first name as a middle name). I wouldn't do it for first name though, and the middle name thing is because of family tradition so maybe not quite what you meant anyway OP. :)

PinkChampagneandStrawberries · 15/10/2012 21:32

I know a family that one son is called the same as the father and one is named after the mother ( it is a name that can be male or female) but I think it's very strange as they have big George and small George and big Alex and small Alex Confused

5ThingsUnderTheBed · 15/10/2012 21:32

I don't like it, for both girls and boys. There are hundreds of names out there, why use one that you're already using.

I have friends, lets call them Molly and Kyle. They have a little girl called Molly so we call them big Molly and little Molly. Big Molly is pregnant, sex yet to be confirmed. If they have a boy they are calling him...yep you've guessed it...Kyle. So the will be big Molly, little Molly, big Kyle and little Kyle. Poor poor children are going to get teased at school.

heymammy · 15/10/2012 21:29

No. It's twatty. Sorry. Grin

There are thousands of names to choose from so why anyone would choose to call their child either their own or their partner's name is utterly beyond me.

PinkChampagneandStrawberries · 15/10/2012 21:28

No definitely not!

Annunziata · 15/10/2012 21:27

*grandfathers

Annunziata · 15/10/2012 21:26

Well, DS1 is named after DH and both his grandparents. I somehow wouldn't call a girl after me though, don't know why.

BananaPhone · 15/10/2012 21:25

No.

Terrible idea on a practical level (post, bills etc) and also on a weirdy Freudian level.

Seriously - just buy one of those matching Mummy 'n' Baby tshirts if you must insist on forcing your child to be viewed by the world as some sort of extension of you.

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