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Would it be weird to name your ds a version of your name

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FattyMcChubster · 19/06/2013 22:55

That's it basically.
I know a lot of men name their ds after themselves but why if you gave your son the masculine version of your name? Is that odd?

Like, simone-Simon

That might not be my best example but don't want to out myself! BlushGrin

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FattyMcChubster · 20/06/2013 01:12

Hmm. We do have a 'family' name which every bugger seems to have and even in my closest family try all have names starting with the same letter apart from me!
It alwys sounds odd when outsiders start asking questions...HmmGrin

I do however love this boys name.

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SpecialAgentTattooedQueen · 20/06/2013 01:02

My mum has the female version of my grandfather's name, and all my aunts have Mary as one of their middle names and my uncles have Patrick as one of theirs... Confused

DebsMorgan · 20/06/2013 01:02

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MardyBra · 20/06/2013 00:39

Yes. But I don't like Dad-child names either. I'd rather just think of something original rather than going for a mini-me.

I find the Will/Willow/Jada/Jaden thing a bit disturbing for some reason.

I know it's a personal preference, but fwiw you will find some people who are a bit freaked.

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FattyMcChubster · 20/06/2013 00:17

Ooh mrs f you've got it!
I've just never heard of mum-son names, it's normally dad-child names isn't it?

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MrsFrederickWentworth · 20/06/2013 00:03

Why not?

Frederica/ Freddy
Thomasina, Tamsin / Thomas
Josephine/ Joseph
Joanna, Jane, Jenny/ John
jaquetta, jacqueline/ jack, James
Willa/William
Louisa/ Louis, Lewis
Nicole, Nicola/ Nicholas
Augusta/ Auguste, Augustus
Pascale/Pascal
Clementina, Clemency/Clement

I think it is a lovely idea.

BabyStone · 19/06/2013 23:48

How about changing it slightly like Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has done with their 2 children. They have Willow after Will and Jaden after Jada. I quite like the idea for myself but seeing as I have a unisex name and named after a male relative, it wouldn't really work! :(

HorraceTheOtter · 19/06/2013 23:43

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savoirfaire · 19/06/2013 23:42

Well in my case it might have, because I got on well with my mum. I know many girls who had mega fall outs (short, or longer term) with their mums too. Teenage girls are just as likely to have volatile relationships with either parent IME.

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FattyMcChubster · 19/06/2013 23:40

Sav, would it have been different of it had been your mums name?

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savoirfaire · 19/06/2013 23:37

I was very nearly called the female version of my dad's name. Fortunately at the last minute my mum saw sense, put her foot down and I got something else. As a teenager I had a massive falling out with my dad and we have never, really, recovered our relationship. For that reason, I would never do this. I would utterly hate having 'my dad's name' and would have been very aware of it and I'm sure very uncomfortable when we were going through that phase particularly (and let's face it, difficult relationships between parents/children during teenager-dom are hardly rare!).

LoriGrimes · 19/06/2013 23:34

Ignore what I just said. It's not what you meant is it?

LoriGrimes · 19/06/2013 23:32

I know a little Nigella named after her dad. Unfortunately he left a few months after she was born.

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FattyMcChubster · 19/06/2013 22:55

What not why
Stupid fat fingers

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