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Junior

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soconfusedwithnames · 04/11/2016 22:38

Hello,

My DH is Lucas. We are expecting our son in January. He will be Lucas Junior. How is Junior put into the name. I assume it's a middle name? Or is it part of the 1st name? Thanks.

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Floggingmolly · 05/11/2016 15:34

Give him his own bloody name Hmm

TownMouseCuntMouse · 05/11/2016 15:32

I've never, ever understood why people do this. It comes across as either deeply unimaginative or egotistical, or both. I would hate to be named as a mini version of my parent. And you don't mind because you'll have others? If I were the first and got lumped with a shit name, and that were your explanation, it would sound to me like I wasn't as important as I was the first one so didn't really matter, and you'd put more time and effort into naming the others properly.

Let your husband name a pet or something after himself. Or get a big portrait of himself painted and hung in the lounge. Anything else that might satisfy his ego without bothering anyone else.

RiverTam · 05/11/2016 15:20

So you'll call him Junior on a day -to-day basis? I always think that's a bit crap, he doesn't even have a name of his own, he's just a lesser version of his dad. Junior is a non-name.

Give him his own name.

SoupDragon · 05/11/2016 15:12

Give him a middle name that is his alone so he can use that in later life if he wishes.

RortyCrankle · 05/11/2016 15:08

Give the poor child his own name.

PunkAssMoFo · 05/11/2016 10:01

If you have Ds2 will he also be Lucas? Or does he get a random name? Would dd be named after you to complete your mini me set?

Give the child his own identity and dh's name as mn if he's so desperate to use it.

pieceofpurplesky · 05/11/2016 08:32

Junior can be a middle name

Thethingswedoforlove · 05/11/2016 00:35

Being American isn't a bad thing per se. But it is significantly culturally different from being British that some idiosyncratically American things just don't quite work here in the U.K. That is what I assume people mean when they say far too American....

Chinlo · 05/11/2016 00:29

Yeah it's not formally part of the name (doesn't appear on the BC). It's just a nickname.

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TyrionLannistersShadow · 04/11/2016 23:50

Forgot to say Óg means young ! So Lucas Óg would be Young Lucas Smile

TyrionLannistersShadow · 04/11/2016 23:49

In Ireland we tack Óg (owe - hard g) onto the name of a boy named after someone else like that, so he'd be Lucas Óg here ;)

Pluto30 · 04/11/2016 23:38

It's not actually part of the name, just something that gets tacked on later. My dad was a "Junior".

ps. It's tacky

He hated it. His father was an asshole, and he was forced to share a complete name with him. He ended up going by something completely different (think being named Daniel but going by James).

Applesauce29 · 04/11/2016 23:32

Too American IMO. Why not Lucas (different middle name), and call him Junior as a nickname if you must.

KingJoffreysRestingCuntface · 04/11/2016 23:29

Just call him Lucas 2.0

meditrina · 04/11/2016 23:27

Sorry to be a bit morbid, but Junior isn't part of the given name. It's a suffix used only when there are two or more of the same name alive at the same time.

So it's Lucas Smith, Lucas Smith Junior and Lucas Smith 3rd, until the grandfather dies, at which point everyone else budges up one.

IAmNotACat · 04/11/2016 23:26

Lucas Lastname Jr

pieceofpurplesky · 04/11/2016 23:21

I have taught many juniors ... Tony Junior (TJ), John Junior (JJ), an AJ, a CJ and a PJ. All had Junior as a middle name. Have also taught a couple of Juniors.
It could be Lucas Junior

Glitterspy · 04/11/2016 23:02

I work with a Swiss guy who's a (HisDad'sName) Junior so it's not just an American thing. I think it's quite sweet actually. We just call him Junior. I don't know if it's just him but it does make him the perennial sort of "little brother" of the team.

ErrolTheDragon · 04/11/2016 22:47

If you and your DH want to do it, thats your choice. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix_(name) - scroll down to 'generational titles'

And congratulations!

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soconfusedwithnames · 04/11/2016 22:43

Oh okay! Well DH would like it and as we hope for more children I don't mind letting him have first pick!!

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PatriciaHolm · 04/11/2016 22:43

Americans would put it at the end - Fred Smith Jr.

But why not give him a name of his own?

ErrolTheDragon · 04/11/2016 22:43

Its a suffix, eg Lucas Smith Jr.

StorminaBcup · 04/11/2016 22:42

You could have Lucas XXXX II

Kidding. ^^what they said.

iisme · 04/11/2016 22:41

Definitely v American. But if you do do it, you don't put it into the actual name. It's just a sort of nickname to differentiate the two people of the same name.

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