What do you think about naming a boy after his Dad?

I don't like the idea at all (even though I like DH's name). If he'd wanted to use his first name for DS, then I'd have insisted on using my surname.

We did use family names, but only as a second middle name (DS has his great-uncles name and DD has her great-grandma's name).

Don't like it.
It also makes admin a nightmare for office staff like me.

My db was named after my df.

They always got each other's post which was a pita.

Then again, Serena's named her daughter after her DP!

I think it's fine if it's grandad/grandson, it's just father and son having the same name that makes me think 'nah'.

My dh is the 6th generation with the same name and his family assumed we would give it to our ds1. It's already confusing having a dh and fil with the same name so I overruled and used it as a middle name instead. I like the fact my ds has a name of his own but I understand why people choose to follow tradition.

I really don't like it myself.

My ds has always liked being Little Patrick to the older generation of dp's family. It makes him feel connected.

Dps brother is still know as “Little un “
As he was named after Dps dad .
He hates it! He is a grown man and no one in the family uses his name.

DH's name was on my baby name list before I met him, so I'd definitely want to use if if we had a DS.

It makes me cringe and I can't really explain why. I'm all for family names and think using them as middle names or skipping a generation is great but XXXjunior is horrible in my opnion.
I too think it's a bit male chest beating and 'look here at the fruit of my loins' kind of thing.

I wonder what other 'traditions' will pop up in the years to come.

"I wouldnt name a dd after me, no!"

Don't do it, then.

If you wouldn't name a girl after her mother, don't name a boy after his father.

They usually get their father's surname. You can use his first name as a middle name if you must.

I hate it for all the reasons already stated - egotistical, sexist, often dismissive of the other parents' preferences. It's also appears to disrespect the child as an individual - I would very much dislike having another MyFirstName MySurname in my acquaintance, let alone living in the same house as me.

I also think it must be hard on the other children that Special Son has Daddy's name.

My ds is "Little Patrick" to the older generation of dp's family, despite the fact that "Big Patrick" has been dead for more than 10 years and Little Patrick is currently 4 inches taller than Big Patrick was!

I wanted to name my son after my dad (who is dead). My dh is also called that so we decided not to as it is weird. So he has my dad's middle name

Oh I love it and would like a son should I have one to be named after his dad... but my DP does have an awesome name 😬 And he would love it too.

Wouldn't name a girl after me though... would find that weird

My mother hates the idea

I know someone who is John Smith VI

I'd be the cow who'd say 'sorry love, but we're not following that family tradition'.

I would use it as a middle name maybe, rather than the first name. I know people with their father's name as first, but they use their middle name in day to day life instead

I always think of that bit in The Royle Family....

Denise: If the baby's a boy Dave wants to call it Dave. Yknow, after him.
Jim: But you're already Dave! Get a bloody grip of yourself, son!

I like family names, I have the middle name of my Dads niece and my daughters have family names as middle names but wholesale naming after and naming after parents I don't get. And if you're going to call the son after their Dad alright, whatever.... but will any daughters be named after you? If so, crack on. If not, maybe give the concept some more thought.

I quite like it.

But I do think that the baby would be -junior or baby- forever, especially when you talk about your DH and DS with friends/family.

I know someone who is John Smith VI (not his really real name if you know what I mean).

DD is at school with a little boy called Junior. For around two years, I (and lots of others) thought that Junior was his actual name - it turns out it isn't. His full name doesn't even have Junior in it, it's the same name as his father and Junior is his "known as" name. Perhaps more oddly, the little boy in question also didn't know his name wasn't actually Junior .

Also, my best friend at school's brother was known by his middle name - as had every first born male been for hundreds of years. The reason being that they were a farming family and the farm was known as "James Smith's" (not the actual name, but you get the idea) - so every first born son had to be called James Smith . They did at least get their own middle names for day to day use though!

I'm not sure if I have any particularly strong feelings about it TBH. I certainly prefer it to naming a child after a random celebrity - Beyoncé etc.

I like family names - eg naming someone after an aunt or a grandparent. But I have to admit I really do judge men who name their sons after themselves - it looks so egoistic. (I don't think I've ever known any women who've named their daughters after themselves.)