DS having same name as his Daddy?

We have the name like this in our extended family. It's a very rare name so for this I will use "Dave". So we had "grandad Dave" then his son was "big Dave" then his son was "little Dave" , then his son was " baby Dave"

It was easy enough, the on,y thing is baby Dave will probably be know as this forever and goodness knows what we call his son when he is older if he follows suit 😮😮😮

I was called after my DM and she called me baby for the first 6 months, as she found it hard to share her name. For me, I have never felt the name belonged to me and so I never say 'my name is...' I say I am called... DM did not like the big/old prefix. I cannot even use my middle name, as it was used in honour of my aunt, who died a few days before my birth and so even that is not my name. Please don't do it.

I know a family who have done this, but the opposite way around. So the dad is called, let’s say, John. His son is called, let’s say, derek, but gets called John. His other son is called, let’s say, Tom and his grandson (from another child) is called baby Tom. Baby Tom is about 17, so no longer a baby. I really don’t understand it.

I know a guy whose name is 'John Jones IV' (not his real name but he's the fifth in his family with it). Three are still alive.
My brother is the 3rd and his son is the 4th. It's never caused any confusion and is very common in Irish families of my generation. I like it, I think respecting and reusing family names is nicer than striving for pointless uniqueness.

This is really common in some parts of Scotland! I know families with several generations of James/ Jim/John/ Willie. They sometimes use different versions but essentially the same name. Not that confusing.

My cousin and uncle have the same name. It worked alright when he was younger and they were big X and baby X, which at the time was cute. Now he's a 6", 20 year old and still stuck with little X.

Personally I would do it.

Dh has same initial as his dad. Note initial. Oh dear god the post opening was super annoying when he still lived with his parents.

In my partners family there is 'Big Paul', 'Baby Paul/now 'little Paul' as now a teenager and older sister who has married a Paul who has the same first initial for last name so can't even be Paul H, he is known as 'other Paul'! Don't do it OP, just give the little one dads name as a middle name

Both my uncles have sons with the same names as them (- cultural), and my husband has the same name as his father (- because my mother in law had already decided that her son would have that name before she even met and married his father). I can honestly say it has never caused any confusion for me or my family, because everyone has a nickname anyway

In my cases, one of them uses Big X and Little X, one of them uses the diminutive nickname (eg Ben for the dad and Benny for the son) and one of them uses first and middle name initials for the son (eg John for the dad and JP for the son), the middle names are different in this case so it seemed like a sensible way to differentiate.

I've never really given it a second thought, other than to think it's a nice thing with a nice story behind it, so I'm surprised at people's reactions here. Neither my cousins nor my husband have ever mentioned it causing any problems for them (and on the plus side it sometimes means they can get away with things eg not needing to change the name on a ticket!)

If you like the name, I say go for it :)

We have two cases of it in my family too, luckily one could be shortened, but the other one goes by his initials to differentiate.

Bloody awful.

We have a few family members with parent & child same name.

Let's say the name is Jamie

We would say "big Jamie" for the dad
And "little Jamie" for the child (who is now in there late 30s but it still works)

Or boy Jamie and girl Jamie, really not difficult

It works fine.

My husband's family have done this since the 1700's. My father in law was the first to have a second name and he was known by his second name, and the same with my husband. Our son however has the same first name and is known by that. It works well.

I wouldn't, but is there not a similar name or meaning to dhs if its important?
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Chris - Kit
john - jonty
Peter - and use Piers.

Peter for example means 'stone' , so you could use something else with the same meaning such as Stanley, Dustan, Mason. You could look up the meaning of your dhs name

It’s seen as pretty old fashioned tbh. And weirdly egotistical, as people have said.

Big Jim and little jim

My brother is named after our dad, and my sister our mum. It's a heckload of confusion and neither sibling is happy with the situation. Big or little is said before their name to identify the elder or younger of the name and although I know it's a family tradition I didn't carry it on. Give it as a middle name.

It is odd and egotistical. Don’t do it. Middle name if you must.

I'm not a fan of it and I would think it was weird and unimaginative. Are you giving the baby your last name? It would be sensible as you're not married.
What about DP's first or last name as a middle name?

Why are people making out it's so confusing? It most definitely isn't.

Please don’t do this. It’s really confusing. And it’ll make your DP seem like a monster ego.

This is still quite a popular thing to do in Ireland. I think it's odd myself & we didn't do it.

No, I don't like it, I always feel a bit sorry for the younger siblings too.

Depends what the name is I suppose. I wouldn’t. Not very imaginative.

As someone with just the same initials as DM I wouldn't recommend it. You won't even have Mrs or Missto help you tell letters apart

I know a guy whose name is 'John Jones IV' (not his real name but he's the fifth in his family with it). Three are still alive.