Calling baby masculine form of my own name?

Is it a nice name? My dgm had a name she herself hated and used her middle name. Her original name is popular now!! I never used either as imo they were both awful!

You can’t know what people who you don’t have a close relationship thought in passing. I’m sure some people did find it odd or unusual or even narcissistic, they just might not have told you that as it would be quite rude.

OP - This is something I would avoid. The purpose of a name at its core is to identify them, and a (gender swapped) duplication complicates that. It also may limit what diminutives they feel they can use when they are older. Further to that I think there is a certain pressure when named after someone, to live up to their memory, and it can stop kids feeling like their own person with ownership of their own name.

People will hear your childs name and use that piece of information to make assumptions, you can’t control or stop that. You have to decide if you are comfortable with some people assuming you names your child after yourself.

Depending on the name, I don’t think with sound as weird in reality as it sounds initially. Unless you’re Nigella Lawson.

I don’t really think of John/Joanna, Micaela/ Michael as the same. If the accepted nickname is the same is might be weirder eg. Joseph/ Josephine. Then again Samantha and Samuel seem totally different to me 😂

It’s an odd one. I wouldn’t thin a Joanna had named her son John after herself, that’s for sure.

Children are often named after their Dad and no one bats an eyelid so the same rules applies here. Name your baby what you want, love. You’ll never please everyone anyway so as long as you and your DH are happy with your choice then crack on

I have a similar combination and did exactly that (for different reasons) and no one batted an eyelid. Do what’s right for you.

I think that sounds really sweet! I'd probably think it was a family name and I think that's a lovely idea to do, what a nice thing to do having a family name to be passed down another generation 😊

It’s a sweet idea but for me (just my opinion) it would come off as narcissistic. You’re not going to get to tell everyone the lovely Grandpa backstory, you’re going to be chatting to a new mum friend at the playground and then calling your DC, just embarrassing in that context.

My dear, dear, extremely self-oriented friend proposed doing this (Lucy/Luca) and it was honestly for mini-me/ my little clone reasons, bleurgh.

Would you use it as a middle name and let your child have their own identity separate from yours?