Has anyone named their baby after themselves?

I have the same name as my mum and it was annoying when i lived at home re:- mail, telephone calls etc.

wished they had used it as my middle name instead tbh as you did sometimes feel like a mini me.

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We are going to use my husband's name (Jordan) as a middle name if we have a boy and are considering using my middle name (Astrid) as a first name for a girl.

It's traditional in Portugal, as well.

Same as Goober, its a bit of a tradition in my family. I have my mum's first name as my middle name and my brother has my dad's first name as his middle name. My mum also has her mum's first name as her middle name.

DD loves it that we share the same name in a way because we don't share surnames.

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dp is called after his father and when we were expecting ds2 suggested continueing the tradition.....

i told him to stop being bloody stupid

that was the end of that conversation but dp did get a bit wounded puppy about it

hmmm...it is traditional in different cultures. OH is Hungarian and many of his generatio who have had children have named the first son after the Hungarian dad. We are bucking the trend if we have a boy, no way would I do that.

But conversely, if we have a girl we are naming her after my granny, purely because she is an absolutely inspirational person who I love and admire very much and whom my OH has come to really like and respect since he has known her. Also she has a lovely name :-)

I am named after my mother and ex DH is named after his father. Believe me, it is a really bad idea. Very confusingat family events and leads to endless nicknames, and most of all it is lazy and vain. Think up a good name by yourself and use the parent's name as a middle name if you must.

My DH wants me to consider Davinia for a little girl.....he is called david obviously....

My brother is called after my Dad (who was named after his dad, etc...) but my Mum insisted on him being called by his middle name so he has a name of his own. I think it's a good idea - When I was at school I had a friend who'd been named after his dad and I hated ringing his house and having to ask for 'Clarke Junior'! I know he hated sharing a name with his Dad! I think if a child is being named after a parent it should also have a second name of it's own!

Ds is named after dh, twas the done thing back then dd has my maiden name as her middle name, that was very in it's time, right trend setter me

My dd has my middle name, which is also my mum's first name, it was her grandmothers first name, my eldest cousin also has it as her middle name.

Dh's dad and brother are David Andrew and Andrew David!

My DS has his dad's first-name for his middle-name.

My DD has my first-name for her middle-name.

my DP is the 4th in his family with the same name (him, his father, his grandfather, and greatgrandfather). We're expecting a boy, and it is NOT having his name! Partly because nobody in the UK can pronounce it, but mainly because my DP gets really fed up with his dad opening his mail, signing forms for him, and generally getting confused over which is which. He says it's OK now they live in different countries, but when they both lived in the same country he found it hugely irritating.

I have my mum's name as a middle name, and brother has dad's name as his middle name, which is nice.

My DS has my DH's middle name as a middle name (which also happens to be my grandfather's middle name, my brother's middle name, and DS's Godfather's first name...bet you can guess it!)

DD has my maternal Grandmother's middle name as her middle name.

Never considered using DH and my first names as names - too confusing for one thing, but also I don't like my own name that much, and TBH I think it would just feel a bit weird sharingf my name with my DC.

I know a Jackie with a son named Jack. Never understood it.

I am considering using my maiden name as a forename if I have a son. It is one of those names that can be both.

i know a Paul with a Paulie and a Ros with a Rosie

My great-grandmother had seven daughters and obviously ran out of names because she named the youngest (my grandmother) after herself. And it's my DD1's name.

We gave dd2 my middle name, and thought it would be nice to start a tradition of that name passing down.

DD's middle name is also my middle name, my aunt's first name and an elderly relation's first name. I like that it's on its fourth generation, and I would love it if it carried on.

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dds middle names is my grandmothers and her mothers.

Pyrocanthus I am named after my mum, grandmother, great-grandmother.

It is very unusual in women, and I am sort of proud of it for that reason. However, I must admit I would struggle to use it if I had a daughter, so for that reason, am quite relieved to have had sons

One year on hol, met a guy called Torquil who said he was named after father, grandfather and the rest of his family. By all means have a first born son family name, but choose carefully. Think he was relieved to only have girls