Same names in the family

[Undercoverbanana]

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert named their first born daughter and son Victoria and Albert. This may have been quite common practice in those days, but I’m wondering if anyone does it now?

Have you done it? Do you know anyone who has?

I know middles names get passed through families and that children may be named for their Great Grandparents.

It just sounds like a very confusing way to live.

A man I know named his twins after him and his new dw.
His older dc thought it was hilarious - and told him!!

I have some cousins who are unimaginative called their first born the same name as the father. They are referred to as "big" and "wee" then their name.

Personally, I like middle names as a nod to family members; grandparents etc. but wouldn't name my child the same as me or their father.

This is pretty common in Spain. Personally, I find it weird and narcissistic.

Yes i know someone.My 2 bil and sil.All the kids are named after someone.In the family.

One had a baby around the same time as my other sil,she called the baby the same name.Its just weird.

But i fiind funny is that the last baby they had,they gave him a real American name.So it doesnt even "go" with the rest of the kids names.

There are so many tons of amazing names you can find. Why use same names within a family again and again? I know 2 or 3 cases, but it doesn't make any sense, really.

We named our son after my FIL as he was the first boy to born in the family for 30plus years and my FIL has no immediate family other then his children both FIL parents died before he was 17.

Although having said that I did find it odd that my BIL called his second child a version of our daughter.

We did. I’m also doing my family tree and it looks like the name we picked goes right back to the 1700’s in our family.

My reasons were: we needed a name that worked in both cultures for our mixed heritage children. I was very used to hearing the name. It suited our child straight away. It’s the name of the most special person in my family who i absolutely adore.

I'm named after my grandmothers (first name - paternal, second name - maternal). They had both died before I was born, so no confusion around who was being spoken to.

Although I didn't like my name growing up as it was so old-fashioned (it's very popular now), I have come to love it, and really like the link with my grandmothers I was never lucky enough to meet.

DD is also named after her grandmothers (first name minutely different). My DM passed away before she was born so again, I hope she will like the link.

My DB has family names and DS is also named after two family members.

None of these are names that have been used again and again, though.

And actually far from being a very confusing way to live, our DS is far away enough removed from the person he is named after for it not to be confusing, (no one calls him by his name anyway, he’s just “great grandad”) and for tracing your genealogy, naming for a parent is a god send, especially when it isn’t a common name.

I personally think the top 100 popular names sound dull as hell. Why not pick a name that has a special meaning to you instead of just what is fashionable at the moment?

I know of a family that 3 generations share the same first name, they are know as big, little and little little name!
My dh aunts and uncles are all named after their parents siblings first and middle names, my dh is named after his grandad.
We broke the tradition by making sure the names we chose for dcs had no family link on either side.

My BiL and SiL have both done this. Think big John and little John and then big Sarah and little Sarah. The two females even have the same middle name which is that of MiL.

We did middle names as well. I can see why people do it, it’s a nice homage.

And why are you called xxx?

My mum named me after the woman who helped raise her. We’ve still got her wedding rings engraved with her name and people say I look like her. Etc etc

Vs

My mum picked it off a list on the Internet