Can I name my baby after...?

[HighlandlassinLondonshire]

my brother...?

Brifely mentioned this to my step-mother who said ' you can't do that, children need there own name..'

I love my wee brother's name and it really suits our surname.

This may well be pointless thread as it could be a girl.

What does everything think...?
:)

If you like it, go for it..........

If you want to, do it. My son is named after his uncle.

yes, you can.
It's a lovely idea.

how close in age are they?

You can name your child after anyone you like.

If you love the name and it fits, use it :)

Thats right I can, can't I...! It's our bloody baby :) :)

My brother is 26.

Just need DH to agree, he wants to wait until 'it' arrives. Soooo boring!

I should also point out a family member called her DS1 after his uncle but for some reason it's different for me...

My mother wasn't happy that we wanted to name DD the same as a close cousin. We gave in and used it as a middle name, wasn't worth the upset and I love my mum really, even if I do want to throttle her sometimes!

My BIL gave his son his brother (my DH)'s name.

But then, there's a lot of that in their family.

I think if you like it, go for it.

Absolutely you can! In fact, I think it's great when a name has a connection to a family member. I plan to name our baby boy after my father and grandfather.

What is the name, if you don't mind me asking?

I agree Emmy, family connections are very important. It's always good to have a link with one's past.

I'm going to ask him (my brother) and if say's I can name my baby after him, then that's good enough for me.

Have quite a few other male family names, which could work: Andrew, Alister, Robert, John, Peter, Edward and Richard. All very classic.

Other boys names are: Jamie, Ben, Tom, Charles (Charlie) Lawrence and Kit.

And it's Hugh by the way....!

Do it! I'm sure your brother will feel honoured to have his nephew named after him and Hugh is a lovely name

YES

Of course you can, I want to use my mum and brothers middle names (its the same one) as our DC, just have to ask my bro, cause I kind of feel its his to pass on if he wants.

I wouldn't be at all happy if one of my siblings used my name for their baby. Firstly because it's my name, and secondly because I think it would be awfully confusing in conversation (assuming you are a relatively close family) and likely that the baby would have to be "little Hugh" or something to differentiate. Using a family name as a middle name is very nice and usually much appreciated, and my dd is named after two of her great-grandmothers but I wouldn't personally use a name of a living/close relative as a first name for a new baby.

A lovely idea and I'm sure your brother would be flattered. I used all family names for the DCs' first as well as second names, most of them living and close rellies. You can use a diminutive such as Hughie to distinguish them.

I think it's lovely when there's a meaning/ connection around a name. Ds is named for my grandfather and dd1 for dh's much mourned late mother (we used a slightly different version of the name). Dd2's middle name for my grandmother.

DH and most of his siblings are named after their mother's siblings, the youngest is named after their mother herself. Always seemed a little odd to me but is works for them.

We've done a family thing too though, ds and dd have both their same-sex grandparents' names as middle names.

I'm brother isn't that kind of person, I'm sure he would be delighted. But of course I would ask first. It used to be very common place to name children after a member of the family....quite old school and i like that.

My father is name after his father, another family member is named after his uncle and that's not at all confusing and he's still at primary school...!I believe a child does take on it's own name completely.

I think its a really good idea. If you love the name and it reminds you of someone you love already then go for it!

There are plenty of family's out there who get funny if babies are named without any family connection! You can't please 'em all, so please yourself!
BUT I would wait until the baby is born and then, (if it's a boy) tell the brother that you'd really like to name his nephew after him. I'm sure he'll be chuffed to bits. But if you tell/ask him first and then it's a girl you might feel honour bound to call the next one that name if it's a boy, and you might have changed your mind by then!
Just a thought!

Good luck, you have some lovely names lined up.

Why ever not? If children really do nbeed their own name then you should make one up.

why not? we called our daughter the female version of my brother's name. suits her :)

I don't think that would be too much of a problem nooka, 'Hugh sat up on his own for the first time, Hugh started nursery, Hugh learnt to ride his bike' I think most people would know which Hugh is being referred to

Thank you for your comments...!

Bundlebelly: Very true, however my brother will be at sea in Feb when the baby is born and I'm not sure if we will be able to contact him..! However if we do go with Hugh we will wait until baby is born.

Other names are, Jamie (the only one we both agree on) Hamish, Ben, Tom, Charles / Charlie. Kit and Lawrence if I'm feeling very brave...!

All this fuss and it will not doubt be a girl....! :)

BBM that's fine when little Hugh is a baby/little boy, and if you are talking about specific things but after that I think it's more tricky. Plus if they are in the same room together, then there's the potential for confusion then too. Not insurmountable of course, but personally I'd choose a different name and use Hugh as the middle name.

Jamie/Jamie Hugh
Hamish Hugh
Ben(adict/jamin) Hugh
Tom/Thomas Hugh
Charles/Charlie Hugh
Christopher/Kit Hugh
Lawrence Hugh

Or Hugo?

I still think naming the baby Hugh would be fine though.