Naming baby after yourself

[TabithaTwitchet]

Is this a big no-no?
My middle name is a family name (and a name which I also happen to love) and I would like to use it as DC2 first name.
Most people's initial reaction has been that I can't do that, as it is my name, a baby needs their own name.
I think that it is fine, but will everyone my child meets be thinking what a narcissistic mother? Bearing in mind most people outside family/close friends won't even know what my middle name is anyway?

I am called after my father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, gg grandfather, ggg grandfather........... Family tradition. DD isn't.

I think second name is fine. I knew someone called Katherine, who named her daughter Katie, everyone used to snigger at her behind her back for that!

It's traditional where we live. Everyone I know of my generation has a middle name that is a family name, usually after a grandparent or aunt /uncle

I think middle name is fine.

And as it has passed through generations that makes it even more fine.

My cousin has given his son his own first name. I think that's weird, but equally other cousins are the fifth and sixth first son to have the same first name, which seems ok or even cool, and I suppose the tradition has to start somewhere.

Ds1 has same name as his father but then is more common in Europe mind his father then disappeared for several years ,Ds1 love his name Ds2 is named for my dad bit the Italian form and has my grandads name for his middle name

dd has my middle name for hers also is my bans middle name and my NANs first name as middle name to.First name is all hers though

ds3 well lol all his middle names are family names luckily first name is not

I have a friend whose daughter is named after her (the daughter's) father. It's not even a femine name!

I think she was just marking her territory though - he has 7 other children by 7 other women. None of whom he was married to.

My friend has just sent me a text to say her sister had a baby late last night. Named Grace Violet. I don't know his family but I'm assuming that violet is his mum or grans name. Their son has her fathers name as a middle name

Very clever to have a 1/1/11 baby too

I think it's a lovely tradition and you should follow it if you wish