christian name same as surname

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My husband thinks it would be a really good idea to call DS2, a shortened version of our surname. He saw it once on a Harry Enfield programme and ever since he's thought of it as a brillant boy's name.
What do you think?
Is there any circumstance that Billy Williams might be acceptable or owen Owens Etc?
I think this is mad personally.

i think it's a bit crazy myself.

kind of like you couldn't think up a name so you used one you had already lol

As a nickname perhaps, but otherwise therein lies madness.

NO, do not inflict that on you child, under no circumstances, please!

David Davidson
William Williamson
Peter Peterson

'Tis just mad.

Nononononono!!

I think it could work with some names
as long as there is a nickname alternative if child hates it

I know a Donald Mcdonald

It used to be common in Wales to do this eg David Davies.G

Really silly imho. It suggests a real lack of imagination - as if one can't even be bothered to think about a name for one's child (I think the same about using the mother or father's name too). Then again, I LIKE names and thinking about what sounds pleasant together etc so I'm probably just as silly in a different way! :)

I once knew a John John.

Utterly bizarre.

Billy Williams I like though!

I once knew a John John.

Utterly bizarre.

Billy Williams I like though!

Oops.

I think it is a little bizarre. It seems to be fine in some other cultures though, I have taught several children with either exactly the same first name and surname or something very very similar.

On the plus side, it's probably a lot easier for the child when they start writing their name!

I used to know Robert Roberts...

I also know brothers called William and Bill.

I know a Sam Samuels but she is a Samantha and Samuels is her married name and I have taught a Mohammed Mohammed before

I know someone with the name first name as their surname, as they were adopted and took the new surname.
It's a bit weird if you actually choose to do this, imo.

I have dozens (literally) of William Williams in my family tree.
It also used to be common to give the mothers maiden name as a middle name. I've got ancestors with the middle names "Stocker", "Harper", "Smith" etc.

It was absolutely normal in Wales perhaps up to 40 years ago. I personally know of Bill Williams, Dai Davies, David Davies, John Jones..etc. The reason is because the common Welsh surnames are basically a first name with either an S on the end or a P or B (for ap = son of?) at the front. Plus lack of imagination . Hence all the nicknames: Evans the Milk, Jones the Shop, John the Baptist (!)
But now that we have the fashion for first names which are actually English surnames based on old occupations, we could get Miller Miller, Mason Mason, Cooper Cooper, which don't sound at all Welsh.

Oh yes I remember a few Bob Roberts' too.

It doesn't work for girls though. Blodwen Blodwen anyone?

Well of courwse it doesbn't work for girls on account of the whole surname ethos being about who your father is (supposed to be).

There is a Robert Robson where I work.

Worked for Magnus Magnusson

please don't do that.

i know a girl who called her baby connor connors. people snigger when they hear it. i mean WHY would you? there are millions of names to chose from. be a bit more imaginative.

COURWSE what sort of a Welsh spelling is that? I mean course of course.
OMG doesbn't sounds a the name of a farm. That's the other method of identifying who you are talking about. Tacking the name of the farm, or the street name onto the family name. So you'd get Williams Coed-y-Brain or Lewis Pant-y-Glas.

Agree with choccy - used to be normal in Wales, I think I have a few ancestors called Evan Evans or similar - but I think the habit died out for very good reasons....

Surely your DH doesn't seriously think that a name he got from a Harry Enfield show could be a good idea? Next stop, interesting vintage boutique called 'I saw you coming'. Or maybe that might actually work...

Perhaps it is him!
His family are all from West Wales.

I know two Donald McDonalds.

And I once met a woman called Stewart Stewart! Seriously

I love it, I know a Trevor Trevor, a David Davies, and an Owen ...........-Owen (double barrelled surname). I think all these people like their names.