DSs sharing a name?

[rihannaray]

When i was pg with DS we couldn't decide wether to call him Samuel (DH's choice) or Xavier (my choice.) We thought ok, we'll call him Samuel and keep Xavier incase we have another one in the future.

After a very difficult birth the docs said it looked like I'd never be able to carry another baby. So, still desperate to use my name choice, we named him Samuel Xavier Lastname.

Just found out, 4 years later, that I was pg again and it's another DS. I still really want to use Xavier and don't think it really matters that they'll share the name, it's no different than dads and sons having the same name, is it? DH thinks it's too weird, ILs agree with him and I'm starting to question myself now. Is it weird?

It is weird. Give him his own name. You'll only have two sons so it seems a bit lame to have to copy one of your oldest son's name to give it your second son.

To be honest I dont think that they will even bother !! If you dont make an issue of it they wont think anything of it except maybe our "Mums a bit weird" lolz

In my ex-IL family, all the boys in one branch of the family (4 in total) share the same middle name to honour their grandfather

It depends how your son feels about his own name (I realise he's young, but some people use middle names quite prominently). If he's proud of being Samuel Xavier, then it wouldn't be right to take that from him, but if he doesn't really recognise that he's anything but 'Sam' (or Samuel, if that's what you call him), then it should be fine.
If you're okay with gimmick names, and you're unlikely to have any more children, then Xavier Samuel would be a good idea, as it shows that Samuel is no less likeable in your mind than Xavier is. It would encourage sharing between them ;)
Another idea, if you can/will have more children would be to use Xavier's middle name as DC3's fn, or variation of for a girl. It's still gimmicky, but it makes sense. [So Samuel Xavier, Xavier Andrew, Andrea Helen, for example.]

Obviously in an ideal world you would never have named him Samuel Xavier in the first place, but using it twice just shows how much you like the name. If DH and DS are okay with it, then go ahead.

I asked a similar thing on here the other week, I love one of my DDs middle names and wished I saved it to use as a first name, but having read the replies I decided against it. Like others have said it's a bit unoriginal, first child might feel robbed, upset etc. To avoid all this I will think of another name I like just as equally...it's going to be hard though!