Girls named after their Mother... What do you think?

[HappyWifeandMum]

We have some friends who have several children, including boy/girl twins. They named the boy twin after his father, and the girl twin after her mother. First name for first name. Just always seemed a bit strange to me... I totally agree with the concept of naming sons after their father, but it just seems odd to have a daughter named directly after her mother. Do you agree? Would it be any different if say they gave the daughter the mother's middle name as a first name? Should any part of a mother's name ever be given to her own child? What are your thoughts?

[CarefulWithThatAxeEugene]

Not so many people do this these days, but it may become fashionable again. If someone wants to do it, they are perfectly entitled to do so. In practice, many names have more than one form or have multiple nicknames, so confusion is not inevitable.

[zozzle]

I gave my daughter my middle name as her first name - just because it's my favourite name ever. When I asked MN opinion on this every single poster thought it was fine and a nice idea.

[CarefulWithThatAxeEugene]

Now that I think of it, the Queen was named after her mother - they are/were both Elizabeth.