Immediate family name connections....good or bad?

[FlirtyThirty]

So...we don't know the gender of DC2 due in a few weeks, but I think we may have decide on a boy's name (Cameron). I found it easier to pick a boys name in part because there seemed to be so many that I didn't like!!

Anyway...girls' names are causing more of a problem. In general, I like a mix of very traditional and quite 'out-there' girls' names. My husband is def in the traditional camp, so I suspect that's where we'll end up!

Anyway, he has been busy at work proved spectacularly disinterested in the selection process until out of the blue, he suggested 'Elizabeth'. I think it's a great name....BUT...it is his late mother's name and my favourite aunt's name. I simply cannot decide if this connection makes it a better choice or should rule it out entirely!

Any thoughts??

Flirty x

I don't get why it should rule it out! It's a great name.

It's a great name, I wouldn't have been put off using any of my 6 aunt's names, if they had actually had nice names

Hmmm...I suppose a few things are bobbing round my head...

a) we're a close family and if i had a daughter she would be in contact with my aunt with the same name a lot. I suppose this is the least of my concerns.
b) would it make my mum a little sad that i chose to name my child after her sister and not her (though I'm not even sure my mum would think like this!!)
c) DH's mother was probably not the role model I would pick for my daughter...though clearly to my husband she is held in high esteem as his mother, and I would always respect that.

I realise none of these things seem very significant...perhaps I'm over-thinking.

I guess it's because, I haven't had something leap off the baby book name pages at me, and this seems like a good, strong name that I could see working within my family, so maybe I should just go with it...

My DS1 is called after my DH and both grandfathers. The family connection made the name for me. We haven't really had any mix-ups, especially as DH uses one nickname and DS1 uses another.

Both his grandfathers, that should say.

My ds is called Jack, as both Grandmas are called Jacqueline, dds middle name is also mine and my Great grandmas. Baby no.3 if a girl will be named after my grandma.

Run it past your mum. She may not tell the truth, but you will be able to tell. IME people are pretty easy to read in this situation.

Since it's your DH's mother's name as well as your Aunt's name then hopefully your Mum will be OK with it. And you could always use a short version as her everyday name. Love the name, it's DD2's middle name but she was alternatively almost Elsa which is a good short form IMHO.

How about a variation of the name to make it seem less like you're naming her after someone, ie Eliza or Bethany?

We used a variation of my mum's & grandma's name for DD1, also the name of my other nana's sister. A family name is a family name--I think it's nice for children to know that their names have meaning and a connection to something. Elizabeth is a great name with a lot of resonance, I don't think you could go wrong with it!