Thoughts on calling baby after his Dad?

[Fissawissa]

I'm just wondering what the general opinion is for naming a child after his father?
My DH has quite an unusual name, not overly used.
Just looking for some opinions?

I think it's perfectly acceptable, especially if the Dad has a name you like.
But I will add that my DP is named for his father and he doesn't like it. And vetoed the prospect of there being 3 generations with the same name!

I really don't like it. It seems egotistical and seriously lacking in imagination.

I wouldnt do it, even though dhs name is one of my favourite names.

I always think its a bit odd and egotistical, although i know some families have a naming tradition, in which case you might tread on too many toes if you call the child something other than what's expected in the family. Otherwise, use it as a middle name if you really love it - surely there must be another name you both like.

Odd, unimaginative and egomaniacal. And I say that as someone whose brother was named after my Dad.

My sister also called her DD her own name (albeit a different country's version) and it's always made me .

Was very common in previous generations.

You could use it as a middle name? So if dh is Ben, you could call ds Henry Benjamin... And if you want it to be a tradition thing then your grandson could be called John Henry...middle name always after the father?

That's what friends of ours have done. The idea that the man gets to keep the surname, so the woman gets to keep the names ...

Well I wouldn't choose it, it always strikes me as a bit naff.
And please, for gods sake don't call him junior or 'mr fissawissa' the second. Awful

Will be a pain when the child is older, just with phone calls and post. Also getting credit etc with same initials and address.

I know Bike. Especially in Ireland where I grew up. There are even a few LiamOg and SeanOgs in the extended family.

It's fine for a middle name imo just not giving the child the same first name as their Dad.

It causes no end of confusion with mail and phone calls once they get older .

I think it can cause problems with post as you can have a different middle name, but middle initials aren't always used.

I don't particularly like it. I think a name is something that should be yours, it's something unique for your child to have and own. And I think Junior is awful.

Using it for a middle name is a good way to keep it on. And he could use it in the future if he prefers.

I know a family where all the boys of every generation are called the same name. Then a complicated system of who uses which abbreviation, middle name etc. And they all live in the same town.

My ds2 has dh's middle name as his first name.
I also think that using the fathers first name as a middle name is fine but I don't like first name for first name so much.

Seconding the idea of using it as a middle name if you like it or of carrying a family name on as a tradition

I'd stick the parental name in the middle.

DH has the same name as his father and grandfather. It is awful. When Ds1 was born we were in full agreement to stop the tradition and give our son his own name.

I'm not a fan my OH comes from 6 generations of his name. When we had DS I said I didn't want to carry this on, especially as his dad isn't even in his life. Strangely it was OH mum who went crazy and gave me loads of stick about breaking this tradition. Why she was so set in me naming my son after her estranged alcoholic ex husband I don't know. OH wasn't bothered either way. He said it would be nice to carry it on but wasn't fussed if we didn't.
I personally wanted DS to have a name that we chose especially for him not just because 6 generations ago someone called there son X.
I would have use it as a middle name I'd it was important to DH but as he wasn't bothered and I don't particularly like the name we didn't use it at all

Dad did this with my brother. Don't think my brother likes it much cos dad took the most popular nickname form of the name, and so my DB has to call himself the less popular nickname.

Big ego problem is what i tend to think

It's still quite common in Ireland where I live. I think it's a bit silly, personally.

In DH's family there are three generations all with different versions of the same name. I'm glad he didn't want to do this with our own boys.

In my maternal family ALL the girls have the same first name, and the middle name is used as our name. It is a total PITA. I broke the tradition but my brother (who didn't have to live with it all his life) has called his DD it.

DH wanted to call DS his nice but fairly boring name, but we made it a middle name instead.

Could it be a second name? Can be a nuisance when child becomes older and initials are the same as a parent. Communications from bank etc.

Nope, I don't like it.

Assuming we name people or things so they can be identified, giving two people in the family the same name doesn't really achieve that purpose.