Giving Son his dad's surname as his first name?

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Son will have my surname. I love his dad's surname. Is it doable?

"Not quite the same, but in bits of the world, Dad's first name becomes kids surname. So the kids belonging to Arthur Smith are Garry Arthur and Laura Arthur. "

Yes, many Welsh speakers do this, but it's no less patriarchal than giving a child his father's surname and not his mother's.

Flynn? Sounds fine :)

I wouldn't have done it... But that's because DH insisted on using his surname and didn't even want to consider giving up one of his to double barrell with mine... But why not? Flynn is nice :)

I like it. It obviously depends on the surname - no-one would say Smith Jones was a great idea - but Flynn is great.

Very nice OP, go for it !

Call the boy Flynn Yoursurname. Like SATC's Miranda did with her baby.

Flynn is a great name.

But I wouldn't use it because of

1. the unnecessary confusion it would cause. People often assume that a child has the father's surname so he may get called/mistaken for Flynn Flynn even if that isn't his name.

2. it seems a bit half-hearted and lazy to just give the boy your two surnames and not bother with an actual name for him.

3. in case you break-up/he turns out to be a complete bastard/you hate him etc.

What NuffSaidSam said.

Flynn is a good name, but there are very many other good names. Do you have your heart set on it?

I'd give him his own name and use both yours and your partner's surnames as his surname - double barrelled or not. Or use Flynn as a middle name.

Flynn is totally normal as a first name. Ignore those who don't like last name as first name. If it is something like Smith or Jones then it's different .

In case you break-up/he turns out to be a complete bastard/you hate him etc

But he'll always be Flynn's dad? You can't just wipe him out!

I think go for it! Flynn is a lovely name and it'll be very special for father and son to share the name.

Completely surprised by people's objections! I really can't see it being as confusing as they all think. And you've obviously thought it all through anyway!

I really like Flynn as a first name. Go for it!

I like it and think it's fine.

If you were Louise James and dad was Chris Flynn no one would think it was weird that your son was called James Flynn so Flynn James is perfectly fine too.

So dad may get one or two "your son is called Flynn Flynn?" 😮 Comments but all he has to say is "😄 No he's called Flynn James, that's his mums surname"

Go for it, I like Flynn and think the idea is a lovely one

Personally I would give my son his very own name. There are so many names out there...!

Sounds fine to me

We did this reverse, DS has my surname as his first name, (it is a proper first name as well) with his father's surname.
We are not married, nor likely to be.
We do occasionally get slight confusion but mainly it is fine, and occasionally people think his name is (not real name) Morgan Morgan, but it works fine, and anyway Morgan Morgan would be a perfectly normal name among old Welsh men.

I wouldn't like it if I were the child. I'd want my 'own' name. I dislike other naming the traditions for this reason also. Does your partner have any relatives with the surname living? I think it would be distinctly odd to be at a gathering of Granny, Grandad, cousins, aunts, uncles with surname Flynn when your child's first name is Flynn. It just doesn't quite work.

Even a slightly different but similar name would work far better by giving a nod to the name but not copying it - Finn? Finley?

I like the name Flynn, but it could be a bit confusing when he starts school. "Flynn's dad is Mr. Flynn" "No, what is it really?" "No, really, his name is Mr. Flynn". Depends if you would care about that - they'd get over it, I'm sure!

I know someone who has done this, Mum had a son from a previous relationship who has hersurname and she/new partner wanted both children to have the same name so the boy has his dad's surname as a first name.

I know a couple who have done this the other way round - their son has his mothers surname as a first name and has got his fathers surname as a surname. It really doesn't cause any issues

Flynn is a great name. Go for it.