Naming son after father

[MrsBonnie]

Would you?

I love DH’s name. I also have 2/3 other names I love so probably wouldn’t do it in the end, but interested to hear your thoughts. I know of maybe 3 people who’ve done it.

Definitely not. I love my husbands name but there is no chance I'd name our son the same thing, what a stunning lack of imagination.

I'd maybe use it as a middle name at a push.

There are thousands of name to choose from. What a lack of imagination!

Wow the mood on this has changed on Mumsnet, I'm sure I read about this on a thread years ago.

It's a Scottish and Irish tradition (and probably English too to some extent) a couple of minutes spent glancing at headstones or tracing a family tree or learning some history would make that pretty obvious.

I'm interested in the Roman numeral thing though, we're you allowed to register a child as e.g. John V?

It wasn't until a few years ago that I was told that when Americans call each other "Tray" they weren't really meaning tray it referred to the practice of calling themselves John James Jones then the son John James Jones then the grandson John James Jones . So the son was referred to as John James Jones the second or JJ or whatever but the grandson was called 'Tray' from the French for third!! (Alternatively my darling sister was having a massive laugh at my expense!!)

People just can’t win- too much imagination and you’re slammed for “trying to be yoonique”, name the child after a family tradition and apparently you lack imagination.

Middle name.

People just can’t win- too much imagination and you’re slammed for “trying to be yoonique”, name the child after a family tradition and apparently you lack imagination.

Yes, because there are thousands of great names between these two extremes!

I would if I loved the name. At the very least I'd use it as a middle name