Family History Name

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When I was a kid I always to write letters to my Great Uncle and would go visit him at least once/twice a year. His name was John Hilton but we would always call him Uncle Hilton. He never had children with my Great Auntie Betty and the name Hilton was part of that side of the family tree so sadly now that he has passed away, it will disappear completely.
I'd really like to use it as a middle name if we have a little boy but I'm not sure it works as our surname ends in an N as well. My DH isn't that keen but I know that my Nana would feel very very proud if I kept it going (Nana lost all three sibling in the space of 2 years.)
What do you guys think? We're thinking quite traditional for a first name - James or Noah. We had considered Sebastian but again with a surname end in N it would be quite "N"y!
Would appreciate your thoughts! :)

I think that sounds like a lovely idea.

I think that sounds perfect! It's a lovely middle name.

I think that's really nice. I always like the idea of middle names with particular meaning or family connection. I don't think it matters if a middle name flows - people rarely say someone's full name including middle out loud, after all. I say go for it

If you think it will sound too weird then throw in a second middle name:
e.g. Sebastian Hilton James Johnson

I think it's a great idea. Maybe not if your surname in Milton.

Lovely idea

That's really sweet, I wouldn't worry about the 2 'N's' he will rarely use his middle name.

Lovely idea. I'm a big fan of middle names being a nod to family members you've lost and love.

Good idea.

Sounds lovely thing to do

Using a family name as a middle name is a bit of a tradition north of the border. I've got my Gran's maiden name as my middle name and my son has mine. I think it's a lovely tradition and love having a connection in name to my wonderful Gran. Go for it. It's a lovely reason to talk family history with your son when he's a bit older xx

Thank you all so much for your thoughts. I think it was a surname further back on that side of the family tree that became his middle name as his surname was Rutter. My Dad did my mum's side of the family tree back to around the 1700s and you can see it crop up when a woman marries into the family. I'm a history graduate and I just love connections to the past.
I broached it with my DH and he said that if I was really set on it, that was ok as like one of the posters said, it's not common to use the middle name that much. I did also wonder about using two middle names to split the N's up so I may think about more about that option.

Noah Hilton

I think it's a lovely idea for a middle name . I don't think it matters if the surname ends in 'N', as long as it's not rhyme-y like someone said above Hilton Milton lol

Thankfully it's not rhyme-y! :) It's just a little awkward in terms of flow. Would have been much easier with my maiden name!

You could call him James Hilton Yourmaidenname Surname

@MikeUniformMike I do like the idea of incorporating my maiden name into it and it's quite easy to turn into a name as it's Williams so I could change it to William but I don't know if it sounds to clunky James Hilton William Surname-N.
Also, do you think it would be weird to name your son the same name as your brother? I love the name James and it's my DH's middle name along with his nephews middle name but would it be a pain to have a brother and son with the same name?

Is your brother known as James or is he called Jay, Jamie or Jim?
I love the name so I would use it but that's me.

I don't like Sebastian and Noah is just too popular.

My brother has always been James - never shortened by anybody, not even friends or his wife.
I've gone off Sebastian a little because I'm not too keen on any of the shorter versions. Before I got pregnant I had so many names I liked but now it's an actual potential name that this little person will have for life, I'm really struggling.
Where I live I don't know any Noahs so it's not too popular here fortunately.