DS having same name as his Daddy?

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We haven't found out what we are having yet, but if we are having a boy, I'd love him to have the same name as his Daddy!

What are people's experiences of the logistics of having father and son with the same name?

DPs name can't be shortened as it only has one syllable, so just wondering how the two could be distinguished if I were telling a story about them etc.

Thanks!

Both my uncles have sons with the same names as them (- cultural), and my husband has the same name as his father (- because my mother in law had already decided that her son would have that name before she even met and married his father). I can honestly say it has never caused any confusion for me or my family, because everyone has a nickname anyway

In my cases, one of them uses Big X and Little X, one of them uses the diminutive nickname (eg Ben for the dad and Benny for the son) and one of them uses first and middle name initials for the son (eg John for the dad and JP for the son), the middle names are different in this case so it seemed like a sensible way to differentiate.

I've never really given it a second thought, other than to think it's a nice thing with a nice story behind it, so I'm surprised at people's reactions here. Neither my cousins nor my husband have ever mentioned it causing any problems for them (and on the plus side it sometimes means they can get away with things eg not needing to change the name on a ticket!)

If you like the name, I say go for it :)

In my partners family there is 'Big Paul', 'Baby Paul/now 'little Paul' as now a teenager and older sister who has married a Paul who has the same first initial for last name so can't even be Paul H, he is known as 'other Paul'! Don't do it OP, just give the little one dads name as a middle name

Dh has same initial as his dad. Note initial. Oh dear god the post opening was super annoying when he still lived with his parents.

My cousin and uncle have the same name. It worked alright when he was younger and they were big X and baby X, which at the time was cute. Now he's a 6", 20 year old and still stuck with little X.

Personally I would do it.

This is really common in some parts of Scotland! I know families with several generations of James/ Jim/John/ Willie. They sometimes use different versions but essentially the same name. Not that confusing.

I know a guy whose name is 'John Jones IV' (not his real name but he's the fifth in his family with it). Three are still alive.
My brother is the 3rd and his son is the 4th. It's never caused any confusion and is very common in Irish families of my generation. I like it, I think respecting and reusing family names is nicer than striving for pointless uniqueness.

I know a family who have done this, but the opposite way around. So the dad is called, let’s say, John. His son is called, let’s say, derek, but gets called John. His other son is called, let’s say, Tom and his grandson (from another child) is called baby Tom. Baby Tom is about 17, so no longer a baby. I really don’t understand it.

I was called after my DM and she called me baby for the first 6 months, as she found it hard to share her name. For me, I have never felt the name belonged to me and so I never say 'my name is...' I say I am called... DM did not like the big/old prefix. I cannot even use my middle name, as it was used in honour of my aunt, who died a few days before my birth and so even that is not my name. Please don't do it.

We have the name like this in our extended family. It's a very rare name so for this I will use "Dave". So we had "grandad Dave" then his son was "big Dave" then his son was "little Dave" , then his son was " baby Dave"

It was easy enough, the on,y thing is baby Dave will probably be know as this forever and goodness knows what we call his son when he is older if he follows suit 😮😮😮

It's a lovely thing to do! My brother did this with his first born......little Ben

Dp and dss and dps dad all have the same name. Its a fucking nightmare. Dss uses a shorter version most of the time or his name and middle name.

I hate it personally. Also dps ex had his name tattooed on her (pre dss) but obv now its dss name too she wont get rid of it (fucking weird) so take into consideration about if you split up.

My dad went to school with a Jeff
The friends dad was also a Jeff
Dad said it was awful-you’d ring,ask for Jeff and the voice would say ‘which one?’
Letters etc where a nightmare
Could you not use it as a middle name instead?xxx

In my family it's always 'wee John and big big' and 'wee mark and big mark' etc. Never seems to cause any issues

Also usually context saves any confusion. I.e 'I was talking mark to nursery and I had to stop to change his nappy'

Only ever really going to be talking about one of them..

I've never understood why people do this... It's always come across as very egotistical. It only ever seems to be dads and sons....never mums and daughters.

Awful

OK if you can use different forms of the name - Jim, James, Jamie or Jock, JR and John Ross, dad Tony, son Ant etc.
I quite like it, but would probably use the father's name as a mn.

DH has the same first name and second initial as his father (though neither of them are known by their joint first name). While still living at home as a young adult, DH used to send for, er, 'niche' interest magazines It must have been interesting for him when the post came

My nephew is named after BIL. None of our family like the name.

I think it’s a lovely idea OP as long as you really love your DH’s name of course!

My OH has the same name as his dad and it’s a bloody nightmare!!

No. I have a colleague who did this and it just struck me as weirdly egotistical. I can almost get on board if it were a name like William or Thomas where you have plenty of options for NNs (Bill, Billy, Will, Liam or Tom, Tommy) but if it's exactly the same short, simple name it's a hard no from me. They're a person in their own right and deserve their own name for day to day use within their own family without the need for a prefix like "wee", "baby" or "little".

Be a nightmare when they’re both getting post. DH and his mum and dad all have the same initials and that was bad enough when they were all living in the same house!

What will you do if when you split up? There is a trend on here for changing your kids surname when you split with the dad, you are going to be really screwed if you give your child their dads first name as well.

I suppose if it is a long family tradition one would be reluctant to break it but otherwise I can not begin to imagine why you would do this. Quite apart from the administrative tedium, it would make your husband look like a self obsessed egotist. Does your son have no destiny beyond replicating his father?

Make it his middle name

I think it's odd - give the kid his own name rather than just copying his dad. He'll end up being called 'little xx' which will piss him off once he gets beyond about 9...