Is it naff to call a baby boy my surname

[IDontLikeMondays88]

For example names like Christie, Nichol, Miller, Walker, Ellis are originally surnames and I know men with these names.

But would it be naff to call baby my maiden name? (Not one of the above).

Baby will take my DH’s surname.

I think it really depends upon the name and how much you love it.

I think it's a lovely idea. I dont understand the posters saying it removes his identity.... either way someone else is choosing his name, a name that inevitably someone else will have so still wont be his "own." Theres no guarantee he'll like whatever you choose.

My baby is due soon and will have my grandfathers name as a first name, followed by my dads/husbands name as a middle (they have the same name) with mine and my husbands surnames double barrelled (I kept my maiden name).

If you use your surname for work, I imagine your work colleagues would think it was a bit naff.

@IDontLikeMondays88

It REALLY depends on the (sur) name. EG, I know a woman whose parents gave her her mother's maiden name as her middle name, her father's surname for her surname, and her mother's first name as HER first name.

So eg, her mother was called Sharon Mackie, and her father was called Dave Parker, and she was called Sharon Mackie Parker. It sounded bloody ridiculous and everyone thought 'Mackie Parker' was a double-barrelled surname, but it wasn't!

As a few posters have said, it depends on the surname. But you're not going to tell us what it is, so we can't really give a 100% honest opinion.

Who is James Cordon? Did he call his son Cordon? I do hope not.

OP, my friend did exactly this - it's fine. Works really well, actually, because the name is also a first name.

@anotherlittlechicken what you have described is very normal / traditional in Scotland

I have my mums maiden name as a middle name and no-one bats an eyelid.

No I wouldn't. People suggested this to me as my surname was considered a cool name in America around the time he was born.

I think it would be confusing. Or there would be scope for confusion. It's just unnecessary.
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@IDontLieMondays88

They are not in Scotland though, or anything to do with Scotland... Those weren't the real names. (I would never post anyone's real names on here... like you won't. )

And the names this woman has sound ludicrous when strung together.

big difference between getting your mum's surname as a middle name and getting it as your first name.

Who is James Cordon? Did he call his son Cordon? I do hope not

Well as the thread is about giving the child their mothers maiden name as a surname then that's not the same as given the fathers is it?

It's like mother is called Jane Elliot, get's married and is now Jane Smith, has a baby and calls him Elliot Smith. Completely fine. It works with lots and lots of names and especially in Scotland it's relatively normal for children to have surnames as first names, usually boys but I've known a few girls too. (Ainsley, Lindsay, Clare etc)

Exactly @yearofthedog Having your mum's surname as your first name is a bit odd, unless (as has been said) it's George or something very like that (or something like Taylor, or Tyler, or Harrison which are all okayish names... )

it REALLY depends on the name. The OP not giving it away is understandable but not helpful.

But it's not odd anotherlittlechicken. It works with most names I think.

I used my maiden name as ds1 middle name as it's also a boy's name. However spelt it slightly differently so ds had his "own" name

I think it’s a nice idea

James Corden's wife's surname was Carey.. And that is a nice name for a girl IMO.

As I said it depends massively on the surname. I mean what if your surname is Onions or Bogtrotter!

There are always exceptions

@WaxOnFeckOff

I do know an Onions family near me. Also a family with the surname Scragg and a family with the surname Dollop and another family with the surname Pratt. I'm not kidding!!!

I really like the idea. This seems to be something done more in the past than today. I don't see any problem with it, and I love that connection with family that it signifies.

Owen?

DS1 has my maiden name as his first name

If you still use your maiden name at work, people might be confused at your son being called George George 🤣
Middle name is fine not his first name.
My DD3 has her GM maiden name as a middle name.

Are you planning on more than one child? The second child might feel less special if they don't have you maiden name as their middle name?

I don't know why this popped into my head but I had a sudden image of Arrested Development at the name George-Michael. I hope the combination of you maiden name and your h's name isn't a famous name like that. 😂

As you sometimes use your maiden name i wouldnt name a child that. A friend of mine has done this and it sounds ridiculous as people think hes called Jackson jackson if they dont know her partner as well

My grandma had her mum's maiden name as middle name, my grandpa had his mum's maiden name as his middle name, they then gave their first born son my grandpas/great grandma's maiden name as middle name so therefore my grandpa and uncle had my great grandma's maiden name as a middle name, just as my son has mine. I think it's a great tradition