As a woman, would you consider naming your daughter after yourself in the way men do?

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As a woman, would you consider naming your daughter after yourself in the way men do?

You get John and John Jnr but what about Lauren and Lauren Jnr?

Why not?

We should make this a thing. I think I would have done if I had thought about it 6 years ago.

I know someone called Suzanne who also named her daughter Suzanne. The daughter goes by Suzy.

I was going to push hard for this, but I’m expecting a boy.

I would have done anything rather than name a child after myself or dh, it's not common to do that in my circles.

I had a friend who was the fourth 'Emma Smith' in a genealogical line, which she was quite proud of - the women had kept their surnames to make that link (not their real name obvs).

It’s nothing new. My mum born 1930s had the same first name as her mother.
I know at least 2 families where the children have the opposite sex version of the same name eg Charlotte has a son called Charles, Daniel has a daughter called Danielle.
I know another family where the children’s names are anagrams of their mother’s name eg mother Celia, daughter Alice

No, but only because I’m really not a fan of giving boys the same name as their father. If I was ok with that, I would have a problem with doing it with my name.

Children named after mothers is nothing new. My mother was named after her mother. I think in general the trend for naming children after parents is going away. I certainly wouldn't name a child after me or my husband and he wouldn't either. Children deserve their own identity (and also not having to deal with any admin pain of being the second Robert(a) Smith at the same address).

No, because I'm not keen on that identical first name thing, but my husband gave our first ds one of his middle names as we do like the family link aspect.

I insisted our second ds have a middle name that came from my surname. Think 'David' from Davis or 'John' from Johnson.

As a middle name, I'd consider it, but not as a first name. I do genuinely like my name but there are other names that I would much prefer to use for a daughter. Plus, I would be concerned about confusion, if there are two people with the same name living under the same roof. (To be clear, I wouldn't use my SO's name either as a first name, and if he pushed for it, I wouldn't be impressed.)

No, it is so naff to name your child after yourself

We've used my name and both DM and DMIL names as middle names for our DC. I think my name is used more as a middle name nowadays anyway as it's unfashionable.

I think it is really egotistical and weird to name a child after yourself. A real demonstration that some people really dont see their children as separate individuals.

My family passes down a name between females - some use it as a first name, others as a middle. It's a very traditional name with many variations. I have passed down a variation as a middle name.

Not a chance. I hate my name.

I don't have a daughter but I'm named after my mother. She is "Big (name)" and I am "Little (name)". It wasn't an ego thing, she wanted to call me another name, but my DF wanted her name and the other as a middle name.

It is confusing on the phone, but otherwise I like it.

I always think of Gilmore girls as this is what Lorelai did.
I actually find it a bit weird. I agree it’s no different for women and men though. I’d probably respect it a bit more if a woman did it.

It not uncommon in Ireland, I know plenty of mother daughter same name combos. But it was more traditional that first girl is named after paternal grandmother and second after maternal grandmother. Until v recently there were only a handful of names in use in my extended family!

No because I'm not that narcissistic (yet).

@Wheresmywoolyjumpers

I think it is really egotistical and weird to name a child after yourself. A real demonstration that some people really dont see their children as separate individuals.

This.

What a ridiculous idea?!

Do people forget WHY we name people or things? To identify them!!

I'm in Ireland and our first DD is named after paternal grandmother and 2nd named after maternal one. Our son is named after no one.

My first thought was Lorelei too.

I should have said we are Irish.

And I don't think it's egotistical - it makes a lot more sense to me than some of the tenuous "We want to honour my mother Irene so we're calling our daughter Iris" stuff I see on here.

It is confusing on the phone

I bet

The solution would be passing down our surnames instead of always giving the fathers...

Yes, we have, our son has one of his father's names as his middle, and our daughter has mine as her middle.