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Naming after parents

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Cupofyorkshireteaandrichtea · 24/06/2022 08:26

I would like to honour my parents in some way but I don’t actually like their names much. Has anyone had this dilemma ?

I got round it with DS by giving my maiden name as his middle name, or a variation (so like John for Johnson) but not sure for another baby.

<outs self> names are Anita and elwyn

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AgeingDoc · 27/06/2022 00:41

Did your parents have middle names? If so, maybe you could use those? My brother and my son both have my late Dad's middle bame as their middle name and I like that continuity.

Floralnomad · 27/06/2022 00:59

I can’t see the point unless you are using the actual name personally . Our son has my late dads name as his middle name .

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