What are your thoughts on naming DS the same name as DH ?

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That's about it really !

What are your opinions on DS's having the same name as their fathers ?

Contemplating it with DC3, always said no straight away previously (fortunately we had girls) but am finding myself actually consdering it should this one be a boy

I know it's probably a nice idea, but wouldn't do it myself. Too much confusion. ARe you doing it because you really like the name?

I would have loved to call a ds dp's name

But dp wasn't having any of it

Had dds anyway!

I think it is insane. And meglamaniacal. And American.

(because I love dp's name btw, not in homage to him or anything!)

Nope. Still insane, NNB.

Has anyone names a girl after themselves? Never heard of it myself.

Would you do with the 1 or 111 thing?

Bertrand Taylor the Third.

No, women aren't so driven by weird egos or desire to name offspring after themselves.

[makes v. enjoyable sweeping generalization]

No, in keeping with the American style I think I'd go with Jr. {grin]

DS1 has his father's middle name (which happens to be his dad's name and my maiden name).

DS2 has his father's name, but we use a shortened version.

We're happy with the choice we made.

Sorry, really don't like it.

They already get their father's surname.

They'll always be opening each other's post.

It's not really my thing - seems a bit of a wasted opportunity when there's so many great names going begging. Besides, my DP has the same first name as my dad, so it would just be too confusing to add another one into the mix.

DS has dh's name as a middle name. Ironically, DH's used name is actually his middle name, so they both have the same middle name but different first name. It's a bit if a tradition in both our families - the eldest boys have their dad's name as their middle name.

I really don't like it. Seems very egotistical on the dad's part, somehow.

Quite common in Irish families I think. I have some second cousins who live in County Derry - all the men are called John so you get "John", "wee John", "wee wee John" and so on and so forth until one of them shuffles off the mortal coil and so they all move up one in the pecking order of "wee".

(DH is the younger brother in his family- so our ds doesn't have his grandad's name, BTW)

My son has the same first name and surname as my dh. But we use different abbreviations for dh and ds, and ds has a different middle name to his father.

Tis a family name that has been used for the 5 generations or so

lol. My mum's scottish side of the family virtually alternate between Cathy and Margaret for all the girls- I find it incredible, given all the names out there.

I don't mind it. DS1 shares a middle name with DH. DH's first name is not one I'd inflict on anyone else .

Sixspot....do you think that they start to get a bit twitchy when they get to be just 'John'. Not long for this life by that point ?

Sorry, was I being a bit tactless there .

Well my dh is called Kevin so it never came up as an issue with me

I'm not sure I would do it anyway though, could cause confusion later in life with phone calls, post etc. Mind you, if there are two different abbreviations then no problem really, eg Bob/Robbie - each has his own distinct identity.

my dh and my ds1 have the same name its a name i always liked and he suited it but as dh is a strapping 6'2 ex para ex doorman hes ALWAYS been known as 'big nick' trucker style lolol and so ds1 was called baby nick hes now 14 and not so very keen on the baby name !! i call him Nicholas but several of his teachers told me if they refer to him as Nicholas he says 'sir/miss with all respect im called Nick theres only 1 woman in the world that calls me Nicholas and she gave birth to me' its caused much laughter in the staff room apparently (i had no idea he felt so strongly ).

i might call him weenick now tho lololor dh bigweenick .....am i gettting silly now?