Has anyone named their baby after themselves?

[Pyrocanthus]

Other than the surname, obviously.

Just an idle thought, but I think it was once common for first-born sons to be named after their father, and so on. And American sons might be Dadsname Junior, II, III, IV.

Anyone done it/come across it?

My DS has his dad's first-name for his middle-name.

My DD has my first-name for her middle-name.

My dd has my middle name, which is also my mum's first name, it was her grandmothers first name, my eldest cousin also has it as her middle name.

Dh's dad and brother are David Andrew and Andrew David!

Ds is named after dh, twas the done thing back then dd has my maiden name as her middle name, that was very in it's time, right trend setter me

My brother is called after my Dad (who was named after his dad, etc...) but my Mum insisted on him being called by his middle name so he has a name of his own. I think it's a good idea - When I was at school I had a friend who'd been named after his dad and I hated ringing his house and having to ask for 'Clarke Junior'! I know he hated sharing a name with his Dad! I think if a child is being named after a parent it should also have a second name of it's own!

My DH wants me to consider Davinia for a little girl.....he is called david obviously....

I am named after my mother and ex DH is named after his father. Believe me, it is a really bad idea. Very confusingat family events and leads to endless nicknames, and most of all it is lazy and vain. Think up a good name by yourself and use the parent's name as a middle name if you must.

hmmm...it is traditional in different cultures. OH is Hungarian and many of his generatio who have had children have named the first son after the Hungarian dad. We are bucking the trend if we have a boy, no way would I do that.

But conversely, if we have a girl we are naming her after my granny, purely because she is an absolutely inspirational person who I love and admire very much and whom my OH has come to really like and respect since he has known her. Also she has a lovely name :-)

dp is called after his father and when we were expecting ds2 suggested continueing the tradition.....

i told him to stop being bloody stupid

that was the end of that conversation but dp did get a bit wounded puppy about it

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Same as Goober, its a bit of a tradition in my family. I have my mum's first name as my middle name and my brother has my dad's first name as his middle name. My mum also has her mum's first name as her middle name.

DD loves it that we share the same name in a way because we don't share surnames.

It's traditional in Portugal, as well.

We are going to use my husband's name (Jordan) as a middle name if we have a boy and are considering using my middle name (Astrid) as a first name for a girl.

cies.. will go check now, haven't opened my hotmail account yet

I have the same name as my mum and it was annoying when i lived at home re:- mail, telephone calls etc.

wished they had used it as my middle name instead tbh as you did sometimes feel like a mini me.