Naming a girl after yourself...

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Naming a girl after yourself...
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Tue, 11-09-2004 - 12:01pm
Yay or Nay? It is common practice for boys to be named after their fathers. Anyone have the urge to name their daughter after themselves? Know of someone else who has? I'm not talking about a Jr., but maybe the same first name with a different nickname.

Comments? (DH won't even allow me to name our child after living immediate family so this is not an option, but I quite like the idea - narcissistic me :)

Carry

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Tue, 11-09-2004 - 12:37pm
I'm personally not fond of juniors due to the problems that crop up with them.. credit getting mixed up, paperwork being confused, that sort of thing.. but I see nothing wrong with naming a girl after her mother.. as long as a different nickname is used. I'd even consider using the same first name and using a different middle name, to lessen the paperwork confusion. I'd do the same with a boy.. first name after the father but different middle name.

There are lots of historical records that point out it used to be more common to name children of both sexes after the parents but for some reason it faded for girls but stayed for boys longer. I see the favoritism for juniors fading with the current generation, the trend to give children of both sexes a "unique" name is damping the use of juniors overall.
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Registered: 05-26-2003
Tue, 11-09-2004 - 12:39pm
I don't think it's weird at all! I think it's a good idea. I don't like my first and middle name, so I won't use those. But I plan to give a daughter my maiden name as a middle name. I've also thought of giving all my children 2 middle names with the 2nd being my maiden name for all of them.

christie

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Tue, 11-09-2004 - 1:38pm
I don't like juniors of any kind, they just make things confusing.
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Tue, 11-09-2004 - 5:17pm
I'm not a fan of giving the same name to boys or girls. I think there is nothing wrong in naming a girl after yourself though in some way. Our first child has my DH's initials in reverse. I think our second child might have some variation of my initials.
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Tue, 11-09-2004 - 6:55pm
I don't like the idea of juniors either. I think it shows a lack of imagination in the parent. Also, it doesn't let the child be a unique individual if there is already someone with the same name in the family.
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Tue, 11-09-2004 - 11:47pm
I definitely would love to name a child after myself. We have a DH, Jr already so I think it would only be fair. My name is Elizabeth and I love the name so much. But I wouldn't want two Elizabeths in the house. It's confusing enough with two Christophers running around.

Luckily, I have found this compromise: DH and I really like the name Anneliese and it is funny because I recently found out that not only do Anneliese and Elizabeth have the same meaning, Anneliese is practically the same as my full name, Elizabeth Ann. Ann of course is the same as Anne and Liese is a pet name for Elizabeth. I think it's neat.

So that's the name we're most likely naming our daughter, should we ever be blessed with one. Her MN would be Blanche, which is my FIL's FN. I hope he will feel honored that we would name our child after him.

~ Liz, mom to Christopher and Nicholas



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Wed, 11-10-2004 - 12:04am

It's actually a tradition in my family that the first daughter receives the mothers first name as her middle name.


For example: my grandmother was Doreen Maud, my mother is Joy Doreen, and I am Kerry Joy.







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Registered: 10-15-2003
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 9:46am

I don't like the idea of giving a child the same exact name (first and middle) as a parent. Too confusing and not very original. But it seems like a nice gesture to give the baby the parent's fn as a mn or use a variation of the parents name.


My SIL used her first name, Nicole, for her dd's middle name. The baby's name is Makenna Nicole. I'm pregnant and if this is a girl, I'm thinking of using Genevieve as a middle name as a tribute to my name, Jen.


Jen

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Registered: 07-20-2003
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 10:19am
I don't think I ever would do it, but I have a grandma who did. Gave one of her dd's the same first name with a different middle. I know a couple others who were named first names after their mom's first as well. I think it would be too confusing. I also would not name a son after my dh. My dh would like that, but not me. I prefer similar names or ones with similar meanings. I love the name Alexandria, and would use it even though it is similar to my name, Alison. But, it is not the same, and we'd come up with a different nn for it, NOT Ali. And, for my dh David, I like Dawson or Donovan. The two kids I already have completely have their own names, Sabrina and Cameron.

*Ali

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Wed, 11-10-2004 - 10:36am
Good question. I have wondered the same thing - but giving my daughter my first name as her middle name (depending on the first name). We like one syllabel first names and I want to use a family name for the middle but none works except for mine. For example, my name is Michelle. We really like Kate or Ellen. I originally wanted to use my MN to carry on (as it's the same as my mom's - Lynn) but Kate Lynn or Ellen Lynn would sound bad. So Kate Michelle or Ellen Michelle it may be!

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