Why Name A Son After The Father?

[Sassycakes]

Wow, the memory this brought back to me. When I had my son we named him the same as my husband so he is a Jr and my grandson is the 3rd.A few years after my son was born I had my daughter and I said to my husband maybe we should name her Barbara after me. He laughed and said that would be stupid because then we would have John John Barbara Barbara. So now we have John John John and only 1 Barbara !

 

[JaniceM]

or like George Foreman.. he didn't wait for the name to go through generations, he named all five of his sons "George"- numbered, to tell them apart

oops, my mistake. He gave them all the same names for unity,

 

[Alligatorob]

George Foreman.. he didn't wait for the name to go through generations, he named all five of his sons "George"

Makes it easier to remember.

 

[JaniceM]

Years ago, I knew a family that had grandfather/father/son all named Robert, and all were called Bob. To eliminate the confusion, they were referred to as Big Bob, Little Bob, and Tiny Bob.

 

[Tish]

My eldest is named somewhat after my Father, Instead of James, I named him Jamie.

 

[jujube]

Then there were "The Waltons". John and John-Boy.

How long after your father dies do you get to drop the -Boy? Dad's 99 and you're 78 and you're still John-Boy.

 

[fmdog44]

I don't like the Sr-Jr thing because the father should emphasize to the son not to follow in his footsteps good or bad "Your life is yours and my life is mine. Take your own shots, learn your own lessons and take your own bruises." At the beginning they are daddys then they become fathers and there is a big difference.

 

[Sunny]

or like George Foreman.. he didn't wait for the name to go through generations, he named all five of his sons "George"- numbered, to tell them apart

Yes, that's who I was thinking of. George Foreman. For some reason, I thought it was a musician.

 

[grahamg]

oops, my mistake. He gave them all the same names for unity,

Did I mention anywhere on this thread my own brother gave all four of his sons the second name of "Rex", his own second name, (though the name he was referred to before moving to a country where Rex is exclusively a dogs name !)?

It was pretty egotistical of my brother to do this you'd have to say, but those boys have all done very well in life, (and their lovely sister, who thankfully wasn't given the name "Rex", though her name starts with an "R" come to think about it !).

The other thing to bear in mind is almost everyone of us carries our fathers surname don't we, unless our surname is "double barrelled" as it would be called here, (taking both the mothers and fathers surname together!?)

 

[dobielvr]

My niece and nephew gave their children their grandfather's first name. My niece used his nickname, and my nephew is using his real Armenian name...kinda tears me up when I think about it.

My nephew has my dad's name as his middle name. I have my mom's Armenian name as my middle name.

ETA..my brother has my dad's name as his middle name.

 

[dseag2]

For the record, my Dad went by his first name and I go by my middle name, even though I am a Jr, so there was never any confusion. And he never expected me to follow his path. He was very happy when I made my own way in life and chose a completely different career. I have a lot of his traits, regardless, and I would have had them if I'd been named something completely different.