https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 14:44:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269816 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:51:26 +0000 ladyfingers 269816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Interesting - thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269809 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:46:49 +0000 heffalump 269809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Hmmm... I guess as long as you say you're naming after the great grandfather and not the husband you'd be ok. Personally I wouldn't want to do it.... it would make me too nervous. Most people don't use the actual name though, they just use the person's first initial, so I don't think that problem would come up often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269804 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:45:58 +0000 DpeachLu 269804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I share the same first name as my mother. Never been an issue. &amp; it is not a common name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269566 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:57:21 +0000 kml636 269566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend Susan whose mother was also named Susan. Seems pretty weird to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269430 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:06:35 +0000 ladyfingers 269430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Not to threadjack, but that's interesting! Random question, say your husband was named after a deceased great-grandfather, would that take his name out of the running because there is a living relative with that name? Just curious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269343 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:22:22 +0000 mrsjyw 269343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope I know boys as jrs. but no girls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269322 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:12:45 +0000 theRoo 269322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter's name is a close variation of my name (same beginning, different ending). It was my husband's idea, and I was very resistant at first...I've taken most of the nicknames, and thought it would be confusing. Some people do mix up our names, which is a little annoying, but I love my name so the trade-off is worth it to me. And I kept my maiden name so she has a different last name...so I also love that our first names are connected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269244 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:13:17 +0000 purrpletulips 269244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope-if we have a boy I won't even let DH name him "George" as a first name because BIL and FIL are already George; I will allow that as a middle name. I'm OK with family names to a point, DD was named after DH's deceased maternal grandmother and if this baby is girl her middle name will be my MIL's first name which was also my grandmother's middle name (both deceased). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-269235 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:00:04 +0000 LittleFox 269235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH and SIL have the same names as FIL and MIL, respectively. It has lead to some paperwork mix-ups in the past, but nothing too unmanageable or that couldn't be fixed. On my side, we had three generations of guys in one house with the same name- that got annoying because any company (like a bank) who called often didn't know which one they wanted.</p> <p>DH and I have gotten some jokes about using the family name, but people won't be upset if we don't. We are not- our LO will have a different name of our choosing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268875 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:10:28 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 268875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I immediately thought of Gilmore girls too :p</p> <p>Wonder Baby has the same middle name as my mother and I do. I think having the same first name would be confusing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268785 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:47:44 +0000 SAHM0811 268785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm named after my mom. It's an unusual name that my grandfather made up, so she wanted to keep it "alive". </p> <p>My DH coincidentally is named after his dad.</p> <p>We have agreed to not pass the names down again as first names, but possibly as middle names. </p> <p>Our two girls didn't get my name at all though, and I don't mind because we love the names we chose for them instead. If we have #3, a boy would likely get DH's first name as a middle... If it's a girl, maybe my first name as a middle name, but def not as a first name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268679 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:30:01 +0000 Weagle 268679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always gone by my middle name. I would definitely give my first name to my daughter. It's a family name, and now that I'm married, it's not even my name anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268015 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:52:53 +0000 Running Elley 268015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is named after her mom but neither of them go by their actual first names lol. They’re both Jewell but my grandma goes by Judy (which isn’t even her middle name…she just had people call her that because she liked it better) and my mom goes by her middle name, Lazel. I wouldn’t give my daughter my first name but I am planning on giving a potential future daughter my middle name. I think that it sounds good with almost any first name and it is a family name, Faye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268010 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:50:39 +0000 JerricaBenton 268010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents gave my brother and I their first names as our middle names and we always thought it was weird - but the names do all sound nice together! I never thought I would do it but we are actually considering a form of my name as a middle name if we have a girl! It sounds good and it's one of the only combos we've been able to agree on so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268006 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:48:06 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 268006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter shares my middle name. It is a family name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-268003 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:46:29 +0000 MegWag 268003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A family from my church have a son that is a "Fourth" and then their daughter was named after the mother- First Middle and Last. I always thought it was sort of weird...<br /> Partial or middle names don't bother me though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267834 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:18:39 +0000 spaniellove 267834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: My mom gave me her maiden name as my middle name and I hated it forever because she left when I was very young. But then she died not too long ago, and in Korea (b/c she happened to die there) they refused to believe that any of my American documentation was valid, and the fact that we shared a name was pretty much the only proof they believed that I was her daughter. This totally changed how I felt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267830 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:16:29 +0000 lovehoneybee 267830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't do it (although DS's first name is Evan, and DH's middle name is Evans) but DH's grandmother named his aunt after herself (Rachel), allegedly at her husband's insistence. She goes by her middle name (Diana) to everyone, though, even her mother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267815 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:07:01 +0000 chopsuey 267815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know dads, but no moms!<br /> I wouldn't pass my name down.. Don't love my name enough </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267804 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:00:51 +0000 Muggle Born 267804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's cool! Men do it a lot, so I don't know why women don't do it more. I'd probably use a nickname though - like Lorelai and Rory on Gilmore Girls. Best show ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267797 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:53:41 +0000 mrbee 267797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Olive's middle name is Bee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267756 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:07:39 +0000 Mrsbells 267756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its too confusing to have two people with the same first name living together. My dad and brother have the same name and like@highwire: said its a lifetime of annoying little mistakes here and there </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267751 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:04:16 +0000 Maysprout 267751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughters and my name are both derived from Elizabeth but different halves of that name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267747 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:01:47 +0000 MamaMoose 267747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I think it's just way too confusing. But I'm also not OK with naming a son after my husband so it's not a gender thing for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267746 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:01:27 +0000 cheesetomywhine 267746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @Honeybee I wouldn't name my LO after me, I'm too selfish! I love my name...and the fact that I've never met anyone else with it. </p> <p>I did give her my middle name though, not because it is my middle name but because it was my daddy's name. Since she will never get to meet her grandpa, it warms my heart knowing she has his name in the middle spot (it would've been her first but I'm not a fan of gender neutral names).</p> <p>To answer the OP's question, I do not know anyone who has done this but I did see it on a baby show! I don't see the problem with it since dad's do it all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267734 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:47:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 267734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, my mom has the same first name as her mom, but she goes by two names (grandma is Mary, my mom is Mary Ann.) I think that was really common back in the 50s. My middle name is Mary, which i like since it's after my mom and grandma, and I will probably do the same if I have a daughter. But not the same first name. I wouldn't want someone to always be little anyway, and I don't like my name that much. But for sure middle names-- I always like middle names to be family names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267733 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:46:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 267733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't do a first name, but I would give my daughter my middle name (and if we have a second one plan to do so.) </p> <p>I did have an acquaintance who named her first daughter her real name, however she has always went by her middle name so no one really knew they shared a name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267731 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:44:49 +0000 rattles 267731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom was named after her mom, and my sister-in-law was named after my mother-in-law. The eldest boys in both families were named for their father's too. (Both dads were juniors and both sons were named IIIs.) Clearly, both sides almost expect a family name for our kid, though like y'all, I'd feel funny naming a kid (first name) for myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267724 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:35:59 +0000 mrskc 267724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom's good friend named her daughter after herself. And my grandma was named after her mom (my great grandma). My grandma will gladly tell you over and over again how much she hated being named after her mom. She was always "little Roberta" and she despised it. lol And we always call the other girl "little first name" I wonder if she's sick of it too. I would never name my daughter after me... just a personal preference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-any-moms-that-gave-their-daughter-the-same-name#post-267710 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:25:49 +0000 Honeybee 267710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's middle name is my middle name, which I really love because it's a family name. I wouldn't want to pass on my first name, though; I like that it's just mine and nobody else's! :) </p>