https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 06:45:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2486304 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:46:40 +0000 Mommy Finger 2486304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually only use family names for middle names and I'm not above using the same middle name for multiple kids. For example, pretty much all of the women on my mom's side have the middle name Marie. My mom is one of 5 girls all with the same middle name so it's no big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2485878 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 21:35:06 +0000 AggieDaze 2485878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any girl names that could also be a boy name or could be altered to a boy name? IE. Erin to Aaron? Or names that are cute initials like MJ, LJ, TK, etc.?</p> <p>If I didn't like any of those, I'd just pick a first name I liked whether it was a family name or not. I might try to use a less-liked family name for a middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2485862 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 21:09:10 +0000 Finfan 2485862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: I know it sounds like we would randomly pick a name but some of them were already ones I liked. They were from DH's side of the family and I really enjoyed learning about relatives of his I hadn't met yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2485840 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 20:30:53 +0000 Pancakes 2485840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I wouldn't choose a random family name of someone who had no personal connection to me just to say I'd used a family name, and changing a name of a family member doesn't really make it their name anymore either, so I would just use whatever name I really loved. You don't need to feel bad about it; and if your child asked you can say, 'we named LOs 1 and 2 after these family members and we named you __YOUR NAME__ because it was a name that (we loved, was after our favorite book character, place that had significance to us, etc).' I think that's much better than, 'We felt obligated to use a family name, so we picked the name of a great great uncle once removed that we have never met.' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2485783 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:13:56 +0000 FannyMae 2485783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd most likely use another family name, but alter it somehow to something I like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2485756 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:30:08 +0000 skipra 2485756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I like the idea of an initial. If we were to have a girl both first and middle names would be variations anyway.</p> <p>@Finfan: good idea! One side of my dad's family has a published book of all the family members predating the revolutionary war so that could actually work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2485751 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:22:35 +0000 Finfan 2485751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did some genealogy research and we would probably go with the name of an obscure great aunt or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2482208 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:01:41 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2482208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we will try to do something but it may be a stretch. Maybe honor a recently deceased family member by using the first initial? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-used-family-names-for-your-first-two-kids#post-2482178 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:34:46 +0000 skipra 2482178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would you want to do the same for a third or would you be OK choosing something just because you liked it?</p> <p>Seeing all these name post is getting me thinking. Both my LOs have family first and middle names. We are pretty much out of usable boy names! But I feel like it would be weird to just choose any old name. What do you think? </p>