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Did you honor a family member in your LO's name?

  • poll: Did you honor a loved one/family member by using their name in your LO's name?
    Yes, because it was important to us. : (77 votes)
    61 %
    Yes, because we just liked the name. : (30 votes)
    24 %
    Nope, and no one seemed to care! : (14 votes)
    11 %
    No, but the family noticed. : (0 votes)
    Other (explain below) : (5 votes)
    4 %
  1. Foodnerd81

    wonderful cherry / 21504 posts

    We used my grandmother's nickname as baby's middle name. I wanted to use some version of the name since my grandmother and mom have the same first name, it's my middle name, and my other grandmother and MIL have other versions of the same name (all versions of Mary, like Maura, Marie, etc). But it helped an awful lot that we liked my grandma's nickname and it sounded great with the first name we chose.

    We had a harder time with boys names-- we probably would have gone with DH's middle name as a middle name for the baby if we had a boy. I like the idea of naming after my dad but don't like his first or middle name. I also like the idea of using my maiden name as a middle name but DH doesn't like it.

  2. JoJoGirl

    cantaloupe / 6206 posts

    I voted "other" - Jews have a tradition of naming babies after a relative who has passed using the first letter of that person's name. So naming a baby Rebecca after your grandma Ruth, for example. We sort of twisted this tradition and retranslated the English meaning of my grandmother's name into a different language since we didn't want to use the first letter. We dealt with the "picking sides" in that we were team green - if it was a boy, we'd name the baby after DH's Grandfather (first name) My Grandfather (middle name); if it was a girl, it would be My Grandmother (first name) DH's Grandmother (middle name).

  3. MrsH

    honeydew / 7667 posts

    LO will have two middle names - Both of my grandmothers. One is because I desperately miss my maternal grandmother and the other is to honor my dad that passed and since we can't use his name we will use his mom's.

  4. BeachMama

    pear / 1946 posts

    DD has my mom's middle name as her middle name (Kay). I wanted to honor someone in my family and the name went well with her first name. If we didn't like any of my family's names though we probably wouldn't have done it. If we have a son for #2 I'd like to give him my dad's name as his middle name (James).

  5. SweetMamaM

    pear / 1743 posts

    Yup, we will. If baby is a boy, his middle name will be the same as his dad's and grand-dad's. If baby is a girl, the middle name will be a variant on my mother's name.

    Second boy's middle name would memorialize a close family friend, second girl's middle name would be a family name from my dad's side.

    LOL we have put far too much thought into this!

  6. Dandelion

    watermelon / 14206 posts

    LO's first name comes from my grandfather's grandfather, who left quite a legacy in our family. He immigrated from Ireland and was a really hard working man. I saw the name in the geneology book my uncle made for everyone in the family, and his name stuck out to me. It's not uncommon, either.

    LO's middle name is my dad's first name and also DH's grandfather's name.

    DS's first name comes from his dad's middle name, but his middle name was just something I liked.

  7. lovehoneybee

    GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts

    DS is Evan Charles

    D's paternal grandmother's maiden name was Evans, and it's both his and FIL's middle name. If we hadn't decided that we liked it as a first name we would have used Evans as a middle name. So honoring a naming tradition, honoring his grandmother Grace (if we'd have had a girl her name would have quite possibly been Grace Evans McK), and because we liked the name.

    Charles is MIL's maiden name. We weren't as crazy about it, but I liked the way it sounded with Evan, and thrilled D's maternal Gram to no end. So that one was more of an obligation we put on ourselves...we were honoring the McK side with Evan, and wanted to bring something from the Charles side.

  8. Torchwood

    pomelo / 5607 posts

    My husband's middle name, Ray, is a family name and we have pretty much no choice about using it. We actually don't like it, since it tends to wind up sounding really redneck (and the family loooves to include it; he has a cousin who goes by Laura Ray even), but his family, and especially father, would be beyond offended if we didn't. DH likes the family aspect enough that he's not willing to upset everyone, even though he doesn't care for it.

  9. JessKas

    pear / 1693 posts

    We used my husband's grandfather's name as our daughter's middle name. It goes well with her first name and I love that its unique for a girl's middle name.

  10. mrs. 64

    nectarine / 2936 posts

    If we have a son we will name it after my dad who is deceased. Any girl names or second son names will probably have family names, but more that we like them than to necessarily honor a particular relative.

  11. NavyRN2012

    persimmon / 1447 posts

    We used a family name with DS, after my husbands grandfather that he was extremely close to. We didn't use any family names with DD because I honestly just don't care for any of the female names of my grandmothers.

  12. MrsB2012

    nectarine / 2466 posts

    My middle name, my moms middle name, and my grandmas middle name are all the same. It was my grandmas moms name I think. I hate it. I said I'd never give it to my daughter. So when I had a girl, we gave her my grandmas first name. When I told my grandma I wasn't using my middle name, I think she was secretly sad. Then my daughter was born and we used her first name, she cried and cried she was so honoured hahaha.

    It's a 'thing' in my family to have the middle name after someone special. My husband and I both like that so we will continue doing that with the next ones.

  13. Mrs. Cookie

    blogger / persimmon / 1225 posts

    So fun to read the stories behind everyone's name choices. Thanks for sharing!

  14. Mrs. Champagne

    coconut / 8483 posts

    Our boy is due in march and will have DHs paternal grandfathers name! But it was his name before he moved to canada and then he changed it. It's super cool to is, but back then it was too weird I guess. Middle name is going to be from my side. Right now probably my grans middle. Other options are my brothers name or my dads name. I love family names! We've got a lot of good middle name options on both sides of the family.

  15. fussygal

    pomegranate / 3580 posts

    LO Due in March will have DH's great-grandmother's name. He was very close with her growing up and I think the name is really pretty (Ruby).

  16. AprilFool

    nectarine / 2591 posts

    My LO has 2 middle names, both after family. Her first is after my paternal grandmother and it was a non negotiable name. She meant the world to me and I miss her every day.

    Her second name is after my maternal grandmother who recently passed and I know it meant a lot to my mum to honour her. She brought it up a few times during my pregnancy. My nana hated her name, Ailsa, so I chose Isla.

  17. mrs.shinerbock

    pomegranate / 3779 posts

    We used DHs mom's name as the middle name, which I don't really like (nor does his mother!) but it was really important to DH, so I went with it, because it wasn't super important to me.

  18. indi

    clementine / 984 posts

    We picked a name we liked as her first name, and we'll use my maternal grandma's name as her middle name, as she was very special to DH and I. If we have another daughter down the road, we'll likely use DH's paternal grandma's name, since she was such a sweet lady with a rather unique name.

    My concerns were that of @looch:'s w/ the "history" of a name. We all have family names for middle names, and my poor brother is saddled with our dad's name as his middle name and pops turned out to be an ass, so now my brother hates his full name and refuses to use it. So our rule was "deceased relatives only, since they can't generally screw things up." Plus, a lot of our living relatives have some odd/unworkable names, so that rule got us out of that jam, too.

  19. tequiero21

    honeydew / 7968 posts

    Not really a tradition for our family. Usually, they get named by the paternal grandfather for their Korean name. The American names we just picked at the hospital cuz we wanted to fill out the birth certificate info.

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