Mine doesn't. His first and middle are very common names. He says he doesn't love them enough to give them to a son.
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He doesn't, but I want to give him one...
Although, technically if we have a boy he would be a 4th (:I told him I don't want to be the one to end the tradition (:
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He doesn't and I am so glad. He has a nice name, I just hate that tradition.
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Nope because hubby has a Cambodian name and people made fun of his name all the time growing up.
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No.... In our religion it's tradition to name after deceased relatives, not living ones.
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No. The tradition actually broke when my husband was born, both of his grandfathers and his father have the same name, so everyone inisted on something else for my husband.
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No, he doesn't like his name!
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Yes
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@hellocupcake: when we have a DS, he'll be a IV too!
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Yes and we have one
We both really wanted a Junior!
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I don't think so. He may have but I would've shut that down pretty quick, I always feel bad for the second son... like just because they were second they were "special enough" in the family for daddy's name.
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Nope. Neither of us are fans of the tradition. LOTS of people in his family do Juniors but it's just not for us.
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I have always loved the idea of having a Jr.! But being Korean-American I knew the chances of myself marrying someone with a Korean first name were high, and I wanted something classic and American for my kids. So when I married a Robert I always held it in the back of my mind that maybe someday we'd have a Junior. But Wagon Sr. mentioned once while we were dating that he didn't like the sound of his first and last name together. Fast forward to getting pregnant with our first, after having a TOUGH time with names I mentioned the idea of naming the baby after him and he was very shyly thrilled! He had to get over the idea that it was egotistical to name his son after himself and we both love that he's a Jr.
I love traditions, especially when it comes to family things like that. So WJ's first name is his dad's and his middle name is his Korean name, which follows the naming convention of his father's line. Every generation there is a syllable that needs to be included. The other syllable that DOESN'T depend on the naming convention, LMW's Korean name shares that syllable with WJ.
LMW's name is also a name I dreamed of since I was younger so I just looooove both my kids' names... hence my blog's name! and my IG name
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No, but his parents have pushed us so hard to name our LO junior. Super annoying.
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No, he really is indifferent to our kids even having his name as a middle name.
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no. he's not a fan of his name, it was even hard to get him to agree to use his middle name for DS's middle name.
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Yes! If I was willing to name our daughter after DH, he would have been thrilled! And no, he doesn't have a unisex name.
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Nope. My husband thinks the tradition is very odd - like it demonstrates a weird, self-interested desire for a "mini-me" or something. It's not a thing in my family, either, so I've never given it much thought.
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Nope, he has no interest.
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No, he doesn't. Which I'm happy about. I don't like the whole "jr" thing.
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No, my DH has a very nice name but I'm glad because I think kids deserve their own name/identity. My uncle did this with his son and it only lasted about 3 days before it got too confusing and they decided to have him go by his middle name instead. And I'm sure that'll be confusing to people his entire life. I also particularly don't care for when the son is literally called "Junior".
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DH is a Jr himself... and has no wish to continue the tradition! His family still all call him 'junior' anyway so it would just be too confusing!
Anyway, what's the 'rule' on "Jr, Jr" - does the LO become 'firstname lastname, II' instead of Jr at that point?!
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Nope! He's not the greatest fan of his name. We'll be carrying on his middle though.
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@evenstar982: wouldn't it be III?
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Nope, he is a junior and hates it.
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No, but he does want to have a child with the same middle name as him, it's a family name (a maiden name) that has special meaning to him.
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Nope!
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Yup and if LO is a boy, he will be a junior! His initial would be JJJJ (including the junior)!
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@mrs. bird: An ex-bf was the IV - I like it!
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No, but it was important for him to pass on his middle name, Evans...it's his dad's middle name, and was his paternal grandmother's maiden name. We chose to modify and use it as a first names, though (Evan). If we hadn't used it a first name we still would have used it as a middle name, for a boy or girl.
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@sera_87: oh yes good point!
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He doesn't!
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I hate the tradition and was glad he didn't want a jr. DH is a jr and its already confusing enough.
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No...he's got a unisex name and it slightly bitter about it. He wouldn't mind using his name as a middle name, though, but only for a boy...even though it's a coed name. I think it would be cute as a middle name for a girl, but I think that's a sore spot, lol
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Nope. He's the II and refuses to continue the tradition.
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No - I brought up using his name for a middle name but he didn't like the idea.
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Nope! I'm not a fan of juniors, so I am thankful we are on the same page.
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Not at all.
He, his dad, and his grandfather all share the same first name
His brother and his dad share the same middle name.He wants no one to share any more names
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My husband does, although our son would be the "IV" Husband is the III and is very close with his family so he wants to keep it going.
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