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Nada though I have a friend that did.

Definitely not. I'm not a fan when guys do it either.

ETA: I meant first names. I briefly considered giving M my middle name, so I wouldn't rule that out.

My lo's middle name is a variant of my first name. Honestly it wasn't wanting to name her after me but the name went so well with her first name and it was the only combo everyone liked.

I would give my middle name...but it was passed down to me from my great grandmother and I was very fond of her. Only family names would I pass down to my kids, I think.

Nope. My H also does not want to name a kid after himself. If we have a son, he says he wants him to have "his own name."

Considered it. My grandma, mom and I share a middle name. My SIL has the same mn too.

It didn't work/flow with either kids names so we nixed it... Though Chloe's mn IS after a family member & we are considering the same for baby2.

Our girl name (in theory) is part my middle name and part of my mom's first name, and her middle name would be my grandma's middle name...but I wouldn't name them exactly my name.

I would do a middle name, but not first.

I happen to love the name Colette which would be a derivative of my name but I would only use it as a middle and only if I ran out of other choices with meaning. I think I just want my child to have their own name I guess. At the same time we both love my husband's middle name which is a family name and plan to use it.

Middle names? Absolutely. But not the same first name. Although my friend is named the same as her mother but with a different spelling. To each their own.

After myself? Nah. I don't like my name enough to do it, not even as a middle. I can't say anything about guys, though- DS is the fifth generation with his name!

Both my first and middle name feel very 80s to me, so I wouldn't. If I had a classic name to give, I might have considered it for a middle.

I'm not into naming kids after parents in general (no offense to be taken, I work in the medical field and it gets very confusing).... I do know a Laurel who named her daughter Lauren but that is the only mother daughter combo that comes to mind!

DD coming this September will most likely have my middle name as her first name, but that is because she is being names after the original family member with that name (my late Great-Grandmother). Coincidentally, that name (Violet) is now in the top 100 names, so it isn't like she's being named an old, obscure name.

The only thing that I find odd and might change is that a lot of my screen names, including here, are my middle name - I may change them when she comes along, because that is weird.

Also, I have kept my maiden name, which will be her second middle name.

Haha DH and I talked about this when we first started TTC - The deal is that the only way either of us are allowed to name a LO after ourselves is if we had boy/girl twins. Their names would be Matt & Lucy because DH's middle name is Matthew & mine is Lucille.

Nope, I wouldn't. I rejected a name I liked because it sounded vaguely reminiscent of my family nickname. I explained that to my doula during labor and she thought I was nuts so I may consider it again. (Turned out it was her daughter's name).

My MIL is named after her mother (same first name).

Anne has been used in my family for the first or middle name for the eldest daughter for the last 4 generations, so I will probably use it as a middle name if I have a daughter.

L has my middle name (that's common in my family though - I think she's like the 6th person to have it). I've seen a lot of women give their LO's their Maiden name, which makes me really jealous. I don't have a good Maiden name for that.

nope