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Help[Opinions] Re: Juniors and "Numbers"
in reply to a message by queenv
This is kind of personal for me as my SO is a III as well. And he told me probably about a month into dating when we were casually discussing kids (how many we each wanted, etc...) and he mentioned he wanted at least one boy so he could continue the family name. At that point I had just thought he was a Jr. as he had already said he was named after his father. I must admit it sounded a lot more prominent, the idea of continuing the tradition when he was a third generation.
I didn't chime in on the prospect of naming a child after him at that time as it was too early on in the relationship to really comment but it did stick with me. Now that the relationship is serious and we have talked baby names just a little, I have informed him that I'm very ok with carrying on his family name if we are to have children someday (which I'm hoping will happen).
At first the idea wasn't that appealing as I have a whole laundry list of baby names that I adore and would love to use one day but the more I thought about it, the more I found it rather charming to continue the name and honor family. We're both two people who are traditionalists when it comes to naming, very into family names. Although he is more so than I, as I'm more about family names in the middle name spot where he wants all family names which I can live with if the name is something I also like.
I must say though it also helped that I do like his name (Edward Louis) so it wasn't hard to imagine using it. Edward was also my great-grandfather's name so it's also honoring my side too even if that wouldn't be the intention. I love classic names and you don't get much more regal (in my opinion at least) than Edward. We've also discussed naming a possible second son after an uncle of his who died, William. Which I'm also ok with as I like the name and I agreed to it as long as the middle name can be after my own father.
We do disagree on girls' names. If he had his way he'd name his first daughter after his mother (Mona) but I have already told him if he has kids with me that's just not happening. My own mother is deceased and I think it would be in very poor taste to name a child after his mother and not mine. And my own mother never liked her first name (Sharon) so I will not use it but I do want to include some part of her middle name (Marie) in the name of my first daughter. So I have thought of using the middle name Annmarie in honor of both of our mothers, his mother's middle name Ann and my mother's middle name Marie. I feel that's only fair.
I agree with your sentiment about it not being a tradition to start but one to continue. I probably wouldn't name a son after his father if the tradition wasn't already going.
I didn't chime in on the prospect of naming a child after him at that time as it was too early on in the relationship to really comment but it did stick with me. Now that the relationship is serious and we have talked baby names just a little, I have informed him that I'm very ok with carrying on his family name if we are to have children someday (which I'm hoping will happen).
At first the idea wasn't that appealing as I have a whole laundry list of baby names that I adore and would love to use one day but the more I thought about it, the more I found it rather charming to continue the name and honor family. We're both two people who are traditionalists when it comes to naming, very into family names. Although he is more so than I, as I'm more about family names in the middle name spot where he wants all family names which I can live with if the name is something I also like.
I must say though it also helped that I do like his name (Edward Louis) so it wasn't hard to imagine using it. Edward was also my great-grandfather's name so it's also honoring my side too even if that wouldn't be the intention. I love classic names and you don't get much more regal (in my opinion at least) than Edward. We've also discussed naming a possible second son after an uncle of his who died, William. Which I'm also ok with as I like the name and I agreed to it as long as the middle name can be after my own father.
We do disagree on girls' names. If he had his way he'd name his first daughter after his mother (Mona) but I have already told him if he has kids with me that's just not happening. My own mother is deceased and I think it would be in very poor taste to name a child after his mother and not mine. And my own mother never liked her first name (Sharon) so I will not use it but I do want to include some part of her middle name (Marie) in the name of my first daughter. So I have thought of using the middle name Annmarie in honor of both of our mothers, his mother's middle name Ann and my mother's middle name Marie. I feel that's only fair.
I agree with your sentiment about it not being a tradition to start but one to continue. I probably wouldn't name a son after his father if the tradition wasn't already going.
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