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Any pitfalls to this, apart from some mail? The only boys name my wife, daughter and I all like for our impending 3rd child, gender as yet unknown, happens to also be my first name. Child 2's choice of Elvis (from Fireman Sam) has been vetoed by the wife.
My dad and grandad had the same name - big George and little George.
The only pitfall apart from having to put big and little in front of it is the perceived lack of imagination.
always struck me as a weird thing to do
I shared a name with my dad. No problems at all.
My name is the same as my Grandad's both our chaps have their grandads name as a second name name if that maks sence, so sort of if that makes sence?? Just though it was a nice thing to do really!?!
To get a balanced answer you will need to ask you kid later in life. To avoid the problems that will cause give them a name of their own till they are old enough to decide.
My dad had the same name as me, I thought it was daft to have someone elses name so chose to use my middle name from an early age. Have done ever since.
Its a personal thing. Which is the point really.
I might do, I don't know 😕
It's not something I'd ever intended to do, it's just cropped up during the deliberations. We've all got several names that we like, but only 1 that we agree on! It could of course be irrelevant if it's a lass.
Not name but initial, and even that's a pain in the a**e frankly. We get phone calls, mail etc for each other, and Barclays managed to combine both of our files into a single one then accuse me of fraud when I phoned up to tell them.
My 3 lads all have their Dad's name as one of their middle names. As far as confusion is concerned, I don't think names make any difference at all in our house - papadirt opens any mail addressed to Mr despite there being 4 Mr Ts in the house 🙄 . . . still manages to leave the bills though 😉
I have the same name as my grandad and dad, however it has a number of variations so with the exception of mail has never been a problem. (And before anyone says anything its kind of an eldest son thing)
Parent and child having the same name really annoys me - my mother and sister have the same first name. Obviously it's unworkable, so some sort of distinction has to be made - usually a nickname has to be dreamt up - which of course means they no longer have the same 'name' anyway. Often these nicknames apply only within the family - adding to more confusion.
I reckon that the same name as a grandparent, uncle, etc, is probably alright. But there are enough names available in the world, not to name your child after yourself. Of course you could go for the US solution and add Jnr or Snr after the names - only that sounds shite imho.
Tradition of the eldest son being called John, so I am number 5. Though both grandad's are called John so things can get confusing around the dinner table sometimes!
But the family and some friends call me by my middle name and every other John just has their own variation (Jim, Jack etc.)
The only time we've had a problem was when we flew to America earlier this year. The airline couldn't get their heads around having two Johns on the same ticket so we had to make two bookings.
My eldest and Spouse share the same first name but both are known by their second name. Family trad made us give the eldest boy's first name Thomas but the middle name is the calling name and they are different. My 2 boys have the same letter of their calling names, ie, J so yes we expect some confusion at some point but we'll ride it out. The only confusion we've had so far is from GP and school computers calling my eldest and Spouse Thomas, but then we can be smug in correcting!
How can you be "smug" teagirl?
Surely you should be apologising for not making things clear.
What is the point of giving someone a name and then not using it?
and what is the point having a first name which you don't use as the calling name?
Great grandad, Grandad, Dad, Me, Jnr.
No probs at all.
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No probs at all.
Probs solved by pretending you have different names, you mean?
Could be worse, I suppose - I read of someone naming their kid "Shay-given".
I share both my First and second name with my father and grandfather.
No issues here. (Apart from my mother "accidently" checking my mail for years!!)
It is daft I share the name with my Dad - John
The eldest son in our family gets william so you have
Eldest = Bill
Middle = Billy
Youngest = wee Billy
It is ****ing stupid and has stopped with this generation. Dont do this you will have to call them by another name in the family to differentiate them anyway... I am Johnnie
Seems odd to want to name your children after you tbh
Emilyn Hughes named his sin Emilyn and hid daighter Emma Lynn iirc
Hubby's family name is James, my Mother in Law put her foot down when he was born and changed it for the first time in generations, as it just caused so much confusion. For this I'll always be grateful as my sister's husband is called James and it just would have made things really difficult. Also my Sister has the same name as our Auntie, which also causes confusion.
Don't do it. 🙂
we have a lot of George Williams in my family, my middle name is william as that seems to be the name of the first born, my borther is Stuart James (james being the middle name for the second born) it is something I am quite proud of as a middle name but would rather not be called exactly the name of my father
Grandfather = Edward John
Father = John Edward
Son = Jonathan Edward
We haven't any same first names (seems like a daft thing to do to me but there you go), but boys in our family have all had the same middle name for about 6 generations now (and it's not a traditional first name). I liked that idea so we gave our son it too.
my ex's family = 5 people and they had four names between them
dad = gordon walker
son = g.w. jr.
mum = dorothy ann
my ex = dorothy anne
her twin = deborah anne
mail call was h*ll, and yes they were a weird family.
To me it suggests:
A lack of imagination
Arrogance - ie 'my name is so great and important that I think my son should have it too'
Being American
😛
Grumm - that's a bit harsh. No suggestion that the OP was American !! 🙂
= american ( as was the ex. )
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It must affect your sex life? I.e. if your wife and daughter shared the same name surely you wouldnt find your wife as hot anymore so vice versa?
Your wife would merely see you as a bigger version of her son'
How on earth can a small child carry off a name like "TheGreatApe"!
I mean, he might grow into it, but you would probably call him "LittleChimp" or something in the meantime, making his real name pointless.
Some people just don't think these things through...
Tracker1972 (looking forward to the arrival of Tracker2010 next year) 😉