What interesting naming traditions do your family (or people you know of) have?
I’m not expecting or trying yet, but I’ve always loved finding names I like (as I’m sure many of you can relate to).
My family and my partner’s family don’t have any traditions as such. His brother has a daughter called [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] (NN [name_f]Vivi[/name_f]) and his sister has a little girl called [name_u]Everly[/name_u]… so if I were to have a potential future daughter (I’ll refer to as PFD for now) in the future I would quite like to continue the trend of ‘V’ names.
However! I’d also love to honour my grandmother who recently passed by giving my PFD the middle name ‘[name_f]Constance[/name_f]’.
And further to that, my partner and I are in love with the name [name_f]Ada[/name_f] (but I wish there was a longer version I could love just as much, so PFD could choose another nickname if she didn’t like [name_f]Ada[/name_f] as much as we do).
Along with my curiosity of your family traditions, I’d love to know what you think I should do with my PFD naming dilemma!
I wish I had really cool naming traditions in my family, but sadly I don’t. In my hubby’s family all of the grandsons on his mother’s side have names staring with the letter J ([name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Jordan[/name_u], [name_u]James[/name_u]).
I don’t feel the need to carry on the tradition, but if I fell in love with a J name I wouldn’t mind at all. I currently love [name_m]John[/name_m] “[name_m]Jack[/name_m]” and [name_u]Jude[/name_u] so it could happen. I do not care for repeating first initials in sibsets, so I wouldn’t name a second boy with a J name.
My hubby and his siblings are [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m], [name_f]Christina[/name_f], and [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m].
We don’t have any super cool naming traditions in my family either The only family names that I’d care to use are [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_f]Susanne[/name_f] (for [name_f]Sue[/name_f]) and [name_m]Wayne[/name_m], but I just don’t like [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]. Other than that, I just tend to like short, classic, bouncy first names and longer middles for boys, and (generally) longer, classic first names and a bit more surprising middles with cute nicknames for girls.
I can think of several in my family~
My mother’s family had a tradition that the middle name of the oldest daughter was always [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]~
My great grandmothr- [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] (she only went by [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] until the day she passed
My grandmother- [name_f]Susan[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
My mother- [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
My mom broke the tradition with my oldest sister lmao (and then me and my half brother both got family names anyway, though not [name_f]Ellen[/name_f],lol. My aunt’s kids a both boys, but my uncle also stepped away from the [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] thing with his daughter.
My Dad’s family might be trying to institute a [name_u]James[/name_u] traditions
Dad- [name_m]Vincenzo[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
Nephew (sister’s kid)- [name_u]Hayden[/name_u] [name_u]Bentley[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
Idk what my other family members middle names from this family are because I do not have contact with Dad’s family outside of Fb for a few of them and one aunt who I knew for a few months at 13.
Also, I have two cousins named [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], two named [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], and at least one who’s middle name is [name_m]Joseph[/name_m].
My family has all very traditional names aka [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]…etc. for girls and [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] and [name_m]Charles[/name_m] etc. for boys. I will keep to tradition because I’m not a trendy/fab type like [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_m]Colt[/name_m] or [name_m]Asher[/name_m].
I really like your “V” traditions. Some might be [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], or [name_f]Evanna[/name_f]. I also love [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] for an [name_f]Ada[/name_f] nn. Good luck!
I don’t know about any tranditions as such, but there are some interesting coincidences. There are several women in my mum’s family tree with the middle name [name_f]Ann[/name_f], including her and my grandma. Also my mum and grandma have very similar names - [name_u]Julie[/name_u] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] and [name_f]Judith[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] - and [name_m]Ive[/name_m] considered doing something similar if I had a daughter ([name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] and Ha- [name_f]Grace[/name_f]).
We don’t have any family traditions, but I would like to honor family. I like children named after the opposite sex parent, I think it’s a lot sweeter than dad just giving his name to his son. I think traditions can be nice, as long as there isn’t pressure for family members to continue traditions they don’t like or drama if they decide not to continue.
We don’t have any family traditions, but I would like to honor family. I like children named after the opposite sex parent, I think it’s a lot sweeter than dad just giving his name to his son. I think traditions can be nice, as long as there isn’t pressure for family members to continue traditions they don’t like or drama if they decide not to continue.
@evelinrose My mom’s name is [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] lol.
The only “traditions” I can think of is the name [name_m]Alan[/name_m]/[name_m]Allen[/name_m] being passed down through generations. My great grandfather, grandfather, uncle, and brother all have it as a middle name.
My mother used all “A” middle names for us kids and my sister originally started carrying it on but they decided to honor her husbands grandmother for their 2nd child instead.
Kind of a tradition I guess. Most of my paternal family (including me) have Arabic names. They (excluding me) are Muslim, so the origin is significant. I don’t think I’ll be carrying it on since I only like a few names, and they haven’t made it into my top combos. I do have plenty of cousins who I’m sure will.
And for the record I think [name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] is gorgeous as it is and doesn’t need a longer alternative. [name_f]Ada[/name_f]'s a wonderful full name! I also love Evanthia, as [name_f]Evanthe[/name_f] was my second favourite name for a girl for a long while, and [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] is so handsome.
There aren’t any naming traditions in my family. I’m glad. I’m such a tradition-oriented person that I would probably feel obligated to follow the tradition with my children’s names even if I didn’t like it. I do plan to pass down family surnames in the middle name spot for my kids.
My mom’s name is [name_f]Alma[/name_f] and she has a younger sister named [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and two older sisters named [name_f]Lotus[/name_f] and [name_f]Lily[/name_f].
I thought the A and L initials were done purposely but I doubt it. I think it was just coincidental.
My sister’s name is [name_f]Alma[/name_f] and both of her daughters’ first names begin with [name_m]Al[/name_m] and middles with Ma.
[name_f]Alia[/name_f] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] & [name_f]Alfa[/name_f] [name_f]Madelief[/name_f]
My sister is named after my mother, my brother is named after my father and my little sister is named after both our grandmothers. I’m named after no one.
My family does not have traditions, but I loved what my friends’ family did. The women carry the name [name_f]Aileen[/name_f], and the name [name_m]Wayne[/name_m] runs through the men.
In your case, I think V names are fun, but if you carry this as a tradition, will anyone notice that is what you are doing? It does not sound like the V has any particular purpose, it just kind of happened.
I do love that you want to name your little one after your grandmother. [name_f]Constance[/name_f] is a lovely name.
As for [name_f]Ada[/name_f], if you love it, go with it. For one thing, if she cares all that much, she can go by her middle name. I started going by my middle name when I was 13 and that came with a host of nicknames.
On the other hand, now I have all kinds of confusion because I have multiple names, depending on the stage of my life a person entered at. It would have been much simpler not to change it, so I would encourage a future daughter of yours to stick with what she gets.
I feel I have a lot of traditions my family, and wish I didn’t. It would be a lot easier.
Firstly theres been at least one [name_f]Teresa[/name_f] (first or middle) for six generations until mine, so I feel I have to honour that.
On the same side there is a tradition of the middle [name_u]Angel[/name_u], after the surname of the woman who started the tradition.
On my mums fathers side theres a tradition of Elizabeths, after a woman actually called [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], though people didn’t realise till after she died. If I went with that, I would just go with [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
If I used these names from my mothers side, I would have to honour the other side too. e.g. [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Dora[/name_f], [name_m]Nash[/name_m], [name_f]Polly[/name_f] (from Pollett)
In my maternal grandmother and maternal grandfathers family lines there has been a tradition of [name_f]Carla[/name_f]'s and [name_m]Carl[/name_m]'s for over 8 generations. I would love to carry that on but being a [name_f]Carla[/name_f] myself I wouldn’t want it to seem like I’m calling them after myself! Therefore I’m considering using it in the middle spot or calling the child by their middle for example, [name_m]Carl[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] called [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] / [name_u]Freddie[/name_u].
Among me and my siblings, we all have my mothers maiden name as a middle. I always wanted a proper middle name as it feels like a second surname so I’ll probably compensate by giving my kids way too many!
As for [name_f]Ada[/name_f] - [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
I have three naming tradition in my family, but one doesn’t really count as it was an accident
On my dad’s side of the family, all the guys are named [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (in either first or middle). I definetly wouldn’t name a [name_m]Son[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], but I might name a Daughter a feminine version of it
On my mum’s side, all the first born boys are named [name_m]Gordon[/name_m], but no boys have been born on that side with my grandfather’s surname since my grandfather. I’m the last in my family with his surname, and I’m not a fan of the name, so I guess that one will be dying with him.
The accidental one is that all the first born’s of my generation on my mum’s side are named after Scottish Islands ([name_f]Iona[/name_f], [name_m]Lewis[/name_m] and [name_m]Arran[/name_m]). I like this one, but I don’t know if I’ll use it.
On my mom’s side, [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] has been used for at least one boy for over 6 generations. I wanted to honor that, but I don’t like any [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] nicknames so I used it as a second middle.
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] is a more recent tradition: It’s my mom’s middle, my middle, and my daughter’s second middle.
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] is one on my husband’s side, either as [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] or [name_m]Arturo[/name_m]. We’ll be using that with the next boy.
We’ll be using the second middle spot with all our kids for family names, although the others will be more honor names rather than traditions.
The only family names that I’d care to use are [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_f]Susanne[/name_f] (for [name_f]Sue[/name_f]) and [name_m]Wayne[/name_m], but I just don’t like [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]. Other than that, I just tend to like short, classic, bouncy first names and longer middles for boys, and (generally) longer, classic first names and a bit more surprising middles with cute nicknames for girls.