I’ve always liked the idea of honoring my parents by using their middle names as my children’s middle names ([name]Colten[/name] [name]Anderson[/name] and [name]Winston[/name] [name]Conley[/name]). I’d also like to use my great grandmother’s name as a name for my daughter. What is your opinion on using relatives names/middle names?
I think using family names as middles is great. I don’t like using the same first name of a relative that’s using it, so this seems like a perfect way to honor your loved ones and still avoid confusion and give your children their own identities.
I love the notion of using family names. [ But myself I wouldn’t use their middle names, most of my ancestors’ middle names were filler names or names that sound unpleasant to the ear… there are a few exceptions of course. ] My general rule of thumb is that if the relative is deceased, then it’s fine to use the name as a first name, if they are still living I’d definitely put the name in the middle name slot to avoid confusion.
I named my daughter after my mom, if I had had a son instead, I would have given him my father’s name as his middle name.
I love the idea of honoring your family by using parts of their names for your children. I think if you really love your grandmothers mn and you wanted to use it as a fn that would be just as cool as using her mn as a mn or her fn as a mn. I think the most important part is the whole concept of honoring them. My personal preference is too use the name as it originally was used or the masculine/feminine form of it instead of altering the spelling or using only the meaning of the name, ect. But that is really a personal preference and I think might be a great alternative you you really wanted to honor someone but really hated their name.
I like my children to have family names. My first daughter’s middle name is [name]Renee[/name] which is my sister’s middle name. My second daughter’s first name is [name]Delaney[/name] which honors my dad through the -lane part (his name wasn’t very amenable to being honored by a girl so had to be a bit more creative, I decided I didn’t want to wait on the [name]CHANCE[/name] we may have a boy in the future to name [name]Lane[/name]). I found that I prefer having the first name honor the person when possible. I say when possible because there are two people who to agree on the name and that is hard to accomplish!
Edited to add this whole “filler name” that you’ll hear on here is just nonsense to me.