[name_m]How[/name_m] do you all feel about repeating names that have already been used in families? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any repeats in your extended family?
The only one I have in mine is through marriage; my nan has a brother called [name_u]Tony[/name_u], and married a [name_u]Tony[/name_u]. But no one has ever passed a name down, other than for a middle name. I guess if its honouring someone it would be okay, providing there is a gap between generations. I kind of like it when fathers and sons have the same name too.
My bio dad was [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] XVIII - he goes as [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m]. My oldest brother was [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] XIX - he went as [name_u]James[/name_u]. My nephew is [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] XX and he goes by [name_m]Junior[/name_m]. My nephew’s son is called [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] XXI and he goes as J.P. So it just keeps on going it’s been like this for decades in the family. I think it’s nice but it got confusing as kids when my Granddad was around too.
My dad and grandad have the same first name, and live in the same house, which makes sorting out letters quite confusing lol. Plus it also happens to be my middle name. One of my cousins has the male version of my name, and all the girls names end in ‘a’ and sound quite similar; it’s no wonder we get called the wrong names sometimes :p.
My grandma is [name_f]Angela[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f], her sister was [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Jean[/name_u]. My mother is a [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f], and my aunts are [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Theresa[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]. My eldest sister is [name_f]Maria[/name_f], and the sister above me is [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]. I am a [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f]. My great-grandfather was a [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] {his father was [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]}, my granddad was a [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m]. My uncles are [name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], and [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]. My brother is [name_m]Stephen[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], and my dad’s name is [name_m]Stephen[/name_m]. It may have to do with a shortage of family names, but it’s also Catholic tradition.
In my friend’s family, there are a ton of repeating names. For example:
Her older sister has her aunt’s middle name as her middle name
Her brother has her grandfather’s name as his middle name
She has her grandmother’s name as her middle name
Her oldest niece’s name is the female variation of her brother’s name
Her other niece is a variation of her name (think [name_f]Katie[/name_f]/[name_f]Kate[/name_f])
Her youngest niece’s name is the second half of her (nieces’s) mother’s name (think [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]/[name_f]Dora[/name_f])
And finally, her nephew’s middle name is her dad’s middle name
And now by marriage, her husband, FIL, GFIL, and so far back to ten generations of men all have the same first name and initials J.R.V. so her first born son with be the J name with a middle name that begins with an R.
In my family:
~Both my dad and his brother named their sons after themselves (dad and brother are [name_m]Louis[/name_m], uncle and cousin are [name_m]Joseph[/name_m])
~3 or 4 (I can’t even remember) of my female cousins have the middle name [name_f]Marie[/name_f], my sister and a cousin have the mn [name_f]Nicole[/name_f], my brother and a cousin have the mn [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] (which happens to be my uncle’s name, as well as the feminine form of my mother and maternal grandmother’s name)
~My maternal grandmother and my mom, as well as a few other female relatives on that side have the mn [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
~My maternal grandmother and maternal grandfather had a son and daughter, and named them exactly after themselves
~My dad and older brother share the name of my paternal great-grandfather, and actually my dad’s dad too (well a form…dad is [name_m]Louis[/name_m], but grandpa’s dad is Italian and was [name_m]Luigi[/name_m]…my brother used [name_m]Luigi[/name_m] for one of his sons’ middle names)
~My niece’s middle name is the first name of one of my cousins
~My cousin and my brother-in-law are both named [name_u]Ryan[/name_u].
~My sister and my cousin have extremely similar names.
There are more cases that I cannot think of right now. Repeating names, similar names, juniors, honor names, and so on are very common in my family on all sides. It can be confusing but I kinda think it’s cool. At the same time, listing it all out like that makes me wonder if I really want to continue that with my own kids. It might be nice to continue it to an extent (maybe variations of names instead of the actual name) but I kinda want to break tradition.
We have a lot of repeating names in my family.
Both my grandfathers are [name_m]Robert[/name_m] and each have a [name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Jr[/name_m]. My mom’s dad went by Pops, his son went by [name_m]Robert[/name_m]. On my dads side, his father went by [name_m]Bob[/name_m] and my dad goes by [name_u]Bobby[/name_u]. My dad also has a son from a previous relationship named [name_m]Robert[/name_m] but he isn’t a junior.( I don’t know him well enough to know what he goes by). My two aunts also married or had children with men named [name_m]Robert[/name_m]. To keep them apart we go by last names a lot.
My family also repeats middle names. [name_f]Every[/name_f] girl on my dads side of the family has the middle name [name_f]Nicolette[/name_f]. My great grandmothers and grandmothers middle name were [name_f]Ann[/name_f] and there are many girls in my familythat have the middle name [name_f]Ann[/name_f]. My mothers middle name is [name_u]Lynn[/name_u] and I have the middle [name_u]Lynn[/name_u], and would really love my children to have [name_u]Lynn[/name_u] or a variant one day. We also have a few girls with the middle name [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. For the boys, My uncles named is [name_m]Eugene[/name_m] and every male family member born after him has the middle name [name_m]Eugene[/name_m].
My two cousins also both named their sons (about 6 months apart) [name_m]Jason[/name_m]. They have to be referred to as [name_m]Jason[/name_m] [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] or [name_m]Jason[/name_m] [name_u]Kyle[/name_u]. I also have two cousins named [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] spelled the same way.
All our family members are named after each other to be honest.
My mom’s grandpa was [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], her dad is [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m], her brother was [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]. Her brother never had kids, so the name did not continue.
My dad’s father was [name_u]Glen[/name_u] [name_m]Wood[/name_m] and my dad was born [name_u]Glen[/name_u] [name_u]Gary[/name_u], but had his name changed to [name_u]Gary[/name_u] [name_u]Glen[/name_u] because he was always called [name_u]Gary[/name_u]. My dad’s mother was [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and his sister was born [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], but changed her name to [name_f]Maggie[/name_f]. His mother’s mother was also [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (born [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]).
My dad’s grandpa and uncle were both [name_m]Walter[/name_m] (father and son). My dad’s brother and nephew were both [name_m]Samuel[/name_m].
My fiance’s brother is named [name_m]Felix[/name_m] after his grandfather. My fiance also has the middle name Nasario, which is his father’s name.
If we have a boy, he will be [name_m]Zenon[/name_m], after my fiance’s grandfather who passed away.
My brother is named [name_u]Brett[/name_u]; my cousin is married to a [name_u]Brett[/name_u]; another cousin is named [name_u]Brett[/name_u], whose son is also named [name_u]Brett[/name_u] (however, he goes by his middle name, [name_u]Rylan[/name_u]).
My family is pretty big. My grandma had ten kids, and they all have their own kids. Surprisingly, [name_u]Brett[/name_u] is the only name that is repeated as far as I know.
My grandad is called [name_u]Francis[/name_u] (insert middle name that I’ve forgotten) [name_m]Jr[/name_m], and his dad was [name_u]Francis[/name_u] (insert same middle name that I’ve forgotten) Sr. My cousin is called [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], and another cousin has a daughter called [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]. There are a lot of honour middle names in our family (all my cousins, my sisters, my dad and my uncle have honour MNs).