Is it weird to name your son the same name as your brother (his uncle)?
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@Emily thanks for the reply! Just to clarify, he wouldn’t be okay with having a nephew named after him?
No - sorry. I wanted to use my brothers middle name for our sons middle. It’s also my dads first name, but my husband isn’t okay with using my brothers middle name.
I think it would be snoring having to constantly clarify whether you’re talking about your son or your brother. What if you used your brothers name as your sons middle name
Personally I see no issue with it. What an honour for your brother! We had a friend who did this and surprisingly never really had people confused about who they were referring to when they said the name.
If it’s a name you love and you don’t think it’d be confusing then why not!
@Emily awe, what a bummer! It’s so hard when one of you loves a name and the other doesn’t. In this case my husband is the one who might want my brothers first name even more. I love it to but worry about it being odd/confusing to do. I love my brothers middle name as the first name (my number one pick), but my husband isn’t as in love with it 😔
No it’s not weird but you could also try to incorporate the name instead if you’re on the fence.
@Jessica thanks for the response! That is my biggest worry. Unfortunately, we will be doing middle name for my husbands family no matter what (they have a set tradition there), so just needing a first name
@Emily mine isn’t either but just because he doesn’t like my dad much or he doesn’t think he’s honorable enough. If they were close and someone he looked up to or whatever I think it would be different, like OP is expressing here.
@Emily love hearing that it has worked for some.. I keep seeing the trending videos online of people surprising their dad or brother by naming their son the same first name, which has got me thinking more about if it’s okay to do. I believe my brother would be honored and happy, so not worried about his reaction.
I mean people name their sons after the father and they live together most the time so I would say no difference there. I’m sure you’ll have nicknames for your boy that aren’t a spin off of the name. But my sons name is Zach and his dad’s name is Zach. Different middle names. We always say big and little. Big Zach or little Zach.
@Victoria I do worry about the confusing part, outside of using “Little X” and “Big X” lol (sorry not using the actual name on here because I love that it’s not trendy currently but it could easily be)
@Megan love that! Our sons middle name will be after my husbands family, so that’s not an option.. at least on this baby 😊
As a middle name I think it would be nice, my middle name is my aunty’s name. I think it could be too confusing to do it as a first name but obviously it’s up to you
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I'd use it as a middle name
My son is named after my brother but my brother passed away before I had my son I did ask my mum if she would be OK if we named him after my brother in his honour and she was fine with it If he was still alive I wouldn't have used the same name as I think it would be confusing
Nah. I think it is neat! My sister is named after my aunt. :)
I would go a head and name him the name you want since your husband is already picking the middle name 🤷♀️ ln my family we have a similar situation. And when in the same room we say lil John and big John ahha it’s adorable it also creates a bond between them
So we recycle names constantly in my family! My grandma and her mom even had the same first name. I have a cousins middle name. My niece has my grandma’s middle name. And it goes on. We want to name our first daughter after my husband’s grandma but decided to o something similar instead of exact. Using a different formal name for a common nickname for her name. Magnolia and Marguerite, with the link being Maggie :) Play around with nicknames or initials. I think it’s great that you want to honor your brother!
If he's not happy with having his nephew named after him what about having his name as little ones middle name. There's no limit to how many middle names you can have. My eldest daughter has three. My youngest daughter has four and my little girl I'm pregnant with will have three possibly four x
We had something similar in my family, but it was my uncle and his nephew through marriage. We called them big (name) and little (name) for clarification. Could you name him your brothers name, but then call him by his middle name?
My son is named after my brother. James, so we call my son Jamie. I still call my kid James a lot but my brother always calls him Jamie. They also come up with nicknames for eathother. My sons 10 right now and their nicknames are bot1 and bot2 right now 🤣🤣
I did! James and James. Uncle goes by Jamie, baby is Jay
@Danielle haha, snap. Brother James and son James.
@Harriet James is a great name for sure!!
If you and your husband love the name and you think your brother would love to be honoured... do it! I can guarantee someone whether it's you hubby your family friends will find a nickname or differentiating name so I wouldn't worry too much about that
My husband wouldn’t be okay with it