Calling baby after someone?

I named my baby after my dad and my fiancés dad (they have the same name so does my fiancé) I feel like it’s a way to honor them

I'm sorry about your brother. :'( Personally, I wouldn't use it as a first name, but would put it as a middle name.

I named my son after my uncle who passed. I personally think it’s so special to carry on a name of someone who was important to you. It makes me think of my uncle more often and all the sweet memories rather than replacing them!

My son has my grandads name as his middle name (he passed when I was 6) and my partner's dad name (hes still alive but he wanted to honour his dad too) as his other middle name.

Whilst I think its a lovely way to honour your brother, I would personally use it as a middle name. I love my father in law and my grandad but neither one of their names sounded right as a first name for my son x

My oldest daughter is named after my MIL who died, her grandma.

i can see it from both sides - could you compromise by using a name that is a diminutive of your brother's name, so that you still have that association to honour him but it's not the exact same name, so that your kids still feel that their uncle's a me is connected to him? obvs it depends on his name, but as an example, if it was Edward, you could call your son Ned, Teddy, Edgar, etc - so both your new baby and your brother have their own individual identity but still have the connection, just that the tribute is more subtle. 💙

My brother passed away in 2021 and I gave him his name as his middle name

My daughter is named after my grandma who passed away when I was 13

I think it’s fine a lot of traditions use family names or the letter of a family member to honor that person either after they’re dead or even while they’re still alive

I think it'd be fine to use again, but I can see it's hard now your other kids have said that too...

What about Jason?
Or could call the baby James but use a different nickname for the baby e.g. JP, JC, JD using first and middle initials?
Though if they more knew your brother as Jay or Jamie, maybe James won't really feel like his name/identity to them, and you can still talk about your brother using the other names.

I would agree with middle name over first name. I named my daughter after my grandmother (it's also one of my sister's middle names). She was a very important member of our family and although I don't regret it as such, I will warn you that when she was first born, I found it really hard to say her name because every time I said it out loud or heard her name spoken that I hadn't heard anyone else called since my grandmother, it really was bitter sweet and was almost painful to speak her name for someone else. I just called her "the baby" for about 2 months 🤣 she is 6 now and it's not so bad and it really suits her but there is always a twinge of underlying sadness from grief that will never heal and I thought giving my daughter her name would heal it but it wasn't as I hoped. It does keep her memory alive though ❤️

My son is named after my grandad and I love it. I had told him his great grandad had his name and he asks loads of questions. I love that he asks and speak about him. I tell him stories and now he can tell me them and speaks about his grandad, defo makes me cry at times.

If your brother had a nickname, try using that as baby's name. Otherwise go for it as middle name.
We have used alot of family names as middle names. My sister has my grandmothers maiden name as a middle name, I have my both grandmothers middle names as middle names. My nephew has my grandfather's middle name (but he went by it) as his middle name, my niece has my mum's middle name as her middle name. My son's, one has his grandmother's maiden name as his middle name and my other one has his great grandfathers first names as his middle names. Currently expecting a little girl as she will have a shorter version of her grandmothers name as her middle name and were trying to figure out another middle for her which I have thought about a shorter version of my grandmothers name as well

We named my middle son after my Grandad who passed away, BUT, his name was Alfred, we were gunna go with Alfie, but it’s so common now we decided to go with Avery, which is derived from the English name Alfred 😌

I'd use the name, personally, but as a middle name.

I read that his name was James, but that he went by Jaime, so using James could work as technically he was Jamie.

Could you use his middle name or use James as a middle name?

What about Ames?

I'm so sorry for your loss and congratulations on bubba x

French: Jacques
German: Jakob
Italian: Giacomo
Spanish: Jaime, Jacobo, Diego, or Santiago
Portuguese: Tiago, Iago, or Jaime
Irish: Séamas
Dutch: Jakob or Sjaak
Scottish: Hamish or Jamie
Japanese: ジェームス (Jēmusu)
Korean: 제임스 (Jeimseu)
Arabic: Yakub