Naming after a grandparent

Personally I think middle names are great. Still honors the person but gives the child their own identity. Otherwise they can feel they are always living up to someone and when that person passes it can also be even harder.

We use a lot of family names. I love it. I'm named after my grandmother (my husband is also named after his grandfather) and it feels like such a special thing. We're also incredibly close, not just because of the naming (obviously lol) but I do feel like it's just a nice way to honor someone you love.
Also, just because it was mentioned above, I have never felt like I didn't have my own identity just because I share a name with someone nor have I ever felt like I needed to live up to her. Just my personal opinion.

My husband was named after one of his mother’s boyfriend who passed away in a fire.

My first born son is named after my husband.

My boys middle names is after a family member too.

My first has Michael as a middle name after my grandad and this baby will either have Jaqueline after my Nan or Peter after my other grandad

I absolutely love Christopher! I think it’s a gorgeous, strong classic name.

I also love the old fashioned nickname of Kit that Christopher has!

My baby has my mothers name as her middle name. Its maybe not the coolest or most beautiful name . But she passed away when I was a child and it means a lot to me that she is involved somehow with my baby and honoured 😍 when one day my baby will wonder where her middle name came from and I can tell her all about her grandma. I think it’s beautiful and special . I am also named after my grandmas middle name . My brothers first name is after my mums dad . And if you love the name Christopher why not ? 😍😍

Personally, I love using family names but have and would continue to use family names as middle names!

I say whatever name you like go for it my daughter is getting my grandmother's name however it's not because she's my grandma I just really like the name and think it's pretty

Both my little girl middle names are after family, leonora was my great grandma 1st name, my nans middle name and my middle name and mae is my other great grandma first name it is also spelt the same way mum is in portuguese which is a dedication to my mil who is portuguese i think its beautiful to name a child after someone you love dearly and doesnt matter if first name or middle name or spelt a different way

My middle name was my grandmother's name, who I don't have a particularly good relationship with. I ended up changing my middle name to my other grandmother's middle name. That said, my sons middle name is my dad's name. He was born after he passed away.

Both of my names are family names

My sons name is Tobias Matthew (Tobias is from my moms side and Matthew is my dad)
My 2nd son is Brantley Craig (Craig is my grandfather, idk where his bio dad got Brantley )
My 3rd son is Wyatt Andrew (same thing idk where his bio dad got Wyatt and Andrew was my dads brothers name)

Christopher is a lovely name. I have a Christopher Lawson and he is almost 3 years old now. He too was named after an important person in me and husband's life and it is perfect.