A cousin of mine was just born last February. His name is Felix Gerard which is taken from his 2 grandfathers. Felix is from the grandfather's name of the daddy's side. And Gerard is from the grandfather's name on the mommy's side. Does anyone else do this kind of naming their children?

I asked my uncle why he named his son like that. He answered that through their child, he and his wife would always remember their fathers. Because without their fathers, both of them will not be here today.

I think that is really sweet.

I have middle names for my children that are family names. Each child's middle name is for someone in the family. And when we were choosing names, we had a middle name before first names because of it.

I don't think you should name your kids after someone else. Let them be their own person.
But names are so personal to everyone, using family names or not, its your choice.

We didn't name the last one til we saw him. We let him tell us his name so to speak.

I think it's wonderful to honor a person and child with a shared name. And honestly, good luck not naming your child after someone else. You could always find a name noone else has ever had and let your child be their own person (not to mention the laughing stock of their peers), but I honestly fail to see how sharing a name means your person is a carbon copy of another person.

Thats a rather traditional way of naming your kids, at least thats what my parents told me. When my mom miscarried in the 5th month they named my baby brother for my two grandparents. Earl for my paternal grandfather and Richard for my maternal grandfather. But I kind of agree its a bit much to hang on a kid. I mean a wee thing at 8lbs or less with a name like Earl Richard is just kind of awkward. Buts its nice to include tradition for the middle names sometimes. My middle name is Marie for my maternal grandmother Mary, which is used alot in that branch because they are Roman Catholic. My husband and I like the idea of using a family name for the middle and picking our own first name. Its kind of like the something borrowed when you get married. A tie to the past and where you came from.

I think a lot of it would depend on the names themselves. A lot of older names are considered out dated today. They will probably be back in style within the next generation or so, but for now they could cause problems with the other children.

I think a lot of it would depend on the names themselves. A lot of older names are considered out dated today. They will probably be back in style within the next generation or so, but for now they could cause problems with the other children.

I think you are correct on saying that names go old and on the next generation, it might be popular again. Let's say for example the name Harry. I think its popular to name a baby boy Harry because Harry Potter is very much popular today.

Back to topic, I think it all depends on the parents what they want to call their child. Anyway, the child could do nothing to change his name until he is old enough to go to an attorney to change his/her name.

We (I) named our daughter after (what I considered) a very brave woman who impressed me when I was about 15years old (actuallly her future father and I saw a movie about her together) Corrie TenBoom. (no I just named her Cori-not Ten Boom :)), Middle name was something we just thought went well with it Rae. Our son we were going to name Caleb until my last month when for no apparent reason (none in the family and this was 27 years ago) his 2year old sister started calling her Uncle Jim, Uncle Jake, and we that hey, we like that name so Jacob it was, guess his sister kind of named him and gave him Daddy's middle name (Joseph).

I said ''I'' above because I'm a firm believer in Mama have full ''baby name veto rights''. Hate to tell you what my name would've been or either of our childrens if the daddy made the call. ha ha

My aunt always said she would never name a child after anyone (except her husband), or they were dead because she was afraid she'd get mad at that person later in life ! ha ha I've never felt that was though! I have thought many times if I could've went back and changed their names, I probably would have. And named them after people in the family.

I personally think if you're going to give them a person's name of the past / family member, keep the name in the same area of names that you hear in your neighbourhood. In today's society (sort of thing), you don't hear a lot of male babies being called Bobby-Joe, or Gerald, and females being called, Betty-Ann, or even Betty for that manner. It's a different generation.

I guess we should give another name that is not from the grandparents name. Although the name will pass on through the family, its seems like there is no uniqueness on the child's name. Even though how good the grandparents of our babies, we should give names that is unique.