Ditto, except that I'm more of a hard-ass about it and think going beyond #1 or mabye #4 is a stretch.
Personally I find, "this baby is named after you but I hate your name so I used this completely vague relation of a name instead" to be a pretty empty gesture. Either it's a namesake or not imo.
Other ways to honor someone in a name is by using a name they like, a name that has meaning to them (his favorite athlete/artist/author etc), a place name/noun name that ties you two together... something creative along those lines.
But calling Claire an Eric namesake... it doesn't really make sense to me sorry.
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Date: 2005-11-02 05:28 pm (UTC)Personally I find, "this baby is named after you but I hate your name so I used this completely vague relation of a name instead" to be a pretty empty gesture. Either it's a namesake or not imo.
Other ways to honor someone in a name is by using a name they like, a name that has meaning to them (his favorite athlete/artist/author etc), a place name/noun name that ties you two together... something creative along those lines.
But calling Claire an Eric namesake... it doesn't really make sense to me sorry.