Family names

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

Just wondering if anyone has any 'family names' or reoccurring names.

In my family, the name is Elizabeth. I can only track its starting point to my great great grandmother of the same name who went by 'Lily'(which leads me to think she may not have been the starting point). Since then Elizabeth has been used as either a first or middle name for a female child of every sibset.

My middle name is Elizabeth and I share it with 3 cousins and a niece. I have a cousin with the first name Elizabeth and my grandmother's name was also Elizabeth. My grandmother did not give the name to my mom for whatever reason but for the generations after her it is going strong.

So, what are your family names?

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Otto repeats a lot; it's my great-grandfather's middle name, my grandfather's first name, and my cousin's first name. We don't know a lot about my dad's family past his grandparents, but it's quite a popular name in Denmark, where the rest of his family still lives, so I'm sure there are more, too.

Paul repeats a lot, too - my mom's brother's middle name, my dad's brother's first name, and my brother's middle name.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

My name is Louise which is my mothers middle name and also my cousins middle name. But that's all I know. My partner is Jr though (John after his father).

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

Joseph. My grandfather is Joseph Bernard - his son is Stephen Joseph - his son is Jason Jospeh - his son is Joseph Michael Another grandson to Joseph Bernard is Joseph Raymond, and he has a son named Hunter Joseph.

In a separate branch of the family tree, my grandmother's sister, Doris, married a man named Joseph - they had a son named Joseph, who had a son named Joseph. Another of the eldest Joseph's sons, David, named his son Joseph.

And then Richard... in a third branch of the tree, my grandmother had a brother named Richard Ignatius, who had a son named Richard Ignatius, who had a son named Richard Ignatius. Eldest Richard also had a daughter named Mary Catherine (nn Cassie) who has a son named Richard - I'm uncertain of his middle name.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

Richard Ignatius sounds so distinguished!

I guess calling to dinner at family gatherings must be pretty easy with all those Josephs :P

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

Alexander Louis is a lovely name. I really like the name Louis but I dont think my husband would go for it in a million years.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I've actually never met an Otto but I rather like the name :)

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

John repeats quite often in my family but I prefer James

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Just Ann as a middle name

[djador.livejournal.com]

The first born on my father's side is always named Robert. My Dad and my brother both go by their middle names and my grandfather goes by Bob. Before that I don't know what people went by.

It's also a tradition for the Robert to have their mother's maiden name as their middle name. Like my grandpa is Robert Henderson. But my Grandparents broke the tradition with my dad because his name would have been Robert Brown Gray. =P

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I really like the name, too:) I'm considering using it as a middle name. I like the sound of Brendan Otto.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

Girl:
Elizabeth (often paired with Anne, be it Anne Elizabeth or, more commonly, Elizabeth Anne)
Anne
Louise
Jo

Boy:
William
Edward
Reed
Robert
Eugene

[applesnpairs.livejournal.com]

I have five living Williams in my family. Two on my mom's side, and the other three are my grandfather, father, and younger brother. They all have different middle names because they did not want any juniors in the family.

Also the name Elaine is repeated, first or middle name every other generation. My middle name is Elaine, mother's first name, grandmother's middle name, great-grandmothers first name, etc.

[happysaid.livejournal.com]

On my mom's side, they alternate between Marie & Nicole for middle names for all the girls (Jessica Marie, Ciara Nicole, Abbie Marie, Michelle Nicole, Anna Marie...). I don't know about my cousins, but it'll be ending with me if I ever have girls as I'm not crazy for either name and as far as I know, there's not really a reason for the pattern.

[iamsurrealism.livejournal.com]

On my mom's side, Margaret is used quite often.
On my dad's side, Robert is fairly common.

[mizsfrankie.livejournal.com]

Great Grandmothers name is Barbara, My aunts named after her.
Great Grandfathers name is Leo, my uncle is named after him
Great Grandfathers middle name is Paul, My uncle leo's middle name is Paul, and my great uncle's name if Paul
My great aunts name is Janice, my sisters middle name is Janice
My grandmothers name is Linda, One of my middle names is Linda and my other is Barbara.
My mother's fathers name is Victor, she is named after him, Victoria.
My Grandfather (on my dads side) Name is Francesco (nicknamed franco), Im named after him, Francesca (nicknamed Frankie)
My cousin's are Sonny,Sicily,Gina and Laura (Sonny after his fathers late brother) (Sicily after where we're from)

Im sure theyre are more, I cant remember what my mom,aunt and some other family memebers middle names are.. but i know there are TONS

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

On my mom's side of the family, there are a lot of Patricks (and Patrick Josephs).

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

lol I've heard so many stories of friends and relatives 'stealing' a name that someone else wanted to use. kudos to your mom for still using the name though :)

Btw, I love love love your icon

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I like Ann, but spelled Anne, because it reminds me of Anne of Green Gables and how adamant she was about it being spelled with an 'e' :P

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

hehe I actually found out that Ann is an Irish name, for both genders, so a different name from Anne/Anna :) luckily because I really don't like Anna.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I've heard of the mother's maiden name-middle name tradition before and sometimes it does work out well, I dont like my maiden name enough to saddle a child with it, lol it's long and hyphenated and all around yucky haha

I'm not a fan of the name Robert, its my brother's name and I have a few friends with the name as well. I think its the bob/rob nn that gets me

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I like the name Francesca and all the names that I like for a girl seem to be 3 or 4 syllables so I have a question for you if you dont mind

My sister in law tells me to pick an easy/short name so that the child wont have trouble learning to write it down. Did you have a problem that you remember? And did you mostly go by your nn or full name in school?

My name is Amy which is horribly short and I dream of a daughter with a long elegant name lol

[mizsfrankie.livejournal.com]

I mostly went by my nickname in school, although from jk- to grade grade 2 I went to a strict catholic school, they made me write "Francesca" on all my work, and I really dont remember ever having a problem with the spelling.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

thanks :)

[title-track-1.livejournal.com]

Claire.
Mine and 3 other cousins middle names.
My grandmothers middle name and my mother and aunts confirmation name.

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

in my family nobody really sticks to a tradition like that.. the only names i can think of that have occured at least twice are:

Laura
Lucille
Gretchen
Wayne
Tom/Tommy (ugh.. i hate nicknames as real names.)

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I love my family names!
Katherine
Paige
Jane
Gwyneth
Anne
Nicholas
Wallace
Irvin
Bruce

(Paige is the one re-used most often.)I got lucky, I know :)

[easter.livejournal.com]

Peter, George, and Dorothea Cecelia.

Peter is also my fiance, and he doesn't want a "junior." If he had a more Anglicized last name I'd go with Geordie, (Jordy) which is Scots Gaelic for George, but it would sound silly with our last name and I don't like George on its own. And Dorothea Cecelia will not be happening! MAYBE Cecelia as a middle name.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I don't have any in my family.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I love the name Peter and I had never heard of Geordie before but I like it as well.

Dorothea is kind of dated now, but I like Cecelia and I love Celia

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

In a way thats lucky for you because you wont have to worry about keeping the family happy. In my family, everyone would be ok if I had a daughter and didn't add the Elizabeth in there but I know some families are more touchy about it.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

In my family, middle names tend to be Lynn(e) or Ann(e), with Robert as a first name or middle name for the guys.

[chibiaichan.livejournal.com]

William James.
My grandpa's name (without the James.. )
My dad
and my brother =)

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Mary Louise is a repetitive one on my mother's side; that I know of, there was my grandmother, her grandmother, and several aunts and great aunts of my grandmother's. My grandmother went by Mary, and one of her great-aunts went by Maeta. I don't know what the others went by.

I'd love to name a daughter Mary Louise to carry on the tradition, but at the same time...I don't particularly care for either name on their own merits. So instead, I'm considering using Maeta as a middle name if I have a girl.

On my father's side, the name Jack has come up a few times. I'm not sure how much it was used in the past, since my grandfather died without giving any of us a detailed family tree (and I haven't gone through public records looking), but it was used three generations in a row, at least. My brother very much wanted to carry it on to a fourth, but he had only girls, and I don't really plan to use it.

On my husband's side, there were two Henry's in a row on his mother's side, and I think there was one a couple generations before that. Gibson is a somewhat unusual one that's come up a few times, again on his mother's side; it was the elder Henry's middle name, had been used once before that, is my husband's cousin's first name, and another cousin's baby's middle name. The only repetition I know of on his father's side is John; it's his first name and my father-in-law's middle name.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm Elizabeth Ann! But (contrary to my Aunt Betty's belief) I was not named after anyone. I have always desired an e to dignify my Ann. Maybe I'll legally change it at some point.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I, too, want an e after my middle name (Lynn). I've always thought Lynne looks better than Lynn.

[batting0.livejournal.com]

In my family, there's just a small one--My dad's middle name is Lee, and he passed it to my youngest sister, who plans on passing it on to her child one day too.

But, in my best friends family they pass Edwin/Edwina down. It goes back at least 6 generations, and her family broke the general tradition by naming her Erin instead of Edwina. She is supposed to pass on an 'E' name to any child, though, to continue the tradition...

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

It does! But when you call them The Three Dicks, as we did, it's less distinguished :)

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

Oh, and my grandparents are Joseph and Ann, and my mother's name is Joann. I think that's cute :)

Also, lots of Mary's in the Richard Ignatius branch of the tree - Mary Catherine, Mary Patricia, Anne Marie are all sisters who go by Cassie, Patty and Annie, respectively.