*sigh*

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When I was pregnant with my son, my boyfriend loved the name that I picked out for him (although, we switched the first and middle names around). His name is Alexander Phillip. Before we knew I was going to have a boy, we were set on the girl name of Savannah Rae. The name that I have ALWAYS wanted to name my little girl.

Now, I'm pregnant again (YAY!!!!!!!) and my boyfriend has totally scratched Savannah Rae off the list. I'm so highly irritated!

So now I have to fall in love with a different name (if I have a girl). And as for boy names, I want to let him choose the name. But he wants a "junior", and I don't. I always thought the name sake was supposed to be the first born son.

Thoughts??

And I've been reading lists of names. But I want every one to just give ONE girl name and one boy name (first and middle combos of course). What is your absolutely FAVORITEST name? No lists, no toss ups, number one pick only!

Comments

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I personally feel Junior is first born son. Do it any other way and you set your kid up for a complex. When people find out he has an older brother, the questions are going to start and he's going to feel like shit for the rest of his life.

It's been historically and culturally the first born son, because those were heirs to the family. A second born would never get the name unless something was WRONG with the first. :(

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Well, with my first born son was the fact that my dad didn't have and boys. We named him after my dad (Well, the middle name at least). I desperately wanted to carry on part of his name since he was a Junior himself and didn't have any boys to carry on the name.

I actually sometimes wish my son had my last name so the last name could carry on in our blood line as well. :(

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was never historically anything. It was different in each culture. As said in earlier comments, in many places it was the third son, because the first two were named after the paternal and maternal grandfathers respectively. Also, I don't really see why it would give the kid a complex. I actually know three guys who are second/third born sons who are Jrs. and none of them have complexes about it and nobody ever asks questions, it just is.

I guess I just don't see how it would make him feel like shit for the rest of his life. Granted, maybe he wouldn't like having the same name as his father (I can understand that), but for being the second born and still having the same name as his father? Yeah. I don't see the problem.

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The only problem *I* have with naming a second son after my boyfriend.... I don't like his name much.

His name is Michael Ryan - which would have been my name, oddly enough, if I had been a boy.

My best friend evarrrrrrrrrr's son's name is Ryan Michael. lol

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

That's understandable, and you should definitely veto it if you don't like it. I'm just saying that it wouldn't be a big deal if he's the second son and named after his father.

I actually love the name Michael Ryan (or Ryan Michael, which is my best friend's name, oddly enough), but I can definitely understand not liking it, and I'm not, in general, a huge fan of Jr. names anyway.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't think it was weird if I met a second son who was a junior. Big deal. Do you really think people are going to be like, "Oh ... you're the SECOND son? Well, what on earth is THAT all about? Your parents really screwed up there! You should be ashamed!" Why would he feel like shit for the rest of his life? That makes no sense at all. And it hasn't been historically and culturally the first born son to get the father's name. First sons were just as often, or more often, named after grandfathers, or named their mother's maiden name.