Naming little girls after their mothers.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

I'm watching Intervention, and it sparked a question in my mind.

Often, we see little boys named after their fathers, and it is never questioned. What are your feelings on naming little girls after their mothers?

For instance, in this family on the show, the woman who is being interventioned-on, her name is Marie. Her mother's name is also Marie. She named one of her daughter's Clorinda. That daughter named her little girl Clorinda.

For some reason, it scrambles my brain a bit to see girls named after their mothers, and I don't know why! And yet, my middle child is named (first name) after his Father (different middle names, my exhusband is Christopher Paul, my child is Christopher Thomas Paul), and that doesn't seem odd to me at all.

ETA: To clear up any mix up, I meant solely referring to first names, not middle names! :)

Comments

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Well, my personal opinion on naming people after someone else is - I'm not for it. I like everyone to have their own name. I understand wanting to honor someone, but it's just not for me. I'd never name my son after his father because his father's name is his father's name, and he gets his own.
As for other people doing it though, it doesn't feel any different to me for a daughter to be named after her mom than a son named after his father. Or a son named after his mom or a daughter named after her father, ie, Daniel/Danielle, etc...
And I have no problem with other people doing it, it's just not for me.