Naming trends/traditions

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about naming tradtions/trends lately... and in my family there really isnt any. 

For awhile on my dad's side what they did with baby boys was give them a name, of their own, then for middle names they would have their father's and paternal grandfather's name so there's:
Ryan John Gerritt
Jason Peter Gerritt
Derek John Bernard
and after that the trend sorta died but it was almost revived with my little cousin who was named William Gerritt (after both the grandfathers)

My mom sort of did the same thing with me: i was named Jennifer after my Grandmother (Jenny-her original dutch name was Jantje) and then she wanted to name me after herself but 'Jennifer Joanne' doesnt have a nice ring to it so she kep the 'anne' and Jennifer Rose-Anne I became.

In my friend's family her parents gave both their kids the same initials as they have, so the parents names are June and Edward (Ted)  and then they gave the kids their middle names so they are Jennifer Mary and Eric Wade.

What are some naming tradtions your family has?

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[arbus.livejournal.com]

my mothers middle name is marie, after her mother, whos name was mary. and my middle name is marie also. im planning on using marie as a middle name for a daughter someday.

my brother and i both like to make middle names have some kind of meaning, his daughters middle name is the same as her mothers middle name, and his sons middle name is our maternal grandmothers maiden name. i will be using marie, like i said, and also various other maiden names / first names of very close family members that my fiance and i have lost. i guess that really isnt a tradition. so the middle name marie is the only (unspoken) tradition really.

my brother is a junior, which isnt any kind of tradition.