Question

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Why are babies so often given names "in honour" of the father (whether it's a first or middle name), and almost never the mother, who, let's face it, usually does most of the work of parenting?

I find this bizarre and unfortunate. 



Especially since two people I've known who have named their children "in honour of" the father ended up being single moms with dads who pretty much walked out on them - I know that's not always predictable, but it's ironic nonetheless.

Comments

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

I was actually wondering something of the same recently.

My 38 year old uncle and his 43 year old wife had their first child together (each with children of their own from previous relationships). Anyways, this guy is the biggest douche of our entire family. Huge macho, egotistical man who says that all the other males of the family (the nephews and his youngest brother) are "bringing shame to the family name". Of course, he never mentions how he used to be the school drug dealer, grow pot and stuff in my grandparents house, use his family for money, beat his younger siblings, or have his best friend rape my aunt (the youngest sister).

Want to know how hes "preserving the honor" of our family name? By naming his new born son NOT Junior. Oh no, that would be beneath him. Nope, this poor kid is saddled with the audastic name of Edward the II........seriously. Its left our family saying, "WTF??"