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

[primarycolor.livejournal.com]

my first son will be named after his grandfather, uncle and step-uncle. john is the family name on one side. :)

but my second son will be named after his grandMOTHER :) Thomas. My mom was named Tommi because my grandpa was soooooo obsessed with having 3 boys and 3 girls when he had a 4th girl and only had two sons - he named his girl Tommi Gaye