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CouponKT
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Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
I need your feedback!!
With  on the way, we are trying to decide if we want to name him Raymond John IV, or go with a "regular" name.
I like the idea behind having a 4th generation name, but there are so many reasons to be opposed to it; credit/financial issues, etc.
Give me whatever feedback you have - I need to hear it! Thanks!
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jprimrose
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
My nephew is the IV. I think it is fine. I think it is actually kind of cool. I really like names that are part of a family tradition. I guess that is why my son was named after my DH. 
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:46 PM |
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Disneygirl
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Me personally I'm not a big fan of two people in the same house having the same name. Too much confusion not to mention I hate when the child gets stuck with the name Junior.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:49 PM |
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neener1211
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
My husband is a II, and some doctors that he and my father in law use are the same. They always get them mixed up.
Paperwork for his dad will come to us, kinda annoying sometimes.
DH refuses to make our son a III.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:52 PM |
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DC HJJ M
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by Disneygirl
Me personally I'm not a big fan of two people in the same house having the same name. Too much confusion not to mention I hate when the child gets stuck with the name Junior.
ITA Especially with 2 people in the same house having the same name.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:53 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
With both DC, we went through our entire extended family to make sure we didn't have names that were already used.
I have yet to meet a "Jr" that actually got to use their real name. It's always "Larry" instead of "Lawrence", "Billy" instead of "William", etc. I figure if you're going to give them a unique name anyway, you might as well make it officially unique.
DW was a letter carrier for the USPS. She saw so many cases of Sr not getting bills because when Jr moves out, they put in a request to forward the mail to the new address, but not everything has Sr on it, or the forwarding request doesn't mention "Jr.", so everything that doesn't say "Sr" goes to the son, or vice-versa.
A friend had the hardest time clearing up his credit because he was a Jr and his father had really bad credit, and didn't always use "Sr".
However, I'm not totally against traditions and passing on names. DS's middle name is my first name. He carries my name, but isn't stuck with the negatives of having my exact name.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:54 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by Disneygirl
Me personally I'm not a big fan of two people in the same house having the same name. Too much confusion not to mention I hate when the child gets stuck with the name Junior.
DW worked for a doctor who was in his mid 80s, who was legally registered as Dr. XXX, Jr. At 80+ years old, he still had to be a "Junior". He wasn't very happy about that....
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:56 PM |
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BellaRock
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by jprimrose
My nephew is the IV. I think it is fine. I think it is actually kind of cool. I really like names that are part of a family tradition. I guess that is why my son was named after my DH.
I agree. I loved the idea of giving my DS his fathers name. It was passing down a tradition in his family. They name the first born son after the father. It gives his name a special meaning behind it.
I don't have any problems at home with both of them having the same name. My husband I call Rick and my son is Ricky. Although my son has a million nick names that I use for him too lol.
Message edited 5/8/2008 2:58:13 PM.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:56 PM |
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dandr10199
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by neener1211
My husband is a II, and some doctors that he and my father in law use are the same. They always get them mixed up.
Paperwork for his dad will come to us, kinda annoying sometimes.
DH refuses to make our son a III.
Same. My DH is a "Jr"...he HATES it.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:57 PM |
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Kotka
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by crystalst55
Posted by Disneygirl
Me personally I'm not a big fan of two people in the same house having the same name. Too much confusion not to mention I hate when the child gets stuck with the name Junior.
ITA Especially with 2 people in the same house having the same name.
I feel the same. Also everyone is their own person, I believe they should have their own name and identity.
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| Posted 5/8/08 2:59 PM |
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pink333
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by Disneygirl
Me personally I'm not a big fan of two people in the same house having the same name. Too much confusion not to mention I hate when the child gets stuck with the name Junior.
I totally agree with this. When we found out Dc was a DH was determined to have him named after him...
We decided on using it as a middle name. DS name kinda flows Jake Ryan (as in sixteen candles  ) atleast I think so, but I may be biased, cuz I picked it 
But now if we have a  next time, Dh is allowed to pick her name  We shall see about that!
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:05 PM |
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cgdg61606
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
My DH is a Jr. and his son (my step-son) is III.
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:08 PM |
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Gatsbygirl
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
DH is a jr and HATES it. He refused to use his name for even our son's middle name (and I really like it!) because of this.
He felt it was confusing, caused credit/ insurance problems. He never liked it and said he would never do it to his own son. It can still cause confusion as some of our mail goes to my in laws and they get phone calls for us there if people look up the #.
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:12 PM |
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nylisa
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Technically, DS is a Jr but we did not put Jr on any of his documents (ss card, etc.) and no one calls him Jr at all.
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:14 PM |
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maybebaby
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
People seem to either love or hate it.
DS is NOT a true junior, diff middle names but i love that he shares a name with his dad and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Originally I didn't want to name him John but it grew on me, and now I can't imagine it differently! And DS is johnny, DH is john (who grew up being called johnny as well..). I love it!
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:17 PM |
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steph4777
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
I personally don't mind "Jr", but I think to continue is a bit much.
DH is 100% against it. He feels that every kid should have their own name.
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:21 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
I am ok with it. DH refuses to do it. He wasn't a Jr but did share the same first name with his dad, different middles. We compromised and decided to use it as a middle name if we have a boy.
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:34 PM |
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HillW9608
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
I really dont have any suggestions but if we have a boy next then Ill have the same issue.
He's a junior, and doesnt want a III, neither do I but I did want him to have FH's name.. its comfusing lol
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| Posted 5/8/08 3:38 PM |
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Erica
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
DH shares first not middle, neither of us wanted to use it as the first name, so we used it as middle.
my nephew is a IV and while I don't think my sister was completely crazy about the name, she said - how many times can you name someone a IV. We definitely use "ie" to distinguish my BIL and nephew.
just on a side note, I have the same initials as my dad (he was a jr and they didn't have any sons to pass on or I woud have been a III) and mail was and to an extent is still confusing. I actually moved to CA after we were married and I got mail for my father ?
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| Posted 5/8/08 4:08 PM |
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avamamma
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
My husband is a "Third". His name is Jeremiah (Jerry). I would have named DS that, but DH never liked his name and his Mom didn't either, she said she agreed to it for her DH.
So, it ends there. We will be naming DS Brody James.
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| Posted 5/8/08 4:56 PM |
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08BabySurprise
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
I don't have any problems with it but my BF did NOT want our to be named after him and to be stuck with "junior." He said he wants the baby to have his own identity - not be a "junior" to him all his life.
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| Posted 5/8/08 5:00 PM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
I'm not a fan of this at all. I'm also Jewish and we don't name people after the living. DH is a III and desperately wants a IV. Since it's so important to him, I decided to compromise. DH has a terrible middle name, but we found a nickname we both like (I won't even mention the awful nicknames DH and FIL go by). Also, if we have a girl, I get to pick out the name I want.
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| Posted 5/8/08 5:33 PM |
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jprimrose
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Posted by GoldenRod
With both DC, we went through our entire extended family to make sure we didn't have names that were already used.
I have yet to meet a "Jr" that actually got to use their real name. It's always "Larry" instead of "Lawrence", "Billy" instead of "William", etc. I figure if you're going to give them a unique name anyway, you might as well make it officially unique.
DW was a letter carrier for the USPS. She saw so many cases of Sr not getting bills because when Jr moves out, they put in a request to forward the mail to the new address, but not everything has Sr on it, or the forwarding request doesn't mention "Jr.", so everything that doesn't say "Sr" goes to the son, or vice-versa.
A friend had the hardest time clearing up his credit because he was a Jr and his father had really bad credit, and didn't always use "Sr".
However, I'm not totally against traditions and passing on names. DS's middle name is my first name. He carries my name, but isn't stuck with the negatives of having my exact name.
That is so funny it is opposite with my DH. My DH is Alexander, but they call him Alex. We named my son after him, but we decided that we would call him Alexander. My nephew is the IV and his name is John, no nicknames, and my brother nor father ever had any nicknames. I also have other relatives who were named after there fathers and they do not have nicknames. I really think it depends on the family. Everyone does what they are comfortable with.
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| Posted 5/8/08 5:44 PM |
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DH and FIL have the same first names, but not middle names, so he is not a Jr. BUT, FIL's info has shown up on DH's credit, and visa versa. Mail constantly gets screwed up, it's a mess. I am not a fan of it personally.
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| Posted 5/8/08 7:06 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Naming a child Jr, 3rd, 4th, etc.
My DH is a Jr and my DS is a III. I don't find there are too many issues with it personally. DH is Chris and DS is Christopher.
Katie, the hardest thing for us is coming up with some type of nickname for Christopher (which we haven't, besides Buddy), but with Raymond John, you have RJ, which is a great nickname
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