Passing Down Name to Twins?

So the dr said at our last appt that it's a possibility our identical twins are boys which is so exciting! But we have a bit of a dilemma also. My husband has his father's and grandfather's name and is a III. He wants one of them to get his whole name and be the IV. I don't think it's really fair to the other twin that isn't named after him though we're going to give the other twin probably my father's name. I don't even mind giving one twin my husband's first name, but I would want to do a different middle name so he's not the IV, he just shares the same first name. Did anyone else go through the same thing where there was pressure to pass down a name?

I already suggested giving one my husband's first name and the other his middle name, but he said no. So I don't know what we're going to do. I just don't want one twin to feel less special about his name.

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We're in the same position as you!!

My husband's name is Joseph and so is his father and grandfather, however, they all have different middle names. We are having fraternal and we want to name the first one that is born Joseph. Our second born son is going to have my father's first name as his middle name. I know my dad is ecstatic about it!!

A few people have said to me "is the second born going to feel slighted since he's not named after his dad?". We don't believe so. When it comes time for their baptism, we want them both to have their own godparents so it shows individualism. Maybe my sister can be godmother to the second born and my best friend to the first born.

I hope that helped!

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i had that problem too.. but we wanted to use my DH's first name..
but we couldn't just pick one.. so we didn't use the name at all.

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No advice, just hugs because I can see how difficult this decision can be!

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Posted by Twinzmommy2B

We're in the same position as you!!

My husband's name is Joseph and so is his father and grandfather, however, they all have different middle names. We are having fraternal and we want to name the first one that is born Joseph. Our second born son is going to have my father's first name as his middle name. I know my dad is ecstatic about it!!

A few people have said to me "is the second born going to feel slighted since he's not named after his dad?". We don't believe so. When it comes time for their baptism, we want them both to have their own godparents so it shows individualism. Maybe my sister can be godmother to the second born and my best friend to the first born.

I hope that helped!

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I just typed out a super long response and then my internet went down!

I have .

DH's grandfather was George V.
DH's grandfather was George C.
DH is George M.

We were team green. We decided that if we had , baby A would be named George C.

Baby B would be named Hunter M.
DH is a passionate hunter. The name Hunter is very special to him. M. is DH's middle name; it is also my father and brother's first name.

In my opinion, both names are EQUALLY special and have EQUALLY significant meaning to us.

So far, only 1 person has made a (rude) comment saying that Georgie will always be special bc of her name. I told her to f-off.

Not an easy decision, but we are very glad we chose the names that we did.

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Thanks for your response! I think it's great what you did with the names. I don't mind giving the first born his first name, but I don't know if that'll be good enough for my husband b/c he wants to give the middle name too since it's tradition. Hopefully I can get him to just agree to the first name.

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my vote would be for your DH to have his way. My DH wants to name his first son after his dad, which is coincidentally his name too. I did ask if we could switch the middle name, but this means A LOT to him, so I have to give it to him. JMHO