Do you judge people who name their kids after themselves?

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No, I have no issues with people naming their kids the same name as themselves. I do take issue with people naming their kids after real world items they'd like to own, stripper names, and unorthodox name spelling.

I also judge people if they name their kids after Twilight characters and they profess that is the real reason why their kid is named Jacob or Bella or even Edward.

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I'm the fifth in line with my name. Most people seem to think it's cool, I mean somebody in my family has had my name for over a hundred years and it's kind of crazy thinking about it. But I also don't know if I would continue the tradition if I ever had a son.
 
I named my son after my father, who I think was a pretty great dad. That just happens to be my name as well, so my son is a third, but if someone thinks that makes me narcissistic, I think that says more about that person than it does about me.
 
Jackpot said:
You know, Bob Sr and Bob Jr and so on.

It's so narcissistic. You're essentially announcing that you plan your kid to be a mini-version of you and that their life will be defined by how it relates to yours.

It also only seems to happen with males, so there's a large overlap between them and people whose mindset is still stuck in the past with only male heirs being of value.
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Haha, that's bs man.

Usually is just lack of originality, I know because I have the same name as my father and an uncle.

I do judge people that give foreign names to their kids though, in my country is something that most of our "trashy" people do.
 
What a stupid thing to judge someone over. I have the same name as my dad, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather. My parents simply viewed it as a nice way to honor that tradition. My father didn't force my mother to name me that. And their expectations of me are'nt different because of my name. In fact, they've supported pretty much all of my major desicions in life so far.
 
Rapstah said:
My pet peeve is people who judge people who sort of judge people, those people are the worst.
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But they are small fry compared to those who judge people who judge other people for judging, because they feel justified or entitled to judge others. Now those people are a real piece of work.
 
If we all shared a middle name I would be at least the 6th and possibly the 8th, records are hazy that far back. I think it started with a distinct lack of creativity and at some point became a tradition. The tradition dies with me however as I a) really dislike children and b) am Asexual.
 
I've found a lot of people do it out of laziness/inability to name their child. Like, "If we can't come up with a name by the time he's born, we'll just make him a junior." Kids beyond that like III, IV, V, etc., may be influenced more by tradition, but for some I'd guess that's also an easy copout to avoid having to come up with names.
 
My brother-in-law was insistent that his firstborn daughter have his initials because he couldn't give her his name outright. The plan was to give the next kid his actual name because they expected a boy. Turns out it's going to be another girl, so it should be amusing to see what they do.

I personally find it pretty arrogant to brand your kid with your own name. I mean, what have you really done to earn having another person live as a walking reference to you? Naming a kid for a beloved friend or relative doesn't seem so bad, though.
 
Not sure judge, I don't agree with though - I asked my Dad years ago, if they ever considered naming me after him, he said “nope, we wanted you to be your own person” – made perfect sense.
 
Sheriff_Battlesnake said:
I'm a third and my parent's supported my dropping out of college to pursue my music and now support me going back to chase a multi-platform journalism degree. My dad is the CEO of his company and has expensive hobbies.

While sometimes they pressure me, they never try to "make me like them." They just unintentionally force their values on me from time to time... which is kinda normal.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. I'm the "third" also.

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My family has kind of an interesting tradition that prevents the need for suffixes.

The first born son has the father's first name as his middle name.

I have my dad's first as my middle, he has his dad's first as his middle, so on and so forth.

Helps a lot with family tree projects, let me tell you what.
 
it's kind of awkward (also very uncommon where I live). You have thousands of names to choose from and you go with your own stupid name? Be a little creative
 
Naw playboy, the real puppet masters are people with two consecutive first names, their parents are hack min/maxers, Judge Dredd + Judge Anderson that shit
 
Not really. I don't like the tradition but I also don't think everyone who does it is a narcissist or anything. It's something I would never do personally, but I don't plan to have kids anyway.
 
I've never heard this theory before, maybe because my extended family has a lot of seconds/jrs. I do prefer II to Jr though.
 
I am a Jr. My son is named after me so he is a third. My biggest problem with my name has always been my middle name. I grew up near San Francisco in the late 70s and 80s. My family moved to Oklahoma in the 80s when I was in high school. When they found out I came from San Francisco and my middle name was Gaylord I got a lot of redneck bullshit. My high school aged son has never been made fun of because of his middle name but I got into two fights over it.
 
Traditionally, my family (dad's side) names the oldest child after one of the parents. There's also another sort of a sad "tradition" in my family (still dad's side) with names.

My dad is named after one of his uncles that was stillborn (one of my grandpa's younger brothers). My middle name comes from one of my uncles that was stillborn (one of my dad's younger brothers). I have a younger brother that passed away after only being seven days old. I almost feel like I'd be tempting fate if I ever named a kid after him.

Since my dad is the second born in his family, so he does not have my grandpa's name at all But I was the first born in mine, so I have my dad's name (great uncle's name) as well as my deceased uncle's name. >_>

Either way, I like my name so it's okay.
 
Yes. I am the fourth and the LAST. My dad is an obvious narcissist, as was my grandpa.

It has caused a hell of a lot of confusion over the years with the phone, mail, doctor's offices, etcetera. I almost got stranded in Spain on a plane transfer because they issued my dad a real ticket and me the receipt of his ticket. Thank god I spoke enough Spanish to convince them to let me on (pro-tip for terrorists).

Names are kind of useful for distinguishing people on a very basic level, ya know.
 
So if you're Jeff Jr. and you name your son Jeff the III, you become Jeff the II. So if Jeff III dies, do you go back to Jeff Jr.? You get juniored irl?
 
I'm the third Jimmy in my family.

My grandpa is Jimmie, my dad is Jimmy, and I'm Jimi. Only my grandpa goes by Jim, me and my dad go by our middle names. Since there are no other ways to spell it (I guess), it'll end with me.
 
We knew a family with a dad, Harry, and the kid named Harry.

The parents referred to the child as "Little Harry."

When the family visited, I heard my mother refer to this poor kid as "Little Harry." But you know how you catch yourself saying something awkward and try and stop and correct yourself, but only end up drawing more attention to it? My mother did that.

I think the kid was either used to being mortified, or too young/dumb to notice.
 
Nope. My initial reaction is usually "oh thats cool, you have the same name as your dad/mom/grandparents/etc.?" I don't really see anything to be gauged from this. Some people like their names.
 
Lets get down to the real problem. Parents shouldn't even name kids at all. Kids should choose their own names when they are old enough to talk.
 
Nope because it has been a tradition in my family going back as far as family records show. The first male born is always a Robert. Family wasn't sure if my oldest brother would keep the tradition but he ended up naming his son Robert as well.


Note: I'm the middle son.
 
I think one is ok but then it gets silly

There's an American football (soccer) player called Bradford Jameson IV which is the most American sounding name ever.
 
I think about the siblings of these sons named after their father. There may be an illusion of the jr., III...etc having more importance to the father.

If a person wants to name their kid after themselves, make sure it isn't a name that will become out of date for a long while.
 
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