Naming a boy after its daddy

[first_time_mummy]

hey there ladies.
was just wondering what peoples views are on naming their bubs after the dad.
My fiance's name is baden, and we were thinking of naming it 'Bayden' or 'Baydon' if its a boy.

what are your opinions, do you like the name, honestly, (and dont just say yes cause its my fiances name
Be honest.

Also, what spelling do you like more? or what seems more modern?

thanks

[Arimeh]

I would never name my child after its father - mainly cos I don't like his name.. rofl..

I like the spelling of Bayden - or Baiden

[mogsy]

I think its a lovely name if we have a boy this time round we will be using dp name as the middle name. I say go with what you guys like

[NaeNae]

I like the name Bayden (or ON spelling)

Would you then call the bub Junior though? just wondering how you would teach the child to differentiate (sp?) between when YOU are talking to child or father. I personally don't see anything wrong with it but I think it could get confusing for the child unless you call your DF something else??

[Trillian]

I don't have a problem with it, but most of the people I know named after a father or grandfather usually go by their second name to avoid confusion, I know some that are Bill/Will and their Dad is William etc, so thats something to think about too.

[Inertia]

I love the idea of having family names. Ok, so we dont have a Phil, but Harrys middle name is the same as his dads. All my kids names include a name from someone important to me. Usually middle names. Angies is my mums, CJs is my granddads, Lytas is my nans, Sams is my dads and Harry is phils dads name and shares his middle name with his dad. Phoebe is being named after my best friends. So its not so old skool and dorky like people think these days.

I like the idea of using an I, aka: Baiden.

[Jellyfish]

I like it spelt Baiden as Arimeh suggested. Could call him BJ (Baiden Junior) which I think is cute.

[first_time_mummy]

I like it spelt Baiden as Arimeh suggested. Could call him BJ (Baiden Junior) which I think is cute.

PMSL- na i couldnt call him that as a nickname, as my fiances full name is Baden Johnston, and his name is pratically BJ, no one ever calls him baden, its always BJ.

lol...what a coincidence you mentioning that but lol

[widdly]

I wouldn't name my son after his father, would be too weird having to people of hte same name in the one house I reckon. I do love giving babies familynames that have special meaning though.

DS is Archie Connor. Archie after his great grandfather and Connor is my maiden name.

[Lana]

My BIL is named after FIL as his first name. MIL & FIL had a pretty bitter divorce and now MIL can't bring herself to say FIL's name so calls BIL "jnr" when talking about him in conversation. It might have been better for them to use the name as a middle name.

Having grown up in that environment my DH is really against using family names as he feels everyone should have their own identity and not be expected to live up to some one else by having their name.

Not saying that would happen to you but thought it was worth adding to the discussion.

[danniellabella]

I don't have a problem with boys being named after their father, but I would spell it the same way as the father in most cases. My DH's name is Matthew, if we had a son and named him after DH then the son would be nicknamed MJ (Matthew Junior).

[first_time_mummy]

yeah, its got me thinking.
I really like bayden, so i might have it as his middle name. that way dads happy that his name is there, but he can also have his own name.

any ideas on a good boy name that goes well with bayden?

sorry to bother you all, im just terrible with names lol

I quiet like-

Liam Bayden.... but it seems too...i dunno, doesnt roll off the tongue lol

arrrgghhh...what name seems nice lol? suggestions pleease

[Inertia]

No, it really doesnt.

I think it needs to be a single syllable name. Like Scott Bayden, or James Bayden. The two syls in Bayden make it difficult to splice with another two syl name.

[Taurean]

Nice name but I would NEVER name my children after one of us. My grandfather had the same name as my great-grandfather so my grandfather has gone by his middle name most of his life to avoid confusion. To add to the confusion, my dad was named after his dad (so my grandfather) so dad got his father's 'real' middle name but remember that my grandfather was permanently using his middle name as his first name so once again, there were two boys in the house with the same name. So, to avoid confusion AGAIN, my dad decided to go by HIS middle name and has done so since!

Without using their real names, here's an example of what happened:
- Great grandfather was: Paul John Smith
- Grandfather was named: Paul Luke Smith. Changed his name to: Luke Paul Smith
- Dad was named: Luke Matthew Smith. Changed his name to: Matthew Luke Smih

Get it? Very confusing!!

What a complete PITA!! Dad has legal docs in his 'real' name but everything else is by his middle name (the name that everyone knows him by!). It can get confusing at time, especially when his passport is the 'real deal' but his license and credit cards are reversed.

It just gets way too confusing and I don't see the point in subjecting a child to that for life. I'm all for honouring dads names through middle names though. Just my opinion but I hope that helps with your decision!

[Bea06]

I reckon kids should have their own names.

[smiles4u]

I also am one to think it's incredibly important that your son has his own identity

... Also i'm one who prefers if you are going to name a child after someone it is more precious & special that it is spelt the exact same way as the person they are named after

I truely think " Baden " looks great spelt that way

[DaintreeDream]

I personally could not name my child the same name as its father. I would like my son to have his own name. In saying that our first son will be named Mason, which is my DH's middle name, although I have always loved the name.

The name Michael runs in my family, my Dad, Brother and Nephew are all Michaels but my Dad is known as Mick, Brother as Michael and Nephew as Mikey so they all have their 'own' name. Maybe this is why I don't feel the need to do it, as the rest of my family has .

I like the name Baden, I think it is nice, although I would be more inclined to spell the same as Dads name.

[Mumma2BSH]

i think its a great idea