Has anyone had a family member die while pregnant? Did it affect name choice?

[Deejoy17]

DH`s father passed away on a scuba driving accident (a boat his him) 4 days before my 1st DS was born so we changed his middle name to include FIl`s name, he also has my Dad`s name as a middle name so it`s nice that he carries both grandfather`s names.

Hugs to you, it`s a very hard time.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

My son has for his first middle name the name of both my grandfathers and my dad's middle name. And the name of a few uncles and great-uncles. It's because it's a family name, although most of the men with this name believe he is named for them. It has made my dad happy I named DS for his late father and Grandad happy that I've named DS for him.

I just wonder if anyone has named their child for a family member who is not yet dead? Not because you expect them to be soonish but just to honour a living family member. (In our case it was to honour various generations and -more importantly to me- to tie DS in to my family as we don't have my maiden name.)

[CathyS]

I had actually thought to name the baby's middle name Carlo even before his Dad got ill.

I had a good chat tonight with Alby and he actually brought up the subject of using Carlo for a boy's name if the baby is a boy. I told him my thoughts about perhaps being reminded too much or taking away something his Dad...and he agreed. We will use it as a middle name if the baby is a boy.

I mentioned Carla also..but he does not like the name for a girl. Something about it reminding him of the lady in the tv show Cheers lol.

So....the names hunt will continue. Something that flows with Carlo for a middle name. For a girl though...no idea.

Alby seems a little better today. Though he still has so much to organise. He says the funeral will be this saturday at noon.