That's why I hate to see people names "Jr." Didn't the parents want to give this boy his own, separate identity? I've never been a parent but I had, the last thought for a given name would be mine.
Thankfully, my mom vetoed any juniors when she first married my dad. His name is Crittenden.
I guess. Jr is pretty traditional. We didn’t do it altho there are Jrs on both sides of our family. I think they are confusing sometimes, altho I know jrs who are quite proud to have their dad’s name. It might depend entirely on the family dynamics. I think naming your child Apple or something made up or really trendy might be a worse thing. If you name them after a beloved family member it says they are part of something bigger than themselves instead of a possession like your dog.
All I can tell you is that we agonized over naming our sons. Didn’t want names that lent themselves to stupid nicknames. Didn’t want names that were cute for kids but awful for adults. Etc. And we did want to give them one name that had a family connection, but not a junior (because of the confusion and because we didn’t want one child to be a junior and the subsequent children not to be able to have that).
None of them have complained about their names.
My dogs, I have fun naming. My kids I worked hard on. :)