Posted on 12/15/2009 9:14:21 PM PST by myknowledge
Have you ever heard of guys whose names end in Sr., Jr. III, IV, V and so on?
They sure sound aristocratic, but this naming practice of naming sons after their fathers is seemingly predominant in the United States, a country with no royal family.
Would you name your son after his father?
Note that this naming practice exists in Western family names. It is nonexistent in non-Western family names. (e.g. Vietnamese families, sort of like mine, do NOT name sons after fathers because it would be awkward.)
Today, a 'Timothy James Tate V' would be a 1 in 300m chance but maybe a 'Paul Webster III', and have a chance to see a 'Duncan Henry Broughton Jr.' or 'William Robert Coleman Jr.' in your lifetime.
Also, would you want a grandson to have your full name with a III, a great-grandson with a IV, a great-great grandson with a V and so forth? That'd be aristocratically interesting!
Other than that my wife can name the others Moonbeam for all I care.
My son’s first name is my wife’s maiden last name. My son’s middle name is my Dad’s first name.
I have my dad’s middle name. He didn’t want to give me the first name I have because a relative with the same name had died in a car wreck a few years before and he thought it would be bad luck. My mom put his middle name, the one he goes by, in as an enticement.
He was set on naming me Philo Beddoe after the Clint Eastwood character. I’m fairly positive I wouldn’t be as laid back as I am if he had won.
I’m ok. I’ve been concerned for you. How’s it?
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