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Susan (Visitor)   Name sake By Susan 4 Months, 2 Weeks Ago Ok, So I need so imput on naming our potential baby boy after his father who is already a junior. My husbands name is William, which is great. But my concern is him being William III. Is this pretentious? Will he hate being the Third. His father is a great man, so is his dad......But he has only recently appriciated his junior statues. HELP! Please Join our community to post your questions or answers | Report to moderator   Logged   BnB (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 39   Re:Name sake By BnB 4 Months, 2 Weeks Ago What about giving him his own first name but make his middle name William? That keeps the family tradition going without him having to be William III Please Join our community to post your questions or answers | Report to moderator   Logged   aliciasabrina (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 388   Re:Name sake By aliciasabrina 4 Months, 2 Weeks Ago I know a family who 3 generations have the same name but a different middle name so they are not Jr. or the Third etc. and they are called by their middle names. Honestly I always found that a lil confusing but i love BnB suggestion.. William will remain a family name. Please Join our community to post your questions or answers | Report to moderator   Logged   puck (Visitor)   Re:Name sake By puck 4 Months, 2 Weeks Ago my cousin is Paul VI. every Paul in my family is Paul William or Paul Wilfred and has a second middle name that they go by so my cousin Paul William Ryan is called Ryan, his dad is Fred (WIlfred), and so on. i think you should keep the tradition going, and if he doesnt appreciate it you can always use the middle name. Please Join our community to post your questions or answers | Report to moderator   Logged   Susan (Visitor)   Re:Name sake By Susan 4 Months, 2 Weeks Ago Thank you for all your great addvice. I too liked the idea to make the middle name William, and find a diffrent first name. My husband was not into that. All or nothing attitude. Thank you so much again. if any more ideas of prostective let me know. Please Join our community to post your questions or answers | Report to moderator   Logged