I want to honour family members, but I don't like any of my relatives' names?

1) For me, NO. It is not enough to give your child the same initial as the namesake to consider it "honoring" them. A little bit more thought must be put into it than that.

Again, that's just me personally. "Honoring" your Aunt Kathleen by calling your daughter Kylie is too much of a stretch. 2) I'm going to say SOMEWHAT.

I feel the same way about this as I do the first answer, but there is an exception. For example, if the namesake/relative in question's name was James Robert but personally and professionally introduced himself as "JR", then I think it would be acceptable to honor him by naming a daughter Joelle Renee, but of course it would yield more "honor points" from me if her name was Jane Roberta or something of that nature. 3) Again, this is a stretch so I'm going to say SOMEWHAT.

If the relative/honoree was from a completely different culture and it would be a burden to give the child a similar name, then I would expect that the parents use the meaning of the name to choose one for their child, especially if the honoree felt very connected to his/her name's meaning. (Of note, I've considered having Gianna Wren and Gianna Lark on my favorites list to honor my mother Robin Sue, but it didn't quite catch on.) 4) Absolutely! Honoring Aunt Eloise by naming your child Lola or Ellie works for me.

5) Again, absolutely. I plan on doing this with my children. My mother's name was Robin Sue.

She doesn't care for either name but I think it's still important to pass at least part of it on. This is why Gianna Suzette is my #2 favorite girls' name. 6) NO!

Too much of a stretch, unless you're an English teacher or the parents met in a library. :-) 7) I do like this idea, but I think some name choices would be better than others. I'd never use this method to honor a child, but I recognize that it's creative.

8) This is more like it! Naming Nelda after Uncle Alden is very creative. Again, not something I would choose, but it's subtle and classy, and it gives little Nelda a cool story to tell!

9) I've considered this as well! (You see I have a hard time finding a way to honor my mother, Robin Sue, who was born in June.) I've questioned if I could say that I'm honoring my mother by naming a daughter Alessandra, because the birthstones for June are alexandrite, and sometimes pearl. It's still a bit of a stretch and I ultimately chose in favor of Suzette because it's far more obvious.

10) I love this idea and hadn't thought of it! Though I'd have to disagree that this could be considered "honoring". If I let my mother choose her grandbaby's name, then she'd just be choosing his/her name... How would that necessarily honor her?

I suppose I like more obvious ways to honor my relatives, so not a lot of questions are involved. Bonus Question 1: Absolutely! I've created a list of names that have been in my top ten (on the left) and the names of the honorees/family members (on the right): Alessandra Jeanie -- Adriana Jeanie (SO's late mother) Carolina Jeanie -- Adriana Jeanie (SO's late mother) Gianna Suzette -- John Phillip, Robin Sue (my step-father, my mother).

Agree with 1-5 and 9 & 10 do honor the namesake 6-8 is a stretch for me. Yes, I would like to honor a girl if I ever have one. My boys are honored, the middle name of boys 1 and 2 is the first name of Dad (#1) and boy 2 has Dad's middle name.

If I had a girl the middle name would be Raeann. My mother's mother was Rachel and went by Rae. My mother's name is Marianne and so the middle would combo the names.

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