Has anyone heard of a female being named Jr. or III?

Question

I did once but that was in a comic book. She was human but a witch.

Answer 1

Queen Elizabeth II

For regnal names it is quite normal, but otherwise it is not too common.

Answer 2

Yes, my friend is named after her mother and she uses "Jr" after her name.

Answer 3

no and i think the reason why is because when women get married they change their last name and then the JR or III would be irrelevant

Answer 4

Yeah.  I know a girl named after her mom and has the title Jr.

Answer 5

Normally, women don't carry suffixs, even if they are named after their mother or other relative. I just don't think women are that vein, really. lol

Answer 6

Yuppers!  there was this one girl in my school who was called Doris jr.  I feel so bad for her. . .

Answer 7

yey we dont know her name but every1 calls her jr

Answer 8

I found the following on Wikipedia, which indicates it is "not common" for females to use a 'Jr' or 'III' suffix:

"Although there are instances of daughters who are named after their mothers and thus use the suffix "jr." (such as Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr., Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr., and Carolina Herrera, Jr.) or after their grandmothers with the suffix "II", this is not common. Usually, the namesake is given a different middle name and so would not need a suffix for differentiation. The title "Jr." is sometimes used in legal documents, particularly those pertaining to wills and estates, to distinguish among female family members of the same name."

Answer 9

I agree with momof3's answer.

I wanted to mention 4 generations of women in my family have shared the same first name, but none of them have "junior" or a number in their names.

However, in conversation we sometimes add "the first," "the second," etc. just to distinguish between them.

Answer 10

No.

Answer 11

I have heard of some other nationalities that do family names for female family members, but I'm not sure which ones.

Answer 12

Unless you want to count royalty the answer is no. This is more than likely because women generally change their last name with marriage.  As for having the same name usually each generation has their own version of the first or middle name to identify them from their namesake.