Why don't woman name their baby after themselves more ?

Question

Like men do with Jr . My Aunt is a Jr etc. my Grandma was a Wanda and My Aunt is a Wanda but that is the only Jr female I know

Answer 1

because it is egocentric and confusing.  

Answer 2

My mother was named after her mom. I actually didn't even know this for the longest time, because she goes by her middle name only.

I guess it was just never as much of a tradition for women to do this, like it has been and still is with men. Personally, I wouldn't do either, as it's not very imaginative and can only get confusing. Just don't see the point.

Children are their own person, not their parents, so give them an individual name.

Answer 3

My grandma did that too.  

I wouldn't...it's strange to me.

My mom gave me her middle name (which was her best friend's middle name too) and we have the same initials.

Answer 4

I thought you mean last names, because that would make more sense... I'm totally into hyphenation now :)

Juniors create confusion and it looks like the mom was unimaginative, or that she wanted to have a girl and when she bore a boy she just gave him the first name that came into her mind. (My dad is a Jr., and my grandma admitted she had a girl name in mind, but not a boy name... go figure. :) BTW on family gatherings my granddad and my dad were only 2 of the 4 men of the same first name...

One of the main functions of first names is to separate yourself from people who have the same last name as you. Then what's the point of several people in the some family having the same name?

Answer 5

i think it is an ego thing for men. i personally don't like juniors. there are so many wonderful names, why use the same one which is boring and will create confusion.

women are not as selfish or in need of that kind of ego boost. they are creative and understand giving a child their own unique, special name for the unique, special person that the baby is.

Answer 6

A lot of times it just comes down to them not really liking the name THEY were given in the first place. My mom absolutely didn't like her name and I got something quite different, but worked real well with my dad's last name.

Then there's having lived (sometimes barely) through the diminutive form i.e Amanda to Mandy, or a nasty rhyme from other kids--Kelly is Smelly.  

Answer 7

they must of realized how confusing it can get.  my sister is named after my mother,  back in the day, it got confusing as to who's mail or phone call.  

Answer 8

umm I would never because I hate my name and your not really carrying on any tradition because you don't usually keep your last namee

Answer 9

I think it would be strange and confusing. I also didn't like my name enough to pass it along to my daughters. My 3rd daughter's name is Madalyn = so she has the LYN part, I guess. It wasn't planned.

We did give our oldest daughter her grandfather's and g grandfather's middle name - Francis, her's is the feminine form Frances though.

Answer 10

Who said they don't?   I have my mother's name, and my sister has my Grandmother's name.   My sister in law has her mother's name.  I see it all the time.

Answer 11

....think it considered conceited to name a child after yourself, cause people think the mother names the child the majority of the time so naming it after the father doesn't seem conceited...make sense?  I think if the mother has a cool name and likes it why not name it after herself though?

Answer 12

Because it's not a good idea.  

Answer 13

I don't really see parents do it, but I see parents name there kids after there sisters, grandmother, ect.  

Answer 14

That's an interesting question. I think it's because we as women just don't have the same ego thing as guys do... My older brother was named after my dad, but with a different middle name, so he was a Jr. not a "II".

One of my sisters used her first name as her daughter's middle name.

My husband is from Europe, and it's really common there to have a child named after each parent -- but wow, is that confusing for those who have come to this country. They end up having nicknames, instead, kind of related to their first names.

Answer 15

Women usually don't keep their last names when they marry, so a baby with her name wouldn't be passing down a treasured family name.  Basically, there's no need to do that to keep a name going.