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12-03-2012 at 3:41 PM
bubbles42
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Nickname for shared Father/baby name

So my husband comes from a long line of men with the same name, he's a III.  We didn't want our son to be a IV so we instead gave our son the same first name (Harry) but changed the middle name to something different that we both liked.  First of all, almost EVERYONE when they hear that our son is named after his father calls him "Jr" when he's not a Junior because they have different middle names.

Also, I find it difficult to tell stories at my work or other places when I'm talking about my family, so I have to use these modifiers like "little Harry" or "the baby".  Even with my husband we hardly ever call our son by his name (we do to him so he knows his name), but with my husband I don't say "hand me Harry's towel", I'll say "hand me his towel" and I hate that we're not using his name to avoid confusion.

I guess my question is... for those of you that have your son named after his father (or even a daughter named after you) did you use a nickname when speaking of him/her and his/her real name when talking to the child or use the nickname for everything or did you start using a nickname for the parent??
 
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12-03-2012 at 5:21 PM
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All the men in my family are named Anthony. Both my Dad and brother go by Tony. It has definitely caused confusion before, but we can usually tell them apart in context. I'm assuming if you tell people "Henry just learned how to walk," they can obviously tell you're talking about your son, not your husband. If you don't want to call one by a nickname, you'll have to rely on context or a qualifying statement like "my son, not husband." My nephew now goes by Anthony because he didn't want to be another Tony. Your LO might do the same and choose one when he's older. For now I'd say do whatever comes naturally.
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12-03-2012 at 5:42 PM
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Several men in my family are jr, and we just call them by their middle names. Since you gave him a different middle name to differentiate him, why not use it?

My brother is named after my dad, but neither have a middle name, so my dad goes by Rick, while my brother is Ricky.
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12-03-2012 at 6:57 PM
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DS, DH and FIL are all named Robert. I decided against eveyone's recommendation to use the name a third time, always intending to call my son by his middle name (Samuel/Sam/Sammy). So he has the name, but it's only used at the dr. office, and they are starting to catch on as well. I've never called him Robert. I don't think it will be the end of the world to explain it a few times as he grows up.

In other news, Sam is fresh out of the bath and just rubbed mac and cheese in his hair. Tongue Tied
 
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12-03-2012 at 7:35 PM
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DH & DS are both Matthew.  Different middle names.  For all intents and purposes we call DH 'Matt' and DS 'Matthew'  I generally make it a point to explain that to people that we spend any amount of time with for ease of communication.  Maybe there is another nickname for Harry that you could use for DS?  Or like someone else mentioned, use his middle name.

 My FIL and BIL are both Edwards, and they always went by 'big Ed' and 'little Ed' and my DH was adamant that we wouldn't be referring to he and DS the same way. I agreed, I mean little Matt is cute for a while, but as he gets older I don't think it grows well.

Thankfully we almost never get the 'Jr' thing or I'd probably want to change my sons name!  
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12-03-2012 at 11:13 PM
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There are a lot of Williams in DH's family, DH is William and DS is also William. The weird thing is that no one goes by William, and there are about 6. DH goes by his middle name, one is Will, one is Bill, others go by their middle name and DS is Liam (last half of William). It just kinda works.
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12-03-2012 at 11:59 PM
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First of all, yay for Harry! That is my son's name too!

Could he go by his middle name instead? I know a girl who did that with her son, who has the same name as his dad.

You could even call him Hal, which is another nickname for Harold, so kind of close! Or you could just give him a totally different nickname, Sonny comes to mind. 

 
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12-04-2012 at 3:24 PM
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My husbands name is Bradley Paul (Goes by Brad)...when we found out we were having a boy he wanted him to have his first name and I had already picked out a family name of mine for the middle name...so, Bradley McKnight it was.

My parents call him Mac (after my Grandfather whos name was McKnight and was called Mac), but to me, hes just not a Mac, although I was SURE thats what I would call him too. 

Even though he is not "technically" a Junior, my husband and I have been calling him that since we found out he was a boy, so, it just stuck.  We call him Bradley around the house mostly, but when I refer to him or his things I will use "Jr"...

 Our trouble comes in with my husbands family...they still refer to my husband as Bradley and I guess they always will...so with them I never know what they will call him...I hear B-Mac a lot, or Baby B, or Bradley Mac...poor kid.
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