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01-09-2013 at 9:35 PM
Barbara83
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Using first letter of deceased family member's name

My family has a tradition of naming the girls in our family using the first letter of a deceased family member's name. Example, Lisa is named after Aunt Louise.  The boys in the family seem to just take on the same full name of a deceased family member. Cousin Samuel is named after Grandpa Samuel. 

Has anyone else heard of this? Is it just a jewish thing?

I want to name my child after my grandmother Rhoda who recently passed. I was thinking Rebecca. If it's a boy though, would it be wrong to break tradition and name the boy Ryan or another R name in honor of grandma Rhoda? Is it weird to name a boy after a woman? Thoughts? 
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01-09-2013 at 9:51 PM
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I don't think it would be weird at all. And I like Ryan.
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01-09-2013 at 10:01 PM
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I've heard of this. According to my Jewish friends they used the first letter of an important family member but the boy/girl thing wasn't an issue. My friend just named her son a J name after her deceased mother. So I don't think it would be weird to use the R for a boy.
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I don't think that would be weird, I think it's a nice gesture.  Also, Ryan is a nice name!
 
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01-09-2013 at 10:53 PM
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It would only be weird if you named him Rhonda lol


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01-10-2013 at 12:48 AM
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I think it'd be great to honor your grandma by naming your son Ryan.

 
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g8trkim:
I've heard of this. According to my Jewish friends they used the first letter of an important family member but the boy/girl thing wasn't an issue. My friend just named her son a J name after her deceased mother. So I don't think it would be weird to use the R for a boy.

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Rebecca (and it's traditional Hebrew version, Rivka) are two of my favorites (and we're not Jewish), but they don't go with our LN so we'd never use them. 
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01-10-2013 at 10:55 AM
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01-10-2013 at 11:31 AM
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I don't think it's weird at all - I love family names!

And I'm sure if you check way back in the family tree, there is probably a Ryan floating around somewhere to appease any who might be a little more strict with the rule ;-). 
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01-10-2013 at 1:31 PM
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I'm not Jewish, but our friends named their son Harry after g-ma Harriet who recently passed and his MN is Avidan after g-ma Adelaide who had passed. I don't think it is weird to honor the opposite sex or to break tradition and not use the exact same name.
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Well the names of my cousin's and I flow from the Jewish side of the family, but four of us five are named using that method:

 Max & Max (Yes, our great-grandfathers on moms' side had the same name): Merryll, Marni, Michael, Marissa

Seymour: Shannon

I don't know what my aunt did for middle names, but it's nice especially if you're not a fan of the name, but still want to honor the person. I know my mom hated Maxine for a girl, hence Marissa. 

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