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HelpRe: "Name Fight"
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
There is an order. The first child in named after the paternal grandparents and the second child is after the maternal grandparents. If you have four children each child will be named after each grandparent. I think the issue with this family is the girl doesn't want to ever use the name Spyridon.
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If she is dead set against using Spyridon, she needs to give up Michael. If she names this baby Michael, her husband can very easily say "Well, you named our last son after your dad, so this one is going to be named after mine."
HOWEVER, I read the petition and it said that mom gets 100% naming rights if the baby were a girl– which means Dad doesn't care so much about naming a baby after his mother. Not sure the tradition would continue if this was a daughter.
HOWEVER, I read the petition and it said that mom gets 100% naming rights if the baby were a girl– which means Dad doesn't care so much about naming a baby after his mother. Not sure the tradition would continue if this was a daughter.
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Maybe his mother has already been honored by a sibling. Maybe she has been honored twice over by two siblings. In my family two of my three brothers honored my dad so I have nephew George and a niece Georgina. However my mother Demetra has yet to be honored and my brother Antonio and his wife really dislike Demetri and Demetra and they didn't want to do another George name. It caused hardship in my family when they chose to name their daughter Selena and then when their son was born they named him Niko. It is up to me to make sure my mom is honored now.
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I feel like honoring should be an honor, not an expectation. I understand traditions, but still believe that people should respect the decisions of their children in these matters. I mean, the parents raised the their children so when their children become adults, their decisions (including names) reflect how they were raised. To be disappointed in the name of a grandchild is allowable. Voicing those opinions is really just hurtful.
I don't mean this against your cultural traditions at all. I am well aware of cultural naming traditions and have experienced the tension. Still, I think there comes a point when anger over unmet expectations becomes petty.
I don't mean this against your cultural traditions at all. I am well aware of cultural naming traditions and have experienced the tension. Still, I think there comes a point when anger over unmet expectations becomes petty.
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