Re: What do honoring names mean to you? :)
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Honoring names are one of those subjects that I don't think much of. It's' nice to honor but at the same time, I don't believe it's a critical necessity. Just something that you either strongly wish to do or not wish to do.
At the moment, the only honoring name that I can see myself using (and likely will giving if I'm ever blessed with a baby girl) would be 'Faye' after my late mother whom I was very close with.
My family doesn't keep really keep a tradition of using honoring names as only a scattering of members here and there have them. (Mae, Leroy, James, Lee being just some of them. All middle names) Sometimes one is used, other times they aren't.
At the moment, the only honoring name that I can see myself using (and likely will giving if I'm ever blessed with a baby girl) would be 'Faye' after my late mother whom I was very close with.
My family doesn't keep really keep a tradition of using honoring names as only a scattering of members here and there have them. (Mae, Leroy, James, Lee being just some of them. All middle names) Sometimes one is used, other times they aren't.
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I think that honoring names do mean the most when they are after someone you care about very much, like in the case of your mother.