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HelpRe: What do honoring names mean to you? :)
in reply to a message by Xena
Well, they mean a lot to me. I can't think of a better way to honor someone than to bestow their name. My daughter has an honoring middle name and my son has honoring first and middle names.
My family does not have a very strong tradition of honoring names. Well, now that I think of it, perhaps stronger than many. My father was named after his father. His oldest son was given the same name with a III after it. That's my half-brother through my father. My half-brother through my mother was given the same first name as his father and my uncle's name as a middle name. My half-sister through my mother was given one of my great-aunt's name as a middle name.
My mother was given her mother's middle name as a first name.
I am not certain about the other children of my father's first marriage. With the exception of the oldest son, I don't even know what their middle names are. They could have honoring middle names, either from my father's family or their mother's, or maybe not.
With my mother's children, the honoring stopped with my older brother and sister. I don't, and my two full sisters don't, have honoring names, either first or middle.
My brother's first son, from his first marriage, was given his name as a middle name, and the elder, by a few minutes, of the twin sons he had by his second marriage is a Junior. The other twin was given the same middle name as her son by her first marriage, which is the name that he actually goes by. My sister-in-law said she wanted to create a naming tie between one of the twins and her son from her first marriage, since they would not share a last name. But then my brother and sister-in-law had another son, and he was not given honoring names, either first or middle.
Whew, that gets complicated, doesn't it?
My older sister and youngest sister did not give any honoring names. My other sister gave my father's name as a middle to her elder son, and her younger son has his father's name as a middle name.
My husband and I named our son William James IV, so obviously keeping a tradition was important to us.
I was tickled pink when my son gave his daughter the middle name Zoe, which was my maternal grandmother's middle name, my mother's first name, and is my daughter's middle name. I never had, and never would have, suggested it.
My family does not have a very strong tradition of honoring names. Well, now that I think of it, perhaps stronger than many. My father was named after his father. His oldest son was given the same name with a III after it. That's my half-brother through my father. My half-brother through my mother was given the same first name as his father and my uncle's name as a middle name. My half-sister through my mother was given one of my great-aunt's name as a middle name.
My mother was given her mother's middle name as a first name.
I am not certain about the other children of my father's first marriage. With the exception of the oldest son, I don't even know what their middle names are. They could have honoring middle names, either from my father's family or their mother's, or maybe not.
With my mother's children, the honoring stopped with my older brother and sister. I don't, and my two full sisters don't, have honoring names, either first or middle.
My brother's first son, from his first marriage, was given his name as a middle name, and the elder, by a few minutes, of the twin sons he had by his second marriage is a Junior. The other twin was given the same middle name as her son by her first marriage, which is the name that he actually goes by. My sister-in-law said she wanted to create a naming tie between one of the twins and her son from her first marriage, since they would not share a last name. But then my brother and sister-in-law had another son, and he was not given honoring names, either first or middle.
Whew, that gets complicated, doesn't it?
My older sister and youngest sister did not give any honoring names. My other sister gave my father's name as a middle to her elder son, and her younger son has his father's name as a middle name.
My husband and I named our son William James IV, so obviously keeping a tradition was important to us.
I was tickled pink when my son gave his daughter the middle name Zoe, which was my maternal grandmother's middle name, my mother's first name, and is my daughter's middle name. I never had, and never would have, suggested it.
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Wow! Those are some really long-standing traditions! I'm impressed that you remember all of those connections :)
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