My fiance has the same name AND same birthdate as her mom. Has really fucked her up, we had like 10 extra calls essentially calling her the wrong person and asking about her property when we were buying our home.
We get her fucking mail all the time. Like literally same name and dob make life pretty fucking annoying, just pure stupid.
My mother has the same first name as her mother. I don’t at all understand why, she has always just been called by her second name.
Did she ever get mad at you for calling her mother’s name in bed?
My partner has the same name as her mother.
Well, I’ve never met her.
Would you call them junior?
obviously no one in your family is named Elizabeth
This got me thinking about how there is no female equivalent of junior or senior
I always assumed it would just be the same, but now that you mention it I’ve never met a female junior
That’s what I was thinking
Good shower thought!
Do middle names count?
Becauae I think all Swedish women have the middle name Anna.
I know someone who has the same name as her mother, and her grandmother. They all lived in the same household. Imagine, you call her name and all three of them listen.
I never understood this practice in general, regardless of gender. There are so many possibilities, sure it takes some creativity, but it’s not that hard, come on.
Never have I ever met a family with a shared name.
My family shares 5 names among everybody. 2 for the women, 3 for the men.
You’ve obviously haven’t met every woman.
My mother, grandmother and great grandmother all have same name, but used different short forms to differentiate.
Same, but also add my aunt and great aunt.
Sue, Susie, and Susathon
Tell me you don’t live in a Hispanic Country without telling me you don’t live in a Hispanic Country.
It’s not a thing in Brasil.
Damn, I really messed up. Thanks for the heads up.
You’re good. My wife is Mexican and she has the same first name as her mother.
Maria?
Brasil is in Brasil America. We are talking about where all the latins live
Brazil is in Latin America. All the other countries are Hispanic America
Poor Suriname, always forgotten…
And my guess is we completely eliminate Guyana, because it considers itself Caribbean instead of South American anyway.
I believe every woman is named after their mother. Usually by about 20 years or so.
My wife’s g-grandmother was Mary. Her daughters were Mary Margaret, Mary Agnes, Mary Elizabeth, and Mary Alice. Newfies.
Are they Irish?
Oh yeah.
Newfies are Irish in the same way that Quebecois are French
welcome to the rock
I agree with all the sentiments in this thread about giving a kid their own identity and would never name my kid with my name even tho it could go to either sex depending on spelling. However the exception I would have to this sentiment is when someone names their kid after a deceased loved one. Usually would be the soon to be born kid’s grandparent or great grandparents. So like if someone is best friends with their dad and their dad passes before their grandchild is born the person will name their kid after their late father. I dont think I know any specific person who did this with the first name, but I have seen it a ton with a person’s middle name. I think its sweet and is a nice story to tell a child.
Good. Let kids have their own identity. I’ve always cringed at the Ebeneezer Gortlegump IV’s of the world.
What I have seen is it is much more common to have the firstborn daughter have a middle name of an ancestor, often grandmother.
Can confirm myself, my mother, and my maternal grandmother all have the same middle name. Call it a southern thing I suppose. I killed the tradition by being childess and my younger sister refused to pass it to my niece.
