baby name question

[SDFgirl]

I want to name my son (someday) after my dad. His name is Larry Eugene, though ...I love my dad, but I don't really like either of those names for a kid.

Would it be weird to give my son a middle name of Lawrence and say he's named after my dad? Or is it kind of a reach??

 

[Tazicket]

I think that's just fine. I'm sure your Dad will be honored by the homage. (sorry if I spelled that wrong)

 

[ahutton]

I don't think it is a reach at all. All of our kids names were taken from family members and modified in some way. Caitlyn is for my aunt Mary Catherine; Erin is her middle name, Aaron is on of the family names. DD2 middle names are both family names; and DS also has family names for first and middle. In fact, his first name comes from a TON of people who are special in our lives, my Dad, my Grandpa, DH's long time best friend, one of our closest couple friends, all over the place.

 

[krcit]

I think that would be very nice. My oldest dd is named Kailyn and I say it's after my mom who is Kalthleen-now that's a strech

 

[LisaNJ25]

lol.. nope.. not a far reach...

My 2nd and 3rd child was to be William Phillip if it was a boy... girls both time.. and Phillip would of been a male version of my favorite aunt phyllis.. until a friend said ohhh Willy Philly..

baby #4 was finally a boy and turned out to be William Ryan. My grandfathers name and grandmothers maiden name.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I have a friend whose father is Larry E(something can't remember). She named her daughter Eleanor and calls her Ellie which is of course pronounced like L.E.. She will tell you that Ellie is named for Grandpa.

My grandmother was Constance, and I've considered Conor for a son in her honor.

I think the important part of naming in honor of someone is that you feel like you're honoring them, and the person acknowledges it (if they're living). I don't think Larry to Lawrence is much of a stretch at all.

 

[SuperSteelerFan]

My older DD's name is Stephanie Ann. My Dad's family all thought it was in honor of his parents, Stephen and Anna even though it's not - we hadn't even thought along those lines when choosing a name. We just liked the name Stephanie and my middle name is Ann. I let them go on thinking that though because they were all so touched by it. My younger DD's middle name is Elizabeth which is in honor of my Mom's mother whose middle name was also Elizabeth. I think that Lawrence as a middle name is a fine way to honor your Dad!

 

[JadenLayne]

I wanted to name my son after my grandfather who was Collin. At the time I didn't care for Collin (although I love it now, weird huh.) Anyway I named my son Cole which is a short name for Collin.

My soon to be daughter will be named after my mother who is Barbara. I don't care that much for the name Barbara but there are no shorter forms except Babs which isn't going to work so she's going to be Barbara anyway.

 

[SkcMom]

The family that I nanny for has a son named Samuel (we call him Sam) Laurence after his mom's dad that is named Laurence. So no not a stretch at all. Seems normal and a sweet thing to do in my opinion!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

You could say you named him in honor of your dad.

I think even in the Jewish faith when they do namings--you can alter it...like even using just the first letter or something.

(no implied knowledge of the Jewish faith--just what I have seen on A Baby Story...feel free to elaborate or correct)

 

[pixiemomma]

Maybe you could use his initials L and E.

 

[CherCrazy]

I wanted to name my son after my grandfather who was Collin. At the time I didn't care for Collin (although I love it now, weird huh.) Anyway I named my son Cole which is a short name for Collin.

My soon to be daughter will be named after my mother who is Barbara. I don't care that much for the name Barbara but there are no shorter forms except Babs which isn't going to work so she's going to be Barbara anyway.

My middle name is Barbara...named for my aunt. She cried when I was born because she had just given birth to her 3rd son two weeks before I was born. So my mom named me after her. But anyway...we call her Aunt Barb. Good form of the name...nice, strong.

To the OP....Your dad will be so honored that you chose his name to carry on.

 

[tar heel]

Is your last name something you would use for a middle name? I didn't want to use mine b/c it would have meant a first and last name ending in "er."

My Dad's name is much worse than Larry Eugene, so we used my grandfathers' name, Thomas -- the apostrophe IS in the right place b/c they both had the same name, although each was called his middle name instead! Interestingly, my DH's grandfathers also had the same name, Carl. We didn't use Carl but used both DH's name and my FIL's name, so we were covered on that side.

 

[JunieJay]

My beloved grandfather was Luc and I always wanted to honor him by naming my first child after him, but no way was I spelling it like that. My granddady was French and French people understood that it was pronounced Luke, but Americans always called him Luck. So I named my son Luke..pronounced the same but spelled differently.

I think just the fact that you are naming the child after your Dad is an honor. I like Lawrence better than Larry too, its a good strong name. I'm sure your Dad will feel very honored.