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My three kids are all named after ancestors.  It is my family tradition, as is using surnames as middle names.  I named my kids family names to honor my family, but I don't see why that makes me snooty.  I certainly don't give a damn about whether anyone else uses family names, so it sounds to me as though your perceived "subtle air of superiority" says more about you than it does about me.

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Oh please.  PP clearly isn't trying to implicate everyone who's ever used a family name.  If the shoe fits, wear it.  If it doesn't, don't.  But don't assume the phenomenon doesn't exist simply because you don't engage in it.

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You know, there are family names, and then there are family names.  I don't think it's snooty to name your son "William Henry Jones" (for example) if William Henry was dear old Granddad's name.  But to name him "McIntyre Carruthers Jones" (totally made up example) or some other usage of your ancestors' surnames - that seems pretentious to me.  To each her own. [/quote]

Yes, to each  her own (although I don't wholly disagree).  But maybe it's more of a family custom, less pretension per se.  Our family has traditionally given each child his or her own name, because he/she is a unique person.  I'm not a fan of historical baggage.

But old McIntyre Carruthers, not a guy I'd want to chill with, most likely.   :wink:[/quote]

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