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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deciding what to name our second kid. First kid is named after DH’s dad. Would it be weird if second kid also has a name from DH’s mom? It would mean a lot more to DH family- My family doesnt have a tradition of naming kids after relatives. It literally has never been done and is not part of our culture. But DH wonders anyway if my parents should have “their turn” and a have a middle name from my side of the family. He thinks they will secretly be pleased. We floated the idea as a thought and they said “oh that’s nice” but didn’t have much of a reaction otherwise. Whereas if baby is named after DH’s mom, she will be over the moon and guaranteed to cry buckets on the spot.

To complicate things, DH’s family is way wealthier so it influences how this will be perceived by both sides or by third parties. Not why we are doing it but thought it was worth mentioning. [/quote]

Naming both after one side of the family is not a big deal to me, especially since it's important to his side and not to yours.  If I knew your family dynamics I would never assume you were sucking up to the richer grandparents, unless there was additional context about you chasing their approval.  But naming a brother and sister after a husband and wife strikes me as a bit . . . icky.  Imagine meeting a brother and sister Adam and Eve, for example.  Unless both are only middle names, I'd avoid that scenario.  [/quote]

They already have his last name, now they get middle names from his side as well? Parents who say they don't care about that snub are lying [/quote]

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