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Surprised to see so many posts here proclaiming "wins." Not my personal way to think of any decision in a marriage, especially something as important as a child's name. We came up with DD's name together.

DD got my grandmother's first name, the  first name of an author who is important to me, and her aunt's name (DH's sister's first name which also happens to be DH's mother's middle name so we chose it to rep both of them).

Yes, three names in front of the surname, which is DH's surname. I also have three names plus surname, due to being named for two people then given a third name to be "all my own" as my mom used to say. I love my names. Before folks jump in to say it's a hassle to have four names total instead of first/middle/last--it's never been an issue for me so I was willing to do that to my DD. DD is a young adult now and says it's not an issue for her either. The occasional form doesn't have enough room, but that's all.

If we'd had a son, we likely would have gone with a male name from DH's family, but absolutely not DH's own name--he was clear about not wanting any "junior."  Male names in my family are so weird the men went by nicknames for life. Not a lot of current names thrill us. The male names we would have used are very traditional names and not fashionably traditional like some that have made comebacks. But we'd have used and loved them.[/quote]

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