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HelpRe: Family name scenario: what would you do?
in reply to a message by flossie
If I had to choose between literally Eli Isaac and Isaac Eli, I'd just choose Eli Isaac because I prefer Eli as a first name over Isaac. I would worry about what I liked more than about continuing the pattern or about which name belonged to the specific person I wanted to honor.
In reality if I was actually in this situation, I would use names I liked better that call back to the family names in some way, probably by starting with the same letters (Elias or Eliana for Eli, and Isaiah or Isabel for Isaac) and not necessarily pair them together in a combo either.
There is a bit of a pattern in my own family where my grandmother and I share initials and have the same middle name, so if I wanted to make a pattern out of it I could give my kid my mom's first initial and my mom's middle name, but I wouldn't actually do that unless all the names I liked better got vetoed for some reason.
In reality if I was actually in this situation, I would use names I liked better that call back to the family names in some way, probably by starting with the same letters (Elias or Eliana for Eli, and Isaiah or Isabel for Isaac) and not necessarily pair them together in a combo either.
There is a bit of a pattern in my own family where my grandmother and I share initials and have the same middle name, so if I wanted to make a pattern out of it I could give my kid my mom's first initial and my mom's middle name, but I wouldn't actually do that unless all the names I liked better got vetoed for some reason.
This message was edited 10/22/2024, 9:59 PM
