Twin Boys--One a Junior, One Not?

No I wouldn't do a jr for twins. How about honoring their father by giving both boys their father's name as a middle name? A couple I know had triplets and each of the boys had the middle name Michael after their father.

Negative on the Junior, especially with twin boys. How do you pick?? First one out, the one that looks like dad the most?? I think it just sounds like there would be trouble and issues down the road. I was married to an identical twin and his brother has the father's middle name as his his middle name, this even caused problems.

Sorry but I agree with your hubby. I think it would be a bit odd. Let us know what you decide.

I would absolutely NOT do this. I have twin girls and they are very interested (at age 4) in who they're named after. I think it would cause tension if one was named after their dad (or me) and the other wasn't. Besides, other people would make all sorts of dumb statements about the junior... "oh, you're just the spitting image of your dad", "you're taking in your dad's footsteps", etc. And the non-junior would feel left out.

I wouldn't do a Jr.
You will not know how it will play out or affect the boys or how others perceive them... until the boys are old enough to understand... what a Jr. is.

I never liked "junior" anyway so I think it would be weird to do that to a set of twins.

I wouldn't name a twin junior. In fact, I wouldn't name ANY kid a junior. My brother and my husband are both juniors and no matter how careful they are or how different birthdays and SSN's are, it seems to be inevitable that things get screwed up on their credit reports. I have spent countless hours trying to convince the credit agencies that the bad debt they show from years ago is actually my FIL's debt, not my husbands. My 27 yo brother has NO credit because when my father co-signed his loans, they put everything on my dad and assumed the double name was a mistake.

It's been a nightmare!

I wouldn't do it, it seems strange to me. Use 2 different family names, or like someone said, dads name for a middle. Or just pick different names.

No, Jr. Is considered a bit of an honor. To do this for one but not the other.. could bring up resentments.

I would not have a junior even if it was one child because of all the problems it can cause to have two people with the same name. My husband's son is a junior and we are constantly having to check our credit because his stuff always gets attached to my husband's credit report.

I like Diane's response. Give both boys there fathers name for a middle. Or make them both JR's. Justin ryan, Jake Richard. See where I'm going. That way they are both jr's

No, I would not. They can each be given a family name.

My husband is the oldest son. Weirdly, his father's name was given to the younger son.... so the order is all messed up. My husband isn't offended, but it's just kind of odd, like 'you weren't good enough for the family name, so we had another boy who was.' They don't feel that way of course, but that is how it seems.

I wouldn't, no. I feel like there would always be comparison and hard feelings because of that. Just my opinion to fin another way to honor dad or something if that's what you're doing. Maybe one can have his middle name be dad's name and the other can have his middle name be dad's middle name

I would not make one a junior - I would want them to always feel, as much as possible, that they are on equal footing and to me, making one a junior might make them both feel like he is superior somehow to the other.

I'm not a fan of naming kids after living relatives because of the confusion. So I would skip the junior and give each of them their own name and maybe use a family name for a middle name. My son's first name is my husband's middle name and even that sometimes is confusing.

Why not use your husbands first name as BOTH boys' middle names? That way the name gets passed on, but each boy has his own name.

Ooooohhh that's a toughie. I have a "Junior" myself. I never considered what I would do with TWIN boys.

I probably would not go "Junior" just because I wouldn't want one to feel left out.

But do you name a subsequent boy (if any) a Junior? I honestly don't know. That's a tough question.

Good luck - please let us know what you end up doing!

IF you did, you should find another name with great meaning in the family. My DD is named for a grandmother on each side and the order is only because we liked how it rolled, nothing to do with my family over his.

My stepson's first name is his father's middle name and my sister and BIL gave their son the same middle name as his father.

I wouldn't-- I almost named my son David Isaac (my dad's name is David) but I had a vision of saying "David" and having BOTH of them IGNORE me, so I named him Isaac David

No, I would pass it by. They would always have that in the back of their mind saying the other one got to be named after dad and they didn't. I would think about naming them something else and giving them both some name that was family in nature. Like my friend who named each and every one of her kids XXX her last name as middle name XXX.

My husbands dad goes by his middle name and it is the same as my hubby's first name. They get confused at the doc, at the bank, etc...it only comes in nice when we use his credit cards for some purchase or other, he will often have us go fill up the car or buy his groceries if he doesn't feel well. It is easier when the name is so similar.

i wouldn't! my son is richard franklin, IV, and i don't like it cause my dh and his dad (dh's grandpa, the original, is deceased so i don't have to worry about 4 of them with the name lol) of course have the exact name...and finding a name from those that wouldn't be confusing--ugh. one might feel jealous of the other, anyhow.

I have twins. Definitely not. There could be resentment on either side; jr doesn't like not having his "own" name, non-jr doesn't understand why he wasn't picked as jr.