C. writes:<\/p>\n
We are considering using my husband’s grandfather’s name, Edward Lachlan Brenner for our second son due this May. From what I understand, this child would be considered a second…is this correct even though it skipped two generations AND we already had a first born son (Lucas James)?<\/p>\n
I’m concerned it’s not acceptable since we already have a son and I worry as our first son gets older, he might feel he deserved this name instead (even though his middle name is after my FIL). In all honestly, we just didn’t consider the option the first time around!<\/p>\n
What do you think??<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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While the suffix “Jr.” is given only to the son or daughter of the namesake, the suffix “II” is specifically intended for use by a grandchild, nephew\/niece, etc., and so the number of generations in between is not an issue.<\/p>\n
Your son’s own birth order is also unimportant: suffixes don’t require the holder of them to be the firstborn, and the explanation “We just didn’t think of it the first time!” is a good one. While it’s possible your firstborn will later wish he’d been given the name, my guess is that it won’t be an issue—or if it does come up, the explanation is a good one for him, too. The balance works well: only two of his three names match the honoree’s, but the honoree is a generation closer.<\/p>\n
I’d suggest naming him for your husband’s grandfather without making him a II: the suffix is optional, and is mostly to help avoid confusion. If the namesake is three generations older and has a different address, I doubt there will be any confusion to avoid. And if you’re concerned others will think it’s inappropriate to use the honor name for a second son, not using the II will keep most people from even turning their minds to the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C. writes: We are considering using my husband’s grandfather’s name, Edward Lachlan Brenner for our second son due this May. From what I understand, this child would be considered a second…is this correct even though it skipped two generations AND we already had a first born son (Lucas James)? I’m concerned it’s not acceptable since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2gb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8693,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8691\/revisions\/8693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}