Baby Name Poll Results

I think it’s a little weird.

I think you should go for Matthew Ryan if you intend calling him Matt anyway, there is nothing wrong with two jr’s but you can’t call him that cause of your eldest son & obviously you can’t use Ryan cause of the dad so Matthew Ryan seems the ideal solution!

I think it is ok...I would go with Ryan Matthew - RJ would be GREAT. (I don’t like using the middle name - my brother-in-law is that way, but it gets confusing with business matters, etc.)

Honestly, what I think is kind of weird is that your oldest goes by junior exclusively when he isn’t living with his biological father.
Maybe that’s just me.....

I think if the younger one is going to by something other than junior, it’s fine.

In any case, I don’t think it would be a problem for the Boys.
If you live in kind of a gossipy town, people might say some snickery things about You (sorry if that’s too honest).

gl

It’s a little weird but it’s not weird when you know the circumstance. I think it’s fine as long as he doesn’t go by Junior. I really like Matt. RJ is cute though. GL!

I would name the new son Matthew Ryan. It\’s still after the dad, but it\’s not the same name. My brother is named after my dad, and goes by his middle name, and it\’s been really frustrating for him because he went by Daniel (middle name) his whole life, and then got to middle school where he didn\’t want to spend the time to correct all seven of his teachers on what he goes by, so some friends call him Daniel, others Eric, and it\’s annoying for him. My parents wish they\’d just named him Daniel Eric, now.

The reason he goes by Junior is because he was already old enough to know his name when we split. He was very close to his father, even though his dad was a jerk. We talked about his name, and we let him decide. He said he loved the name Junior, and that is what he wanted. He is 9yrs old now, and still wishes to go by Junior, even though he hasn’t seen his dad in about three years. I asked him not long ago about the reason he still likes Junior, and he said he doesn’t want to go by Daniel or Joseph, because those are his dad’s names, and he doesn’t want to be called the same as his dad. He is very hurt by the fact that his dad is no longer in his life, and he feels like Junior is his own name, and no longer associates it with his father. He has also discussed changing his name, but isn’t quite ready to do that. Make sense?

Relax with todays complex modern families having 2 children named after their fathers isnt unusual. I knew 2 families that merged where 2 of the girls had the same name.
As long as your boys aren’t both going by Jr. it shouldn’t be a problem.