Tell me you don’t live in a Hispanic Country without telling me you don’t live in a Hispanic Country.

My partner has the same name as her mother.

My wife’s g-grandmother was Mary. Her daughters were Mary Margaret, Mary Agnes, Mary Elizabeth, and Mary Alice. Newfies.

My fiance has the same name AND same birthdate as her mom. Has really fucked her up, we had like 10 extra calls essentially calling her the wrong person and asking about her property when we were buying our home.

We get her fucking mail all the time. Like literally same name and dob make life pretty fucking annoying, just pure stupid.

Good. Let kids have their own identity. I’ve always cringed at the Ebeneezer Gortlegump IV’s of the world.

What I have seen is it is much more common to have the firstborn daughter have a middle name of an ancestor, often grandmother.

This got me thinking about how there is no female equivalent of junior or senior

obviously no one in your family is named Elizabeth

My mother has the same first name as her mother. I don’t at all understand why, she has always just been called by her second name.

I believe every woman is named after their mother. Usually by about 20 years or so.

I know someone who has the same name as her mother, and her grandmother. They all lived in the same household. Imagine, you call her name and all three of them listen.

I never understood this practice in general, regardless of gender. There are so many possibilities, sure it takes some creativity, but it’s not that hard, come on.

Do middle names count?

Becauae I think all Swedish women have the middle name Anna.

You’ve obviously haven’t met every woman.

Yes you have. They’re just better about it.

I’ve met so many mother daughters, including my own mother and grandmother, who just alter their own name a little bit instead of going for a “Junior” type deal.

For instance, my Nana’s name is Elizabeth but goes by beth. My mom is Eliza Beth-Ann but goes by Eliza or Liz.

(Also yes I’m from the south)

Yet I’m sure they exist.

From some random article:

Naming a daughter after a mother isn’t a modern phenomenon; in some cultures, the tradition of matrilineal naming goes back centuries. In Ireland, and several other European countries, it was commonplace to name the first daughter after the maternal grandmother, the second daughter after the paternal grandmother, and the third daughter after the mother.

The practice is also prevalent in several Spanish-speaking countries, where it’s common to carry on both parents’ last names as well.

And then there’s Iceland.

My mother, grandmother and great grandmother all have same name, but used different short forms to differentiate.