[poll] Names!

[pne]

To clarify slightly (hopefully): the "more than two middle names" was meant to read "more than two given names (i.e., more than one middle name)". And the "human" option is for those who would prefer to answer neither "male" nor "female"; I take it for granted that most people who chose "male" or "female" also consider themselves "human".

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Comments

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Not sure if I'd change my name when marrying or not, but I'd at least think about it if my partner had a strong preference. Otherwise, I lean towards no. However, children would have the last name of their father, which is least complicated.

My family has a strong trend of naming sons after their grandfather - my grandfather's name was Tzvi, my father's name is Israel, my brother's name is Tzvi.

Also, in my religion it is common to name a child after a deceased relative.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Apparently my parents found that some of the grandparents came from a tradition where naming after deceased relatives is common and others from one that named after living relatives. Both found the opposite tradition distasteful. As a fifth child, they'd already run out of people they felt a need to name people after by the time I came along though.