# Traditions in naming children. Opinions wanted (especially men?)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 23, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditions-in-naming-children-opinions-wanted-especially-men/361872 "2006-06-23T15:09:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_chicken_of_exeter)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditions-in-naming-children-opinions-wanted-especially-men/361872/61 "2006-06-26T02:08:14Z")

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my family has a much worse tradition than any of you, so dont be complaining. its a welsh thing i think, lots of welsh families have something similar. all the men have the same first name. all of them. which in my family happens to be ieuan (pronounced yie-un), which no one in england can spell. all the men use their middle names instead, which leads to no end of confusion. since my little brother is gay i am the only one left to carry on the family tradition, which i have no intention of doing.

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