Why do Greeks name their kids after their grandparents??

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skatoula :)

greeks name their kids after their grandparents out of respect.......its an honor to be named after a greek person......most parents want to name their kids after their grandparents....the youth feels fine about it......if you really dont like your name then you can find a nickname to be called......its not rocket science dudee

The_last_Amazona

It's mainly symbolic, like passing the torch of tradition to the next generation. Grandparents expect this and parents try to oblige out of respect.
The young feel fine about it, since they have no choice,LOL.
Nicknames are also common, for those who are not pleased with the parents choice.
Isn't always the case anyway?

Vasiliki-Î’Î±ÏƒÎ¹Î»Î¹ÎºÎ®

you are not obliged to do it!!!!
of course a parent has the right to name his child as he likes...
there is no law to say "name the child as the grandparent"
but if you honor you parents you do this.....
i dont know th propose of this...
as a young person i have no problem to name my children as their grandparents,as long as the name is not something extremely ugly.....
most of the names can have a nice "short name" too......

It's tradition to do so. I wasn't named after a grandparent and I wish I was. I want to change my name to Georgia because my late pappou was named George.

shoppergirl321

Maybe to remember loved ones that died or when they die to remember them there are many different reasons not only greeks do it

C.C.

It is a tradition like everyone already said before me...
It is out of honour and respect to elder persons of your family.
All my cousins from my father's side have the name of his mother which I found ridiculous. We have the same name and last name and the only thing that changes is our father's name.
The only one that "got away" is me because and I ended up having two names the second of course is my grandmother's name.....

Cle@r Sky 07

Just a tradition!:P
Some families don't do that.. :)

Vergina

Yes, is tradition.
That's why I named my son Alexander, after his great, great, great, great,greeeeeaaaaaatttttt grandfather :-)

Edit: The "thumbs down fairy" visited this question again. I guess somebody didnt like the name Alexander for my son. LOL

yiotadelta

Because they are not creative and cannot find any smart alternatives (no joke).

helleneda

ITs just a tradition.which im not agreed with.

Vergina:i hope you visit again,i thought of naming my son alexander too ;)

ketilevedis

It's tradition I don't agree with it but both my kids are named after their grandparents.Yia sou.

beaumonstre

It's just a tradition but nowadays it's not obligatory. More and more couples give a different name to their child. And I totally agree with you and personally I think I won't give to my child his grandmother/grandfather's name.

Gabriella

I didn't name my children after my parents, and they didn't mind. Nor did my brother. I think many young Greeks start naming their children the way they want to.

mcr4eva

im greek...i have no idea y they do that but their is no way in hell im gonna name my child after my father!
i got my name after my gradmother i dont mind cause i like it!i think that they do this so that when the grandparents die you give the children their names so that they can be rememered ...
it must be that cant think of another reason ! :)

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