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  • 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.

  • Do middle names count? My grandmother's first name became my mother's middle name. Then my sister and her daughter also got that middle name.

    • My sister was given my Grandmother's middle name as her first.

      But I don't think those count. Many men are "Jr." OP's right, very few women are "Mom Jr." What would the suffix be? Junior? Is junior non-gendered? I think of it as a masculine suffix.

      Good shower thought.

  • My mother was named after her mother, although she used her middle name. My sister was named after her. We're white midwesterners in the US.

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