Passing down family name

I had three cousins with the same name , all at the same school !! tooooo confusing

we decided on very different from family names and had family names as second names , everyone was very cross , but 50 years later they have got over it . Sometimes it gets strange , Big John , wee John , Johnny , till no one knows who they are talking about , love the baby , be glad for a lovely grandson and DO NOT cause a rift

Congratulations on the new arrival
Hmmm - the parents get to choose the name and presumably did not want to continue with tradition - seems fair enough to me
Just enjoy the precious new addition to your family and please don't express your disappointment......

My elder daughter has seventh generation name , when she had her first daughter they chose not to give the baby the name but did choose it as a second name , I call elder granddaughter both names, not a thing we can do but accept the parents choice

Perhaps it's time to let that tradition go - young people these days have their own ideas.

We have a boys name on both sides which we gave to DS2 when it became obvious that no-one else was likely to. DD3 got lumbered as she sees it with the really old fashions family girls name.

By definition a handed down name is old fashioned so the child might thank them. Ours would have done!

You have had your turn at choosing names. Time to let go. Just be thankful to have the child. "a rose by any other name..etc."
Do you also have a tradition for girls' names? or is it just for the boys.