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Is a Second Son Named After a ‘Senior’ – the ‘III’? I have a son named him after his Dad. The Dad already has an older son and he named ‘Jr.’. So, we named my son ‘lll’ and Dad now uses ‘Sr.’ Did we do this right? —————— – RR. Dear RR: The key thing is to give each son a unique legal name.
In writing, a comma is used to separate the surname and the suffixes Jr. and Sr., though the trend is now toward dropping the comma. Junior, when spelled out, is written with a lower case j. Learn how to use and write men's names with suffixes.
A child with a name that varies from a parent's name in middle name only may also be informally known as Jr. (e.g. Francis Wayne Sinatra, son of Francis Albert Sinatra), and his father may be known informally as Sr. (e.g., Paul John Teutul and his son, Paul Michael Teutul).
To abbreviate name suffixes such as “junior” and “senior,” the first and last letters -- “j” and “r” for “junior” and “s” and “r” for senior -- are written followed by a period. This abbreviation is used when a person’s given name is written in full such as John H. Smith Jr.
It's a basic genealogical question: If one wants to name their son after a relative, is it better to go with "Junior" ("Jr.") of "The Second" ("II") at the end of the name? And what makes someone a Junior?
The suffix “Jr”, an abbreviation for “Junior”, finds its roots in the Latin term “iunior”, which signifies “younger”. Associated primarily with father-son relations, ‘Jr’ imparts the idea of continuance, signifying that the bearer shares his given name with his preceding generations.
Is JR A Suffix Or Salutation? JR is a suffix that is added to a person’s name to indicate that they share the same name as a parent, and that the parent also has the same name. It is not a salutation, which is a greeting used at the beginning of a letter or email, such as “Dear Mr. Smith” or “Hello Jane”.
