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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. You gave your son a unique name and that’s a good thing!
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.
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.
John Smith Jr. But please note that within text, if you decide to use the more traditional comma before Jr. or Sr., the function of the comma is to set off these abbreviations, so an additional comma is needed after the abbreviation if the sentence continues (as in my first sentence above).
If you ever hear someone getting called Mrs. or Mr., that means they’re getting a prefix added to their name. There’s also suffixes like Jr. and Sr. However, these names can get confusing and hard to keep track of.
In the United States the most common name suffixes are senior and junior, which are abbreviated as Sr. and Jr. with initial capital letters, with or without preceding commas. In Britain these are rarer, but when they are used the abbreviations are Snr and Jnr , respectively.
23 Αυγ 2016 · In the main text of your written work, use a suffix that is an essential part of the name—like Jr. or a roman numeral—when you cite a person’s name in full. Do not place a comma before numbered suffixes: John D. Rockefeller IV. Place a comma before Jr. and Sr.: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
