Name of Remberance!

My brother Colin Timothy died 11 yrs ago on December 27th! He was 8 yrs old. I was the last person to see him alive, to talk to him, to hear his voice!! I felt responsible for his death for a looonnnnggg time. I have always wanted to have his name somehow incorporated in my childrens name.I have four girls thus far. This pregnancy, I have strong feeling a son is on the way!! I wanted to just use his middle name as my sons middle name, but I was recently told by my grandmother that it would be nice to have Colin around again (meaning the name). I thought the name was "retired." So I pose this question to you for help! Would it betoo painful for my parentsto use his name as my childs? Or would it be a nice rememberance of my brother who lost his life too soon?

I think it'd be nice. I'd use a rememberance name. I think they'd appreciate that you want to keep his spirit alive.

My brother passed when he was five and I was four. A few years later my cousin had a child and named him Frankie after my brother. It wasn't really hard on my parents because my cousin Frankie has his own identity. Your baby will also establish their own as well.

I'm sorry for your lose, but I wouldn't use it as a first name. Maybe a middle?

i think it's a beautiful name and a lovely way to remember him

I think it would be a nice remembrance for your brother. I love the name Colin.. My ex-husbands name is Colin Anthony. I named my oldest son Luc Anthony just because he didn't want to name his son Colin.. He didn't like it for some reason, but I love it.
I don't think it would be hard on your parents, in fact I think it would make them feel very proud. I don't know your parents so I can't say for sure, but I would do it.

I think it would be nice thing to do in rememberance of your brother. My boyfriends little brother passed away 8 years ago in a car accident he was 12 years old and we're naming our son after him just his first name though.

Both of my daughters names are rememberance names as well. McKenzie after a gorgeous little girl that went to the school I worked at who passed when a tv fell on her and her parents are honored. Aundrea after my Uncle Andrew who passed who joked I should name her that before he passed. My aunt was thrilled to hear that would be her middle name.

I think it's nice to use names in Remembrance. We are using my Father-In-Laws first name who passed away last summer in a motorcycle accident as my son's middle name. His name is Herbert so we weren't going to use it as my son's first name, but it will be Elijah Herbert. I would suggest maybe asking your parents how they would feel if you named your son after your brother.

I think it's an absolutely beautiful idea!  

it's a wonderful idea! I did it with my son Benjamin, he's named after my brother, my mother gave birth to him and it was a stillborn birth, so i decided since non of my sisters or brother used it, they didn't have the guts because they thought our mom would've been upset i used it, and she LOVED that i was carrying on the name Benjamin because she loved it so much.I think you should talk to your parents because i talked to my mom about benjamin and i told her if it wasn't okay i was thinking about Blake (andat first she told me she wasn't sure, until she decided she loved the idea) so definitely talk your parents about the name, because it really depends. Colin is a wonderful name and if she does say no i dont want another colin around, use it for a middle name! his name will always have a meaning for you and your family!

i definitely LOVE the idea of honoring someone who passed on. Make sure you talk with your parents to see how they feel about you using the name first though.