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Book Title What's in a Name?
By Zushe Wilhelm
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12. Naming After a Former Husband

1) If a woman has a son through her second husband, she should not name him after her first husband if the second husband objects to it.


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Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm is the author of many compilations on Jewish law. This book with its extensive footnotes can be purchased here.

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What's in a Name?
9. Naming A Son After One’s Rebbe
10. Naming After a Living Person
11. Giving One Person Two Names
12. Naming After a Former Husband
13. Naming After a Former Wife
14. Mistakes Made While Giving the Name
15. Naming After Someone who Died Young
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What's In A Name
  Among the Jewish life cycle events, naming a child is uniquely important, for throughout his life, his Jewish name defines his identity at every waking and sleeping moment. It is by his Jewish name that a person is remembered and memorialized after a hundred and twenty years.