Unsuccessful names-Not to name a child with a name that has history of unsuccess:[1]
If a number of individuals with the same name have been unsuccessful in life, then one is to not name his child with that name. This applies even to one’s own father who is deceased. Thus, if one named his son after his deceased father and the son was not successful, and also his brother named his son after the father and his son was not successful, then the third or fourth brother is not to call their sons by their father’s name, as with two times there is a Chazakah that the name does not carry good luck. This certainly applies if three brothers named their sons by the father’s name and none of them were successful, in which case it is considered a Chazakah according to all. [Nonetheless, the custom is not to be particular against naming after a person who was poor.[2]]
__________________________________________[1] See Sefer Chassidim 244; Zivcheiy Tzedek 116:82; Kaf Hachaim 116:134; Afrasakta Deinya 101; All Poskim in next Halacha and footnote; Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 154:1; Shevach Habris 20:12; Nitei Gavriel 72:9
[2] Nitei Gavriel 72:8
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