My full name is William Wiley Bedsworth II. That is technically erroneous in terms of naming rules. I am technically not a “second.” Since I was given the same name as my father, the rules say I should be a “junior.” The Roman numeral two is supposed to be reserved for those named outside the direct line, such as for an uncle.
But my family (both sides) is from the South and my mother was scared to death that, if she hung that “Jr.” on my name, the family would replace my first name with it and just call me “Junior” – a fate she correctly considered far more stigmatic than ugliness, stupidity or a career on the bench.
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