Naming a minor character

[JT Woody]

At the very end of my series, there is a time skip that shows my MC in her new life and reveals she has a child.
Its the final chapter and i have no idea what to name the child (or if i should give the child a name).

If i give him a name, it has to be meaningful.
I have 4 options:
- naming him after the MC's little brother (the whole series starts with her wanting to give her little brother the best chance he could get at living a normal life, and she harbors guilt when she leaves him and believes hes dies along with the rest of her family)
- naming him after her mentor (this character was like an older brother to her and he sacrificed his life to save her... but this would SORTA be weird since she'd be naming him after her husbands brother?)
- naming him after his father
- coming up with a whole new name.

(Note: naming him after the other chracters means incorportating elements of their names)

 

[Naomasa298]

Is there any one of these choices that feels truer to your characters than the others?

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Kids ought to have a primary personal name that is unaffiliated with anyone else. Tributes can be added as middle names. My father, uncle, brother, a couple of cousins, and nephew are all named William. When I had a son, I did not name him William.

 

[Hammer]

How old will the kid be in the scene? It's reasonable to "stare into a baby's eyes knowing that life will never be the same again", and anything up to a toddler could easily be "little [brother/father]" without actually being called that, but if he/she is four or five years old they should probably have a name of their own. As above, do what feels comfortable in your world - if "Hagrad son of Hagrad" is commonplace, go with that?