One of the most common practices is to name a child to honor a relative. Sephardic Jews name their children freely after both living and deceased relatives.
However, Ashkenazim rarely name children after living relatives, based on the belief that this will bring bad luck to both the child and the relative.
Traditional superstition held that the Angel of Death may take the child instead of the older family member.
For this reason, it's very uncommon to name a child after his living father. You won't find many Juniors among Ashkenazic Jews
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