The use of the mother's maiden name as a childs middle name was also quite common in the UK in the 19th centuary - e.g. Isambard Kingdom Brunel. (This also brings up one of my pet hates: the imported practice of the wife retaining her surname and adding her husband's at the end - for example Farrah Fawcett Majors. I'd much rather she'd kept her maiden name if she didn't want to change to her husband's!)

Also in my ancestory where the name of the father is the same as his son it is changed in the third generation - I'd not know about it being bad luck.