Does anyone have a middle name?

Where on earth did he get the idea that middle names are only for ‘posh’ people? They’ve been pretty normal for all sorts for a long time.

That's a lovely story Overthemoon. Clever parents!

In answer to * witzend*... his mother and the rest of his family. So to keep things ok, I gave in!

I have too. Rule number one: avoid a middle name that begins with a vowel as it can produce some interesting initials!!

I have never actually thought about whether or not people have a middle name. It surprised me to hear that some people haven't got one.
I have one so do our DDs. DH has 2 and we have no idea where one has come from! Too late to ask now.

I must look on the family birth certificates I have of my GPs and see whether they have middle names. One GM changed the spelling of her first name as it was the same name as her DHs first wife.
Its strange how so much you take for granted until you stop and think about it. So middle names I am now thinking about.

All my lot have middle names and we ain’t posh.
When we adopted we never changed their first names it was the one thing their birth parents gave them, however we did give them middle names of our choice. Actually we did have to change a daughter’s name as it replicated one of our birth children’s name.

When doing my side of the family tree, all my ancestors had middle names , usually the gran's maiden name

No, I don't and neither do either of my children. Never saw the point in them, to be honest.

My grandsons don't have middle names, and have very short first names.

I’ve my great grandmother’s middle name as my middle name, which I passed onto DD1. We used a popular name as a middle name for DD2. Both DGSs have middle names, in fact DGS1 has two.
DH was always known by his middle name, as his Mother disliked the way her family shortened his first name. DH hated that middle name, which had actually been picked by his then 5 year old sister.

No I don’t have one. Always been a bit miffed about that.

My middle name is Jane - lots of us about.

My brothers both have 2 middle names one of which is my French great grandmother's maiden name. It appealed to the snob in my mum. I imagine i was not worthy.

Ours all have 2 names as do the grandchildren.

Yes, we all have them in my family. The patronymic system is still used a lot in Wales, and my son has the family ancestral middle name, as did his dad, and grandfather.

Yes, it is my paternal grandparents name. Like Labradora I also have a confirmation name which I don't use.

My middle name came in handy at school because there was a girl in my class with the same names so my first and middle name were tagged together and it worked.

Four letter Christian name and no middle name…..😁

None of us (3 children) had middle names as my mother loathed her middle name and said she didn't want to inflict one on us.

Fortunately we were all fine with our one and only given names and we all gave our children middle names. Which may or may not be significant