Does anyone have a middle name?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

That's a lovely story Overthemoon. Clever parents!

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.

I have my Mum's maiden name as my middle name. I hated it when I was child but enjoyed using it s a double barrel type surname in my teens.
My Mum also had her mother's surname as her middle name. I have no idea why and didn't ask if it was a family tradition.

My middle name was also my mother’s middle name and my grandmother’s first name.
DGD2 also has it as her middle name.

I was very touched when my DS2 have his 3rd daughter my mother's name as a middle name, as she (my DM) had died the year before the baby was born.

A warning though:we gave two of my boys middle names which were to be used as their day-to-day names. The only reason being that it scanned better(!) We have a single syllable surname and the names we had chosen for them were 2 and 3 syllables So we plonked a single syllable name in front. They have cursed us for this ever since. They are often addressed by this redundant first name in official correspondence and have to be careful filling in forms.

By the way, the German word for the name you are generally known by is Rufname. A useful word, especially in their cases! Sometimes there is even a space for it when filling in forms.

Neither my husband or I had a middle name, but we gave our daughter one and she has gone one further with her sons who both have two names and two family names.

MissAdventure

My mum absolutely denied having a middle name as she disliked it so much, but it wasn't that bad, in my opinion.

This has prompted me to remember that my late mother had two middle names so at least one was definitely not a confirmation name; my late father and my younger sister both had an "extra" or middle name but I'm not sure if they were "confirmation" names that they used as a middle name or alternatively were given at birth; neither I nor my elder sister had a middle name given at birth so we come as a very plain package names-wise.

Before my younger brother was born I had an imaginary friend. At the age of three I was allowed to give that name to my brother, one of his two middle names, and I never needed my imaginary friend again.

My middle name is Louise like most people born in the 70s.

I have Elizabeth as my middle name as my Grandmothers were Elizabeth and Eliza. In my family at least, middle names are usually family ones.

My sister and I were both given second names both of which were Biblical. I in turn bestowed my second name on my DD2. She dislikes it intensely, probably because of a girl she knew at Primary School with that name whom she disliked!

I always thought that having a middle name would be beneficial in signing legal documents. There could be plenty " John Smith" for example but not many " John Alan Smith" so no mix ups

I have a middle name, but my brother doesn’t. My father thought boys should only have one name, as he had. Don’t know why.

My own sons have middle names. I tried to give them middle names that were rather more ordinary than their first names, in case they preferred to switch. Neither has done.

My grandchildren both have three names (that is, two middle names). Much more scope for the imagination!

My mum absolutely denied having a middle name as she disliked it so much, but it wasn't that bad, in my opinion.

I know what you mean Ekwa as my husband insisted on giving our youngest son a middle name, the same as his father's. My son just doesn't use it. He has to in any legal situation or marriage etc but grimaces when he hears it.