Not giving the baby a middle name?

[dachs]

What do you guys think of not giving a baby a middle name? My husband doesn't have one, and doesn't see the need. We have pretty long and uncommon surname, so there isn't a need to use a middle name to stop any confusion with other people with the same name. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[staralfur]

I don't think it's a big deal. If you don't have two names that you love or don't feel strongly about giving a family name as a middle name, then there's no real point in giving your kid a middle name just for the sake of it.

I look at children's names all day long at my job and there are actually quite a lot who don't have middle names.

 

[sailorsgirl]

Neither of my children have middle names, and this one won't have either. We have a double barrelled surname, plus it's very long and uncommon so we have stuck with short first names and no middle names.

Xx

 

[ellahopesky]

my eldest dd doesn't have a middle name and neither does my niece. Its ok whatever you want to do, all about personal preference - i wish i'd given my dd a middle name but she does have a double-barrelled first name so its not too bad. my niece is called Skye and her surname is one syllable too - i find it kinda boring! xx

 

[AP]

Neither of mine have a middle name either. I have one but its generally double barrelled (I think it was meant to be, but isnt double barrelled on my birth cert)

 

[wishingonastar]

Neither of mine have middle name. I had several which I hated and dropped legally as soon as I was 18. Hubby has one which his mum purely gave him as she liked the name.

My personal opinion is that I wouldn't just give my children a middle name cos I liked it and I didn't have ppl to bestow the honour on (such as a treasured nan) so there was no need in my eyes

 

[stiletto_mom]

I personally don't have a middle name.

I kind of resented it thought because everyone else had one growing up. But if you had a reason for it (like your last name is long or double barreled).

 

[emyandpotato]

No middle name or five, either is fine! Some children will be happy with none or many and others will resent it for whatever reason so just go for what you think is right.

 

[modified]

No one in my family, except this generations children, have middle names.

 

[dachs]

Thanks for all your replies guys, it's good to know that there's a lot of people out there without middle names. I guess whatever we decide on, there's always a chance that our child will end up hating it!

 

[madseasons]

How else are they going to know when they are really in trouble?

If you feel no middle name is fine, then go with it! Sometimes it's just that much harder to think of two names than it is one. Took my DH and I forever to pick a second boy's name since we used our favorite first. BUT she is a little lady, so we were in the clear!

Dee