Will you be giving baby a middle name and why?

[terri21]

I was just wondering if you are giving your baby a middle name?

If you are, why?

If your not, why?



I am not giving Charlie a middle name as personally i dont see the point, we didnt give harry one and it just doesnt both me to be honest as the name will never be used.

Would like to hear your answers though

 

[bathbabe]

yes, because i never thought not to. Everyone in mine and OH family have one xxx

 

[rainbows_x]

Yes, I always liked the idea of a middle name for her.

Her first name is quite short so it flows better with a middle name.

x

 

[bky]

We did just in case she doesn't like the name we gave her when she's older. OH wanted to have her middle name be NMI for no middle initial Silly IMO since he goes by his middle name due to not liking his first name...
Also have found that having a middle initial at least helps with identity proof later on.

 

[pixydust]

yes because his first name is short and also quite unusual so gives him the option to go by his middle name if he dislikes it, plus we're using family names

 

[Mrs-C]

Both our families have middle names. It also helps for id later on and addressing post etc. Plus - we like more names than we intend to have children - got to use them up somehow!

 

[Callalily]

We'll probably give two!

I think its a great way to include family names without using them as the first name.

 

[mrsraggle]

Yes because anyone I've known who doesn't have a MN has always really resented it!

 

[discoclare]

She has two middle names, Isla and Rose! I like the idea of giving a middle name as they can use it if they don't like their first name (my OH's sister goes by her middle name rather than her first name). I choose two because I'm greedy and there were just too many girls names that I liked!

 

[stephx]

If i have a girl she will...

OH is choosing the boy name and he's insisting that middle names are 'gay' im still working on it though, I everyone should have a middle name

xx

 

[kanga]

We'll probably give two!

I think its a great way to include family names without using them as the first name.

me too

one we will pick and one will be my grandads name

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

A middle name is the norm in my family and DH`s so we will def be giving #2 a middle name

 

[KiansMummy]

Yes he will be called Kian James Hall - the middle name is a family name xx

 

[amberdawn723]

We will use a middle name as we did with our daughter. Mainly because it's a great back up if for some reason the child ends up hating their first name or if there are multiples within the family with the same first name or if you want to use initials as a nickname.

 

[Smurfette]

I hadn't considered not going with a middle name to be honest but both the middle names we've chosen whether Onions is a boy or a girl are after members of our family.

 

[Sophiiie]

OH's family has a middle name for girls that they've used for quite a few girls, it's OH's nans name and his mum, sister and nieces all have the middle name so if it's a girl we'll follow that.

For a boy, we've decided on John because it's the name of both of our grandads, and as they're no longer with us we thought it'd be a nice thing to do x

 

[LittlePeople]

We will be giving middle names, so that we can include family names!

Teigan Leigh
Elijah George

 

[Faerie]

For me a name seems incomplete without a middle name. Just how I feel. I remember even as a small child wondering why some of my friend's parents "hadn't bothered" giving them a middle name, I felt sorry for them.

Plus my little sister has 2 and I was always jealous

 

[captainj1]

Yes because

- both me and DH have one (and his sister doesn't and has always wanted one!); and
- we are using it as a way to honour loved ones that are no longer here (if we have a girl her middle name will be my late grandmother's name)

 

[Elphaba]

Yes, because DH wanted one (I don't mind either way). We are using a name which we both really liked as a first name in it's full form but neither of us like the name it is almost certainly going to get shortened to. Hence we're using it as a middle name so we can still include it or he can use it if he doesn't like his first name.