Does anyone have a middle name?

I am a Presbyterian but haven’t heard of that . Maybe it is different here.

The majority of people I have ever met have had middle names, whether they were manual labourers or Lords of the Realm. Before everyone was known to all and sundry by their first name. everyone would be referred to as Mr/Mrs/Miss. A N Other - and it was almost always 'A N' Other, rarely 'A' Other.

I sometimes look at Mumsnet’s Baby names, just to be amazed at the awful/bizarre names which people use now. On there it is assumed to be universal to give babies a middle name.
I don’t see the point of adding a name which will never be used, mine is ghastly but nobody’s ever asked what it is.
My brothers and husband had only one name and we gave two of our children two each and the other two only one. They’ve never complained.

I love my middle name and have often used it. It's royal and was very popular.
My family all have middle names, it's surely normal I think.

I have several and a confirmation name. I never use the confirmation one and most often when form filling have to leave off the last of the others as there is never enough room! The least among my siblings was three!

I don't have a middle name and was the only child in my class not to have so I gave both my children two middle names.

I have three middle names. Does that make me really posh?

Yes, I have a middle name, and have used it in preference to my first name for most of my adult life.

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I have three middle names. Does that make me really posh?

Of course! You are obviously Royal.

I have one, it was my mother's name. I use versions of it when I don't want to use my own name. My own name is not very common, so no anonymity, I've nothing to hide but on social media sites I prefer something else, a bit like having a username here. I did not give my children middle names.

My middle name is my mums first name and my sisters middle name is our grandmother s first name.

2 middle names, it's a Catholic thing, as many saints names as possible, then you get another as a confirmation to make one even holier One of my names is my maternal grandmother's, I would have preferred it as a first name.

I do wonder how the crop of newish, particularly Americanised made up names resonate at baptism, possibly frowned upon. my day choices had to be either saints names, biblical, or a virtue.

my middle name is Brenda, I have never liked my names,, it helps I think to make us more identifiable...??

I don’t have a middle name but my three grown up children and my grandchildren all have a middle name.

No middle names for me or my sister.
My husband didn’t have one.
Neither of our 2 daughters were given one
And tradition has been continued as our grandson & granddaughter each have only one first name.
Love it. 😁

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My children all have one and so do we. I thought it was normal. More unusual not to have one.

We like to buck the trend in our small family 😂

Definitely have a middle name. Helps to distinguish you from someone else with the same first and surnames. Also as initials at work can be helpful. It also allows you to pay homage to family members where you wouldn't choose their name as a first name.

we have a tradition in our family that the daughters take the mothers first name as a middle name, I have my mums name as my middle name, and both my daughters have my first name.

Yes I have a middle name, it’s short and unusual and I love it. I gave it to our eldest daughter, and she gave it to her daughter, so it’s stood the test of time.

watermeadow, I have two friends who hated their first names. As soon as they grew up,left home and moved away for work, they asked people to call them by their middle names.
Those of us who had known them from childhood just had to get used to the change. Not a problem. I rather wish now I had done the same.....😂

We all have middle names including our parents but for some obscure reason we are all known by our middle names. It was planned that way by the parents. Eg 'the baby is called Jasper George, to be known as George.

I don't have a middle name and definitely feel cheated as my parents both had them!
However, a former work colleague had two daughters (born years apart, not twins) and gave them the same middle name but spelt differently...Suzanne and Susanne. I always thought that was decidedly weird

I have a middle name and nowadays I find it causes confusion. It begins McK and trying to get people to appreciate the small "c" and the capital K is a nightmare at times. Even if filling in the boxes on the letters just get muddled up. None of mt 3 children were given middle names. The person I inherited the McK from died before I was born. Can't see tge point of having a middle name that never seems to get used.

I have a middle name and so do my two children, in fact my son has two middle names.

My family was very small. I grew up without grandparents, aunties, uncles or cousins. Just sisters.

It meant the family name would die out, so my children have two middle names, one of which is my maiden name. Their names aren't hyphenated or anything, but I did want the family name to continue for just a little longer. My grandchildren haven't carried it forward, alas.

I have my mother's rather Victorian name as my middle name. It has become slightly more fashionable these days.