Does anyone have a middle name?

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.

I have a middle name. It’s French, as part of my mother’s family were from the Channel Isles

I do and I detest it. It's a combination of my 2 grandmothers' forenames (but an existing girls name) so I presume my parents were being diplomatic.

I have a middle name that was given to me by my parents, all my siblings likewise have middle names. My children both have middle names, and almost everyone I know has a middle name. Not one of us could credibly be described as "posh," either. In my experience it is a rarity to discover that an acquaintance hasn't actually been given a middle name!

No, I've not got one.

My father was the second boy. His mother, my GM, was so disappointed that he wasn't the longed-for girl that he wasn't given a second name. The elder son and the subsequent daughter both had second names. I think my father always felt unwanted and became a bit of a black sheep, refusing to go into the family business and becoming a musician.

I was the last of many children...I think my parents were somewhat weary. My middle name is the same as my eldest sister's first name 🤣

I was raised a Catholic so have a "confirmation" name in addition to my christian name. I don't use the confirmation name as a middle name or initial.
I'm not sure why.

I have a middle name as does DH. The four children I have biologically all have two middle names!

I have two middle names and I have never been accused described as being posh.