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dd has my middle name and ds has dh middle name dc#3 is due in sept i cant think of another middle name with a meaning would it be silly to all have the same middle name?
DH's best man and his twin brother both had the same middle name - apparently it was a family tradition to give the eldest son their father's name as a middle name - so they were David Philip James and Ian Philip Howard.
Personally I wouldn't do it - I would prefer for the child's entire name to be theirs and not shared with a sibling. I don't think it's necessarily a silly thing to do, though; just not something I would want to do.
You don't have to give a middle name at all if you can't find one you like.
MargaretMountford Really? I was raised Catholic, baptized and went to a Catholic school and that's the first I've heard of it. My middle names is Helen and my sister's is Christina. I will tel my mum she is a heathen and that St Peter isn't going to let her in!
As for giving siblings the same middle name, seems odd to me as there are so many lovely names out there!
that's what my dad told me ! my mum and I both have Maria and my granny had Mary.. but I have other Catholic friends with other names so it doesn't always follow !
My friend has 3 ds' all with the same middle name.(Their fathers first name) I wouldn't do it, but can't see why it would be a poblem if you wanted to.
My sister and I both have Mary as a middle name as do my Mum and Dad (Irish Catholics!!). Sister and I have both continued it with our daughters. (We do all have 2 middle names though as does DD)
Not silly at all. Me and my little sis have the same middle name (my choice apparently). I can't imagine in what situation it would ever be an issue or why it would be silly?
My Bro is an actor and uses his middle name as his stage surname. Both his DDs have that as their 2nd middle name as does my ds1. I thought the Catholic thang was that one name had to be a Saint not necessarily Mary.
LOL! - it must be something about Johns! I once went out with someone called John, whose brother was called .... John. They were both known by their middle names, Richard and Robert. Why? .......
BTW, if you're in a mind to do it, you can effectively obliterate any name you don't like. My middle name doesn't appear on my marriage certificate, passport, driving license - whatever else there is, I've effectively 'lost' it!
AND ... ho ho ho, H's first set of children were convinced the 'N' stood for Nigel, not Norman! Can't blame him for that one.
gosh it's FINE. it's just a middle name..ok, important when you chose it but rarely used, and so what if it is? it's a nice name, just happens to be the same as a sibling.
Another Irish Catholic here! I am from a family of 4 girls and 3 of us have Maria as our second name. The odd one out has Ann as her second name but took Maria as her confirmation name.
Mind you - even my Dad is Thomas George Mary! God love him - we gave him an awful time when we found out!
We like the fact that we have the same second name. Family not big on traditions generally so this feels nice for some reason.
Ahh, the Mary thing must be an Irish Catholic thing. Irish surname, but roots long lost. Was bought up in London by English parents. Definitely agree with the Saint's name thing though. The priest wouldn't baptise me one of the names my parents wanted as it was a place, not a saint.
It sort of like making their surname longer, in a way. The middle name goes from being something distinguishing, to being a family name.
I think its fine, if thats what you both want. Any option to use your maiden name?
My kids both have "Name Middle Name MyMaidenName Surname" and any other kids we have will have my Maiden name as 2nd Middle name as well. Any idea there?
all the men in both sides of our families in fact have the same middle name - John!
my girls don;t, but that is because I hate my middle name with an absolute passion and could not inflict it upon them....for fear of reprisal's from them later!
I don;t see the problem really.....they are still unique enough with their first name anyway
I don't think it would be silly at all. A relative's boys have the same middle name because it was her maiden name - Ross. My ds has it as his first name because it was also my granny's maiden name - and because we liked it!
My family all have the same middle name. Most of them also have another one, but my parents couldn't think of another one for me. Bastards. I have a boy's middle name.
How about using the first name of one of the older children as the midle name - if you want to keep the middle name as one with a special connection. Or the name of a grandparent or other close relation, or a god parent?
my dp and his brother both have their fathers name as their middle name. they dont think anything of it, just sil and i think its a little weird. (and is the butt of many of our jokes!!) now ds1 has the same middle name but i refused ti let ds2 have the same middle name and we had to give him my dads name as his middle name just to keep him happy as he was very upset that we didnt give ds1 his name!!! (fil has past away which is why dp wanted to give ds1 his name as a middle name)
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