My husband has somehow managed to convince me that our soon-to-be son's middle name will be his own father's name such as is tradition. I was really anti the idea at the time as I don't want an 'old name' as a middle name but I have since relented and accepted my baby's fate 
The compromise we came to is that baby will have 2 middle names and I get to choose the other. Brilliant, I thought....except I have no idea what to go for I know a lot of people say middle names should be 'family' names and have meaning, so would it be fickle to just pick a random name simply because I liked it? Part of me is also feeling that as one middle name is DH's dad's name, the 2nd middle name should be my dad's name so to avoid any issues of 'favouritism'? But then baby will have two 'old names' in his name.
Our favourite name so far for our little boy is Arran, so he will be Arran John (another middle name) and our surname, which is one syllable being with a W. I really like the name Harrison you see but don't know if it works as a middle name.
Why is naming a baby such a minefield??
How can it cause such angst?? 