Would you give your child your first name as a middle name?

Ds has DH's name as his middle name.

And my GF's name as his first name and DH's father's name as other middle name.

I love(d) all three people so loved the names.

Ds2 has ds's first name as a middle name, mainly because we were all out of ideas

Even I think that all 3 names being the same is too much though it's so confusing when the post comes!

DD's middle name is my first name. It is traditional that the eldest girl of every generation has this name.

Nothing arrogant about it imo! Each to their own..
I get that it can be seen as unimaginative, my grandad, uncle and cousin all have the same first and middle and obviously last names! But it was a tradition in my family and they get called big and little X (no idea if cousin will carry on tradition)
My first name was my dgmothers who passed away and my father named, that wasn't unimaginative either I don't think DD now has my first name as one of her middle names (wasn't my idea, DP thought it would be nice and was also a nod to Dgmother)
DP also has his fathers name as his middle name and so does his nephew so it is definitely common!! I see it as a little mark of respect and not weird at all but I get how it can be for some.

My ILs did this with their children and my SIL did it with her first child too (despite not actually liking the first name in question ). It gets scuppered though when you have subsequent children of the same sex - what middle name do they get? I loathe my name in any case so there was no chance of doing that here.

DS has DH's first name as a middle name.

It wasn't because we wanted to name him after DH. I really liked the name and would have used it as DS' first name but decided that would be too confusing.

I know someone who gave their first name to their child as a first name, with a tiny twist. Think Julie calling her child Julia. I thought it was a little weird, but whatever, didn't really care.
I don't think I'd even notice if a middle name was given as a first.

Ds middle name is dh first name

I did!

I gave DD2 my name as her middle name. Why not? I like my name, and it went very well with her first name.

I have DM's name as my middle name (complete with unusual spelling).

If I ever have a ds then he'll have DP's name as his middle name as it's tradition in DP's family for the name to alternate from first to middle name so in theory if I ever have a ds, and he has a ds, then my grandson should have DP's name (although I will make it clear to any future dil that it's not compulsory!!). I'm happy with any ds having DP's name as a middle name. It's a nice name and I don't actually like many boys names and the few I do don't flow well together and as irrational as it sounds that is important to me.

However, I wouldn't give dd my name or my middle name - sorry to say it but I think it's weird (again completely irrational I know). I have some Irish relatives and it seems to be common for females to pass their names on but I'm not sure if that is an Irish/Catholic thing are just that side of the family!

My DH's name is a strong family name on his side (and it turns out on mine too, if you go back a few generations). We planned to use it as a middle name for a boy. And then had 2 girls!

Ds had dh's first name as one of his middle names along with my maiden name.

Dd has my middle name and maiden name as middle names.

Yes, I find this quite normal. We pass the same middle names around in my family.

Yes, I would. DS has the male version of my name as his middle name :)

DS has DH's name as his middle name. DH and his DF have the same first name so he wanted it included in some way and there was no chance we were having John Smith the Third! *Not actual name

I did, sort of in error, and like you I feel a bit diffident about it . It's her name now, though,so I guess I have to try and help her to rock it by being a bit more confident.

Yes, if it was nice enough.

Both my dds have my name as a middle name, there is a very good reason

Dd1 I had a really difficult birth and I hadn't wanted middle name but her father did so she was given my name as middle name. dd2 was given my middle name by dd1

Yes.DS has his dad's middle name as his first name, so similar.

It's a tradition in our family. My mum has her mums first name as a middle and I have my mums first name as my middle. DD1 has my first as her middle.

The same applies to boys in our family. So DS has DH's first as his middle.

It wasn't a problem until we had DD2 and then we ran out of parents so she ended up with the feminine version of DH's first name as her middle.

DP is Russian, so any kids we have, of either gender, will have his first name as their middle name. So if DP's name was Mikhail, our DCs would have "Mikhailov" or "Mikhailova" as middle names (m/f).

If I came from a "middle name" culture (I'm Jewish and middle names aren't a thing) I might feel more strongly about it. As it stands, I'm happy to have the middle name problem solved for me. But any DC will have mouthful names, lucky them!

My middle name is my mums name and my brothers middle name is my Dads name, simply because they hadn't chosen any and when they registered us they put those in. Nothing 'arrogant' about it, they're just middle names! It's common for some families to have names that get passed down. I don't mind it at all, no one ever asks me what my middle name is! And even then it's a perfectly nice name and it's my mums, and I love my mum!

DS has DH's first name as a middle name. DD has my middle name as a middle name. Not specifically because we wanted to call either of them after ourselves, but more because we both like the names and they both "go" nicely with our DC's chosen first names.