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Two middle names?

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Liloslilo · 12/06/2018 19:21

My daughter only has one middle name but I would like to give my son two to honour my OH’s family tradition but my dad’s name too. Does it matter that he has two but daughter has one? I’m not keen on two middle names generally but I can’t imagine having a son and not putting my dad’s name in there x

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FrozenMargarita17 · 12/06/2018 20:14

Sorry what I was trying to say is that I don't think it matters really because while it'll be there on paper you probably won't really use it. I don't think it'll make any difference to them ?

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 12/06/2018 20:11

I have two, dB has three. It’s absolutely not an issue.

daisypond · 12/06/2018 20:09

Frozen - but the issue is that the daughter only has one middle name, and the son might have two. It's not about two middle names in general.

FrozenMargarita17 · 12/06/2018 20:06

My dd has two middle names. I picked one and Dh picked one. I don't really like the name he picked but I was hormonal when he asked so I said yes! We don't use it really, she is sometimes called firstname firstmiddlename

daisypond · 12/06/2018 20:05

Life - but your brothers might!

lifechangesforever · 12/06/2018 19:58

I have 3 middle names (I know!) but my 3 brothers all have 2 - never thought it odd for a second.

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Liloslilo · 12/06/2018 19:52

My reasoning is all the males in OH family have the same middle name, say ‘John’ including his much loved granddad so there is no question that it has to be in there and it will be his first middle name. But I just can’t stop thinking about having my dad’s name in there too. My daughter’s middle name honours my nan-my dad’s mother. If I didn’t put my dad’s name in then there are no family links from my side of the family as first name is just a name we like and agree on.

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daisypond · 12/06/2018 19:45

I do think it's a bit odd to give your daughter only one middle name whereas your son would get two.

Swtp · 12/06/2018 19:29

Hi, my DS has 2 middle names. His dad want his first name as DS middle name and DS already had dad's surname. I wanted a name (my dad's middle name) from my side of the family too.
Plus, it's sound good when I call DS to tell him off. Grin