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Two middle names?

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newmumtobe12345 · 13/03/2021 04:49

Is it ok & a usual thing to have two middle names? (Four names in total)

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Sugarandteaandmum · 13/03/2021 20:06

@CoffeeRunner Louise? Joanna?

WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo · 13/03/2021 20:06

DS1 and their dad have 2.
DS2 and I have 1.

Sugarandteaandmum · 13/03/2021 20:05

I think two is dead classy, me. DC1 has 4 first names as we thought at the time we'd only be lucky enough to have one and wanted to thank and honour loads of people like an Oscars acceptance speech.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 13/03/2021 20:04

Completely normal/commonplace - lots of people have two middle names instead of one (sometimes to honour both sides of the family). Three or more middle names, I think you are often in very upper class/aristocracy territory so could be more unusual.

CoffeeRunner · 13/03/2021 19:15

DD has two.

I always wished I had an extra middle name growing up, possibly because the one I had was the standard go to middle name for girls born in the 70’s & 80’s. DH only has one name - no middle names at all. When we had DCs I wanted them to have two middle names & DH didn’t see the point in them having any. So we agreed that any DSs would have one mn. And any DDs would have two. Because there are many more girls names we both liked than boys.

Fkrkrodps · 13/03/2021 19:07

I agree it’s fine. I gave mine two middle names. It was nice as my husband and I chose one middle name each. I went to school with a girl with three middle names and at the time thought that was most impressive.

NoNeedToArgue · 13/03/2021 18:55

We gave both our kids two middle names. Both had a name as bumps which I wanted to honour/ remember, so these are their second middle names!

partyatthepalace · 13/03/2021 18:48

Everyone in my family does - I like it - it stands out a bit, but it’s not very unusual

MaidofKent78 · 13/03/2021 10:29

@RedMarauder

My DD has two as their older half-sibling has two. I have two but have dropped one. Oddly all my siblings have one so I suspect it is because I was my mum's youngest.

I know and have met a few people who go by a middle name, so if you give two they have two to choose from :)

My DH comes from a country where it is more common to go by a middle name (he does). We had a shortlist of 3 for our DC and couldn't decide which, if any, to drop. So we kept all 3, so if DC decides to use go by a middle name later in life they have more to choose from :-)
EssentialHummus · 13/03/2021 10:23

I think with middle names you can do what you like really. There's a huge focus on them on MN - "Should I call him Oliver James or Michael Stephen?" - but in real life I think no one cares beyond immediate family unless the initials spell HAM or CUNT or something.

RedMarauder · 13/03/2021 10:21

My DD has two as their older half-sibling has two.
I have two but have dropped one. Oddly all my siblings have one so I suspect it is because I was my mum's youngest.

I know and have met a few people who go by a middle name, so if you give two they have two to choose from :)

Moo31 · 13/03/2021 10:17

*did think

Moo31 · 13/03/2021 10:17

My DP has 2 which I didn't think was a bit unusual but we ended up giving DS 2 middle names also! I know people with NO middle names which I think is stranger than having 2!

HJ88 · 13/03/2021 08:57

I have two and I’ve always liked it 😂

SquigglePigs · 13/03/2021 06:29

Definitely OK. Most kids only have one but it's not super rare to have two. My DD has two, my SIL does and so does a friend and her two kids.

ooonicorn · 13/03/2021 05:00

Not unusual I don't think, but not usual

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