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Your Middle Name

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NowNumber5 · 19/11/2021 12:46

Do you have a middle name? What is it? Do you like it?

Is it a typical one of its time?

Mine is Susan, born in the early 70s.
From memory, school friends at the time had Ann (more commonly without the ‘e’), Louise, Jane, Marie, Elizabeth and Claire.
I can’t remember anyone with Grace, May/Mae or Rose, which seems to be very popular at the moment.

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521Jeanie · 19/11/2021 13:21

My middle name is a silly, frilly thing, one of my mum's romantic fantasies. Almost all of my schoolfriends (born mid-70s) had the middle name of Jane.

PeeAche · 19/11/2021 13:20

My middle name is Claire. I have never thought twice about it. It's a bit dull and "of the moment" (born in the 80s) but it complements my more unusual first name quite well.

I'd say that if you do choose an unusual first name, a boring middle name is good. Ha ha.

My DH has a ridiculously flamboyant middle name, because his parents had aspirations of posh. Meanwhile, his first name is very ordinary and one of the most popular names in the 80s. He adores his middle name and gives it out wherever possible.

IggyAce · 19/11/2021 13:20

Mine is Jayne I don’t love it and it’s boring the only think I like about it is it’s the more unusual spelling and not plain Jane. As a result of my boring filler middle name both my dcs have beautiful (imo) long middle names that equally could have been their first name.

BrunoJenkins · 19/11/2021 13:19

Mine is Elizabeth, I don't have any strong feelings about it but it is quite boring. My kids have more interesting and meaningful middle names.

TrampolineForMrKite · 19/11/2021 13:18

I’ve got one. Named for my mum’s beloved auntie who died an untimely death the year I was born. My siblings also have “honour” middle names, as do my parents and now my own kids (my husband and his sister do too). I personally think that middle names should be honour-based, whether it be for someone you know or after a beloved character in a book or something.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 19/11/2021 13:17

Moon.

At least it’s something different.

Sometimes I love it, sometimes I cringe.

troppibambini6 · 19/11/2021 13:16

Verity. It's a baptismal name so not on my birth certificate. I don't really use it for that reason and I don't really have an opinion on it. My confirmation name is Teresa.

SallyWD · 19/11/2021 13:16

My middle name is Jane which was a very common middle name when I was born (mid-70s). I love it. It goes well with my first name. I have an unusual first name and my mother chose Jane as the middle name to give me a more "normal" name. She thought if I disliked my first name I could use Jane instead. I love both names.

TurnUpTurnip · 19/11/2021 13:15

Marie and no I don’t like it, would have preferred Maria and use to change it to that when I was a child writing my name

Bubbles1st · 19/11/2021 13:14

No middle name here apparently choosing a first name was challenging enough!