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Second child first name is first child middle name

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Feelingfine279 · 13/11/2024 15:44

Does anyone know anyone with this?
the name is very sentimental and I never thought I would have another child let alone the same sex.
can I do it?

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tb4122 · 14/11/2024 20:16

DP's middle name is his younger brother's first name.

Carouselfish · 14/11/2024 20:00

I know someone who did this. Your reasons make it valid.

DeliciousApples · 14/11/2024 19:57

As long as the middle name isn't used daily, for example I wouldn't have an Anne-marie and a Marie. Too confusing. But an Anne with a middle name nobody uses and a Marie is fine.

mathanxiety · 14/11/2024 19:52

Actually, Charlotte is a feminine version of Charles, so Louis really only got Arthur to himself.

mathanxiety · 14/11/2024 19:50

George Alexander Louis
...
Louis Arthur Charles

Minihero · 14/11/2024 19:38

I have 3 older sisters and my name is each of their middle names.

To be honest I don't like it - feels like another hand me down and would have liked my name to be just mine.

Dora33 · 14/11/2024 19:35

I know of people and even children who switched to using their middle names.
There are so many, many names to pick from. Don't use your other child's middle name as your next child's first name.

SemperIdem · 14/11/2024 19:34

I wouldn’t, it’s just a bit unimaginative.

The Royals aren’t exactly a great example of name choices, they’re fairly limited in the names they can/will use. Even Christian, which seems a bit out there for them, will be a nod to a Danish kingly relative.

O6bftdff · 14/11/2024 19:33

I think it seems a bit weird. Let your children have their own names.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 14/11/2024 19:30

Yes, you can do it

SchoolDilemma17 · 14/11/2024 19:30

My friend’s first name is her sister’s middle name. Never bothered them.

the Royals did it too (Louis)

theotherfossilsister · 14/11/2024 19:28

We would probably use Kenneth if we had a second boy. It’s our son’s middle name and was my dad’s name.

hidinginthegarden · 14/11/2024 19:21

My second child has the first child's middle name as their first! Except one a boy and one a girl so slight variations !! Second goes by a nickname of it and I think they secretly quite like the connection!

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/11/2024 19:03

sel2223 · 14/11/2024 19:01

I think when you're talking multiple middle names from a very small pool of accepted royal names that's slightly different to us mere mortals with a pretty much infinite number of names to choose from.

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I think Christian and Antony were quite original within that family (though maybe not quite as original as Zara or Archie!)

ManhattanPopcorn · 14/11/2024 19:02

You can but your child won't thank you for it.

sel2223 · 14/11/2024 19:01

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/11/2024 18:45

Have you ever heard of Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward and Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis? If it's good enough for them...

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/11/2024 18:45

Have you ever heard of Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward and Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis? If it's good enough for them...

RuthW · 14/11/2024 18:11

It's fine.

SheilaFentiman · 14/11/2024 08:57

I wouldn’t. DH’s first name and BIL’s middle name are quite close (think Christopher and Christian, though it isn’t that) and I find that a bit odd in itself.

Any chance your DS1 is young enough to change his middle name without him noticing?

Not that it’s helpful now, but my DS2 has a slightly meh middle name because I wanted to keep the middle name we both liked, in case we had a third and needed it for a first name!

Vissi · 14/11/2024 08:43

I wouldn’t. It suggests you couldn’t be bothered to think up a new name for a new individual, or that your preference for a particular name overrides your sense of your second child as a separate person.

Thisbastardcomputer · 14/11/2024 08:41

My sister in law named her eldest daughter after her husband sister and then went on to make it the middle name of the next two daughters.

Not a problem amongst the sisters, but very confusing with the Aunt and niece, who became known as Big .... and Little....

TeenGreenBottles · 14/11/2024 08:26

sel2223 · 14/11/2024 07:40

I know I'm in the minority but i wouldn't do this personally.

I'm not one of those who thinks it's 'just a name'. For me, it's their whole identity and that starts with having their own name.

With siblings especially, i'd really want them to be totally individual. With a second or middle child you sometimes get the 'inferiority complex' as they grow up and i'd hate the whole 'you haven't even got your own name' thing.

I feel the same when sons are named after their fathers and you end up with senior and junior by the way.

I might use it as a middle name again If it was really important to me but I'd try hard not to - similar to pp, I also know quite a few people who go by their middle name.

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This.

There are literally millions of names. Just choose another one.

mumtoababygirl · 14/11/2024 08:25

I’d do it, I think it’s lovely

midgetastic · 14/11/2024 08:24

I also wouldn't - it's not about the name you love , it's about the child and how you love them as the complete individual they will become

Sure in many cases it would be fine - but why risk it?

KirstenBlest · 14/11/2024 08:23

It has an element of 'second best' or 'runner up' about it.

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