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Can siblings have the same middle name

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Itsoneofthose · 05/05/2025 21:15

Can two female siblings have the same middle name as their mother or is that a bit ridiculous?

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Catnapsallday · 07/05/2025 19:10

I agree with many, I think it's a lovely idea and perfectly fine!

WWomble · 06/05/2025 20:53

We have a family name in as a middle name for the women in our family, I hope my DDs use it too. For me a middle name needs to have connection to give meaning such as a name across the generations, honouring a family member.

EllasNonny · 06/05/2025 20:36

All three of my DC have the same middle name. DH has a hyphenated surname. We chose to give them only one name as a surname and gave them all the other as a middle name.

MeltonInTheHeat · 06/05/2025 19:46

Um- normal? All the women in my family have the same middle name. It was the surname of an ancestor of yore and carried down. Ditto DH's family. All the boys have the same middle name. It's really common in my world.

Another branch of our family has every single female FIRST name the same. Each girl is known by her middle name until the age of 18 when she magically is known as the first name and there is a naming celebration.

That's more odd to my mind- but again is how it has been done for ages.

(All White British backgrounds, by the way)

Moonlightfrog · 06/05/2025 19:44

I have the same middle name as my mother, my brother has the same middle name as our father. If my mother had more children they would have shared the same middle names.

RubyRubyRubyRubyAhAhAhAhAhAaaah · 06/05/2025 19:42

I know a family where all boys have the same middle name included in their full names. It's quite an unusual middle name, but they have another middle name as well. Eg. Marcus Andrew Chandler Smith is the dad, he has two boys called John Henry Chandler Smith and Benjamin Lewis Chandler Smith.

I think it's quite common to do this in Scotland? Not sure but I'm sure I've heard of more than one Scottish family doing something like this

kaos2 · 06/05/2025 19:38

Mine have ! There is a reason

lurkerchan · 06/05/2025 19:36

Normal to me as someone who shares a family middle name with my siblings and mother. Though if it's not a family name and just a name like Emma/Isabella then that's a little weird but like everyone here said no one will really know/care.

blueleavesgreensky · 06/05/2025 12:54

InigoJollifant · 05/05/2025 21:19

Only when I read this did I realise I do have the same middle name as my siblings, as do my children!

my siblings & me have the same family surname as a middle name. And my children have my surname as a middle name. We all have another (different to each other) middle name as well.

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Haha. Are you my family? We have the same situation

PicklesMacGraw · 06/05/2025 12:49

I’d say it doesn’t matter at all. Almost no one uses midddlenames. They are irrelevant and it’s only new parents that care.

LucyCheesey · 06/05/2025 12:30

I think it’s a good idea. They’ll probably have different last names one day so would be nice to have the same middle names

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pumpkinrind · 06/05/2025 08:42

not the same but my first two kids have middle names that are traditional and from a grandparent. My third child has a middle name that is a combo of the two and is very untraditional - think yoonique.

Reddelilah · 06/05/2025 08:36

They ‘can’t have the same names. We could all have the same names.

But whether they should given how many beautiful names exist is the more important question?

2chocolateoranges · 05/05/2025 22:56

My friends middle name is her sisters first name.

you can use any name you wish

DuckBee · 05/05/2025 22:54

Well if it’s good enough for Princess Beatrice and many of Elizabeth II’s descendants…

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 05/05/2025 22:51

It’s fine, most of the women in my family have one middle name in common. Middle names are often family names

ClowningArounds · 05/05/2025 22:38

SkaneTos · 05/05/2025 21:54

Of course!

(Not the same, but I know two brothers with the names "Timothy Jonathan" and "Jonathan Timothy").

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That's hilarious! Were they the only 2 names the parents liked?!
I also know two brothers for whom the middle name of the elder one is the first name of the younger (it was the parents' second favourite boys name so when they were having another son they decided to use it again).
Even better (ok this is a total tangent now), I know a child who was introduced to me as Noah. His grandmother was my friend. After a while whenever she talked about him she would call him Gabriel instead of Noah. I was very confused so asked her why the name change. She said that his parents also had a dog called Noah (their favourite boys name), and it got too confusing having a baby and a dog with the same name, so they had to start calling the child by his middle name instead. 😂

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 05/05/2025 22:32

Of course! In my dad’s family they all have the same middle name regardless of sex. I think it’s a past surname. I like it.

Moreteaandchocolate · 05/05/2025 22:29

Yes it’s fine.

SkaneTos · 05/05/2025 21:54

Of course!

(Not the same, but I know two brothers with the names "Timothy Jonathan" and "Jonathan Timothy").

Leaffilledlattice · 05/05/2025 21:42

It seems a bit unimaginative.

Bunnyisputbackinthebox · 05/05/2025 21:40

2 of my ds's have...
I realised about a year ago.
Dc were 22 and 30....

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 05/05/2025 21:32

Yeah if I had a second, I'd use the same middle names - me and dd have the same one as well x

Firsttimebabymummy · 05/05/2025 21:30

Absolutely fine!