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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Velvetbee · 05/05/2025 21:21

My sons, husband, brother in law, nephew and father in law all have the same middle name.

BunsenBurnerBaby · 05/05/2025 21:21

My sister has a middle name that is a family surname. My parents didn’t give me the name. I wish they had.

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 05/05/2025 21:21

It's absolutely fine - DH's family have a middle name which all the boys have had for several generations - they like sharing it with dad/grandad/uncle/cousin.

We also gave our boys middle names that had meaning for my side of the family (a different one for each of them).

fashionqueen0123 · 05/05/2025 21:20

Isn’t there one more name
you like in the world?

InigoJollifant · 05/05/2025 21:19

Littletreefrog · 05/05/2025 21:17

Its fine. No one really cares what anyone's middle name is anyway. If you really wanted to you could give them two middle names just to mix it up a bit.

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.

MrsPlantagenet · 05/05/2025 21:19

My friend is one of 4 sisters and they all have the same middle name.

Middle names are pointless, so why not?

InigoJollifant · 05/05/2025 21:17

Nobody will ever really know. Not sure any of my friends know my middle name, let alone my siblings middle name, let alone my mum’s middle name!

I am a firm believer in middle names being for sentiment & meaning.

The brothers in My Brother Stealing Second deliberately choose the same confirmation name so they have the middle names, I think it’s sweet.

Littletreefrog · 05/05/2025 21:17

Its fine. No one really cares what anyone's middle name is anyway. If you really wanted to you could give them two middle names just to mix it up a bit.

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