How did you choose your baby's middle name?

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mynameysamey · 16/08/2026 20:12

Did you use a family name? Or think of a name that they could use if they didn't like their first?

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Tryagain26 · 30/08/2026 17:38

We used family names that were important to us.

Daffodilsinthespring · 30/08/2026 17:39

First name - we liked it
first middle name - family name
second middle name - we wanted a meaning so chose the month she was due. She wasn’t born in that month!

sanityisamyth · 30/08/2026 17:42

Was my then-husband’s uncle’s name. He was a lovely man, and I liked the name so seemed reasonable. It went well with DS’s first name too, and didn’t spell anything embarassing when all three letters were put together.

Echobelly · 30/08/2026 17:45

We're Jewish so naming after a late relative is common. DH's grandma died just before I found out I was expecting oldest DC, so that decided middle name.

When DS was born he was named after two of his great grandfather's- first name DH's side, middle name my maternal grandfather. Which is a heck of a scrabble score you consider one was Lithuanian and the other Hungarian!

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