Is two middle names too many?

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SundayRoast · 26/08/2008 20:52

Asked this in my other thread but either no one's reading the post or no one cares

Mairi is now in my top spot as girl's name following helpful spelling advice from MN and I'm on to grappling with middle names.

I'm wondering about:

Mairi Edith
Mairi Elizabeth or
Mairi Edith Elizabeth

Think that two is to many, though would be good to have both as Edith is my mum's name and Elizabeth is MIL's. What do you think?

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gigglewitch · 26/08/2008 20:58

i think using all three names is lovely.

My one Disclaimer is that despite the names being lovely, I had to fill in exam forms for one Charlotte Elizabeth with a ten-letter surname and there were never enough of those little flippin boxes

madcol · 26/08/2008 20:57

It does seem a bit too much to me. I personally would ditch the Edith. Would either grandparent be offended or would you go for something else?

PictureThis · 26/08/2008 20:57

Our DD has two middle names both of which are family names. We didn't fancy either of them as a first name. Personal choice really.

lisalisa · 26/08/2008 20:56

I htink 2 middle names is fine in principle although your planned ones both starting with E and being fairly long make the whole name a bit long winded. woudl stick to one to be honest or perhaps change elizabeth to lizzie so differnt sounds/lenghts etc

Aero · 26/08/2008 20:56

No. I have two and so do all my children. For some reason, one didn't seem enough for us. Probably just because I've always been used to having two.

Lovely names youve chosen too. Sound lovely together.

dizzydixies · 26/08/2008 20:54

all 3 of mine have 2 middle names each
I figure it shouldn't make any difference as they won't be used, will just annoy them when they're filling in forms

Mairi Edith elizabeth is fine imho

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