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To hate 'filler' middle names

116 replies

VAVAV00M · 09/07/2013 06:02

Middle names like Ann, Marie, May, Rose, Grace, Jane

FFS just don't put one down if you aren't going to be a bit creative!

Disclaimer: slightly light hearted and possibly bias as my favourite names are Rose, May and Grace so I feel the beauty is being taken away...

OP posts:
littlewhitebag · 09/07/2013 06:14

My DD's have Rose and Grace as middle names. They are no way 'fillers'. I chose Rose as my DH chose her first name. She adores it. Grace was chosen for a very personal reason as a link to my firstborn who died.

I know you said it was a lighthearted thread but I felt really angry at you for suggesting these names are fillers.

Themobstersknife · 09/07/2013 06:19

Can't believe someone would be up this early on a lovely summer's morning and their thought is, I know, I will go on the internet and slag off a whole load of v popular middle names, just to upset people. Its hardly original either.

FFS just don't start a thread if you aren't going to be creative!

fruitpastille · 09/07/2013 06:28

We chose rose as my first name favourite was rosa but DH wasn't keen. Not a filler. I didn't realise how popular it was. Hind sight is a wonderful thing. So yes, your thread has succeeded in irritating me too.

theorchardkeeper · 09/07/2013 06:29

Then don't give your kids one.

Names are a very personal choice and i wouldn't think to question one unless it was absurd, and even then i wouldn't bother doing so out loud.

Ps a lot of middle names like that are in honour of dead relatives so think before you speak, maybe.

AnaisB · 09/07/2013 06:29

I don't think they are fillers - people choose them because they think their beautiful or for family reasons. They're "of the time" but not "fillers."

Yabu

washngo · 09/07/2013 06:30

Yes yabu.

Annakin31 · 09/07/2013 06:31

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hanreeoak · 09/07/2013 06:34

My dd has one of thoses names as her middle name. It was no way a 'filler' name it was my fathers mothers name who was a wonderful lady who I missed deeply when she died. All my children's middle names come from names in the family.

NarkyNamechanger · 09/07/2013 06:36

How the fuck is 'the beauty bring taken away' because they have become popular names.

Incidently my dd's middle babe is Rose. I found out I was pregnant on my wedding day and all our flowers were beautiful Roses. Plus guess what... WE LIKED IT!

chickensaladagain · 09/07/2013 06:37

Both my dds have names off your list

Neither are filler they are my maternal grandmother's and my exp's maternal grandmother's names

However, I'm neither angry nor upset as life is too short to worry about a post by a random person on an anonymous Internet forum

Grin
NarkyNamechanger · 09/07/2013 06:37

Not babe - name.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 09/07/2013 06:40

Seems a strange thing to be upset by. I don't know the middle names of any of DDs friends.
I don't have one so will never suffer your angst.

Inertia · 09/07/2013 06:50

Why do middle names have to be creative ? Why can't they just be names the parents like ?

Or , when you say creative , are you thinking 'kre8v' and suggesting we all go for M'knZy Shardonet ?

exoticfruits · 09/07/2013 06:52

Why saddle the poor child with 'creative' names? I don't think that you want a middle and that you want to keep a secret. Your list are lovely names.

WaitMonkey · 09/07/2013 07:09

YABU and offensive. Find something better to worry about.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 09/07/2013 07:10

My DD has one of those too, it is not for family reasons, we just like it and it sounds right with the other names, if that makes it a filler so what?

Callmedreckly · 09/07/2013 07:13

YABU

DefiniteMaybe · 09/07/2013 07:14

My dd has 2 of those 'filler' names. One is my nan's name, one is her dad's nan's name.

Poshfrock · 09/07/2013 07:17

Well my daughter has May as a middle name after her great and great-great grandmothers and it was also the month in which she was born. My middle name is Jane because it is the female version of John which is my father's name. My DSS has the "creative" middle name of Aubrey. He absolutely hates it and never uses it. Most people I know who have those traditional middle names do so for family reasons.

LookingForwardToMarch · 09/07/2013 07:18

Each to their own Grin

Personally my family don't bother with any middle names.

They are just initials and 'official' form names to us, so pointless.

However they may be chosen for deeply emotive and personal reasons for some.

Who cares? It's Sunny Grin

Gambia · 09/07/2013 07:19

My dd has one of these mn and I chose it because I think it is the most beautiful name and flows perfectly with her first name. It wasn't until I read all these forums that I realised it is so popular. I hate the fact people make you feel unoriginal or tell you you have put no thought or imagination in because you use one of these. We spent ages choosing a beautiful name for our dd and thought about it very carefully. Why should anyone therefore make you feel like you've done yput child some disservice by using one. They are still all beautiful names in my opinion.

JumpingJackSprat · 09/07/2013 07:21

Theyre probably popular because they sound good with every name i can think of.

PGTip · 09/07/2013 07:23

I don't understand why people have middle names at all! I don't have one and neither do my DDs, DH has one tho. If they are family names I can kind of see the point but if its just another name (that they won't use) it seems strange.

pianodoodle · 09/07/2013 07:28

YABU

And hypocritical.

Your favourite first names may be nice but they're hardly "creative" are they?

So why get pissed off about uncreative middle names that people like?

Wierd.

FruminousBandersnatch · 09/07/2013 07:30

You really 'hate' filler names? How stupid. Save your 'hate' for things that matter, and that actually affect you.