To not give my son a middle name?

[LightningFinn]

I like a lot of names, but I just can't find the right one!

AIBU to not give my son a middle name ?

Of course YANBU. Loads of people don't have middle names. It's not compulsory!

In some countries it's almost unheard of not to have a middle name but that's not the case in the UK; only having one name isn't hugely rare. I have a middle name but I never use it for anything; it's basically on my passport and my birth certificate and nothing else.

Why on earth would that be unreasonable

Because I've had some negative comments about it...

Both ds (dc 10+dc 11)don't as basically I ran out of names I liked!!

Unless his name is very common place - John Smith - where there are hundreds of thousands of similarly named people then there is no need.

If you have older dc with middle names then I think it's a little bit odd. But otherwise no issue at all.

I don't have a middle name and noone ever comments on it. The only reason my dc do have them is because we liked several names and found it too hard to settle on just one.

We gave ours middle names from the family, ie grandparent names. There's no need to give a middle name if you don't want to.

Whatever you do, make it consistent across all children. It is a major bone of contention that one of the boys in my dps family does not have a middle name.

No other children I'd definitely keep it consistent!

I don't have one, neither does my dsis.

My mum didn't have a middle name, me and my brother do. It's fine.

I don't have one because my dad does and he says it's never used except for extra faff when form-filling. As a child I hated not having a middle name but as an adult I definitely see his point.

I couldn't tell you if most of my own family let alone my friends have middle names or not, that's how often they get used or discussed.

I hated my first name as a youngster and was determined to change it and take on a middle name too, but not being able to decide what names I wanted put paid to that!

YABVU OP. If you don't give him a middle name, how is he supposed to know when he'said in trouble?

How will him know when he's been really really naughty???

Middle names come out for the really bad stuff in our house!!

I have a middle name (that's my grandmother's) so it was never used when I was naughty

You use the full name and not a NN?

I think middle names are sentimental and not used much so definitely don't need to have one. (Of course they don't have to be sentimental but mine were)

I thought I didn't want my mum's name for DD middle name as it has 3 syllables (so did dd's first name) so to me ' it didn't go' then when she was born i was so full of love for my baby and understood how much a child means and there was no other name I would have wanted. It is a mouthful but rarely used.

DS has FIL name to be fair after DD having my mum's name. Don't love the name but like the gesture and don't have to use it often.

But having no middle name is definitely not unreasonable.

yes when they are naughty full name is used

My maiden name is DD's middle name. I think that is happening quite a lot now. You don't need a middle name though obviously.

YABU, it looks like you just can't be bothered.

No middle names here. Didn't see the point. The DC can choose one if they want one, but they aren't fussed.

YADNBU. Middle names, beyond the sentimental, literally mean nothing. I don't have a middle name and have never felt as though I've missed out. Both of my DDs have middle names, but only because we wanted to acknowledge family members with them.

I don't have a middle name, my older brothers do. It's always been a standing joke in our house, never bothered me though.

My DM didn't have one, so she over compensated with me and I have two... Never fits on bloody forms, think I'd have rather had none!

DS doesn't have a middle name, our surname is really long and we didn't want him to run out of space on official forms like my DH often does. No-one uses middle names usually, so I think that unless it's to honour a family member or friend (or a saint's name if 1st name isn't one and you're Catholic) they're a bit pointless.