To think its so hard to pick middle names

[TartanDr3ams]

..with a surname begining with A?

Im not yet pregnant, weve been TTC for a while but im under investigation for a couple of large cysts atm. Been told theres no real medical reason we wont conceive in time.

Anyway.. we've discussed baby names a lot lately..started in jest with something daft we heard on the tv regarding DPs surname and then the conversations turned quite serious. Weve had a couple of boys and girls first names picked out since we first started to try.. but really struggling to find a middle name that would be followed by a surname starting with A.. trying to avoid alliteration or too vowely names cause the surname is very vowel heavy lol...and the accent where we live makes H names a no go (always loved Hallie til i realised how it'd be prounounced around here)

For girls i know the obvious are grace and may but gracie and maya are on our first name list.

Whys this so difficult? Probably for the best that we didnt wait until were due with a baby haha.

my children's middle names don't 'work' especially well but the only people who full name them are the passport office!
Middle names in my family are always family names, so they are usually old fashioned but sentimental, so if someone says it sounds funny to say out loud then I just blame our ancestors

Why do you need a middle name?

You don't need to have a middle name if you're just putting one in there for the sake of it, my DC doesn't because there was no good reason to bother with one. Middle names are hardly ever used anyway.

I'd only use a middle name if there's a family member or close friend you wish to honour or if you'd like to use your maiden name or your mums maiden name (common where I'm from).
No one says the whole name anyway so they won't have to 'work'

Can be tricky with a surname beginning with S too.

Middle names are completely pointless. Ok if they are a tribute to a relative but still, they dont get used. I know my boys middle names but have never once had to call them their "full" names. Or say all the names together out loud.

I think middle names are unnecessary. Just done give them one. I don’t have one. My 3 brothers and 3 sisters don’t have one and my 3 children don’t have one.

Easy!

*don’t give them one

I didn't give any of my kids middle names, it's hard enough to choose the right name as a first name. I don't have one and I always liked it as everyone I knew hated theirs, including my husband. If there had been a family tradition or someone with a lovely name to use I cared about I may have felt differently though, but none of our relatives' names were ones we particularly liked. Don't feel you have to choose one.

For girls i know the obvious are grace and may but gracie and maya are on our first name list

What about Gracie May?

Why bother? I only did because I used out deceased parents' names as a family connection

As an example of how little they get used, I just found out my dd actually doesn't know how to spell her quite rare middle name as she's never seen it written down!

Middle names are utterly essential for when your child is behaving appallingly and needs the full Sunday Best Name dressing down. There are squillions of names out there and if none of them suit what about Green? previous post sorry couldn't resist

Yeah, don't bother.

My dd doesn't have one and it hasn't hindered her in any way.

On the flip side, I have one and HATED it when I was younger. It was much cause for titillation amongst school friends when I was a teenager.

I still cringe when I have to put it down on official documentation.

Why do you have to give them a middle name?

YABU people overthink names massively on this site.

So long as you don’t want Hugh surname Jass or something similar then just pick what you want. Especially with middle names.

I don't see why middle names are hard, its not like anyone ever uses them anyway. Pick anything, it really doesn't matter.

What about something ending in a consonant sound?

E.g. Charlotte, Harriet, Morgan, Scarlet, Grace, Isabel?

The only problem I've ever had due to not having a middle name is people not believing that I don't have a middle name.