Is it weird to call someone first name and middle name ?

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My sister just had a baby and gave her a family name as the middle name. I've noticed my parents keep calling the child both names. In fact the child actually has three names. But my parents keep calling her the first and middle name. Is that weird ? They're both long names and I'm not sure my sister's intention was for the child to be called both names all the time. Think something along the lines of Isabelle Juliette in terms of how long both names are...

Is that an odd thing to do ? Or totally normal ? The names are not hyphenated. I have seen my sis cringe sometimes and not sure I should bring it up.. probably best stay out of it..

Sounds like they just like the family name and enjoy saying it. At this stage, not overly weird.

Little Josephine Amanda will be just Jo in a month or so anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

Why does it bother you?

Or your example - she’ll be Izzy in a month.

I'd leave that to your sister. She might like hearing her dd's full name. I was often called first name, middle name by family as a child. It didn't sound odd to me, it's my given name.

Are the names lyrical? In a sort of Jennifer Juniper way.

They’ll grow out of it.
I call my two by both their names reasonably frequently as I like the way they roll off the tongue!
Also, if it’s not your baby and your sister does not appear to be bothered then it really doesn’t matter to you!

My Dad still calls my daughter her first name and middle name - it’s done in a slightly Grandad teasing way (he mixes the letters up) but he will always call her both names. She’s 12 now and I think if he didn’t she wouldn’t answer him (they love winding /teasing each other)

If your sister doesn’t like it it, I’m sure she would mention it?

DM used to do this and I knew I was in deep trouble

For some reason my MIL did this for the first few months after DS was born, every time she asked how he was (via phone as she didn't live locally) it was 'how's my little Daniel James?' (Not actual names)
She would comment on all our social media with things like 'Daniel James, Granny loves you so much' she even had a bib embroidered with both names on.

I really thought she had wrongly assumed we'd given him a double barrelled first name!
Maybe it was just a novelty/emotional thing for her as her dad and brother had the same middle name ('James') which is partly why we chose it, but after a while she just stopped it and only ever referred to him as Daniel and always has since.

Very odd though and as lovely as she is it wound me up no end, though I didn't have the heart to tell her.

I often do this with DD as her middle name sounds nice with her first, and I used to do it with my niece when she was little as it flowed nicely.

Don't waste energy worrying about this. As PP said, it'll change naturally when the child responds to her name and uses it herself.

I call my son by his first and middle names. He’s about to turn 4 and whilst I do sometimes call him a shortened version of his first name, I mainly use both

Growing up if my mum used my middle name too I knew I was in trouble.

My grandma and grandad used (and still do) my first and middle name all the time, apparently they love my middle name that much. I genuinely thought my name was double barrelled until I was 12 because of this.

Is their surname Walton?

My MIL calls FIL by his first name middle name all the time, it is very odd!

It's more weird really to give a child a name you never intend to use.

Normal for babies, but usually dropped after a year or so.

Depends on the rhythm of the syllables as well.

DC1 has two three syllable names and it was too much of a mouthful for us to use them both, but DC2 had a disyllabic-trisyllabic combo which tripped off the tongue nicely.

My Nan called me by both names, especially when referring to me when talking to her friends.
I liked it, it felt like I was a very important person, like how celebrities are generally referred to by their full names.

There are some names people seem to prefer as 'doubles' e.g. Johns and Ann's ........John Jo, John Paul, Julie Ann, Sally Ann ............no idea why

I agree people do it with babies and small children. I used to do it with my own dcs.

My parents used to use my full name when I was in trouble ... all 23 letters - my maiden surname was only 4 letters

I expect she likes the family connection with the second name (unless the baby has a first name she actively dislikes)

Slightly unusual but not super rare. My name is Gemma Louise, (not hyphenated,) and my great uncle and grandad always called me Gemma Lou, or Gemma Louise. My one grandmother did too. Once I hit my teens/early 20s, they still did, but everyone else called me Gemma or Gem (with a soft 'G' so like it sounded like 'JEM.')

nb... not my real name, but that's a very close example

My DH does this with family members and it drives me insane. I've never mentioned it to him because I don't want to be so controlling that he filters himself around me, but I do wish he'd realise on his own and fucking stop it!! He makes everyone sound like they're 5 years old.

Nearly 30 years on and he's still doing it...luckily I'm a patient sort

There are some people that I always full name, no idea why but it just sounds right (first and surname though)

I only get my middle name said when I'm in trouble. Like if I say something my mum is horrified by (happens a lot) she will use my first and middle name.

My ILs did this when DD was a baby. I had to keep explaining that it was a middle name just like the middle names they'd given their own children... but still they got things engraved with both names and always referred to her that way. Some of their friends are now convinced her name is a hyphenated one!! They stopped at some point (she's now 2).

My parents used to do this at one time with my niece. ‘Ooh, those look like nice cakes. I bet Holly Louise Johnson would like one of those!’ (Not her real name, obviously.) Maybe it’s just something about the excitement of being a grandparent! I’m not sure when it stopped or why, but she seems to be just Holly now.