I don't have a middle name

[NotMyCircusNotMyProblem]

Firstly, this is a bit light hearted and I've not lost any sleep over this, nor will I ever but, my parents didn't give me a middle name.

I have elder siblings who both have middle names.

As a child, I did question my mum as to why, but she just brushed it off saying, your name was lovely enough and you didn't need a middle name.

Im now in my 50s and I've never given it much thought until recently - why didn't I get a middle name? Were my parents that fed up with kids they couldn't be bothered to think of one? Did they not think I would feel the odd one out because I don't have one? I can't ask my parents now, they've both passed away.

Maybe middle names in the 60s were not such a big thing then... although all my peers and friends,,, everyone I know seem to have middle names.

So, do you have a middle name, how old are you and AIBU in feeling unloved at not having a middle name?

Born in the 60s. Me & siblings have lots of middle names (at least 3) but I think it was more a case of not being able to decide which name they liked best. Most of my friends don’t have middle names. It’s a nuisance to have to write them down on forms.

I don't know of anyone who doesn't have a middle name. I mean, I must do really but everyone I've ever asked has always had one (not like I ask everyone though). I expect they couldn't think of one they liked enough to give you. Take it as a compliment op. Nothing was good enough.

All my siblings have multiple middle names, I don't have one, however I do have multiple hyphens in my maiden name and a slightly unusual forename.... a middle name would be overkill for myself imo.

I don't have a middle name and not bothered tbh

I was born in 1954 and have a middle name as do both of my siblings. DH born 1956 and he doesn't have one.

I don't see the point of them to be honest. I never use mine only on very official forms when I feel I should. Other forms I don't bother

Born late 60s and don't have a middle name either - even though my siblings do! I have a double barrelled first name instead and was named after a French au-pair! My Mum tells me that three names would have been 'too much'. 😂

Is that you Marie-Claude?

Mine is boring Susan, DB's is boring John, often very common middle names were given, born late 50s early 60s

My three children, born in the 80s all have middle names, it just seemed the thing to do.

I was born towards the end of the 1940s. I have a middle name but except for legal things like house purchase or making my will, have stopped using it. For some reason it just began to annoy me some years ago and I gradually ditched it.

The initial of my middle name has been removed from my signature - changed my signature some years ago - so when I sign legal things, although my middle name is on the documents, it doesn't appear in my signature. No one has ever queried it.

I was born 1977 and don't have one, my brother does, given by my father against my mother's wishes. I didn't give my daughter one. My brother gave both his children versions of his own which runs in the family.

My twin sister and I don't have middle names but my older sibling does. When we questioned our mother why. She said it was hard enough choosing 2 names at the same time let alone 4. So there's our answer.
I must admit when my sister and I were 5 we made up middle names and tried to convince our primary school teacher that we were telling the truth 😆 (these names were ridiculous and obviously no mother would have named their kids this back in the 80s).

My middle name isn't on my signature because when I honed my signature when I was young I forgot to put it in. When I had to do the electronic signature on DFs death certificate I had to say my signature was without middle name.

I'm the youngest of 5, all born in the 60s and we all have middle names.

I don’t have a middle name and I felt the same as you as all my other siblings have one. However my mum took the whole 6 weeks to give me my first name.

i have since had my own child and I was adamant to give her a middle name, her dads middle name is my surname. If it was going to be a boy it would’ve been my surname as his middle name but as it is a girl it was my nans name who had recently passed away so I feel disrespectful for no longer wishing I’d chosen that but I just do.

so your feelings are valid!!

Yes have a middle name as does my sister. My grandma didn't have a middle name but made sure her children did. Is a bit weird to leave one child out of having a middle name. My daughter has a middle name

The twins thing explains the naming convention in my family then. Two sets of twins with fewer middle names than the rest of us.

I have two, my original middle name followed by my Confirmation name. Obviously only the original one is on my birth certificate, and neither are used very often.

I don't have a middle name born in the 90s my siblings don't either. My mum said it was hard enough to pick first names without picking middle names. I wish I did have one though

I grew up with twins as best friends and their mother managed middle names for both of them 😂 So not sure, but I guess it depends on how many names made it on to the list.

I think parents should give each DC the same number of names or it's a bit weird.

I have 2 middle names, so does my DSis. I quite like having 3 first names, it feels like I have choices! My late DH only had one middle name. I gave both my DDs three first names so they would have the same number as me.

My mum is the youngest of three girls, born in late 30's, early 40's. Only the middle one got a middle name. My mum would love a middle name too. Both my sister and I have middle names, born in the 60's.

My DM didn’t have a middle name, whereas her younger sister did.
She also hated her name and felt resentful about it all her life, as she felt it was further proof that she was unloved (my aunt was very much the Golden Child). She never forgave her parents.

I'm in my thirties, no middle name. None of my kids do either.

Don't really get the point of them.

I don't either. I have a long first name in it's full incarnation but absolutely everyone shortens it, including my parents.

My 4 siblings all have middle names 🙄

I didn't realise you were supposed to put your middle name in your signature. I never have and don't put it on anything. Not even where it states to write 'full name'. I only put it if it specifically asks for 'middle name'.