DS wants to go by middle name

[Motthew]

Has anyone's child done this? Or done it themselves? He's 8 so it's not like he's always gone by it. Say his name is Daniel James Smith (of course not his real names) and we've always called him Danny, he says he wants to be James now. Just because he likes it better.

Theoretically I have no objections, James is his name just as much as Daniel but I think it will take a lot of getting used to and I'm not sure how serious he is about it.

Part of me thinks good for him as I've always preferred my middle name too, but somehow it just never felt like it was 'me' iyswim.

Should we go with it or let him think about it a bit longer? I know it doesn't have to be permanent either way but how long does it take to get used to a name change like that?

@WhaleBlubber sorry if I have offended you some way.
I didn't intend to.
I asked what I believed was a fairly innocent question in the course of a conversation.
I am happy to leave you alone.
Bye.

(I disappeared down a rabbit hole, but a remarkable politician who had an unremarkable name was John Smith. No middle names AFAIK. )

Hmm, I wonder what his dad's favourite beer was.

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