Tradition for using mother's maiden name as a middle name?

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Disclaimer: am 15 weeks and bordering on narcoleptic, so apologies if I don't reply tonight.

We're trying to find names for DC2, due at Christmas, and we're drawing a complete blank.

MIL is Scottish and her MN is, I think, her mum's maiden name. DH would like to use her MN for this baby's MN if it's a girl. Can we use half a tradition like that? In that, it will skip a generation and then not be either mine or Mil's MN?

Full name would be Maggie (or Margaret) Mercer Joy Surname. Joy would be for my Nan, whose middle name it was supposed to be if her dad hadn't got pissed on the way to the registry office and forgot it!

First name still up for debate, we have numerous stupid self imposed rules :)

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I have my dad's surname as a middle name - like
Elizabeth Mary Jones Medora. It's fine, never embarrassed or anything. Middle names are for you to do whatever you like! My DC have my name as a middle name too.

We have this tradition.

It has made it very easy to trace my family history back several generations.

But don't just give the surname as mn. I think DCs should have a mn that can be used as an alternative to their first name if they do t like it.

I think it is great. You can mix and match tradition, so don't need to do it for any future child.

My DF was scottish so this was tradition in his family. I didn't though because my maiden name is my boss's first name and so it brings me out in a cold sweat (though I sort of wish I had done)

We have done this but only with my son, the name we have kind of works for a boy. Yes, yes to having friends with boys middle names because it is also a surname.

Now that it isn't as common I think people don't follow the rules so closely so use a family name they like, or one they want to honour rather than the mothers maiden by default.

So go for it, I think Mercer works very well for a girl.

Of course,it's a Scottish tradition anyhow
Congratulations on pg

My brother has my Mum's maiden name as a middle name, my Mum has a family surname from her mother's side as a middle name. People have always played a bit with this tradition. We just used my Dad's first name (that he didn't use) as DS's middle name. Should maybe have thought about using my surname more than we did.

We used my grandmother's maiden name as middle name for DS. We're not Scottish and not following any sort of family tradition, but I was very close to my grandmother, and wanted to recognise that side of the family in DS's name.

I think Maggie Mercer Joy Surname sounds great and love that it connects your DD to both sides of her family.

I think it sounds great, flows really nicely, and it's nice that it has a link to both sides of the family.

I think you're getting too caught up in the tradition side of it- you're basically using your MIL's middle name. It could have been Sarah, or Rose for example, and you'd probably still want to use it. It just happens to be a bit more unusual and stem from a surname.

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