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How inconvenient is it to have two middle names?

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PumpkinPi84 · 06/07/2015 18:16

Hi ladies

I'm due my first child on Friday. DH and I have decided on a first name and DH has 90% agreed to having my brother's name as a middle name (my niece has my name as middle name and I'd like to return the tradition.) DH would like to add a second middle name, I'm happy enough with the name choice but concerned about it being inconvenient on forms etc to have a second middle name. Any thoughts?

Thanks

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BonesyBones · 08/07/2015 14:19

My first DS has two middle names and my second DS had three. Can't say it's ever caused a problem.

misscph1973 · 08/07/2015 14:22

Well, I had 2 middle firstnames and a middle last name, and I hated it so much that I eventually changed my name and now I have my firstname, my middle last name and my husbands last name. My parents gave me to "spare names" in case I didn't like my first name because it's rare and hard to pronounce. And they gave me both their last names because they were not married.

As long as the middle names don't have 3 or more syllables like mine I think it will be fine.

caravanista13 · 08/07/2015 14:29

I have my grandmothers' names as my two middle names. Form filling etc has always been fine - my only problem was hating the old fashioned names themselves. Nowadays they're back in vogue!

whatsagoodusername · 08/07/2015 14:35

I have two - a regular name and a family surname.

The only time I've ever had problems were when officials assumed the family name was my maiden name. I've had them insist that it was and no amount of my telling them that it was not made any difference. It wasn't important, but it was rather annoying.

AlmaMartyr · 08/07/2015 14:41

I have two and it has never been an issue at all. I really love it actually :) My DCs both have two as well and seem happy enough with it. No inconvenience at all tbh except for the occasionaly form where I have to leave one of them off - no big deal at all.

GunShotResidue · 08/07/2015 14:47

Talking about the NHS not being great with two middle names, my records are under the name of 'firstname middle1 middle2 middle2 surname'. No idea how that happened!

mummyplus7 · 09/07/2015 10:22

My boys have two middle names, no issues. Sometimes there's not enough room on forms so I only use one.

swimmerforlife · 09/07/2015 11:23

Honestly as long as it's not something stupidly long then it will be fine.

DS has two middle names, so far so good! Mind you neither are very long.

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LarrytheCucumber · 09/07/2015 15:06

DS' full name has 28 letters and there are some forms which have to be filled in without the spaces between the names, but really it isn't a major problem. He has a longish first name, a shortish second name and then my maiden name and our surname. I don't regret using any of the names.
I suppose if all the names were long it would be a problem.

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