To middle name or not to middle name?

[raviolidreaming]

I have a middle name; DH doesn't. We can't agree on whether to give DS a middle name or not - and I'm losing the argument for!

Any thoughts?

[raviolidreaming]

He's of the same thinking as Thursday - and he knows I hate my own middle name, so I lose any argument of it being an alternative. He says DS can choose his own in the future if he wants one for practical reasons...

The fact that no one else has the same name now doesn't prevent someone else giving their DC an identical name to your DC after their born

True, but in his ~40 years DH has never met anyone with the same surname as him so I'm never going to convince him it's a potential issue!

[raviolidreaming]

Can't quite understand why your DH wants to simplify your DFBs name? What is his argument?

Basically that it's never bothered him not to have one, he's never wanted one, and he thinks they're pointless. He is now accepting that they're not pointless - excellent points everyone, thank you! - but I've still a long way to go!

[daisypond]

I wouldn't think the work email address thing matters much. If there's people with the same name at my work, they're assigned a random "middle" initial, even if they've actually got middle names that they could use, or use the initials of. So If there are three John Smiths, they'd be john.a.smith, john.b.smith, john.c.smith, etc.