Double Barrelled Middle Names

[lozdaniellexxx]

Hi lovelies,

We are due a baby girl the start of July. We have our girls first name chosen and are onto discussing middle names!

Hubby would like his nans middle name as our baby girls middle name therefore I feel it only fair to have my nans middle name too :)

How does Prudence-Ann sound as a middle name?

xx

They go well together, sounds lovely. However I personally wouldn't double barrel the names - can't see the point if it's a middle name imo.

I agree with bea179 - they sound great, but you don't need to hyphenate them. Plenty of people have two middle names. "Prudence Ann" is fine.

My dd has 2 middle names. Check initials don't spell out anything!

I wouldn't bother double barrelling them, there's no point really. Just have them as two separate middle names.

I agree with what's been said. Don't double barrell.

Just have two middle names without the hyphen.

They sound fine together but I would lose the hyphen and just have 2 middle names

They are nice, but I agree that there is no need to hyphenate them.

Presumably you both have two grandmothers. Won't the others feel left out if you only use those names?

By which I mean, there's nothing 'fair' or 'unfair' about how children are named. You pick the names you like and use those.

Agree with PP - lovely choices but just give her two middle names. Hyphenating then is a bit pointless.

No need to hyphenate.

First names are hyphenated so that the second 'barrel' doesn't get dropped.

Middle names don't need that security :)

DD has both our grandmothers names as middle names without a hyphen.

Agree with all PPs - both our DCs have two middle names after all their GPs

Why hypehenate? Just Prudence Ann is fine.

I agree that 2 middle names is fine but no need to hyphenate. I think they sound nice together.

Fine, but no hyphen please. In this case it is pointless. I would probably just use Prudence.

I have both my grandmothers names as middle names, they’re both unusual and I love having them. But they’re not double barrelled, it’s just one name and then the other. No need for a hyphen.

Is there any chance you'd like more children later on? If so, I would leave it at just one. It might be the tone not coming across well but it sounds a bit petty to only choose your own grandparent's name because your husband has proposed his side.

(For what it's worth, I think Ann Prudence works better)

If we have a girl, her middle name will be Jacqui-Lyn OH Mum was Jacqueline and my Nan who brought me up was Linda (Lyn) so it works for it to be hyphenated x

How about Jacquilinda?

@MikeUniformMike I don't like that sorry

If we have a girl, her middle name will be Jacqui-Lyn OH Mum was Jacqueline and my Nan who brought me up was Linda (Lyn) so it works for it to be hyphenated

Now I would make the middle name 'Jacquelin' in that case - Jacque and Lin together. It sounds a lot nicer than a double barrel IMO and it is closer to Linda as it's Lin not Lyn.

Jacquelin is nice.

Or Jaclin. I'd go for Jaclyn. It's kind of 70s retro and pretty. Do a search online for Jaclyn Smith. Beautiful.

Sorry guys we are set on Jacqui-Lyn