Two middle names?

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What do you guys think of giving a baby two middle names? We'd like to give family names, but find it difficult to choose one side over the other.

Are two middle names pretentious / overkill / a burden for later life?

Or is this a reasonable thought? 😂🙈 I can't decide.

We did it with our eldest. Mostly to do family names and to avoid it spelling out something unfortunate. It’s not a massive deal as it rarely comes up. Only notice it on the post!

I think it's fine, if it means something important enough for you and doesn't make the name too hard to say.

Completely normal in my family. Just make sure all subsequent children have the same number of names.

We did it. I wasn't sure at first, but my husband has two middle names, so it's normal for him.

My compromise was that she has three names but they're all short! (4-5 letters each) Not sure we'll manage that with any future babies though...

My DC have two middle names - something their father wanted as our surname is so common - and 3 initials made them stand out - he has 3 names himself.

They're now adults - and they love having 2 middle names as they say it made them different from their friends ! The only problem was filling out 'full name' in public exams (GCSE and A levels) as the box to write in was never big enough !

Most of my family have two and I'll be giving my baby two aswell

If you ve got a long surname it might make documents a bit tricky for them but otherwise go for it.

Both DC have 2 middle names, one from each side of the family, as this is what DH has. I have just the one, but it seemed fairer if we were naming after relatives that we each get to honour someone

It's a tradition on my Dad's side that I really regret not carrying on.

I think it's okay. Personally I prefer just one middle name but two is fine. Any more than two is a bit much though.

I have three middles names. No idea why. My half sister has two middle names.
My son has two.
My DH thinks it's ridiculous and so we agreed our two sons together would only have one middle name (although it still annoys me secretly)..

All my kids have two middle names, as do I.

Unless they're in trouble, sometimes awkward squeezing in on forms due to lack of space (my driver's license has the first middle name and then the initial for the second, my BRP has the full name), and the rare remark when others check for official reasons, it doesn't really come up. It hasn't been a burden and I've never had anyone call it pretentious.

Hardly anyone ever knows other people’s middle names, they’re only ever really used on paperwork.
Fill your boots 😊

My ds had one middle name. In Dh family all of the boys have the same middle name and we followed with tradition.
Them my dad died suddenly just after my ds was born so we added my dads name as a second middle name.

Ha we didn’t on the other two! We’d run out of names by then. I hope they don’t get a complex. More likely the older one will feel like a divvy!

I have 2 middle names, I wont be giving my child 2 but it hasn't ever been an issue for me.

I prefer two middle names rather than a double barrelled first name

Two is fine. I have two it's never caused me any issues. The truth is that names are fairly unimportant out in the real world. I think including family names is lovely.