Is it crazy to give my surname as a middle name?

[baltimore97]

Since naming our first DD two years ago, DH has insisted that it was a silly idea to give her my surname as her last middle name. I did not take my husband's name when we married, and the two names sound ridiculous when put together in a double-barrelled surname. However, I wanted DD to have my name somewhere in the mix.

DD2 arrived 10 days ago, and we are now having the whole discussion all over again. I want her to have my surname as her last middle name, but DH is resisting.

Has anyone else done this? Can you help me prove to DH that my naming practices are not totally outlandish!

It probably was because I didn't like the surname I have as a middle name!!

Herecomethegirls, what I did and it seems lot of other people here did was to give a 'normal' middle name then 'surname' middle name. I agree that if you only had the surname one you could feel a bit cheated.

My 16 year old son has my maiden surname as his middle name. I understand this is common in Scotland and since both mine and hubby's family are of Scottish origin and both boys have very Scottish first names it seemed natural.Eldest son has late FIL name as his middle name and I wanted our second son to have a name from my family. I didn't like my dad's name and due to 'difficulties' relating to me having a step dad as well, decided to give him MY maiden surname so that he was named after me.Of course, there was the added bonus that all my dad's family were well chuffed to think that my son has their surname!

I had no idea until recently that this was not as common a practice throughout the UK as it is in Scotland.

My brother has my mother's maiden name as his middle name. When my dd was born we decided that, instead of using my 3-syllable maiden name together with dh's 3-syllable surname (which I took on marriage), we would give her dh's mother's 1-syllable maiden name as her sole middle name.

It never occurred to me that anyone would find it odd.

I did. Don't use it day to day, but nice to know it's there.

I wish I'd done this - well, I wish I'd given DD my maiden name as a second middle name, not instead of the one she has. I have my maiden name as a middle name though, I dropped my original one. The doctor's surgery still likes to use it, and some organisations think I'm double barrelled, but I like having it there.

The daft thing is, I thought it was just something the Americans did, until my dad pointed out it was a Scottish tradition ... appropriate, given it's a Scottish surname.