Middle name suggestions

[Kay200521]

Hi everyone 😊
We have finally decided our baby boys name will be Harlow, however we cannot decide on a middle name so any suggestions are welcome please! Surname is Wells so Harlow '......' Wells

Thanks! 💙

Hi @Kay200521
Do you have anybody close to you you’d like to give a nod to and use their name as DS’s middle name?

If not, then in all honesty middle names a little pointless in my opinion! My middle name isn’t a nod to anybody we know and I never use it - only occasionally on official documents etc.

We opted against middle names for our boys and I think Harlow Wells alone is a strong and beautiful name. That name does not NEED a middle name (that he probably wouldn’t even use!).

If however you really wanted one, I like…

• Harlow Edward Wells
• Harlow Oliver Wells
• Harlow Dexter Wells
• Harlow Harrison Wells

I'd avoid G name as it would be H G Wells.

How about Thomas?

Thank you!
No I completely agree middle names are pretty unnecessary. I barely use mine and mines the age old 'marie' haha.. the problem I have is I have two boys and my first boy is named Dawson Paul Wells 'Paul is my father's first name' so that was the nod to him...
So feels a little odd one having a middle and the other not but there's nobody else we really want to use. My grandad who has passed was called Malcolm which I'm not very keen on with the middle name Richard and the surname Cox so his parents really didn't think it through! My step father is called David and as much as I think of him I feel it might be looked upon a little odd and he also has two children of his own my half siblings who are ten plus years younger than me so may one day want to use his name when they have their own kids.
My mother's name is Anna so I did wonder if there was any boy alternatives.
My partner's middle name is ford, he was literally named after the car 😂 I don't understand it and first name is Cory which he doesn't even like. Plus he doesn't have a relationship with his father and his father's name is John which happens to be my father's middle name so very unhelpful haha.
The only one we both liked was Alexander but not any meaning behind it just wanted to keep it a strong name but as you say Harlow Wells is strong alone.
May just take your advice I just hope when he is older he doesn't feel weird about him not having one.
Love Dexter as first or middle but stupidly named a hamster Dexter. Harrison is nice too actually.

Thanks so much!

I think you can still give him the middle name Dexter despite hamster. Hamster won’t be around forever and if you love the name!

I'm using grandparents' names as personally I think middle names should mean something, but it's entirely up to you! Could be anyone you admire, or even a place that has meaning.

I don't have a middle name, my sister doesn't and neither of my parents do, none of us have ever felt weird about it - so totally fine to go without, too.

Thanks 😊 I used grandparents (my father's) name for my first boy and this is my second and last baby but unfortunately my partner doesn't have a relationship with his father and no other male relatives he likes either! It's so difficult. Didn't want my first to have a middle name and not my second but same as you didn't really want to pick a name randomly that means nothing.

In my family the middle names are chosen to give the child more options of what they might want to be known as in later life. So I’m Sarah Joanne, as a child I was Sarah Jo but as an adult I’m just Sarah. But I was always told that I could go by Jo, Joanne or even Anne if I preferred as I have them as part of my name. So maybe if there isn’t a middle name that means anything for your family, you could choose something almost as an alternative name for your child to choose later on if they wanted to?