middle names

[emmala.livejournal.com]

am i the only one here who doen't have or doesn't think middle names are important? even if i had a middle name it would have just been my mom's maiden name nothing fancy or matching or anything. my name:emma lang is nice and short and i cant tell you how nice that was when doing all those sat like tests!

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[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

i hate my middle name. i am victoria Claire P.... and i hate Claire. i went to school with 12 people called claire, most of whom i did not like, hence the hatred. i want to change it to clara.

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends on the person. Personally, my middle name isn't that important because it's just my grandmother's maiden-name and not another name. But I can see how it could be important to someone -- like, their mother gave them their middle name after her mother, who died when she was ten. Or maybe something not that sordid, but just something important to them.

[amiasha.livejournal.com]

I like my middle name; it's a name that's been passed down along the women of my family for awhile, Rebecca. Mostly, I see middle names as just another option for something call yourself, but writing out my full name definately can get tiresome.

[swiftheartlu.livejournal.com]

I don't have a middle name. I want one, but can never choose as there are too many good names.

At least everyone has the option of getting one, or dumping one they don't like...

[notsoprettygrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't have a middle name and neigher to any of my siblings... Both my mom and dad took each other's last names and joined them with a hyphen for a really, really long family surname. I defo don't miss having a middle name at all. And, since I plan on dropping my Dad's portion of the surname when I marry and adding my future husband's last name to my last name with a hyphen, I'm not going to give my kid's middle names either... unless my husband's family has a traditional middle name handed down over the generations...

[elizajane86.livejournal.com]

I love my middle name, and I was named after my great grandma, so that's cool too. (Elizabeth Jane) :P Anyway, I don't think middle names are THAT important, but I would like to give one or two of my children a middle name. I think they're pretty and just adds a little something. But I know what you mean, it does get tiring to write out my full name.

I don't know, I just figure I'll probably change my mind when children come...we'll see ;-)

[ruya.livejournal.com]

I don't get the point of middle names. I think it might be a "tradition" in some countries, to give the godparent's choice as a second/middle name or something like that, but I think it's completely useless, I don't want to give middle names to my children.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

They are important if you have a common last name, especially if it is paired with a common first name. At my undergrad university there were 8 girls with my name. I was the only one with my middle name though. Saved me quite a bit of trouble.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I really like having a middle name.
My mum just chose my first one because she thought it was pretty, I kind of just "got" my last name, that isn't something you can really "choose"; but middle names kind of offer you the option of a story.

I like asking questions about my name and where it come from. It's kind of like a history.

[bricktor.livejournal.com]

i like my middle name mainly because it's my grandmother's name, but if it wasn't, i probably wouldn't like that name, or like the concept as much. i think it's kind of tiring when everyone has the same middle name, like marie (nothing against the name...it's just a bit overused), so it's just kind of...something you have to throw in there instead of thinking of something creative.
i have the same first name as my mom, though, so middle names DO come in handy when filling out official documents.

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

I love my middle name. I was adoptwed and my middle name is the name my birthmother gave me when i was born. So it's special for me.

I can see how someone wouldn't see their middle name as important though.

My Dad doesn't have a mjiddle name but some of his siblings do (He's one of 10, maybe they ran out of names, lol) and he says it would've been nice to have a middle name.

Personally I'm always interested in what people's middle names are. =D

[laduchesse.livejournal.com]

Eh middle names aren't important. My middle name has no significance but I like that it makes a buffer for a last name that doesn't flow. Personally, I'm thinking about maybe two middle names for my kids being influenced by the long names of royalty and the fact that I have so many favourite names and don't plan on have that many kids.

Also, I tend to drop my last name so unless I want to be Prince or Cher... I use my first and middle name.
BTW, your name is very nice!

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I would pretty much see no point (since I've never used mine for anything) except it gives me a way to kind of name my kids after relatives without them having to be called by the same name. first names are names I liked and what they will be called; middle names arte family names.

my maiden name is shorter than your last name :)