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[smasharash.livejournal.com]

What are your views on giving children two middle names (three names + Last name)?

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[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

I don't see the point. It's just unnecessary. I feel no connection to my middle name, the only purpose I feel it serves is to help distinguish me from all the other Susie Smiths out there. (That's not my name but it's about as common.) I dislike it by itself though, and it doesn't feel like my name the way the first does. I think I'd be annoyed if I had ANOTHER useless name in there. There's just no reason for it, IMO, and it just makes it look cluttered.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

But not everyone feels that way about their middle name. My middle name is that of my much-beloved maternal grandmother, and I identify with it quite strongly. I think it just depends on the name/names and why they were chosen.

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know a lot of people like their middle names. My partner despises his first name and goes by his middle name, so it's definitely important to him. I just think it starts to sound cluttered when you add in even more.