I think in general it would just complicate things with paperwork and bills and documentation and stuff. You'd have to deal with banks and schools and such being confused over whether Joseph R Smith is the same as Joseph RA Smith and Joseph Ronald Anthony Smith, etc. And if your child later gets married and takes his/her spouse's last name but keeps all of his/her original names in there somewhere, five names are kind of a handful.
That said, I don't think it's a terrible idea if you have a good reason for having two middles. I think it's OK if you want your child to have both his/her middle name and your maiden name, but don't want a hyphenated last name for example. I think it's also OK if one or both middle names are used to honor someone or for another specific personal reason, or if you and your partner cannot agree on just one middle name. Using two middle names just because you think both sound good seems kind of pretentious and unnecessary though.
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Date: 2008-09-03 07:31 pm (UTC)That said, I don't think it's a terrible idea if you have a good reason for having two middles. I think it's OK if you want your child to have both his/her middle name and your maiden name, but don't want a hyphenated last name for example. I think it's also OK if one or both middle names are used to honor someone or for another specific personal reason, or if you and your partner cannot agree on just one middle name. Using two middle names just because you think both sound good seems kind of pretentious and unnecessary though.