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[mommamomma.livejournal.com]

what do you all think of giving a child 2 middle names?

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[thalionhiril.livejournal.com]

I think it's a personal choice. It's a family thing for me to have two middle names, so I plan to do it. For other people, it's not important or necessary. To each his/her own :)

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

two middle names is fine to me. i think a child needs at least one, but more than two is too much. so one or two is perfect.

i will most likely give my kids two middle names, unless their last name is hyphenated, in which case they will only have one.

[mairelys.livejournal.com]

I personally think it's unnecessary as middle names are barely used, but it's up to the parents.

[illsmileforyou.livejournal.com]

We're doing it. I have two middle names. Only the first initial of the first name is ever used really, but I'm proud of having a second middle name.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I'm living in The Netherlands, and it's common here. So I'm fine with it.

Besides...it's a nice way to use a name you love and honor someone, or honor two people at the same time.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I like it and I do it. My first is Cressa May Henri (Lastname) and my beaner if she is a girl will be Cora Rosemary Noreen (Lastname) or if somehow they're wrong and the beaner's a boy, Henry Isaac Andrew (Lastname). I'm not sure why I like it so much, but I do.

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

I think it's unique and awesome. We are doing it. My daughter's name is going to be Madeleine Allison Mae.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like two.

I have three and I really don't like it.
I also don't like my specific middle names, which may have something to do with it, but not entirely.

I like the dichotomy that two names bear. It's like having an alternate identity. Two is ok, three becomes mental.

[orbg.livejournal.com]

It seems kind of pointless to me

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I meant two names total, first and middle.
I meant that I have three names (two middle names)

[subluxate]

I like it. Three of the four names we have planned have two middle names (the fourth has two non-hyphenated, non-mashed first names; Shea Elliot wouldn't work that way), and it's mostly because the names mean something to us. The others are Isaac Gary Arthur (I hope she'll agree to using Arthur instead of the other option...), where the middle names are for both my great-uncle and brother (Gary) and her grandfather; Delta Lorraine Jeannette (our grandmothers are the first two names; Jeannette has other meaning); and Jonas Ezekiel Samael because we love the meanings. Shea Elliot's middle name will be Anna for me and her mother, and the first names are for our best friends, our boys.

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

I love it.

[fangirlism]

I think it totally kills the flow of a name.

I'm only doing one middle name when I start having kids.

[ofthefield.livejournal.com]

It helps if you have a lot of family names and not so many kids.

[doodlbug.livejournal.com]

Most times the middle name doesn't even come up, let alone a second. I think it's unnecessary, but it doesn't do any harm either.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

This, plus it seems really excessive and pretentious to me. Or like they couldn't decide on which names they liked best, so they threw them all together. Or, worse, like they bore a Mary Sue. =P

Very rarely, I'll see a 3-name combo that I actually like, but for the most part it just sounds like the person is talking about two different kids.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My dad (and his brother), my sister, and I all have two middle names and I plan on giving my children two middle names as well... unless my future husband really hates the tradition.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think one or two is fine. Any more than two I feel is pushing it.

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on the flow of the names really, though generally I only like one middle name.

[giveitfullheart.livejournal.com]

I personally wouldn't do it but if it's your cup of tea, go for it! I think it is really hard to find names that work together and don't sound like 2 different kids though!

[feliciagomez.livejournal.com]

I think two middle names are awesome :) I have two, and I always loved it. Everyone I grew up with through highschool always wished their parents had given them two :D

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

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.

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I'll probably do two middle names, just because I have soooooooo many names (especially girl names) I like/family names I'd want to use, and don't foresee having more than four kids.

[feliciagomez.livejournal.com]

Ack, meant to reply to the thread, not your comment lol.

[fame-and-dirt.livejournal.com]

We're expecting our first boy who will have two middle names, and our first girl will also have two middle names. Not sure about the rest. lol

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

To me, it is a waste. You can't put them on official documents so no one will ever know they have them.

Better just pick two and make them nice.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Shea Elliot Anna is so pretty!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I have two and they're both on my official documents. Ergo, my name on my driver's license is so long that it had to be put on two lines.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I plan to do so, only because there are so many names I like and want to use.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

I don't see anything wrong with it. More than 2 though is too much.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

I don't personally know anyone with two middle names but I would totally give my children two middle names, lol. If they fit together, at least.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I don't really 'think' anything of it. Why should anyone care if a child has two [or even more] middle names?
It doesn't bother me either way, there are worse things in the world.

Unless the two names are inexcusably bad of course, in which case I would dislike them them singularly as well so that's of no consequence.

[subluxate]

Thank you! We love that name.

[sexxie-dork.livejournal.com]

I don't mind it. My cousin that just turned 1 has two middles.

[leaveitalone.livejournal.com]

My brother and SO both have 2 middle names and both aren't real happy about it.

[limelight-lude.livejournal.com]

I have 2, love them both, and one is my mother's maiden name. :)