Middle name as first names?

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

I was a really big fan of the band Hanson, and was interested to find that all the males of their family go by their middle.

Parents
Clarke Walker Hanson - Goes by Walker
Diana Frances Hanson - Goes by Diana

Children
Clarke Isaac Hanson - Goes by Isaac/Ike
Jordan Taylor Hanson - Goes by Taylor/Tay
Zachary Walker Hanson - Goes by Zachary/Zac
Jessica Grace Hanson - Goes by Jessica/Jessie/Jess
Avery Laurel Hanson - Goes by Avery/Avie
Joshua Mackenzie Hanson - Goes by Mackenzie/Mackie/Mac
Zoe Genevive Hanson - Goes by Zoe

Taylor is married with 2 children
Jordan Ezra Hanson - Goes by Ezra
Penelope Anne Hanson - (Apparently) Goes by Ellie (apparently not by Penny, as Hanson's latest radio release was "Penny & Me")


Okay, so now you think I am really stalkerish, knowing all their families names etc. (being a fan for 10 years does that to you) however what I want to know is what do you think of this? and do you have any idea why a family would use a tradition like this? I guess I've always been interested.

Comments

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

My parents did this. My brother was named James Eric, after his bio dad. I guess they called him Eric, so no confusion. Or my mom called him that cause he was an evil guy? My other brother is Andrew Christian... my mom loved the name christian, but thought andrew christian sound better than the reverse. For the first three weeks of my life, I went by Paige, but she thought Katharine Paige flowed best. Then she decided she liked the whole thing, so I got a double name.

We're just weirdos though.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Haha, that is the cutest icon ever!

I was always like "I am going to have 7 kids and give them all hyphenated names." Lucky I got over that.

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

that's tiny me! I told you we are weird.

I only plan on torturing one of mine with a double name. but its a lot simpler than katharine-paige.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

so cute!

i have this very random picture of me standing near a 10kg paper bag of frozen fries... my grandparents owned a fish+chip shop when i was younger for 23 years.

i think i still like hyphenated names, simply because i know more great names than I know I will have children, lol!

Zachary-Mark is still my favourite. Otherwise I might just give my kids multiple middle names.