culture clash

[babyomine.livejournal.com]

My husband and I have talked about first names for the baby quite a bit. Recently though, I was writing out potential first names and middle names together in a chart. I showed it to my hubby and his response was, "What's this obsession with middle names?" In his culture, he's from Mexico, he said they didn't use middle names. We weren't arguing about it, I just had the assumption that our baby would get a middle name, and he had never thought of it. I told him it was so that if the child didn't like the first name, they would always have a legal backup name. Anyway, he's cool with the idea, I just thought it was an interesting cultural experience ;-)

Comments

[shadiroxan.livejournal.com]

I don't have a middle name. I kinda like not having one. Hardly anyone in my family has one. Most middle easterners don't. I believe it's more of a christian thing that's done.

At first my in laws were trying to push a middle name for my son. I think they've given in though. It was hard enough agreeing on a first name. I don't think I can take arguing over a middle name too.

[the-raving-loon.livejournal.com]

My children have two middle names, one is an actual middle name and the other is my maiden name. In my culture there isn't a "middle name", the middle name is actually the mother's maiden name. So I decided that they were to carry both forms of the "middle name".

[luvszoe.livejournal.com]

That's true about the Mexican culture.
My dad's dad had no middle name and my dad has no middle name. When my dad was in the Marines, they "gave" him a middle name: NMI.
No Middle Initial.

lmao

[shadiroxan.livejournal.com]

All throughout high school they filled out all my forms NMN for no middle name. My first name is Maryam. When I got married I took on my husband's last name which starts with an M.

Now I'm MNMNM.

[saffkat.livejournal.com]

I don't have a middle name. My mother's idea was that I could choose my own when I was old enough if I wanted to (it was also to avoid my father's idea "Bartlett"). I enjoyed it as a child, I would make up middle names all the time and go by them. And now I like it because it is like emily trivia. However, I'm giving my baby a middle name just because it is more fun for me.

[florassecret.livejournal.com]

It really all depends on what country you come from. Seriously, my dad has a first and last name, but then he's 1/2 chinese and english. My dad was all for naming his kids with middle names.

[pixiequeen112.livejournal.com]

The Mexican culture thing is not true, I'm Mexican I should know. My sisters have middles names so do some of my cousins and my friends have middle names too.

But middle names are a good choice incase they want to be known by another name.

middle names

[estrella-jenita.livejournal.com]

my cousins freind (who also happens to be my freinds cousin) is named "Sarah Joy"... her family has called her sarah since she was born...my freind calls her "sarah" ...but when she moved near my cousin she got everyone to call her "joy" so middle names are defintely good!


~La Jenita~

[freedomdreams.livejournal.com]

My mother gave me a hyphenated middle name
i was just going to be Arwen Rose
then my grandmother (dads mom) came to visit and said he was playing favorites b/c my moms mom is named Rosa but everyone called her Rose. so the evil lady made my mom put her name on the birth certificate. so now i am Arwen Rose-Doreen Emory..... ugh but since its hyphenated it only counts as one name:) A.R.E. but when i get married (to whomever) i am dropping back down to Arwen Rose __?__