Same Middles names

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

What are your thoughts about all of your children (the same sex) having the same middle name?

Comments

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

Why would you do that?

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Why not? It is more common than one might think.

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

Because there are tons of names out there, why would you name your kids the same middle name?

It reminds me of that Dr. Seuss story "Too many Daves"

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan. Then again, there are so many names I love that I'd have to have about 20 children to use them all...so using the same middle name for all just seems like a waste of space for me.

Then again, if it's a family tradition - sure, why not.

[sittingsage.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, if it is honoring someone then I guess that's nice.
On the other, each child is a unique person and I think that that should be reflected in a unique name combination so that the children do not feel that their parents find them.. interchangeable. For some reason boundary issues comes to mind.

[pirahan.livejournal.com]

My sister'e ex husband wanted to name all their kids with the middle name Hilton. It was a family thing, but I don't think it was anyone's surname or something like that. I wouldn't do it, but I like how it is on others.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

I don't really see it that way, considering their first names are completely different. I've known lots of people who have done it, and I found it weird at first, but now I think it is kind of sweet to share a middle name.

Thanks for the feedback, though.

[shirogirl.livejournal.com]

It's a very common thing in Chinese and Korean cultures. No big deal.

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

IMO it's a little strange. You already share a last name? IDK.

You're welcome?

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Oh, not being snarky or anything, you were the only person who had commented at the time & I tend to thank everyone who replies :)

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

Oh! Okay! Good, I wasn't being snarky either, I'm not used to someone thanking me...x.X I'm not good at internet today.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

That's how I feel too. Family name, that's nice. Although this one specific family I know (two boys, two girls) used the names Grace & James for the middle names, I thought it was strange, but now I kind of like the idea. Sort of sweet. Thanks!

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Makes sense. Not sure if in these cases it was a family name, but overall, they sound nice, so I guess to each their own. I am torn a little bit, though. I find it cute, but also a bit strange. Thanks for your input!

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

I feel that way about having multiple boys (or girls in some cases), and the first born being Dad/Mom's Name, Jr. How do the other kids feel? In the specific instance I'm thinking of, the kids don't mind, but I doubt they think about names to the extent I do or most of this community does, haha. Thanks!

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't do it, but my best friend has three boys, and if I recall correctly, the oldest has two middle names, and the middle one has one middle name is the same as one of his oldest brother's middle names. I forget the the third one's middle name. They were so certain that the third one was a girl that when he was born and they found out he was a boy, they were stumped on a name because they had used up all of their boys names.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I see that, already sharing the last name. The more I think about it, the more my "aww, its kind of sweet!" goes away. Then again, I don't think these people think about their names and others names to the extent I do or most of this community does, so it is probably not a big deal to them. :)

[quentinwrites.livejournal.com]

My best friend used the same middle name for both her boys, every boy in her family has had that middle name for seven generations.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think about that; I have friends who are half-Korean and they both have the middle name Kim. Thanks!

[shirogirl.livejournal.com]

I'm pregnant right now and we picked our baby's Korean name with that in mind :)

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

A few of my friends' families did that too, with the boys. In fact, her little brother & her dad have the same initials, different first name, same middle name, and I believe both her grandfather & great-grandfather had that same middle name. Thanks for the feedback!

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

How nice! Congrats on the pregnancy! My husband & I actually debated about giving middle names at all, because he's Jewish, and his dad is from Israel & said something about how it is very rare in Israel for people to have middle names. We decided to give middle names overall, because a) I'm not Jewish and my husband isn't really practicing, and b) we're not in Israel, so it wouldn't matter :)

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to throw this out: just because there are so many names, doesn't mean people like a whole lot of them, especially once you get two people trying to agree on a name and it get more limiting if the two people have different styles.

I know I'll be hard pressed if I ever need to name a boy because I'm extremely apathetic to most boy names.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

You said what I was thinking, too. I didn't know how to say it well. My husband & I discuss baby names a lot, and he dislikes -son names, and names that sound "English-y or Scottish-y" (Henry, Duncan, etc, etc), so it is hard for us to agree on anything (especially boy names), because I LOVE those types of names.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

My husband and I had a girl, but a few days before I went into labor, I had a dream she was born a boy & we'd have no name! He was in Afghanistan at the time so when he called me we had a discussion about what we would name a boy if that turned out to happen! :)

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend's son and our son together have the same middle name. It's a name that was special and important to me and I wanted to use it before I ever knew the father of my children. It also happens to be my boyfriend's middle name, and his father's first name. So it was easy to decide.

If we have another boy, I don't think I'll use it again, though.

(and in case you're curious, the name is James)