Middle Names

[daisy1028.livejournal.com]

What do you guys think of multiple middle names? I prefer just one middle name. But I have seen lately that parents are giving their kids more than one middle name. I'm not too sure how I feel about this. I have a friend from who I went to school with that gave her daughter legit 4 middle names, I believe it was for all 4 grandmothers in the family.I can see the point maybe? I just don't understand it. I feel like it could be confusing for the kid possibly?

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[w00t-baby.livejournal.com]

Not a fan of too many middle names. 2 is my limit. It's just getting silly when your child's name is so long it won't fit on forms or even on their drivers license.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl who gave her daughter 6 middle names and she had wanted two more names but they didn't fit on the birth certificate!!! One maybe two if they are short is fine after that it's overkill.

[iantosgal.livejournal.com]

I think two is the max. My nephew has the middle names Hayden Dean which go together nicely and his full name flows well. So I think as long as the names go well together, sound nice and there's not more than two, then it's all good :D

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

my son has 2 middle names because it flowed better (plus to honour 2 people).
My daughter has 1 middle name.

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

I prefer one middle name tbh. Two at a push. 4 is excessive. Can you imagine having to fill out official things with all those names? :p I find it a pain in the ass with my one middle name sometimes.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

There was a girl at my school who had the name Michelle Leanne Rose Marie Donella. And then the last name. Imagine putting those on a form for the bank or something!!

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

2 is my max. Anything more than that is getting crazy

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

2 is my limit, and even then I think it's a little bit of an overkill.

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I prefer one but I can understand if you're genuinely stuck between 2, want to honor 2 people or the 2 really go well together. But anything more than 2 cheapens the name.

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

I have two middles names, they're after my grandmother and aunt, and even though my first name and the first middle name are short, the second middle name and my last name are long, so it just looks....long. lol. I'd rather just one middle name.

[avec-bonheur.livejournal.com]

My brother, my boyfriend, and I all have two middle names. I like two, but I think any more is just too long

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I prefer one middle name, but two can be reasonable. My bff has two middle names and he says it's a huge pain in the ass on official forms and the like, to the point that he's considered legally changing his name to get rid of it. I always think about that when I see these birth announcements with kids bearing multiple long-ass middle names in addition their first and last.

[rosabelle.livejournal.com]

I like one or two, but after that I think it's too much.

[mirhanda.livejournal.com]

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[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

This.

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

Just remember: A number of schools have being able to write your full name as a requirement for graduating kindergarten. I've heard a few too many parents complain that their kid is five years old and already little Maximilian William Jonathan Parker Smithson-Black is going to have to work considerably harder than Andrew Jacob Jones to end up in the same place.

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend giving a kid a name that won't fit on a typical standardized test form. Absurdly long names just make things hard on the child, the administration, the teachers, and a number of other people. I mean, if the last name is Tomaszewski-Thanasukolwit there isn't much you can do about that, but you can control the first and middle names.

[forloveofbaby.livejournal.com]

While I am not normally a multi middle name fan, I know that if our second child is a girl, she will have two middle names. I had planned on using 'Hope' for a long time and since that's what my second cousin ended up using as a middle name for her daughter, it will be bumped to a second middle.

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

That said, if your kid's name is Ava Mary Jane Law, two middle names is fine, and tacking on a third probably wouldn't kill kittens. I think the over-all length of the name matters more than the number of names within the name, if that makes sense.

That said, I really can't imagine any reason to give your child four middle names, no matter how short they are. And six? Six? Seriously, just pick one. If you absolutely insist on using every single name that you like, wait until you have another kid. Or, if you're not having another kid, buy a kitten or twenty. If you're not having another kid and you're allergic to all pets, write a book. Just... do something else.

But maybe I'm just bitter because so little thought went into my own middle name. (The story, as I understand it, is that my mom asked my dad to pick it, and my southern father wrote down the first (most generic, and very specific to the south) southern name to come to mind. Since I was born and raised in the western US and the rest of my name is definitely not stereotypically southern in any way, it's never quite seemed to fit.)

[frost.livejournal.com]

I prefer one middle; two is my limit.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

or, relevant to your icon, make a sims family and use all of your favorite names there... :D

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

I like it when it's only one. It kills the point for me when it's more.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

2 is definitely my limit but I much prefer just 1. Life is hard enough without having 15 names to put on forms and various cards. My friend is Kimberley Bridget Dorothy Lastname and it doesn't even fit on anything.

[pumpkindoodles.livejournal.com]

I've never been a big fan of the two middle names thing. Would never consider more than one for my own children.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Like a lot of people, I think 2 should probably be the max, but if I have children, I'll probably just choose one per kid.

I think one of the biggest things to remember when choosing any middle name is that the kid will have to write it out on forms for the rest of his life. Putting "Parker Aiden Nicholas Hudson Jack Smith" or "Olivia Marie Ava Jocelyn Christine Jones" might get a little exhausting.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

THIS. All of it. Naming seems to have grown kind of narcissistic---parents want a super-unique name that makes their child special without considering the consequences for the kid, and it will have consequences (in the classroom, like you said; on the playground; when filling out medical forms; etc.). I have to wonder if this is because all the Jennifers, Jessicas, and Ashleys never felt special enough or something...

That said, I really can't imagine any reason to give your child four middle names, no matter how short they are. And six? Six? Seriously, just pick one. If you absolutely insist on using every single name that you like, wait until you have another kid. Or, if you're not having another kid, buy a kitten or twenty. If you're not having another kid and you're allergic to all pets, write a book. Just... do something else.

This is an awesome suggestion. Especially if you want to use a name like Jagger or something.

[composure.livejournal.com]

Same here. The middle name I chose, which was important for me to use, didn't flow well with our last name. So, we threw in another.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

More than two middle names isn't OK unless you're royalty. And even then it's a bit tacky.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I grew up with people having just one middle name, so that's what I'm used to. I've heard of people using more than one due to indecisiveness,feeling it's more "complete", etc. and while I can respect that, I tend to view the reason we give our children a middle name is so that they can have an every day name and then an official name, which they can use to be professional, or when they're in trouble. And, I know that if I'm yelling at a kid because they were naughty, I don't want to be calling 10 names, LOL.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

I have two, my kids have two. Two is my limit, but aren't there other cultures where it's normal to have extremely long names? So two is my personal max but I'm not going to judge someone else...unless it's obvious they're stupid and being ridiculous with names, and in that case, seriously, get a dog or something! My kitty has a name that I love but know I'll never get to use unless I have, like 6 kids, LOL.

[brujaoscura.livejournal.com]

My 3 girls have one middle name each. My son has 2. My son was named for his father(which I did not WANT to do) my grandfather and a unique name- which is what he is called.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

I have 3 middle names, and I don't particularly mind. I don't think I ever had to write my full name on any official documents. And if I didn't like my first name, I could choose one of the others. I love my parents for thinking of that when they named me. <3

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think one or two is fine but any more is pushing it. I have one, my brother has two.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't think I would do more than 2 middle names, but they're middle names. People rarely known your middle name, no matter how many you have. I think it's just fuss over nothing, personally.

[rubberducky1467.livejournal.com]

Four is a bit much, I think. My current favorite name for a future child is Landon Albert Owen [last names]. I think two middle names would be the most I ever give a child. Unless I end up with royalty ha. Then four names is a must. LOL.

[clothmother.livejournal.com]

Interesting! So on forms or documents that ask for middle name or middle initial, do you just use your first-middle?

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

Ah! Now that you mention it, on very rare occasions there are documents that ask for middle names instead of just name and last name.

It depends. I only give my full name when the documents specifically ask for ALL given middle names AND require me to show my passport. But I think the only time that happens is whenever I have to renew my passport, so maybe once or twice every 7-10 years? I can live with that :)