[skylark]

I don't really have one (ie the one that I have is a family surname, and doesn't appear on my birth certificate). It makes absolutely no difference to my life whatsoever. I am always amused by people in the naming threads going on about the flow of middle names and whether they go together - the reality is that in every day life a middle name is just never, ever used.

[leisamd]

DS2 very nearly didn't have one. Because our first two children were named for beloved family members, and there wasn't any others we felt comfortable using.

DH was adamant right up until about 36 weeks that there'd be no middle name. He has one that he hates, and his younger brother doesn't have one at all. No big deal.

I wanted one to match the siblings and to soften the first name, we finally came down to 2 options 'he could live with' and I picked one.

It really seems like no big deal to me to have one or not, my niece and nephew (DH's sister) don't have them and it's fine.

This post has been edited by leisamd: 23/02/2012, 09:15 AM

[la di dah]

I don't really have one (ie the one that I have is a family surname, and doesn't appear on my birth certificate). It makes absolutely no difference to my life whatsoever. I am always amused by people in the naming threads going on about the flow of middle names and whether they go together - the reality is that in every day life a middle name is just never, ever used.

It doesn't get used if you don't use it but I know people who use theirs constantly and I use my middle initial a lot. I know a lot of people who are J.T. or whatever their initials are to everyone they know, and more people who use both names together on all their forms and paperwork.

Honestly I go the other way, I see people saying on EB any middle name or none doesn't matter but I know all my friends', and cousins', and they use them as adults, so I don't get that. Is it a cultural thing of Australia maybe?

The only person I know who doesn't have a middle name is my maternal grandmother, who didn't get one because her mother wanted to name after two dead relatives who had the same first name, and a middle name would have specified which one and she didn't want to do that.

[missj]

We all have one, but I know many who don't. I don't think it's something you have to give your child.

[blue4me]

My middle name is my mothers maiden name.

My 2 sons middle names are my maiden name.


I did not see the point in coming up with another name for them, but still wanted their names to have something to do with me as both have DH's surname.

[beckles5]

I have a middle name and DH and his side of the family don't.

We opted not to have them for any of our 3 kids.

[4kidlets]

I know a lot of people who are J.T. or whatever their initials are to everyone they know,

I think this is more an American thing la di dah - not a common practice in Australia at all

[Guest_Day-dream_*]

I don't have a middle name, none of my siblings do nor my mother or her sister.

DH and I decided not to give our DS a middle name as DH hates his and doesn't really see the point. I've always liked the fact I didn't have one, less filling out on forms. Through my work I see a lot of ID's and have to verify names, I see heaps of cases of people that have their middle name on their d/l but not on their p/port or vice versa, or they've written their middle name on some forms but not on others, or even chosen not to use it anymore - it causes all sorts of problems.

My sister has not give her kids middle names either. I get it if your surname is Smith and you want John for a first name, but for my family, they are superfluous.