2 Middle Names

[Dad]

What's everyones opinion of 2 middle names?

If you have chosen quite a long first name, and quite a long first middle name, but have a short surname, would you go for a long 2nd middle name or a short 2nd middle name?

I think it's better to have a name that rolls off of the tongue and the length of the name doesn't matter, but my OH thinks it's better to have a shorter 2nd middle name?

 

[claire_louise9]

I would personally have a shorter middle name. I like a name to have a ring to it. My daughter is Emily and we chose Mae as her middle name.

 

[RhondaLou]

My partners surname is the same as my maternal grandmas maiden name and do we wanted her first name as a middle name for our little one to carry on her memory. Her name was frances and as we are having a boy it's now Francis. Now if we had just that as a middle name our boys initials would be OFE. Which to me is too much like oaf and I don't want my boy being called an oaf. So we have added my dads name too making his full name Oliver David Francis Eyre. AKA Ollie. That is a loooong name. But it's the name we want for our child, it carries on the names of his grandad and his great grandma. If you have a name you want to use then use it. I never get called by my full name (unless im in trouble with my mum).

If you intend to use both names eg Emily Mae (beautiful name btw) then yes a shorter name is better and has a nice ring to it. For us it was more about getting the name of my grandma in there more than anything as I said he will be known as Oliver or Ollie anyway x

 

[Rooster30]

Me, my sister and both of our sons have two middle names. We all have two middles names to accommodate a nod towards both sides of the family. I believe they all roll off the tongue just fine, but I don't think we really considered that aspect too much.

 

[mellie_88]

My baby will be having 2 middle names. I really don't see the big deal. The child will barely ever use his or her full name only on official documents. I never introduce myself with my middle name so why should it roll off the tongue?!

 

[Dad]

What about 2 middle names that end in y?

 

[Cakey]

I have two middle names and so will my little boy. He's going to be Oscar Leo William, which is a bit of a mouthful but they're very important names to my OH and I. What two names are you thinking of? You might have to be careful with two that end in Y xxx

 

[juliekim0908]

My LO as 3 middle names! Oops. we couldn't decide and each one means so much! .. But he will be known day to day with one middle name.

Only 3 will be on his Birth cert.

Nothing wrong with more than 1.
x

 

[TashaWink]

Nothing wrong with more than 1 middle name. Nothing wrong with longer ones either. I think if you have a short first name then a longer middle name sounds better. (My LO is Ollie Sebastian)

 

[Dad]

What about a long first name that ends in a and a short 2 syllable surname?

 

[Gingerjv]

I would not chose 2 middle names. I think it is too much! I have nothing against both first and middle names to be long. But of course everything depends on what names you have chosen. Maybe 2 middle names will sound great)

 

[Belfa]

I actually use my middle name. My maiden name was relatively unusual so when I got married and adopted my husband's name, there was so many people with the same name as me that I adopted my middle name to make me a bit more unique! I wouldn't of chosen my middle name, it's a bit old fashioned I think, but it goes well as a whole name.

If we have a boy I can see him having 2 middle names. I really want to use my grandpa's name but the men in DH's family all take their grandfather's forename but I don't like my FIL's name! It's not so bad put with my grandpa's name.

 

[Rooster30]

If we have a boy, baby will have both of his grandfathers names as his two middle names. If baby is a girl, she'll have my name and my grandma's name as her middle names.

I can't even contemplate there being one middle name for my kiddo!

 

[catswiskers]

all 3 of mine have 2 middle names all named after grandparents and gt grandparents