Original Middle Names Anyone????

JacquiDerek

I love the idea of giving DD an original MN, although I'm sure I'll end up going with something traditional.

Some of my favorite ideas are, Strawberry, Magnolia, Love, etc....I think I'm letting my inner hippie out in my hormonal state! Haha.  

Anyone else consider or use any "off the wall" middle names?  Like I said, I think I'm just going through a phase, but would love to hear your ideas.

magnoliablossom00

I'm not really a fan of unusual names, but since you're asking....

You mentioned the name Love. How about Heart/Hart? Or you could use her birth month/birth stone as the middle name. Pearl, Ruby, etc.

You could be very odd and use your favorite preggie craving. Ex. pickles, candy, etc. Ha! 

JacquiDerek

Haha, love the craving idea!  JK.  Normally I've always leaned towards traditional names...I don't know what's gotten into me:)  Poor DH

ubermoose

Magnolia might be really cool, but I think Love or Strawberry might be a bit too hippie!

I would say avoid anything that sounds "fluffy", for lack of a better term. I think the middle name is a cool spot for something a little unusual or sentimental--like the town where you and your husband met, that childhood hero, that cool-sounding spice, or that favorite foriegn name you are not quite sure if you can pull off as a first name. General naming conventions still stand, though. If it is something that would make a reasonably mature adult snicker, it's probably not a good idea.

When we were naming, we wanted to stay away from Elizabeth, Grace, Katherine, James, Michael, etc.--because they seem like everybody's go-to middle names.

For our girl pick (we ended up having a girl--yay!), we looked at our original list of favorite names, and used the one that sounded best with our first name choice. The end result was Molly Fiona--not to generic, but also not too out there.

For our boy middle name choice, we decided to use our favorite foriegn name, Dietrich. I grew up in Germany, and hubby's favorite theologian is Dietrich Bonnhoeffer. We love the name, but want to use something a little more familiar for a first name. So if we ever have a son, he will probably be Neil Dietrich.

Allie30

I say go for it. Middle names is where you can afford to go a little wild -- your child doesn't have to use it if they don't want to. My husband, for example, was very set on us picking a middle name for our child that she could use as a pen or stage name (think Angelina Jolie Voight) is she wanted.

Whereas I wanted to call her Eowyn. So I'm totally on board with bizarre middle names. 

Hailstorm20

Allie30:

I say go for it. Middle names is where you can afford to go a little wild -- your child doesn't have to use it if they don't want to. My husband, for example, was very set on us picking a middle name for our child that she could use as a pen or stage name (think Angelina Jolie Voight) is she wanted.

Whereas I wanted to call her Eowyn. So I'm totally on board with bizarre middle names. 

Totally do it if you want! We did and don't regret it. Although we didn't go hippie

 

forensicmama

Magnolia is gorgeous! Strawberry brings to mind a picture of pasties and dollar bills being shoved into g-strings. Keep in mind that there's a fine line between "unique", "hippie" and stripper names.

ces25c

The bump keeps eating my posts  Let me try this again.

If you want to sound a little less completely hippie or are worried you might change your mind, you could see if any of those names translate to something nice in another language.  Strawberry in every language I tried didn't sound good as a name but cherry is cerise in French which is used as a first name although it's really rare.

You could also go the route of choosing a name that *means* love/beloved/etc.  There are tons of those.

If you decide to just go for it, I wouldn't think you are completely nuts.  So many people don't share their middle name or use it on resumes or anything like that so nobody knows it except their nearest and dearest anyway.

PeaceLoveYarn

If I have a girl her MN will be Purl... my Gma's name was Pearl and I am a knitter so I figured i would use the stiches spelling rather than traditional, honoring my grandmother and being myself at the same time!

If its a boy his first name will be Silas which everyone we know thinks is crazy!

braveangel2

My daughters middle name is my favorite word in the English language. I agree with PP; it's a great place for something more adventurous or something with a story. There's a Bumpie who's son has the middle name Orion because that was the constellation her husband proposed under. I love when middle names are hidden gems like that.