How did you pick your (non-family name) middle name?

sundaesprinkles

For those of you who didn't choose a family name for a middle name for your child, how did you decide what to pick? Did you just pick something that sounded good with the first and last names? Or did you get inspiration from something else, like naming after a character in a book or a meaningful place? We're trying to think of middle names and we are just getting stuck. I'm afraid everything we've thought of sounds like "filler" names.

Our boy name is Logan. We have Logan James and Logan Reid as possibilities. After doing some googling it seems like James is a fairly common middle name for Logan so I'm worried about it being filler. We think it sounds nice and we like how it is also Harry Potter's middle name. (We both love the HP books and movies.) We both like James more than Harry. Reid is just a name that we thinks sounds good.

Our girl names are Brooke and Delilah. (We still haven't decided which one yet.) I've thought of Delilah Claire but I'm also worried that's a filler middle name. We haven't really thought of any middle names for Brooke yet.

ETA: Some of you have suggested before that Delilah Brooke sounds good and I agree, but our last name also starts with a "B" and I think it kind of sounds funny. For some reason I like the alliteration with Brooke (as a first name) and our last name but I think it would be weird to have a "B" middle name. Our last name is two syllables, by the way.

 

Chapter79

Our daughters name is not a family name, we didn't really want to do that. But we wanted an uncommon middle name, since her first name is common.  We just looked through books, online, etc.. sounded out every name with her first name, and it kinda ju

stargazer08

Honestly, we just went with what sounded good for DD's middle name. My parents did the same when they named my sister and me.  

I like Logan with either James or Reid. I know James sounds like a filler MN, but if you like it and have a good

bobcee

We just went with names we liked that we thought sounded good.  DD is Delilah Grace and I know many consider it a filler name but I don't care because I like it and think it sounds pretty.  I say just go with something you love regardless what o

banannapeach85

My son is Felix James. We narrowed our list down to our favorite three names, Felix, James, and Brian. We had decided to use James as the MN for either of the other two, because neither of the other ones sounded right with James as the first name. When

LC122

We chose a MN that we liked and liked the sound of with the first and last name. It also kind of works with the heritage on both sides of the family.
I consider most one syllable names to sound like filler names.
Our D's is 2 syllables. We r

moonfaerie

We're not into family names. I like a ton of names, but DH and I did not agree on any names for our DDs. So, I had to compromise on first names and then picked middle names that I wanted to use for first names, but that DH vetoed.

tralfamadorian

we wanted our kids to have neutral/unconnected first names that we just liked and could be their own, and then have a middle name after someone important to us. our son's middle name is e.e. cummings' middle name, who is my favorite poet. second son's

aessary03

My daughter is not named after anyone.  I simply wanted something feminine.  And after reading a baby name book and adhering to some of the "naming rules" they talked about -- such as if you have a multiple syllable fn, a single syllable mn f

BrittKav

This LO's mn will be Valentine, after a character in a book. Her first name is the same as another book (HP!) character. We didn't plan to have two literary names but it worked out that way and we love both names,

plainoljane

BrittKav:

This LO's mn will be Valentine, after a character in a book. Her first name is the same as another book HP! character. We

Elsa1984

We were Team Green and SO wanted his middle name brought down if it was a boy. So he told me that I could pick the middle name if LO was a girl. I was going to pick a name that I liked and not name her after anyone. Well, baby was a girl and at the last s

BrittKav

plainoljane:

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Carrie3102

Just lurking... for name ideas for DS.

DDs name is Josephine May.  She's not named after anyone really although she has DH's initials.  We chose May because we were married May 22nd.

starshineamator

I had a really long list of mn possibilities. The ones that weren't after family members were things that had meaning to us. Our two finalists were the name of a city that both Spouse and I love in Italy and spent time in together, and an ancient Greek wo