Second Middle Name?

BalancingJane · November 2010

Is anyone giving LO a second middle name? My last name is hyphenated (and long--15 letters, 6 syllables), and we've decided against hyphenating DD's name (what if she wants to hyphenate when she gets married--it could just get ridiculous!) But I haven't decided whether or not to give her my maiden name as a second middle name or not. Any thoughts?

LukeAndAmanda · November 2010

I personally don't care for two middle names, but it just depends on how much you really want to pass on your maiden name. My last name sucks, so I wouldn't want to pass it on anyway

Seems like her name would be too long by adding a second middle name since your last name is so long.

monkeyqueen · November 2010

I have two legal middle names. I've never had a problem with it (forms, school, etc. have all been fine). It's your preference.

mmclaussen · November 2010

We're doing my maiden name as our DD second middle name.

tpagrl · November 2010

I have 3 names like that, my first name is my mom's first name then my middle names are the first names of my maternal and paternal grandmothers. I have always loved it. I actually hyphened my last name when i got married so i have 5 names now. It's a really good conversation starter. If I ever have a daughter I plan on doing the same 3 name thing for her.

TiffanyTheMom · November 2010

My dad is Mark William August ********. On checks, he just signs Mark W A Y-blahblahblah. It's never bothered him, and it's cool that he was named after his 2 grandparents. One was August was his dad's dad, and William was the other.

I think it's fine. Your child can always choose to not sign the middle names at all the way most people, or sign away proudly like my dad does. I think they're just fine.

Just make sure your maiden name is something that could actually pass for a name. My maiden name is Yungmann, and I'd pity my daughters for having that as a middle name!

MaryYVR · November 2010

We're using two middle names, with my maiden name as the second middle name if we're having a boy.

Moonbeam828 · November 2010

I kept my maiden name as a second middle name when I got married, and it's been the biggest PITA ever since. I have discovered that computer systems are not equipped to handle 2 middle names. I have to keep a list of how I'm known at various institutions (Jane L. Doe with my bank, Jane R. Doe with life insurance, etc).

HUrquiza · November 2010

We're using 2 middle names for cultural reasons. Its traditional in Spain to have two mns. Our baby will be Xavi Tomas Orion U******. Usually they keep the mother's maiden name, but mine is dumb and doesn't really sound masculine.

Milo5181 · November 2010

I have three middle names. I am an only child so my parents had to get all their naming kicks in one go! I only use one middle name for accounts and checks and stuff, but my birth certificate and college diploma both have all three middle names listed. I like my long name, it's nice to tell people about which name means what.

dixiedancin · November 2010

Just my opinion but I think a second middle name is a little annoying. My husband's sister has 4 names and her college wouldn't even put it on the diploma (I don't know why...)

Then again I'm not a fan of hyphenating last names or keeping your maiden name as your middle name after marriage either, so I guess maybe I'm more traditional.

ktuel2282 · November 2010

my first 3 children are all adopted from Guatemala it's tradition there to have 2 last names so you have the 4 name thing going on.

When we adopted our children we changed part of their names but want to keep some of their birth names also so we went with the double middle name. We have never had any issues with it. Our oldest son thinks it super cool because no one else in his class has such a special name & sometimes he likes to claim one of his middle names as a second first name...

We decided to keep with the 4 name tradition for our birth child too. Most of our family disagrees with this since this child won't be adopted & all (dumb dumb dumb).... but we don't see any reason to make a change to something that works for us.

do whatever feels right to you, it's yur child. If we would have listened to people around us our kids names would be very different & in the long run no one would have been happy & now people tell us that they couldn't image our kids with different names. So in the end it all worked out

lizsites · November 2010

I've got a couple of middle names (grandmother and great grandmothers first names) but alllll of my names are really long, so it's sort of a pain! I don't use them ALL all of the time, but when I do, it's sort of a PITA. I'm not doing that to Ava. (Even tho MIL approached me with this little gem a couple weeks ago: "I know you guys already have a name picked out, but we'd [her and FIL, apparently] really like it if you'd add "Marie" to her middle name". I was like, WTF? You KNOW we have a name picked out, but here, let me put you on the spot and ask you to change it. Screw you, lady. If that's the name we wanted, that's the name we would have picked. You want to name a baby that, make another one. Ok. Sorry. MIL rant over... hehe)

wda519 · November 2010

My parents gave my siblings and I all 2 mns. I love it. My name is long so I end up having first name, 1st mn, 2nd initial, and last name on most things, but I don't mind. My sister and I kept the tradition alive with our kids. Also I have step-siblings, who all have 1 mn. They all gave their kids 2 mns.

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