Two Middle Names

mchic_99 · February 2011

I'm just wondering what people think about using two middle names. We may incorporate both of our dads' names into our son's name and have considered using two middle names, but I'm not sure how realistic it is to do that. Will we have issues with school enrollment? Any other problems that you can foresee?

CocoBrynne · February 2011

I'm not a fan of it myself, but it's nice there is a special reason behind it for you. That being said, make sure the names flow nicely together and that the 2 name plus his first and last name don't make one of those mile long names that will be a pain for him to write out when necessary.

Athena0809 · February 2011

What would be the full name? I think you might have problems with legal papers, forms etc, only because people are used a First Second Last format, but I think if you are willing to educate and correct people, In my case, I added DH to my name when we got married, and it looks like a long name: First Middle Mylast HisLast, and people chop my last name and only call me by his last and every time I say "no, it's Mylast Hislast, like Hillary Rodham Clinton" lol so if you won't mind people messing up his name go for it!

LauranBilly · February 2011

Nope i dont see any problems with it. if thats what you want to do.. do it. Why would it cause problems in school? that is their name.. you can do what you want. There are no rules.

amybrewster · February 2011

My almost 4 year old has 2 middle names and its never caused any problems. I dont think it will be a big deal at all!

MarxieVonTrapp · February 2011

A friend of mine in grade school had two middle names. We were all jealous of him. He was Andrew Stephen Winthrop LN and it worked really well.

I have a friend who had a child and her husband is really, really into comic books. Her name is Maya Jane Godzilla LN. Her parents don't know about the Godzilla, but he's over the moon about it. If you have something funky that you don't necessarily want all over everything, go with that.

SeasideBride06 · February 2011

My DH has two mn's and hates it. ALL of his names are "after" a family member, and he still hates it. He gets made fun of because of how long his name is, and he said when he fills out paperwork, he never knows which one to use as the middle name/initial. I always laugh and say his mom chose all of them because she was afraid that she wouldn't have another boy and had to squeeze them all in on him. The funny thing is he has a younger brother, that is not named after anyone!

mchic_99 · February 2011

CocoBrynne:
I'm not a fan of it myself, but it's nice there is a special reason behind it for you. That being said, make sure the names flow nicely together and that the 2 name plus his first and last name don't make one of those mile long names that will be a pain for him to write out when necessary.

The two middle names would be really short, two syllables each and we haven't picked a first name yet. Thanks for the tips though!

mchic_99 · February 2011

LauranBilly:
Nope i dont see any problems with it. if thats what you want to do.. do it. Why would it cause problems in school? that is their name.. you can do what you want. There are no rules.

I think what I meant by school enrollment is the traditional paperwork you fill out. I guess we would just put two names in the middle name box and it wouldn't be an issue.

ckmommy · February 2011

I have two middle names. I love it. Growing up it was never an issue. On my diploma, it has both middle names, same with my marriage license, and my son's birth certificate. The only time it became an issue was when I would apply for some jobs. I just had to request that they put both middle initials on my paperwork instead of just one.

My middle names are after my maternal great grandmother who passed away long before I was born, and my paternal great aunt (who was my dad's favorite aunt). I actually plan on keeping the trend if we have a girl on the next go around with my mother's middle name and then my second middle name as it is also my MIL's middle name. For what it's worth, my middle name is Vera May (it was supposed to be spelled Mae but the hospital staff messed it up; I am debating on fixing it). Beautiful, and flows very well with my first and last.

KleanFreak · February 2011

My sister and SIL have this for their first born. I like it. It hasn't been a problem at school either. Just put the two middle names in the middle name area.

As a teacher, other than the middle names that are very different, I really don't know what my students' middle names are!

evaazalea · February 2011

I did not read the other responses bc this comes up often enough, but to answer your question, no, its not something you would have issues with. If you look at my tickers you'll see my kids do have long names, so do I, its not an issue.

KarlsSweetie05 · February 2011

We are thinking of using 2 middle names too.

These are our only children and we have so many people we want to honor, its hard to narrow it down to 3 names each.

Thank goodness we are having twins or we'd really be in trouble. lol.

FemmeNat01 · February 2011

We used two middle names with all our children. They honour family and they're all very significant and important to us. I have 2 MNs as well and it has rarely, if ever, caused any issues/problems for me.

mchic_99 · February 2011

Thanks for your thoughts, everyone! I feel a lot better about using two middle names now.

msmerymac · February 2011

I'm fine with it as long as the names have meaning and it's not just "we couldn't decide, so here are our 3 favorite names." You could always save one name in case you have another boy if you're planning on more children.

My husband has two middle names and for "middle initial" he uses the initial of his first middle name. Some people will use both initials like John R. M. Smith. (So in my husband's case, he just uses John R. Smith, but for his formal, full name, he'll write out John Robert Miller Smith.)

heyyou · February 2011

Do what you feel best with in your heart. My middle name is Dawnleah for both of my grandmothers and my sister's is Ruth-Margaret named after two great aunts. The hyphen is inserted too for hers. Whatever you feel best with is fine.

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