Thoughts on mother's name as middle

ladameperdue · July 2013

What would you think if a baby girl had her mother's first name, or a derivative of it, as her middle name? I know this is done all the time for boys using their father's name as their middle but would you feel differently with a daughter? Does it somehow come off as egotistical on the part of the mother, or would you do it if you wanted your daughter to have a part of your name and thought it sounded good?

I have no idea why it should be seen any differently for fathers' vs mothers' names, but over the past 100yrs the former seems more common in the US, no?

Court0026 · July 2013

I wish it was done more often, but I don't think it is frowned upon.

vikinggirl4 · July 2013

I have my mom's first name as my middle name. Mind you, it's Elizabeth and shows up multiple times on the family tree, so a fairly common name. My mom goes by Beth.

bobcee · July 2013

My middle name is my mom's first name (Diane). I like that I share that with her.

notkateanymore · July 2013

I'm Kate and DD has a double name with my name as the middle. We're named after the same person {my great-grandmother} but she has the full name.

saham07 · July 2013

My oldest daughter has my first name as her middle name............no , not reserved for boys only!

blu-eyedwife · July 2013

I don't like when the kids are named after either the mother OR the father. I view it as a little narcissistic. Like there are hundreds of thousands of names out there, but somehow yours is the only one that will do?

flowerx2 · July 2013

My sister and I both have my moms first name as our middle name (Jane). My mom also has her moms first name as her middle name. My first name really isn't a middle name so I will more than likely use Jane as a middle name if I have a daughter.

Bexx24 · July 2013

Baby Girl will have my middle name. :-) Not even a family name, just a significant, extremely unusual name that I've always loved, so I'm excited to pass it on to her.

FoxiePM · July 2013

I intend to use my Grandmothers Maiden name as a first name next time around.

lizzybean · July 2013

My daughter has my name as her mn. It is also my Mom's Mn and both my grandma's names. So it is a special family name, not just my name.

ladameperdue · July 2013

This is really helpful to think about, thank you guys. Thinking about giving DD something close to my name as her middle, because her last will be DH's and first will be something we choose together, and all other family names on both sides end in an A sound, which won't work. Tricky this naming kids thing.

baloneydisc · July 2013

DD's mn is my fn. It is also both of her grandmother's mns.

this decaf life · July 2013

I don't think it's a big deal. We don't use family names though, so it's not our style but I would not side-eye it.

jnnfrrose6 · July 2013

My mother was named after her mother, they just called her by a nickname for it to keep it easy (Pauline and Polly). My mother also has her grandmother's name for her middle name (until she got married at least and took her maiden name for her middle). I think it's nice.

msmerymac · July 2013

I'd consider using my first name. My middle name is a family name, so I'd definitely consider passing that on as well. I'm pretty big on at least one name being a family name (so first or middle). I guess I don't see the difference between using the parent's name or the grandparent's name. Is it that the parent is the one making the decision? It's still a family name and has that connection.

AJCagle82 · July 2013

My mom and I share the same middle name. Now I'm having a little girl and she will have the same middle name, too. I lucked out that it is a good middle name and easy to place with other names.

Dr.Loretta · July 2013

I don't see an issue with doing this at all.

MrMrsandBaby · July 2013

DD has my FN as her MN. I love my name and like that we share that. It flows nicely and I just love the way it sounds when I yell it across the house

I don't think there is anything inherently narcissistic about it, it is just a nice way to honor someone when names are passed down like that

VTGal · July 2013

It's not egotistical at all. People that value heritage and tradition do it all the time! I always felt honored to have names from generations before me.

ellebee2 · July 2013

DD has my FN as her MN. I like it, I think it's special.

theseaword · July 2013

Go for it. If I have a girl, she'll have my middle name as her middle name.

MannaPants · July 2013

I don't think it's frowned upon. My mother's middle name is the same as her mother's, and it's not a family name except for those two. I think they enjoy the connection.