Until I joined this site, it never occurred to me that more than one middle was a real option. I have only one, and most of the people I grew up/went to grade school with have one–a few don’t have any at all.
I’m curious as to why my fellow Berries select/would select a particular number of middles for their children. (For me, it’s a matter of custom, I suppose, since I’ve stuck with just the one for #1 and will do the same for #2.)
So…insights?
I thought the same thing when I first joined. I’ve been thinking about 2 middles for boys, not girls. I feel that most girls will use their maiden name as a middle in a way. Like, in reference to DOOL, [name]Sami[/name]'s full name currently is [name]Samantha[/name] [name]Brady[/name] [name]Hernandez[/name], [name]Brady[/name] being her maiden name.
As for boys, there are certain people I want to honor and it would involve giving the child more than one middle name.
It’s just a person’s reference if you ask me.
I’m stuck on two middles now, even though I have only one. I started out resenting the idea of two middles - it seemed like An excuse to cram in more names. But now that I’ve delved into them I like how they fit together. And yes, I do enjoy being able to use more of my favorite names. I live in the US also, and actually I do know someone with two middles. However, by the time I have kids, I may just stick to one middle.
Sorry I rambled a bit. I guess the reason I go for two is because its an opportunity to use more names and make more daring combos. (In the middle I usually like to have one classic choice and one more surprising name to give it some spark)
It’s the same here. Since I joined, I’ve been seeing A LOT of double middles, but nothing over two. Thankfully. Since making my account here, I’ve been considering using two middle names, but I need to learn the technique. If there is a technique lol. I don’t want to over do it with names though or make it too much. Like [name]Brenner[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] [name]James[/name]. Does that even look right?
I can certainly see the appeal of the double middle for name nerds! I might have been tempted to do it had the process of choosing just a first and one middle not been so stressful for me. More power to you if you’re up to the challenge 
The only reason I have considered double middle names is to be able to honor both sides of the family at once. For example, I might do [name]Malcolm[/name] (name I like) [name]David[/name] (my dad’s name) [name]James[/name] (spouse’s dad’s name) so that if we didn’t end up having more boys neither side of the family would be offended by not having a child named after them!
I don’t have children, but I’m fairly sure that when someday, I am pregnant, I will find it almost impossible to choose just one middle name, being both a name nerd and somebody obsessed with honouring heritage/relatives etc.
I think it’s more common in the UK to have more than one middle name than in [name]America[/name]/Australia. I would imagine that at first it started out as an upper-class only thing (think [name]William[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Philip[/name] [name]Louis[/name]) for the purpose of honouring and preserving complex heritage, but gradually moved down the class system.
I don’t have a strong opinion on how many middle names somebody should have. There is nothing practical about them. I don’t particularly like mine, but I do like the sentiment of being partially named after somebody important to my parents.
I personally really dislike multiple middles. A lot of the time I think it ruins the flow of the name. I understand why people do it but I really dislike multiple middles. In my opinion they just don’t sound good at all.
Well, [name]Brenner[/name] and [name]Alexander[/name] end with the same sound, so with or without the [name]James[/name], it sounds a little strange to me. However, I really like the sound of [name]Brennan[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] [name]James[/name].
I like two middle names, personally. But only if it flows well. Some names need only one middle. My two top girl’s names have double middles, but the rest don’t even have a middle name… yet!
I actually regret not giving my children 2 middle names because I would have been able to honour more family heritage! My daughter is [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Mabel[/name] with [name]Mabel[/name] honouring my great great grandmother, and my son is [name]Hudson[/name] [name]James[/name] with [name]James[/name] being a traditional middle name in my family. I didn’t really even consider my children having 2 middle names because me and my family have always had one!
I wanted to but my husband thought it was a crazy idea. I wasn’t into it enough to really argue over it.