If your first child only has one middle name, do you think it is ok to give the second child 2 middle names? I don’t want to make one feel left out. Especially since my husband and I both also have 2 middle names. With our first, I was adamant about only giving my kids 1 middle name. But now that our second is due, the flow of name choices just seems to work better w/ 2 middle names. Should I just stick w/ 1 middle name, same as our first?
I wouldn’t, but then again, I plan on giving all of my children two middle names.
My grandfather wasn’t given a middle name, yet his older brother got three.
I am leaning toward agreeing w/ you. I have a half sister who has no middle name. And all her other siblings (5 of us) have middle names. She’s in her 40s and I swear it still bothers her a little!! She was the first born though and I guess they just couldn’t think of anything to use.
I would say give all your kids the same amount of middle names. Unless all the girls get two and boys get one, etc…
So this might be a bit of a hassle, and I don’t know how old your oldest is. But you could always giver her/him the choice to choose a second name for themselves. I choose my own mn’s (under strong parental guidance) when I was about 8 years old. The upside is that I can’t blame anyone but myself if I don’t like my name -> which luckily I do.
Otherwise you can always have a second mn added to their records now. Another suggestion would be to give your kids names with the same total number of letters. Then number of names could take second spot to length of total name.