Is it just me, or have you noticed that there are an increasing number of people giving their children double middle names? I know that I am guilty of this too, but for us it was a solution to combine our family at a transitional time (long story). Originally, we gave our first-born only one middle name and would have continued.
But it seems like this has become some sort of trend?? Anyone have any insight into this?
I have no idea if it’s a trend, but I have two middle names. [name]Every[/name] single name of mine is a family name to boot!
I think it depends on the family.
I don’t know if it is a trend or anything, but most of my family (especially the [name]German[/name] side) has double middle names, and it is a tradition I plan on continuing. One of the middle names is usually to honor our godparent.
It seems a bit more accepted and usual now than twenty years ago, definitely. There’s Nameberry blog post about this: https://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/23/middle-names-are-two-better-than-one/
– [name]Christy[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])
Four of my family members (an uncle, two first cousins, and a second-cousin) have double middles. The uncle so he wouldn’t have the exact same name as his father, and all the cousins so they could fit more namesakes in there.
I don’t know if it’s a trend for babies being born now; I think a lot of the lists on nameberry that have two middles are just for fun, and a lot of them won’t actually be used. I wish there was some way to accurately calculate this in the real world!
I am not sure if a number of middle names can be counted as a trend - although you could say that it fits into the current vogue for vintage naming - as it is not really a style, just a number, if you see what I mean.
I, and a lot of people I know, have two middle names. That said, I was the first in my family to (except one aunt - she was the youngest in her family, so I presume they were just using up all of the names that they liked) - it was in order to honour two people. It is very popular among people of all ages here ([name]Britain[/name]). As a name-lover, I will definitely give future children two middles, just to be able to use more names that I like!
I am not sure if a number of middle names can be counted as a trend - although you could say that it fits into the current vogue for vintage naming - as it is not really a style, just a number, if you see what I mean.
But it’s still a choice, and a distinctive one.
I wonder how many people still have no middle name?
I have no middle name 
That’s one of the many reasons why I plan on using two…
[name]Hi[/name]!
I don’t know what the trend is or anything, and I certainly don’t have a problem with two middle names. I think it is a great way to sneak in an extra name that you love, a family name, a more unusual name, or a word name that maybe you don’t feel as comfortable using in the first spot. That being said, I’m quite content with my single middle name. It serves its purpose in being a ‘middle’ name - it comes between the first and last names! Ha! Anyway, I like the three letter monogram, and I personally think that if I can pack a punch with three names, why bother with a fourth, right? That’s my own philosophy…
If I were to use double middle names for future children, I recently had this idea of using bird names for second middle names. My nickname is [name]Birdie[/name] and I thought it would be, well, cute. Maybe it isn’t, but at least it is whimsical! I’d do that, or I’d do something botanical. And, I’d like to work in some alliteration, just to make the names that much more fun. [name]Just[/name] to humor us all, let’s see what I come up with:
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] [name]Clove[/name] - [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Dove[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Frances[/name] [name]Fern[/name] - [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Julia[/name] [name]Jay[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Spruce[/name] - [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Winifred[/name] [name]Wren[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Lillian[/name] [name]Leaf[/name] - [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] [name]Oak[/name] - [name]Henry[/name] [name]Frederick[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Bay[/name] - [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Byrd[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] [name]Ash[/name] - [name]William[/name] [name]Harrison[/name] [name]Hawk[/name]
[name]Julian[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Pine[/name] - [name]Julian[/name] [name]Maxwell[/name] [name]Merle[/name]
Okay, you might have a point with this double middle name thing!
[name]Lemon[/name] 
I’ve always liked it, and it is not a trend for me because growing up it seemed everyone had a double middle except me.
I don’t have anything against a double middle name - It’s very traditional, especially with vintage names.
However, I am an editor at heart (and by occupation). As [name]Coco[/name] [name]Chanel[/name] once said… “Always take one piece of jewellery off before you leave the house”. I tend to apply this same philosophy when creating names.
[name]Claire[/name]
I am a huge fan of the two middle names. [name]Just[/name] because of the meaning it holds with me. My name is [name]Brittany[/name] [name]Debra[/name] [name]Rose[/name]. (not sure where [name]Rose[/name] came from but oh well with my last name it has a really nice flow even though [name]Brittany[/name] was #3 in popularity when I was born. Yes I was a child born in 1990). Anyway, [name]Debra[/name] is my mother’s name and I was named after her. I’d rather not recant how I was named [name]Brittany[/name], it baffles me to this very day. My whole thing with middle names is rather than naming your child (like a lot of people do with their sons) directly after someone making them a junior. Why not just give that child two middle names. This gives you a chance to choose a name from your side of the family, maybe after a sister/brother, aunt/uncle, cousin, father/mother, or grandparent. And it gives you the opportunity to do the same for your partner’s side of the family. Then the child you have gets to have a first name that is unique to them.