[name]Hi[/name] all. [name]Just[/name] wondering what the general consensus is on two middle names? Anyone who has two middles that has dealt with it?
Hubby and I are TTC and pondering girl’s middle names. We love, love the middle name [name]Hermione[/name]. However, I really feel the need to honor a family member in our girl name, too. We are considering adding [name]Patrice[/name]; my mother’s name is [name]Pat[/name], his mother’s name is [name]Theresa[/name], and I think [name]Patrice[/name] is a good combination of the two names.
Is [name]Lilla[/name] [name]Hermione[/name] [name]Patrice[/name] too much?
I think a lot of people here like it. I do too. Here’s what I posted on another thread in the past. Their question was more about “how” you do it.
"A friend chose a double mn for all of her boys. I was asking her about it. We were considering it for our expected twin girl. But, in the end we chose to put the names together to make one name. We had our own reasons for doing that. If I had thought about the double middle name from the beginning all of mine would probably have two separate ones. My friend said that (in the States) the birth certificate and social security card reflect both middle names. With almost everything else “legal” the second middle name is just dropped off. So with that in mind, they picked the mn they liked the best to be the first one. She hasn’t had any issues with it yet.
During my research, I found that most people who had trouble with it had the mn’s hyphenated. Computer systems just don’t like to recognize that and they would get all kinds of different combinations, depending on what the computer did and what the person entering the information decided to put in. With no hyphen, and just dropping the second middle name, mistakes were less likely to happen and kept all of their documents matching. [name]One[/name] woman talked about not being allowed on a flight because of her hyphenated mn. Her passport had one version, her id a different one, and her ticket a third variation.
So, in my opinion, I think that two totally separate middle names are the best way to go."
I think it’s fine as long as they aren’t all like four syllable names or anything. [name]One[/name] of my close friends has six middle names. It could be seen as a bit much but it still flows nicely and all the names have special meanings, so I think two middles is perfectly acceptable
I’m not a fan of two middles since you hardly use one, when are you going to use the second one? To me they seem pointless or it looks as if the parents couldn’t decide on a name. Plus what if you have another child? You basically have to do 2 middles or their going to be like, whey did she get two and I only have one?
I guess the real reason I want to use two is if our next baby is a girl, we might not have a third child. Our son only has one middle name, but it had been decided for years. I really only like two middle names for girls…it’s kind of a frilly thing to have, I think. So if we had another girl in the future we’d probably do the same thing.
My daughter is [name]Leonie[/name] [name]Ida[/name]-[name]Simone[/name]
[name]Ida[/name] prn Ee-duh not Eye-duh was my husbands grandma, [name]Simone[/name] was my deceased cousin. I thought it flowed well and I hyphenated so they will hopefully both be used. I think if my husband’s grandmother was Issodora instead of teeny tiny [name]Ida[/name] it wouldn’t have been something I was willing to do!
I only feel slightly locked into this format for a future girl. I might let it go if nothing feels right or flows well…but I have considered [name]Veronica[/name] [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Beatrice[/name] or [name]Veronica[/name] [name]Jean[/name]-[name]Beatrice[/name]… both are family names from my side.
I think if I didn’t find the right double middle for any future daughter I hopefully have…I would give her something really special & unique. Like I think for example [name]Leonie[/name] [name]Ida[/name]-[name]Simone[/name] & [name]Veronica[/name] [name]Marigold[/name] could be sisters & it wouldn’t be strange but [name]Leonie[/name] [name]Ida[/name]-[name]Simone[/name] & [name]Veronica[/name] [name]Lynn[/name] is odd.
We chose to use two middles for our son and will continue the tradition with any other children. No one we know really does this and so people actually think it is really neat. We gave our son my maiden name and another name that we just liked. Almost all of my name combinations in my signature have at least one, if not two middles to honor special family members. I think it is a great way to honor loved ones, but still be able to choose a name perhaps you love a little more than an honor name. We don’t go around calling our son [name]Cuyler[/name] [name]Reese[/name] Holcomb ______, but he will know it’s a middle name to honor his heritage.
I have mixed feelings when it comes to compound mn’s but bottom line, to me it depends on the names you choose and I think Taz has the right idea. [name]Leonie[/name] [name]Ida[/name]-[name]Simone[/name] flows and isn’t so long that it’s a tongue twister that loses it’s appeal, I know I have some double mn combos with long names but in reality I’m probably not going to give my child three names that all have three of four syllables because for some reason that always comes off as trying too hard or looks like a an indecisive list of names.
Basically I think two mn is ok but simplicity and well thought out flow is the key to keeping it classy and appealing.
Thanks for the feedback. Incidentally–how do you pronounce your [name]Leonie[/name]? I really like the name [name]Leona[/name], nn [name]Leonie[/name], but I can’t decide on the pronunciation.
Also thanks to everyone else for the feedback. I’m still undecided. [name]How[/name] do you feel about the flow of [name]Lilla[/name] [name]Hermione[/name] [name]Patrice[/name]? Too long? I’m not a huge fan of [name]Patrice[/name], but it honors both sides of the family, and still allows us our two favorite names right now.
I personally love 2 middles. I love the way they flow and I like being able to honor people in the middle. My son’s middle names are the first and middle of my grandfather who was murdered when I was 13. Potential children will also have two, most likely after family.
I gave my daughter 2 middles names. [name]One[/name] was a family name, the name that me, and almost every other woman in my family has. The other was because it was just a name I really liked.
I think that their really is no rule as to the number of middle names. Go crazy.
When me and DH bought our first house, well before kids, the real estate lawyer advised us that if we ever have kids to give them lots of names as it helps prevent identity theft! I don’t remember how it came up in conversation but I guess as a real estate lawyer he’s dealt with his fair share of it.
That’s just another reason you can cite if you choose to go with the 2 mn’s.
We did! Our daughter is [name]Charlie[/name] [name]Emma[/name] [name]Midnight[/name] ___. [name]Midnight[/name] because we loved it and [name]Emma[/name] as a female clarifier to fn [name]Charlie[/name].
Currently trying to come up with names for our next babe and the 2 mn’s are the least of our problems as we’ve got lots of options we love.
We wanted to use [name]Jane[/name] for my mom and [name]Marie[/name] for his. In the end, we decided to put them together to make one name (for a variety of reasons I won’t bore you with). But, I was of the same mind. Our two boys will not have double mn’s, but our daughter will (kinda). That doesn’t bother me in the least. I also felt it was “frilly” and even though I like double mn’s on both, I don’t think it’s something that the boys will fell “left out” of. And, in our particular case I’d rather have it split that the boys don’t and the girl does, instead of split that my first born doesn’t and both of the twins do. On top of everything else he’ll be “left out” of concerning them, I think in that case it would be just one more thing to add to the list, and I don’t want to do that to him.
This is going to be my last pregnancy, so there is no saving one of the mother’s names for the future. It was a case of either use both now, or neither.
My triplets all have 2 middle names, it’s a tradition in my family. I think it’s becoming more common to have 2 middle names, especially among name lovers!
I think the amount of middle names is totally up to you, your combo is beautiful by the way and you have come to it in a similar way I did. I chose a first name I loved, a family name I loved and another interesting and slightly quirky middle name that I loved.
I think any little girl would be very happy with the name [name]Lilla[/name] [name]Hermione[/name] [name]Patrice[/name]! [name]Hermione[/name] is fantastic!!!
Good [name]Luck[/name]
[name]Gracie[/name] xx
P.S. I’m Gracen [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name], and I’ve dealt with it just fine, everyone loves the two middle name thing and I have had nothing but positive feedback regarding my babies names
We all have two middle names. I love it, my sister hates it, one of my brothers hates his third name but not necessarily because it’s his third, and the other brother couldn’t care.
We have double-barrelled last names, too - so our names are kinda long. Teh only issue I have is that I take two lines on my drivers licence, which I often use for id, so when people can’t find me on their records I always get them to check my third given name.
I want baby to have three, too. It’s distinctive, and also gives more options for name changes later on, although we’ve all stuck with our first names so far.
