We are looking at having the letter D as a middle name for our son. We are doing so to honor family members as my husband is named Darin, our sons granddads are Dan and Dave, uncles are Dan, David and Devan etc etc… there are alot of D names in the family.
Wondering if just having a single letter (ie. Miles D Lastname) will cause issues in the future for paperwork?! I dont really like spelling it out to Dee as it seems feminine to me.
Any thoughts?!
I think it might… I remember reading somewhere it needs to be at least 2 characters in the US? Maybe check up on this.
I personally wouldn’t want to have a single initial as a middle name - it’d get a little annoying having to explain that it’s not short for something in all my paperwork in the future.
my dad and aunt both have this - i will just caution that the absence of the period after the initial can absolutely cause issues on official documents. also, some online forms don’t allow a single letter or read it as an initial.
I like the idea in theory but I agree with previous posters that it could cause some hassle … would it be possible to choose a name that starts with D that you love that hasn’t yet been used in the family and say you are honoring them by sharing the initial?
As others have said, I like the idea of just D but if it’s going to be a headache with paperwork etc then may I suggest a name like [name_m]Donovan[/name_m] which shares at least some letters from all the names…
I know somebody who did this before and I always wondered why they did that. If I was a person working with legal documents or something, I would expect that letter to be short for a name. I like the idea for your case scenario in theory though I’m pretty sure stuff like that causes difficulty for both parties involved, so I would just keep looking for a good D name, or put no middle name at all personally. I think [name_u]Day[/name_u], Da, [name_f]Du[/name_f], [name_m]Dag[/name_m], [name_u]Dai[/name_u], [name_m]Dan[/name_m], Dar, [name_m]Daw[/name_m], [name_m]Dax[/name_m], [name_m]Don[/name_m], [name_m]Dov[/name_m], or something as well is decent.
I know a couple of people with letter middle names. It’s weird, but not bad. If it helps, my great-grandfather’s middle name was [name_f]Dee[/name_f], but my grandmother’s is too. I think it’s very unisex, especially as a middle.
I can definitely see how it could cause some issues. I think it’s fine for someone choosing their own name, but I wouldn’t want to put that possible struggle on a child. I can imagine it would become frustrating constantly explaining it wasn’t short for something.
I do think [name_f]Dee[/name_f] is your best choice. It’s completely unisex to me, it reminds me of singer [name_f]Dee[/name_f] Snider (who sure is masculine and very cool to me)!
I also think any D name could honor all of the relatives that also have a D name. I know of plenty of cultures where they honor family members simply by using the same initial. I think it especially works in this case as you’d like to honor a lot of people who all share the same initial. Giving a D name to your son would still honor them, and include him in the D name “tradition.”
Good luck!
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m] [name_m]Cash[/name_m] was born J. R. [name_m]Cash[/name_m]. When he entered the military, they required he have an actual first name but didn’t say anything about his middle name. He then became [name_m]John[/name_m] R. [name_m]Cash[/name_m] with no full middle name.
It wasn’t a problem for him to only have a single letter as a middle name so I see no problem with your son having a single letter as a middle name either.