[name_f]Do[/name_f] you care about middle name popularity? Would you give your kids a popular middle name?
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For me popularity isn’t a major factor if I love the name. [name_f]My[/name_f] favourite boys name is [name_u]Noah[/name_u] I would use [name_u]Noah[/name_u] even though it’s very popular. Therefore I am completely unconcerned by middle name popularity however I don’t like using a middle name unless it’s an honour name if it’s so predictable that it’s yawn worthy. For example my daughter’s middle names most likely will be [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] both are honouring very important people but our super predictable. The honour is more important whereas I wouldn’t use [name_u]Louise[/name_u] [name_f]May[/name_f] as middle names as they are predictable not honour choices and they are very yawn worthy as middle names. For me it’s how predictable t is compared to chart ratings.
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I’m not one for bothering with popularity of a name, first or middle, on the general whole. For middle names, I would rather look for something that has meaning to me/us, be it for a person, place, event or concept. If it just happens to be a popular name, c’est la vie.
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Popularity isn’t a big factor to me in general, but I tend to balance out my first and middle names; if a first name is unique, the middle will be more common (and vice versa). I don’t really make any rules about it, though; the right combination doesn’t hinge on the popularity of the names within!
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Generally, no. I think my middle names range across the popularity spectrum ([name_u]Antonia[/name_u], [name_f]Wildflower[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_u]Grey[/name_u], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], etc.).
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When searching for a middle name, my main consideration is how well it goes with the first name. I also consider personal meaning too. I’m not really concerned about popularity when it comes to middle names. [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] are two very popular names (at least where I live), but I really like them as middle names since they flow well with many of my favourites.
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I’m not going to give any of my daughters mn, but my first son would have the mn [name_m]Jason[/name_m]. It doesn’t really matter to me. In the long run, nobody in the real world is going to care about the mn unless the kid decides to go by it.
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Same.
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I have a very common middle name and personally, I like it. In a way I feel like it gives me a connection via names without first name confusion.
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If you become a scientist of some kind and publish papers it’s helpful if you have a unique name for the sake people finding your stuff. Probably useful in other instances too… So I think if you have a very common first and and very common last name, for example, [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Smith[/name_m], then a less common middle name is professionally useful.
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I personally don’t even think about the popularity of a name. If I like it and don’t have any bad connotations linked to it, I think I’d definitely use it without even thinking that [name_u]Harper[/name_u] is in the top ten. I know that’s unusual nowadays, though.
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I think I wouldn’t want common middle names such as [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], etc. those are so popular there’s even memes about them, I wouldn’t mind have a popular middle name, say [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] I think that name is beautiful and could see it as a middle, however I tend to put uncommon names or bizarre ones as middles so it’s really never been a problem 
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I’m torn. In one way I want to give my child a unique name. On the other hand, if I have a daughter, I’m likely to use [name_u]Marie[/name_u] as a middle name. I know it’s a common middle name, but it’s my middle name and my late mother’s middle name, and I like the idea of linking all three of us together in some way.
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Marie was my grandma’s first name so I’ve always wanted to use it - but same problem, very common/expected.
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It bothers me less as a middle name, but if I really loved the name I would use it for first or middle regardless of popularity. [name_f]My[/name_f] boys have less traditional names, so we gave them more common (think classic) middles. [name_f]My[/name_f] daughter has a classic name, we gave her more unusual middles. I like to balance it out. For the final baby, I think we’re throwing it all out the window, and just trying to use the names we love most. Whether classic or trendy, popular or not, I want to use what I can!
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No, although I tend to avoid the common middles anyways because I don’t want to use the middle name of one friend and not another (and most of my friends have the basic middle names). [name_f]My[/name_f] style just tends to be more unique in the middle and I see that as my place to express the values and beauty I want to instill in my children.
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No popularity doesn’t bother me for the middle name. in fact I find the middle spot the perfect place to put my favorite names that have maybe gotten too popular.
Also I like to be able to balance out the name so if I have a unique name in the first spot I would put a more common name in the middle, just in case sometime in my child’s life they become uncomfortable with a unique name they have another to fall back on, and vice versa
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Middles are the second name that, for me, should fulfil the purpose of filling the complete combo, possibly leaving a meaning (e.g. honour names) and adding to the completeness of the name.
This gap could be filled by any name that appeals to me, so I’m generally not fussed about the popularity of the middle name.
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I prefer slightly less popular names theoretically but if I love a name, then I’d definitely use it no matter what!
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I wouldn’t use a common middle name like [name_u]James[/name_u] or [name_u]Marie[/name_u] unless it had personal significance to me. I don’t care if the middle name is a popular first name.
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