What do you guys think of siblings that share the same middle name? Specifically a boy-girl sibset with the middle name [name_m]Louis[/name_m]. The girl, of course, has the female variation of the name, which is [name_f]Louise[/name_f].
The girl is [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] and the boy is Haytham [name_m]Louis[/name_m].
While there’s nothing technically wrong with it, my initial reaction would be something along the lines of “well that’s uninspired” or “really? in the entire universe of names you couldn’t come up with 2 that you liked?”
I’m assuming this is an honor name, but personally, unless it was a family tradition dating back literal generations that EVERYONE got a variation of that middle name, I wouldn’t do it. Surely there are at least two people in your lives you wouldn’t mind honoring.
I think it’s fine.
I would think it was probably a family name, but wonder if there weren’t any other worthy family members to honor.
I think its not only totally acceptable but adorable!
Two of my mom’s sisters have the middle name [name_f]Anne[/name_f] and my dad and his siblings all have their mom’s maiden name as a MN. I don’t think it’s a problem. [name_u]Love[/name_u] both [name_m]Louis[/name_m] and [name_f]Louise[/name_f].
I don’t think there’s anything necessarily wrong with it. I’d assume it was a family name or tradition.
The only thing I’d question is what would be used in the case of a third child. I don’t think it would be nice to feel like the odd one out, or to feel like I wasn’t special enough to get a unique middle name. My siblings all dislike their names for one reason or another, so I’ve seen it first hand.
I personally don’t like it, because I think each child should have their own special identity. I understand that it might seem like a nice way of connecting siblings, but to me from the outside, it sounds like filler names.
I think it’s completely fine, my sister and I have the same middle name ([name_f]Olivia[/name_f]) it’s becoming a family tradition.
Middle names play a different role in different families. For some (and I think the majority on NB) a middle name is simply a second first name which “goes” with the first name and adds metric quality and meaning, or is a way for the parents to get to use another name they liked.
But for many parents the middle name has a completely different function: it can be to tie together the different siblings’ names, or to carry on a family tradition. I personally think we only need one name which is uniquely ours in our family, and that it can be more meaningful for the second name to have a family significance than an individual one.
So I am very happy with the idea of siblings sharing a middle name 
I probably wouldn’t do it, personally, but I don’t think it’s a bad idea. In fact, I kind of like it. It’s sort of unifying, and actually refreshing in a sea of gotta-have-the-most-unique names. I think it’s clever. To have similar but distinct middle names would be a kind of family tradition. Nobody knows people’s middles, anyway; just family, mostly. The only trouble is if you have more than 2 kids. You gotta plan ahead a little.
I think it’s fine, especially if it is to honor a relative. Then again, I’m used to things like this…many in my family have done similar.
I think it’s fine, but like others have said, it might be a little difficult if you have a third child. My brother’s middle name is [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and my middle name is [name_f]Erin[/name_f]. It’s an honor name, and I’ve always thought that’s kinda cool that we share it. As of right now, we each plan to give our first sons the middle name [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], too
My siblings (2 girls, 1 boy) and I all share my mom’s maiden name as a middle name and my mom moved it to the middle spot when she married my dad. Not sure if they thought of this when they named us, but one sister and I share my dad’s full initials while the other sibs plus my mom share the middle and last initial, which really connects us as a family.
I’ve personally never had an issue with sharing the name (just wish the name itself was a bit more exciting), and my siblings have never felt bad about it either to my knowledge.
I think your two combos would be a fine pair, and they each have their own distinct first initial, so I definitely don’t have a problem with it. Also I think it’d be fine to give further children the feminine/masculine version as well and actually preferable. All my dads sisters have [name_f]Mary[/name_f] in their names somewhere. My dad and one brother have the same middle, [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], while their youngest sibling and half brother has [name_u]Francis[/name_u] [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] after my grandfather. I always found that kind of weird and kind of othering. So I’d keep it going all the way through my sibset.
I have two girls and one boy, 5, 3, and 1. My husband’s family has passed down the same middle name for all the men for a few generations, so we agreed to do that if we had a son (son is kiddo #3). I wanted to have something similar for the girls, so they have the same middle name as their deceased grandmother, who was a beloved community member, teacher, and mother to my husband.
Is the tradition different? Maybe. I haven’t gotten any negative comments, though. As to the comments about finding more than one family member and promoting individuality, I say, what is so terrible about sharing a middle name with other family members? The first names are different, and more relevant in daily life. There seems to be good balance in the OP’s idea.
I think it’s alright, but not great if any child will be having a nn dervied from the middle name, or be called by their middle name. I think I would only do this for a family name I want to honor. Maybe instead, similar names or same-letter middle names, such as [name_f]Camelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Camilla[/name_f], [name_f]Tess[/name_f] and [name_f]Bess[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]?
My guess would be that these are the first children and the tradition is to give the eldest a specific honor name? I think it’s totally fine. And I wouldn’t worry about future children at this point.
I’d assume that the middle names honour two people, one called [name_m]Louis[/name_m] and one called [name_f]Louise[/name_f]. That’s all.