Recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of triple name (or double middle name) usage on this site.
For example, [name]Liliana[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]June[/name].
Personally, I don’t know what to think of this trend. Is it over-the-top? Is it just-right? I don’t know. So, what do you think, berries? [name]Do[/name] you love it or have you had enough?
all opinions welcome.
It’s been done for a VERY long time, so I don’t really see it as trendy.
That being said, my son has two middles, he is named for my grandfather who was murdered when I was 13. He has his first and middle as his middles. My step kids also have two middle names.
Personally, even if I wasn’t honoring someone, I would still do it. I’ve always been drawn to it, I love the flow of long names, I like the options it gives, and I just like the style overall.
I don’t have a problem with double middle names, all my combo’s have double middle names right now but that’s not to say that’s what I’ll use when I do have children. Anymore than two middle names would be too much but as long as though the names flows and work together then two middles names are fine.
For me it started with my favourite boy’s name [name]Isaac[/name] and the fact that I wanted to honour my Grandparents by using [name]Beau[/name]. However, [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Beau[/name] doesn’t sound very good to me so the idea of using a second middle name came up and I fell in love with [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Beau[/name] or [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Beau[/name]. Therefore, if my first child is likely to have two middle names then so will the rest of my children.
I’m doing it because they all have meaning to me. Let me break it down for one of mine:
[name]Damien[/name] [name]Quillon[/name] Frode – [name]Damien[/name] is a name I’ve always wanted for my first son. [name]Quillon[/name] is Greek, which honors my heritage and has the nn [name]Quill[/name] and since I write, i love that. Frode is a Norse name pronounced froh-deh. My husband is a Norse [name]Pagan[/name] so this honors his faith while meaning “wise” and honoring [name]Athena[/name] for me.
[name]Every[/name] single name on my list has meaning. I started doing the double middles because we wanted to have a Greek and Norse name in or combos, and sometimes we couldn’t find a first name to go with a Greek or Norse middle so we just picked a new one. [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Zephyrine[/name] [name]Sage[/name] is like that, [name]Amelia[/name] because we just love it, Zephyring for the Greek meaning, [name]Saga[/name] for the Norse.
So, that’s why we’re doing it 
[name]Hope[/name] that helps.
I love the idea of two middle names. I love how two middle names can make a name so much more quirky and meaningful. When it comes time for me to name some babies though, I’ll only use one middle name (unless my husband just insists on two :)). I just like the simplicity of one middle name, and it forces me to put more thought and pack more meaning into the names I’m choosing.
I like it, if the right combo comes a long I’ll use it. For example, I only have one girls combo out of five that has double middles. And I have one boys combo out of five with double middles.
I have double middles and I love it.
I personally think it is silly… Too many names. Unless it is for a “special” reason; like keeping one of your child’s birth names after being adopted. Other than that it will be harder to fill out paperwork and such… :/.
Ps. I like names too, but I don’t want to give my kids 5 names each. LOLLLL
We have two children–a daughter with one middle name and a son with two. I had never actually planned on the two middle name thing , though I had often admired it in Times/Telegraph birth announcements, but it came about because we wanted our daughter (who is 6.5 years older than our baby son) to have a part in his name. It actually ended up that I picked his first name, hubby his 1st middle, and daughter his 2nd middle. Our criteria was that all names be liked by us all (so, by this criteria I couldn’t use [name]Augustin[/name], which my husband didn’t care for), and that they all be meaningful. We sort of “guided” our daughter into her name list so that we wouldn’t end up with something outrageous, and in the end we had narrowed it down to 2 sets of name: [name]Josias[/name] [name]Alasdair[/name] [name]Crispin[/name] and [name]Josias[/name] [name]Alasdair[/name] [name]Emmanuel[/name]. After his birth when our daughter came to visit us at the midwife birthing center, we let her choose which of these two combinations she preferred. In the end, she wanted to use [name]Emmanuel[/name], as that was the middle name we had picked out for her had she been a boy, and in her words, “he just looked like an [name]Emmanuel[/name],” so [name]Josias[/name] [name]Alasdair[/name] [name]Emmanuel[/name] he became, and I love how we all had a hand in it. From what I can tell, most double middles are done not so much for ostentation (though I do sometimes wonder at the Times/Telegraph announcements I see) but rather to honor special loved ones. Being in the U.S., however, we did get a few raised eyebrows when we announced his name and had some jokes made such as, “[name]Gee[/name], did you leave out any letters there?,” but on the whole it was so meaningful for us that we were willing to take the risk of standing out.
I obviously like it a lot. For me it too started when I wanted to honor someone {my dad} and the flow was off. Now it gives me the chance to use more of the names I love, it gives me the freedom to throw a more traditional name I love, let’s say [name]James[/name], with [name]Caspian[/name] a quirky less common name making it a name I love so much! It balances things out for me. Overall, I really just love everything about two middle names.
I love seeing double middle names! It just makes the name seem much more special and unique, and feels more complete to me (despite the fact that I and most people I know onoly have one). It’s easier to make a “quirky-classic” combo (a combo including both unusual and common/classic names), which I love, with two than with one. e.g. [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Octavia[/name] vs. [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Octavia[/name] [name]Winter[/name]
I would probably use double middles for my future children. However, there are some combos I feel are better with just one and others that feel better with two, so it all depends on what the combos are.
I have two, and I like two middle names over one, if they flow nicely. If for some reason they don’t I think it wrecks the name and is horrid. I will use double middles on my future children without a doubt, if its two names (like [name]Ebony[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Winter[/name]) or something with the mom’s maiden name in it (like [name]Ebony[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Johnston[/name]). They make names feel cool and unique, rather than just a plain first and middle. There are some combos that sound bad with two middles, and other seem to need them. They are great if you are honoring someone that has died and are using their name (for me like [name]Aiden[/name] [name]Jack[/name] Kolbjorn) just making the name that much more special. Also for me to use a name that has to do with my heritage (Welsh, [name]German[/name], Norweigan, Swedish). Overall I [name]LOVE[/name] this trend!
Personally I am not a fan. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with it, but it’s just not my style. (Maybe because my mother’s name is [name]Mary[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] [name]Theresa[/name] – two firsts and two middles! She never liked having so many names). Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but I think everyone should have one first name and one middle name. I feel like it’s cleaner and as a previous poster said, it forces you to put more stock into each of your name choices. My two cents.
I agree with sheflies, sometimes it helps to smooth out pronunciation. I love my English husband’s name, [name]Luke[/name] [name]Edward[/name] [name]Lancelot[/name]. [name]Lancelot[/name] is a family name (all the males have it as a middle name) but I don’t think it would sound as nice without the [name]Edward[/name].
I’m doing it because it is tradition in my boyfriend’s family, they have two or three middle names each. It’s quite normal in [name]England[/name].