I’m expecting my first boy in a few weeks and we’ve got the first name decided but I’m not sure about the middles - the number of, that is. Our first child is [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and then has my maiden name as a second middle, then our surname. I wanted my maiden name to be in there as it’s unusual and a big part of my identity.
Is there any convention to continue this with our son? Or would it be fine for him to just have 1 middle name i.e. a total of 3 including surname? My husband doesn’t want to have my maiden name in the mix again (it’s not the nicest name in the world!) so I’m thinking of using my dad’s name as the middle but then it doesn’t seem as good as [name_f]Edie[/name_f]'s! We don’t have much inspiration for other middle names at the moment.
Suggested name is [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m] (2 syllable surname ending in -son).
Personally, I like two middles so I can use more names that I like or honour more people. I don’t think it really matters whether you go with one or two middle names in your son’s case, but maybe it would be better to have another one if your daughter has two. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t use your maiden name again, but think of other important people in your or your husband’s life and honour them. Also if you do go with the second middle, don’t make it too long.
My girls have two middles and boy has one. I’m expecting again and if its a girl it will have two, boy will have one. Its a compromise my husband and I agreed on. So obviously, I have no problem with differing numbers of middles for each child. I think it would be different if it was a stronger trend, e.g. if the first 3 children got 2 middles and then the fourth only got one. Or if the first had four middles and the second only one. But in your situation I think it would be fine
