I’m currently struggling a bit with my list, because I love my three name/double middle combos for girls, but I’m struggling to find ones I love for boys, because I love loads of girls names, and dislike a lot of boys names, haha. Thinking about it now, it made me wonder what everyone’s thoughts are towards sibling sets where some children have two middles, and others have one.
The same gender having the same number of middles is my preference. But I get that it’s different for each parent and there would usually be reasons for discrepancies in number of names.
It’s fine I think. I’m sure I know really extreme examples in terms of distribution of names where the children couldn’t care less. [name_m]Even[/name_m] in the event they do care, it’s probably going to be a minor thing that will pass I feel, for most children anyway. I love your combos btw, they are quaint and therefore so classy and stylish at the same time!
With my OCD, I’m not a fan of it, lol. I think it’s unfair to shortchange a little girl from a second MN with the expectation that she’ll take her maiden name on as a second middle, and I just like two middles. There are a couple combos it’s taken me forever to find a second MN I like, but usually I can find something. I think it’s okay, I guess, to have different lengths–I had a friend who had eight kids–two girls and three boys had one middle, and two girls and one boy had two middles. It worked for them, I guess–when she had her triplets, her style in names had changed enough that she wanted to use two middles, but she hadn’t for her oldest daughter, her twins, and her two adopted boys. But my OCD is prevalent enough that I just couldn’t do it, lol. I would just keep looking and looking until I found something. I started out with a very boring list ([name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], and [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] used to be pretty much the only boys’ names I liked!), but it has diversified a lot for me, and my interest in boys’ names has grown a lot, too. Maybe, over time, it will for you, too?
I’m not a huge fan of it but I generally don’t mind it too much either. However, your girls combos are already so elaborate/full of unusual names, that just [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] [name_m]Edward[/name_m] looks a bit pale next to something like [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f].
I don’t really think it’s a big deal. Each kid will have a different personality so I don’t think it matters that one has 2 middles and the other has 1. My brother had no middle until years later when my dad adopted him while I was given a middle. Neither myself or my brother really cared one way or another. I wouldn’t add or take away a middle name just to make them “fit” with the other names.
My sister and I each have one middle name and our brother has two. As big a name nerd as I am, this has never particularly bothered me, so I think it’s fine for siblings to have different numbers of middle names.
Hmm… I’m not sure. I think it depends on the children and maybe parents. I used to be totally against having siblings with different numbers of middles, but I can’t really say that anymore without being a huge hypocrite (though I still kinda think it) since I’ve recently added another middle ([name_f]Amy[/name_f]) to my [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] combo (it really didn’t fit or work anywhere, but I just have to have it for fictional character honouring purposes :p). It might be because I’m a name nerd, but I’ve always thought it would bug me if I had fewer middles than my (hypothetical) siblings. But I feel like that might just be me being weird, and the meaning/significance and love of the whole name is really what’s important (most of the time hehe).
personally, I would like all my children to have the same number of middle names (one.) I dont see it as a big issue though, especially if theres meaning behind it (i.e wanting to honour someone but use a name you like as well.) My auntie doesn’t have a middle at all whereas her sister has two!