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Help[Opinions] Re: Middle names
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My husband and I each gave the kids a middle name from our family trees. We also have made it clear they are can and should choose any nickname from any of their names to go by as needed.
Many people use a family or honoring name in the middle, but it is equally common for people to use something they just think sounds nice, so often that ends up being a classic (i.e. Christopher, Andrew, Elizabeth, Marie) or a single syllable name (i.e. Grace, Lynn, James). Other times people a their second favorite name. Like if they were between name the kid Damian or Anthony the kid ends up Anthony Damian.
Anyhow, just a social convention. It rarely comes up outside of baptisms, weddings, funerals, or to give the parents more names to yell the more trouble their child is in. Or less often a kid really hates their first name and has the opportunity to just switch to their middle name with very little fuss (Paperwork in the US often has a slot for 'preferred name'). So it could just as easily be A. Damian Surname as it can be Anthony D. Surname.
Sincerely,
The Poster Formerly Known As Gracie
Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy.
Many people use a family or honoring name in the middle, but it is equally common for people to use something they just think sounds nice, so often that ends up being a classic (i.e. Christopher, Andrew, Elizabeth, Marie) or a single syllable name (i.e. Grace, Lynn, James). Other times people a their second favorite name. Like if they were between name the kid Damian or Anthony the kid ends up Anthony Damian.
Anyhow, just a social convention. It rarely comes up outside of baptisms, weddings, funerals, or to give the parents more names to yell the more trouble their child is in. Or less often a kid really hates their first name and has the opportunity to just switch to their middle name with very little fuss (Paperwork in the US often has a slot for 'preferred name'). So it could just as easily be A. Damian Surname as it can be Anthony D. Surname.
Sincerely,
The Poster Formerly Known As Gracie
Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy.
