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HelpRe: Naming my daughter - Lydia?
in reply to a message by pomelo23
I like it, and it’s my unofficial middle name. Jade is the better middle name.
“Someone once said that it wasn’t so hard to do right; what was hard was to know what was right to do.”
William X. Kienzle
“Someone once said that it wasn’t so hard to do right; what was hard was to know what was right to do.”
William X. Kienzle
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I'm so curious about the unofficial middle name story. How'd that happen?
It’s something to do with being born in a country and being citizen of another with different naming laws. I have a string of middle names that are in my birth certificate but not in other documents but I use it in situations where I have to attach something to my first name. Lydia was picked to honor a relative.
Oh, interesting! So you actually have more than one middle name?
Three in total though I never use them and don’t appear in my passport or other documents.
I would be curious too, but ik at least here in my region of the world sometimes people have "fake middle names" tagged onto them as an expression of bonding or joshing, etc. The more middle name, the better sometimes 😆 I've been "Gracie Marie" "Gracie Elizabeth Marie" a few times in a few particular groups of people. One girl I grew up with was called "Sarah Mary Ellen Olive Rita LN" 🤣 *I coined it*
At a former job I had where I was the only Caucasian employee; the majority of the women went by a first and middle name, so they often called me "Gracie Marie" to fit in, even though they knew my true name. But they said "Gracie Marie" sounds more like a "white lady name" 😅😆 never knew how to respond to that tbh. I've also been called Gracie Marie or Grace Marie by a few different older adults when i was growing up.
At a former job I had where I was the only Caucasian employee; the majority of the women went by a first and middle name, so they often called me "Gracie Marie" to fit in, even though they knew my true name. But they said "Gracie Marie" sounds more like a "white lady name" 😅😆 never knew how to respond to that tbh. I've also been called Gracie Marie or Grace Marie by a few different older adults when i was growing up.
This message was edited 8/21/2024, 8:57 PM