Hellobee Boards Topic: How did you pick your LO's middle name?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How did you pick your LO's middle name? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:59:09 +0000 hreichard on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5368 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:18:59 +0000 hreichard 5368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ #1, i just loved Julian as his middle name. Jovani Julian. looch on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5365 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:54:06 +0000 looch 5365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ None of the above. DS's middle name is one of the choices we had for a first name. Boogs on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5359 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:30:48 +0000 Boogs 5359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ #1 & #3. I let my husband decide and he narrowed it down to his first name or our grandfathers first names (they had the same one). After our son was born he picked his own name and it suits our son well since he looks and somewhat acts like my husband. rawrasaur on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5348 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:46:40 +0000 rawrasaur 5348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ #5 + #1 We will use a Vietnamese name and it will be one that goes well with whatever first name we pick. Rubies on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5347 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:43:51 +0000 Rubies 5347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ #1 and #2. My LO's middle name is what I REALLY wanted as her first name but the hubs felt strongly about another name so he agreed for it to be the middle name. I used the word "name" four times in that sentence. Sheesh. chopsuey on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5338 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:51:44 +0000 chopsuey 5338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ hurmm.. I guess #6? Our LO's middle name is "Love" because she's our love child--a product of our love. HAHA. Not kidding. :D DisneyBee on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5332 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:11:42 +0000 DisneyBee 5332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ #5 and #6. I had my dad choose my son's middle name since I wanted it to be Japanese. Plus, he specifically chose this name because it had a strong meaning to it. Andrea on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5323 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:12:26 +0000 Andrea 5323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1,3, and 5. It had to sound good, had to be Chinese, and ended up being my mother's Chinese name although with a Vietnamese spelling since my mom grew up in Vietnam. mrbee on "How did you pick your LO's middle name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-pick-your-los-middle-name#post-5321 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:08:42 +0000 mrbee 5321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There seem to be a few schools of thought: 1) Pick a name that goes well with the first name 2) Pick a "backup" name, in the even that your LO doesn't like their first name 3) Use a family name from a relative or ancesor 4) Use the last name of one of the spouses (usually the person who changed their last name during marriage) 5) Use an ethnic name 6) Use a name with a deep meaning. 7) Don't have a middle name at all For Olive, we went with #1 . Plus a variation of #4, except we used Bee's first name instead of her last name. For Charlie, we went with #1 and #6. Bee had a dream about someone with the same name. Bee's name came to her dad in a dream too, so we took it as a sign. Did you rely on any of the above techniques? Curious how you picked your LO's middle name!