https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 10:37:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569781 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:42:43 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 569781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea! If my maiden name could work as anything other than a last name I would so do that too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569777 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:29:52 +0000 PrincessBaby 569777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Thank you so much!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569775 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:28:54 +0000 PrincessBaby 569775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: Awwww!!! Thank you!</p> <p>My daughter is named Harper James LastName and we actually get a lot of compliments on how cool/hip it is...DH's middle name is Michael after the Catholic Saint so he wanted LO to have the same concept, and he thought James went well with Harper. At first I was like, "Whaaaaa???" But it only took a couple of hours for me to really love it. I think if a name works, it works, masculine/feminine/whatever!</p> <p>I'm kind of jealous of my daughter's name! I think the masculine middle name makes it really edgy or something? Like I met a girl named Ryan once and I was like- there's nothing fancy about the name Ryan for a boy, but on a girl, it's cool as hell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569618 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:32:29 +0000 apis 569618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Coming from an Irish Catholic family on my mother's side, I was always amused that while one of my aunts is called Mary, and my mother and my other aunt have Mary as a middle name, all four of my uncles *also* have Mary as a middle name. It's part of the confirmation name, certainly, but it's still there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569603 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:24:58 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 569603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Who really uses the middle name anyway? Go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569567 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:59:19 +0000 DigAPony 569567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's great--go for it! My female cousin's middle name is her mom's maiden name, and it's a very strong, unusual German name. It's great that she's "carrying on" that name in a certain way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569541 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:37:27 +0000 doodlepoodle 569541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say TOTALLY go for it! A friend of mine named her daughter Mattie Joe instead of "Jo". People often misspell it but I still think it's adorable :) </p> <p>@mamamoose I was just about to tag @princessbaby in this post! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569459 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:48:46 +0000 MamaMoose 569459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it! @princessbaby named her daughter Harper James which I think is so cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569437 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:08:22 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 569437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its wonderful! What a great idea. I think that masculine middle names are great. People never really judge/care about middle names, but when its something meaningful, its so cool.<br /> Especially something like 'James' or 'Michaels' - I think they would be so unique! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569432 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:02:36 +0000 sotomorrow 569432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My middle name is a masculine family name so I say go for it. My first name is clearly a female one, so it's never caused any confusion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569182 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:36:54 +0000 Ash 569182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love this idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569173 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:33:06 +0000 Bookish 569173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Aw, that's sweet! I hope LO feels the same way! (if it's a girl and I get to use the name!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569125 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:12:48 +0000 mrsjazz 569125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea, I say go for it. We did the reverse with a masculine first name and feminine middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569104 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:55:51 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 569104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursery Blog laybabylay owner' oldest daughter is Vivian Charles. The name sounds great together.</p> <p>I would like to do something similar with familial surnames, npt.necessarily my maiden- its not masculine just weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-569089 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:50:51 +0000 maybebaby 569089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm named Abigail Mason Lastname and Mason is my moter's maiden name. I kept Mason as my middle when I got married because I love it so much! So special to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568681 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:34:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 568681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea. We gave our DD a masculine sounding name and we gave her a sweet feminine middle name to compromise (Jane). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568656 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:26:04 +0000 kentuckygirl 568656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have my grandmother's maiden name as my middle name and it is more masculine. I love it!!! It is different and whenever I am asked my middle name, I feel the need to explain it, but it is so special to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568635 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:22:05 +0000 Boheme 568635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea! I am also from the South where it is very widely done. Like @Weagle: @stiffaknee: I know a lot of baby girls whose name is ______ (usually Ann, Mary, or Grace) then mom's maiden name. I think it would be perfect with the classic feminine girls names on your list :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568564 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:05:17 +0000 Charm54 568564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 2 middle names: 1 feminine and then my mother's maiden name. I loved having that connection to her and plan on doing the same with our LO! Actually if it's a boy, we will give him my maiden name as his first name. If it's a girl it will become a middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568563 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:05:07 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 568563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568558 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:02:40 +0000 eastportbride 568558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea of doing that! I am named after my great-grandfather (whose middle name was McKinley) and my grandfather (Ray). I never knew another Kinley growing up. So when my husband wanted a really traditional first name for our daughter, we kept the family name going as a middle name. She is Katherine McKinley. I like the way it sounds, and I figure that if she ever has to be one of two or more kids in her class with the name Katie, she can be Katie Mac instead of "Katie B." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568379 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:02:27 +0000 Bookish 568379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Y'all are great! I feel much more confident about it now! I messaged DH and said "I think we have a girl's name!!" Now to find a boy's name... those are much harder!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568371 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:59:39 +0000 Honeybee 568371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I think if you convey the importance of the name to her, she'll grow up to love and appreciate it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568369 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:58:56 +0000 aprk 568369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My middle name is a male first name and my grandmothers maiden name. I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568368 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:57:59 +0000 lovehoneybee 568368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If DS had been a girl chances are really great that her name would have been Grace Evan or Evans (the latter is DH's middle name, his dad's middle name and his grandmother's maiden name). I say go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568364 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:57:02 +0000 stiffaknee 568364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say go for it. Its a part of her heritage and I think she'll be proud of it. I knew lots of girls that had last names as their middle name (fredricks, brett, charles) and I always thought it was cool. But I'm also in the south, where every girl I know has named their baby Mary+Maiden Name or Ann+Maiden Name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568361 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:56:17 +0000 tororojo 568361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think your maiden name as a middle name would be just fine, and I like that it's meaningful! She'll share it with mom, and that's cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568357 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:55:48 +0000 Bookish 568357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Thanks for that perspective! I love my maiden name and it does have a great heritage, it seems a shame for it to go away (I have two sisters and my dad had two sisters, we are the end of the line!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568350 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:53:27 +0000 pelikila 568350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have similar middle name and I actually really like my middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/masculine-maiden-name-as-girls-middle-name#post-568347 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:52:06 +0000 rachiecakes 568347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it, too!<br /> I have my great-grandmother's maiden name as a middle name, it's masculine but I think it's cool. Kind of kicking myself that I didn't give it to DS. I definitely will pass it down if we have a second LO. </p>