If I have another girl, I kinda wanna give her the same middle name as DD. :T
Do you think that's weird?
If I have another girl, I kinda wanna give her the same middle name as DD. :T
Do you think that's weird?
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hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I say no biggie! My middle is Elizabeth, which was named after my Nana Nana (great grandmother). Other family members with the middle of Elizabeth as well..my maternal aunt, myself, both (and my only) 2 female maternal cousins. I'm the only one with a sister, and she was adopted, so she didn't get Elizabeth but I bet she would have!
we laugh about it. I suppose it's a little strange but it's more fun.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
My unofficial middle name is "Lee" (grandma's last name) - it's unofficial because I don't have it on any documents. But my brother has the same middle name, too.
I LOVE your LO's middle name.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
I don't think so. If we have more, they'll prob have the same, which is my last name.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
It's not something I want to do, but I don't think it's weird if other people do it. I think it will be sweet that your daughters have that extra connection to each other.
honeydew / 7968 posts
i think it's fine. unless they both go by their middle names! lol. but typically, middle names are not even used (not sure why people even have them for the most parts!)...
pear / 1769 posts
It isn't something I've really seen, but I wouldn't find it strange at all. I don't find middle names particularly useful other than an extra initial.
ETA: I think it actually awesome with girls, because if they chose to take their future husbands last name they still have that extra link. Who knows though, customs could easily change a lot in the next 20-30 years.
pomelo / 5073 posts
I have some friends that did that with their sons. Both boys have the same middle name as their father.
honeydew / 7917 posts
I have the same middle name as three of my sisters, and I never thought anything of it. Later I learned that by having the same middle name, it grouped and identified us as being part of the same family.
I plan on giving the same middle name to my children. My LO's middle name is my maiden name, and it's a part of me that I wanted to pass down to him and any future children down the line.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
Kind of unrelated but still cool - I always liked the tradition of naming your first daughter after the mom's maiden name. I knew a girl in grade school whose parents did that.
Now onto the question - I personally wouldn't do it (there are so many great girls names out there! why limit yourself?!) but it wouldn't seem terribly odd if I came across it.
bananas / 9118 posts
I haven't known anything else- my brother and I both have the same middle name- my mother's maiden name. I like it because it is the only thing that is even remotely ethnic about me.
That being said, we chose not to do that with our son, we picked a family name for his middle name. But we did make his first name the same first letter as my maiden name as a nod to my side of the family.
persimmon / 1202 posts
When I was little, my best friend's middle name was Rhea, and her brother's middle name was Ray, and the parents planned on using those middle names with any future children.
I wouldn't do it personally, because there are just so many names that I like.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I wouldn't mind having the same middle name as a sibling, in fact, all I ever wanted growing up was to have a middle name!
Long story short, I just was given a first name. In Italy, where my parents are from, the maiden name becomes the middle name after marriage. So, when I got married, I changed my name to have a middle name, finally!
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