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My sisters name w/her middle name is 26 letters long. Needless to say she doesn't really use it. My roommate in college who was from Europe had no middle name, because in her culture they don't have middle names. So one day me and her googled names in her culture (she moved here when she was 11 so she technically identifies with american more so than her homeland) and picked her a middle name. We picked Barbora since it went nice with her first name. She just wanted to switch her facebook to first and middle name instead of first and last name.
I don't have a middle name, I'm in my 40s, and I've never had a problem. My girls have my last name as their middle names. The paternal side of my husband's family hates it, but that's what we decided to do to respect my family's name.
I also have a friend whose middle name is S. I'm assuming the tradition came from a time when all the names were so similar, and there was a need to be able to distinguish between people. Anyone who has studied their genealogoy will tell you what a pain it is distinguishing between the James John's and the John James'. I don't really see the need any longer. We used family names, and were lucky as we liked them. My daughter's first name is my middle name, and my son's first name is my husband's middle name. Could get confusing without a second name included though.
It has it's roots in roman culture most likely as a 3 part name was common in the roman republic and into the empire.
hmmm...I have never known anyone to do this and frankly it is a bit odd to me, sorry
I sincerely hope their last name is very unusual. Many times when people have relatively common names (Smith, Jones, Powell, Sims, White etc) the MIDDLE name is what can differeniate your child from others. This could be particularly important in legal or criminal matters. You may have actually handicapped your children and made their lives more difficult by doing this.
Doubtful because it never handicapped me . And i have known one other person to do it and i do it because like i said a middle name serves no real purpose.
I do not have a middle name.
And for the past 55 years, it has been NO problem whatsoever.
No defaults, no As, nothing... a complete non-issue.
That's good! My husband would love to be one of those without any hassles from no middle name. It happens more when he travels out of country or has to renew his professional license.
No middle name was common in my area several generations ago. My dad didnt have a middle name so the good ol US military assigned him one when he was called to service in WWII.
But kids will do the same by just shortening a name or creating a nickname. If you have 2 amandas then one will go by manda or mandy. In the end rarely have i found too many people default to their middle name to distiguish themselves.
Middle names are a way to "name" a child after a relative, w/o giving them that name. Also, as has been said before, it helps to distinguish one "John Doe" from another.
My father doesn't have a middle name its not too common but it does happen.
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. And i have known one other person to do it and i do it because like i said a middle name serves no real purpose.
