Picking out middle names

[Sashahomeschoolmama]

How much do you have to be wowed by a middle name when naming your baby? Is it a big deal to you or an appendage or something in between?

[Wolverine]

I love my dd's middle names. Dd1's middle name is a family name. Dd2's is a name we were considering for a first name... but it also worked as a middle.

My middle name I feel is an appendage. One that is very typical.

[intokermit]

My ds goes by his middle name. It's a male tradition in both of our families. So, it's very important that the middle name flows with the first. Our son is Ezekiel Jackson.

[Elizabethdaisy]

all my kids middle names are family names.

[Hennyetta]

middle names are important to me, that is the part that we usually honor family or friends with.

[RedheadbyChoice]

'Tis a big deal, yes, as it's a family/friend name.

Oldest DD has my middle name, middle DD has my sister's middle name, and the boy has DH's (and FIL's and a nephew's!) middle. The baby, her middle name is the first name of my neighbor child, whom I love fiercely.

So yeah, it's a very big deal here for us.

[BeanBabies]

Middle names are important to us.

Bean's middle name is my Mom's maiden name.

Gums' middle name is that of my late brother.

Jacky's middle names are that of DH's late surrogate grandfather and that of my late uncle.

[hotlama]

A middle name has to sound well and blend with the first and last name. When I picked dd's middle name it had to have the right number of syllables. Her first name has two syllables and our last name has one. A one of two syllable middle name wouldn't have blended well. I chose a four syllable middle name that really help tie her whole name together. Without her middle name, her name would be bland. I really think that her middle name adds a bit of elegance.

[curiouslurker]

To us,we could only agree on two girls names. I didn't like the way it sounded by putting her given name first. So we ended up putting it as a middle name.

[EvilAmy]

It's a big deal to me. How else can I emphasize that the kid is in trouble? ;)

The boys middle names make up my Dad's whole name. DD's turns out describes her physical attributes. Though Brenna wasn't a sure fit when she came out blond when she was born. However her hair is darkening every year. And with this little one we are using DH's cousin's name since he adores her and she's the closest family member to him. It's first names I'm having a problem with, I wanted to use Fiona but that got nixed and you know some little numnut kid would tease her about being an ogre.

[pawprint]

Important to me. DS1's middle name is George for DH's beloved grandfather. DS2's is Conner for Connie, the amazing Doula, IBCLC and LLL Leader who came to sit with me for 12 hours when my original doula was trapped in West Virginia and couldn't get to me. She charges a small fortune for a birth and she did mine for nothing simply because we needed her. Her kids are all grown and she's a very maternal force in my life.

If we have a girl her name will be some version on Elizabeth (possibly the polish version because I like the way it sounds). My mother and grandmother are Elizabeth. Myself, my other grandmother, and my cousin all have Elizabeth for middle names.

[JustMoi]

It's important to me how the names sound together, but that's about it.

[2much2luv]

It was not really a big deal with my first three, but my fourth daughter's middle name is really special to me and almost a bigger deal than her first name. So I'd say it depends on the child and on the circumstances.

[JudyJudyJudy]

How much do you have to be wowed by a middle name when naming your baby? Is it a big deal to you or an appendage or something in between?
Since you're homeschooling, this might not be an issue, but I always pronounce all the names together and see how they'd sound at graduation. :p

[JudyJudyJudy]

Being even more serious, though, I regret that I didn't give Jacob my maiden name as a middle name. I'm considering having it legally changed and letting him have two middle names. He wants it changed, too.

[Sashahomeschoolmama]

Well, I'm asking because the first name for this baby is 'my' name. I wanted to name a son Sergei since I was in high school. DH had another name in mind. He didn't dislike Sergei, it just wasn't *that* name.

Somewhere along the way he's changed his mind and decided that Sergei is a good first name. But he likes Aristotle as the middle name. Nothing wrong with Aristotle, it's just not my favorite name. But I got the name I wanted, so is it cool to argue over the middle name?

I can't think of anything I like better with Sergei. It's impossible for me to think of a middle name because of the way that middle names are done in Russia. I'd actually like to use the custom and use some form of dh's name as the middle name but he doesn't seem to be into it.

[JudyJudyJudy]

Sasha, I don't personally like the name Aristotle. However, it may not be something I'd fight over if I were getting the first name I wanted.

[lovely_tuesday]

we had two first names for her that we both really liked. so we just decided to use one as the middle name. we figured out which way sounded best and went with it that way. but to answer the question. it was a big deal to me and dh really didn't care if dd had a middle name or not.

her name is tuesday exley

[Elffriend]

DD's middle name is the same as mine and my sister's. It's my mom's first name. I really wanted my first (and as it turns out, only) girl to have it for a middle name. DH had no objections, though I am not sure he loves it. It goes well with her first name.

My DS's middle name is Lee. I'm not thrilled with it as a name, but it was DH's brother's name. I really liked my BIL. He died two years before DS was born. So, while I am not crazy about the name, I was honored to name him after BIL. It also goes well with his first name.

Both kids have 3 syllable, Biblical, first names and single syllable middle names.

[Macabe]

We decided to use DH's unique middle name for our kids' middle names. It hasn't been a family tradition, but it may become one as time goes on. Thus, we made sure to choose first names that go with the middle name we already picked out! Kind of backward.

So Gabe is Gabriel Genesis and the baby will most likely be Serene Genesis.

[DiscoPanda]

DS's middle name is Edward, which is my dad's middle name, and his dad's middle name, and HIS dad's middle name... You get the idea. My dad didn't have any sons of his own to pass the name on to, and we really liked the idea of continuing the tradition. It's not one of my favourite names to be honest, and if not for the family history, I never would have chosen it. It's the meaning behind it that makes me like it. Seeing my dad, with tears in his eyes and such joy on his face when he learned the name we had chosen, was priceless.

DD's middle name is Sunshine. No reason for it, other than I absolutely love the name. It's just so adorable and suits her perfectly!

[Ilovemonkeys]

Middle names are very important to me too, so much so that my ds has 3 of them.
His dad's name, my grandfather's name and my great-grandfather's name + his own name =4 names.

My older children have hebrew middle names that have special meanings. My baby dd goes by her middle name, so her first name is like her middle name, but the flow didn't work well so we switched them around. We chose her first name for the meaning as well.

Baby ds is 4 and he's never gotten his full name. He ran out too far in the yard the other week and all I got out were his first too names then I flustered and started doing the every name of every other family member thing.

[leosmommy]

Pretty important to me for several reasons.
I have so far used them to honor family, Leo shared my dad's middle name, and I really like Thomas as a middle for this one, that would be after Dh's brother.
I think I will follow in the footsteps of a very good friend, and use the middle name a lot when referring to the child. She has done this with all her kiddos and I can't think of them without thinking of their middle name as well.
And, in my opinion, a good middle name sounds good with the first and last. My grandmother's name was Doris, and I love that name, however, it rhymes almost with my last name, therefore can't use it :(

[SingingMom]

Middle names have significance here, too. The boys all share a family name. The girls have names of beloved relatives. And, of course, the names have to sound as beautiful as my children are...

My oldest DD has two middle names. I couldn't decide, and went with all the names. So she has a wealth of nicknames, but ironically, really only ever uses her first name. (I often go by just my last name.)

[HIJKMommy]

My DD has the same missle name as myself, my mom, my great grandma, and lots of cousins. My son's is Joseph because DH's middle name is David and David did not sound that great with Isaac so we named him Joseph because, Joseph is the son of David.

Sasha as far as Sergei's middle name, I kinda like the way Sergei Aristotle sounds together. I think it sounds very king like. I was up in the air over my children's first names but I was not compromising there middle names.

[JenniferH]

For us, middle names are important for their meaning and to honor someone, but not necessarily because the name sounds great by itself.

Kiersten's middle name was actually picked long before her first name and we did try to find a first name that went with it. Since the middle name is Alda (my grandmother's name) it sort of left out any names that end with "A" which means many girl names were out.

[Babyblue]

most middle names are family names, as we did with ds, he has both grandfathers names as his first name and my dads middle name.

my first and middle were all my parents could agree to before they left the hospital.