What is your middle name?

Winnie57 · #1 27th June 2006, 15:33

Some people who don't want to reveal their first name might not mind sharing their middle names and might be able to tell a story behind their middle names as middle names are often given after a relative or for other quirkier reasons.
My middle name is actually my first name on my birth certificate and is

Carol

for the simple reason that I was born near Christmas.
My parents thought it sounded better this way round but never intended calling me by this name, so I have always been known by my official middle name.

Does anyone else want to share their middle names and any stories behind them?
Sometimes middle names can be quite unusual.

Amber Fyre · #2 27th June 2006, 15:37

I've never really liked my middle name, thought it sounded too posh. But not sure if it does anymore! Anyway, my mother decided to give me the middle name Charlotte after Charlotte Brontë. So yeah, that's my middle name! It goes quite well with my real first name (although not with the name Amber!).

Wheelie Bin Bird · #3 27th June 2006, 15:38

hi winnie

my middle name is...........
JEANIEBecause I was born on my nans birthday, so they gave me her first name:D

kate

Winnie57 · #4 27th June 2006, 15:53

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Originally Posted by amberfirez

I've never really liked my middle name, thought it sounded too posh. But not sure if it does anymore! Anyway, my mother decided to give me the middle name Charlotte after Charlotte Brontë. So yeah, that's my middle name! It goes quite well with my real first name (although not with the name Amber!).

Your mother must have been a fan of the Bronte sisters! Jane Eyre is a lovely book.
If you're ever up in Yorkshire you should visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum which is in Haworth on the edge of the moors which inspired their writing most notably Wuthering Heights by Emily. If you enjoy the Brontes' books it is well worth a visit.

Wheelie Bin Bird · #5 27th June 2006, 15:59

stupid question, but can i add my daughters middle nams, i love them and think they are really nice??

kate

IRIS · #6 27th June 2006, 16:00

My middle name is Ann, after my 'nin' I am told this is liverpudlian speak for grandma :/ i never met her.

black_mamba · #7 27th June 2006, 16:10

Mine sounds so foreign I can't even write it, but it sounds like a common kitchen utensil. Sexy!

ShyDoll · #8 27th June 2006, 16:12

Mine is Elizabeth. Both my parents' middle names are royal names so they carried on the trend with me ..*sigh*

IRIS · #9 27th June 2006, 16:14

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Originally Posted by black_mamba

Mine sounds so foreign I can't even write it, but it sounds like a common kitchen utensil. Sexy!

spatula? that sounds nice

Winnie57 · #10 27th June 2006, 16:17

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Originally Posted by kate

stupid question, but can i add my daughters middle nams, i love them and think they are really nice??

kate

Of course you can!

black_mamba · #11 27th June 2006, 16:19

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Originally Posted by IRIS

spatula? that sounds nice

It's not that, but I'm liking Spatula quite a lot.

english-ice · #12 27th June 2006, 16:22

john. I don't know the history behind it.

Peyre · #13 27th June 2006, 16:27

David, just another Christian name.

Wheelie Bin Bird · #14 27th June 2006, 16:35

my oldest daughters middle name is ISLAY and her little sisters middle name is REENIE

Islay because thats the western isle my mum was brought up on, and Reenie because her great grandmother nearly died 2 days after she was born.

kate:D

luckie · #15 27th June 2006, 16:59

mine is Dawn
i dont think theres any story to it

Winnie57 · #16 27th June 2006, 17:13

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Originally Posted by black_mamba

It's not that, but I'm liking Spatula quite a lot.

You've got us guessing now black_mamba

erm... Colander?

Winnie57 · #17 27th June 2006, 17:15

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Originally Posted by kate

my oldest daughters middle name is ISLAY and her little sisters middle name is REENIE

Islay because thats the western isle my mum was brought up on, and Reenie because her great grandmother nearly died 2 days after she was born.

kate:D

They are both lovely names - very sad about the story behind Reenie's name though

black_mamba · #18 27th June 2006, 17:18

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Originally Posted by Winnie57

You've got us guessing now black_mamba

erm... Colander?

Wow, sounds like quite a poetic name.

Black Colander Spatula Mamba.

It sounds a bit like knife actually, but has a weird pronounciation which I can never reproduce. So basically, my middle name is knife. *snigger*

mattty · #19 27th June 2006, 17:32

David, after my Dad. It would have been cool to have an interesting middle name but Dave it is.

Akhamar · #20 27th June 2006, 17:40

Richard.

On my dad's side of the family all the first boy born was called Richard (by some tradition) plus middle and surname.

My mom didn't want to do that so as a result I have it as one of two middle names lol.

Orchid · #21 27th June 2006, 18:18

Willow

I had to change my surname by deed poll (family issues), so I decided to award myself a middle name at the same time. I checked with my Mum first and she was fine with it (she actually apologised for never giving me a middle name!) and she sometimes addresses cards to me with my first name and middle name on, which makes me feel nice...

No real reason for why I chose it, I just liked it and it's a little out of the ordinary.

faith · #22 27th June 2006, 18:59

I dont have a middle name apparantly my dad said there is no need for a middle name, when you tell people you dont have a middle name they assume its something really embarrassing so you dont want to say but I really dont have one!

TimB72 · #23 27th June 2006, 19:03

No middle name, pfft, my parents obviously couldn't be bothered with me - though my brothers have, so I felt cheated when growing up

I'm content to be middlenameless, just not important in the great scheme of things.

Freespirit · #24 27th June 2006, 23:59

my middle name is george after my grandad.

i got a lot of goergie porgies when i was young...might be why im scared to kiss girls..im scared ill make em cry.

#25 28th June 2006, 00:07

I have two middle names:

Elizabeth - because my parents liked it and it makes a good middle name

and..

Benz - my mom's maiden name

Karail · #26 28th June 2006, 00:10

My middle name is "Alexander" because it was the name my parents were going to chose if they did not choose "Phillip".

CatchMeIfYouCan · #27 28th June 2006, 01:09

Emma. I don't like it much

ShyDoll · #28 28th June 2006, 01:16

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Originally Posted by Orchid

Willow

I had to change my surname by deed poll (family issues), so I decided to award myself a middle name at the same time. I checked with my Mum first and she was fine with it (she actually apologised for never giving me a middle name!) and she sometimes addresses cards to me with my first name and middle name on, which makes me feel nice...

No real reason for why I chose it, I just liked it and it's a little out of the ordinary.

Aww that's lovely =) I like Willow. I wish I could have chosen my own name =(. Would have prevented me from getting so much stick at school.
I would say I'd let my kid choose her own name (when I have one in the future) but if I ask her/him when they're like 3 chances are they'll wanna be called dipsy, tinky winky or po

Soo prob not a good idea..Oh well

Peasie · #29 28th June 2006, 01:18

My middle names are Gullible Twat.

Diluted · #30 28th June 2006, 01:20

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Originally Posted by Peasie

My middle names are Gullible Twat.

That's a coincidence...