Middle Names
It seems that Alex and I have committed the cardinal sin of giving Erin a middle name that she fails to acknowledge, if you ask her what her middle name she’ll shrug, or say that she doesn’t have one. Recently she’s been telling anyone who’ll listen that her middle name is ‘Britney’ or ‘Talila’ (pronounced Tal-ee-la).
Before Erin was born there were some discussions over middle names, I wanted ‘Jecca’ and other such crazy names (hormones?), Alex wanted more traditional alternatives. In the theatre, drugged, overwhelmed and sympathetic towards Alex (Erin was my spitting image) I gave in and let him choose the middle name, a consolation prize I thought (did I mention I was drugged and coming off the back of a week with pre-eclampsia?).
I’m not sure if Alex is hurt by Erin’s outright rejection of her middle name, I wonder whether she’ll grow out of it or whether she’s destined for a lifetime of just leaving it off official documentation. God forbid she changes it to Britney, even Talila would be better than Britney.
So what’s this god awful middle name we’ve Alex has given her….
Alexandra
You can see why he might be a bit hurt!
At one point we jokingly talked about giving my little boy the middle name Super Ted. Glad we didn’t as things worked out!
Anyway we put a lot of thought into naming our little girl. The first name is short and simple and can’t be abbreviated or lengthened easily as a nickname. It is also early enough in the alphabet that she can be top of some lists (our last name puts her near the bottom)
For her middle name we figured we could be a little different. Give her a name with character that was unique – so we called her Iona (yaw-naa) which is a Welsh name. We also made sure the initials did add up to a weird word.
for the last sentence – it should read didn’t lol
I always thought ‘Iona’ came from the Scottish island.
Middle names have a bit of a tradition in hubbys family, they are all related to where they were born. Hubby has a particulary odd middle name due to being born in Hawaii and named after a local mountain! I think it’s a nice tradition, it stems from his mother who was born just as the war ended so her middle name is Joy. Keen to keep this tradition we used Hope for the little girl, which is part of the name of the villiage we currently live in. Goodness know what we would have done if she had been a boy though, he may had to be Heath as in moorland? I actually don’t have a middle name but nobody ever believes that.
There is a Scottish Iona (eye – owner) and a Welsh one. As I am Welsh, hers is the Welsh one
That’s a nice tradition Deccw and I bet it throws up some interesting names.
The Moiderer – ah, right. Do you still live in Wales? I was born in Swansea.
My girls have too many names, a proper middle name and then my surname … don’t think they’ll ever use my surname
Was very hurt recently when Mr said he didn’t like Babygirl’s middle name – it was chosen for specific reasons that I thought he was on board with
Middle names are a funny thing. Mine is very obscure and is actually a boy’s name. Our children all have two middle names because my husband has two middle names. It also helped our indecision about what to call them. But how often they’ll acknowledge their middle names, I don’t know. I don’t think we’ve even told my four year old he has any! Alexandra is a lovely name.
I am from Anglesey originally and now live in Dundee
My daughter flatly refused to acknowledge she had a middle name until she was 5 years old. I have no idea why. My brother’s middle name is Arthur and he has attempted to deny it his entire life. I love the name Alexandra.
The Moiderer – Oh yeah, I think I asked you the same question on twitter!
Rosie – Maybe she’ll have a change of heart when she’s five then
Middle names – bone of contention in our house!!
Rachel Karen – she was originally going to be called “Siobhan” but everyone said it was “too Irish” with our surname so she was named whilst high on gas and air because “she looked like a Rachel”. Karen was always going to be her middle name after a friend of mine.
Michael Peter – first names of both of his grandfathers but Michael is the family name of hubbys family which is why it came first *rolls eyes*
Jake Kevin – the first two chose the first name (pre-Tweenies even existed) and hubby wanted a child named after him.
I pity my children to be honest LOL
I think they all sound fine, nothing wacky!
My mum refused to give me a middle name. She also gave me a name she thought no one could shorten.
My whole life I’ve been called ‘T’ and ‘tara lara’ …
Oh! Poor guy! Yeah, you can see why he’d be upset! We gave our LO my mom’s middle name and my mom was mortified – she even apologised to her newborn grandchild! How strange? It’s such a lovely name too, Amelia. Oh well – must admit, I’ve never been fond of my middle name. I just don’t really use it, unless I HAVE to put all my names down.