Deciding on Middle name?

By: b1becs
Member since Dec 04, 2011
Posted: Feb 20, 2012

Hi ladies just wondering how are you deciding about a middle name , traditional, another name you just like or maybe no middle name? How do go about it 😊

EDD: May 24, 2012

Rabbit21

By: Rabbit21
Member since Apr 13, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

We started off with names we liked and could've easily stuck with that but have ended up choosing names that honor family members as it felt like the right fit for us. Good luck! :-)

cdann

By: cdann
Member since Jul 02, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

We are going to use a family name. It is is so nice to be able to remember or honour a family member. My DD has my beloved favourite nanna's name as her middle name, my DS has my DHs grandfathers name and this one will have either my dads name or my nuns name. I can't wait to see their face when I tell them :)

EDD: Mar 02, 2012

cdann

By: cdann
Member since Jul 02, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

* my mums name not my nuns name. Autocorrect :)

EDD: Mar 02, 2012

dee74

By: dee74
Member since Jan 14, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

We picked a name we liked for ds. We chose Samuel Jacob. For no reason other than we liked the sound of it. Surname starts with W so we didnt want names starting with a, e, or o that would make a word. If we had a girl she was having my maiden name May spelled Mae.

mellymum

By: mellymum
Member since Oct 09, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

Bahaha! Nuns names! Gotta love auto correct!!

EDD: May 02, 2012

Mother is the word for god on the lips and hearts of all children

bambinoash

By: bambinoash
Member since Apr 21, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

We used my surname as his middle name ☺

Brisbane

shelley.b

By: shelley.b
Member since Oct 04, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

I am also using my last name as the middle name.

EDD: Jun 18, 2012, Australia

EmmaIhaia

By: EmmaIhaia
Member since Sep 24, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

My hubby is maori so has a maori middle name that his grandfather gave him.. So we thought it would be nice to have our kids grandfather (hubbys dad) to give them a maori middle name.. Especially as he is still in nz and really doesnt get to come over much..

EDD: May 27, 2012

kellielee

By: kellielee
Member since Jul 10, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

It's tradition in my hubby's family to have the first born boy to have his dads name as his middle name and for a girl we were going to use our mums middle name because they are the same :)

Mummy-to-be

dannysmrs

By: dannysmrs
Member since Oct 01, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

We had two girls names picked out and I liked both so we picked one for her first name and the other name worked well as a middle name, she was going to have my name as her middle name but I didn't like it as much

EDD: Mar 20, 2012

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jessica...

By: jessicalouise295
Member since Jul 13, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

I'm a strong believer of not giving middle names unless they mean something, like honoring a past friend/family member or it's a family name. That's just me though..

EDD: Dec 23, 2011, Narrabri

belinda85

By: belinda85
Member since Jan 24, 2012
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

Our dd's name is Emma and we were only going to give her a first name as our surname is 13 letters long, but once she was born I decided that she would have a middle name to honour her dad. Hubby's name is George and I was never going to call our son if we had one George so dd's name is Emma Georgia.

MissLiss85

By: MissLiss85
Member since Feb 09, 2012
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

My first daughter Has my nan's name for her middle name... And this time will do the same... Like to name them after someone in the family :)

Sydney, Australia

aaleeci...

By: aaleeciababy
Member since Aug 16, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

My dd is Mercii-Jean mercii I chose Jean is a family name carried on threw many generations on both my mum and dad side.. Her middle name is Austyne which is my uncle (RIP) name and my best my (RIP) name joined together names where Austin and Tyne - we pronounce it Austin. :)

mama_st...

By: mama_stace26
Member since May 11, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

My SD has a middle name that goes with her first name. Her first name means blossoming/blooming so they picked rose as a middle name.

With our first, we chose my husband's late father's first name. It was hugely important to my hubby & therefore hugely important to me (FIL passed away b4 I met DH). My hubby was so stoked to have a son to name after his dad. With our second, we used my maiden name (Curtis) which flowed well with his first name.

I like using names that have meaning behind them - naming my kids after someone important in our lives. I figure a middle name is good for that, we can honour someone special by naming our child after them. If we had a daughter, her middle name would have been Evelyn-Jean. Evelyn is my great grandma's first name, & her daughter's (my grandma) middle name on Dad's side. Jean is my Granny's first name (Mum's side). That way I would have been honouring both grandma's & even my great grandma. But we had two boys!! 😉

tesscou...

By: tesscourtney
Member since Feb 15, 2012
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

For the boys name we have chosen, Elijah xavior- the middle name is in memory of my partner cousin who passed away 2years ago, and for the girls name sahara Mali- Mali means "little one" in Serbian and my partner use to work with an old Serbian lady who would call him that- since he told me the story we both loved the name but we've had a few friends call their kids it so decided to use it as a middle name

EDD: Jul 29, 2012

dibby

By: dibby
Member since Nov 23, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

My dd has my nans name as her middle name, which is also my mums middle name and mine. If I have another daughter she will get my other grandmothers name which is also my sisters middle name, my sister can't have children so I thought that would be nice. If we have a son it will be my hubby's name.

angie.g

By: angie.g
Member since Sep 03, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

I let my dad choose the middle name. It could be either dads first or middle name. Dad doesn't like his first name so we decided on his middle name - James.

EDD: May 02, 2012

kelandmic

By: kelandmic
Member since Jun 25, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

Mine has been pretty easy! My first is Coda Andrew, Andrew is my brother who passed away in 99. My second is Logan Coda, coda was our first who was stillborn. Our third is Hunter Michael, michael is my hubby and our fourth is Adriana Maree, Maree is my middle name!

EDD: Sep 24, 2011

match

By: match
Member since Jan 24, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

My dh has a family tradition of naming their sons James Robert or Robert James. Dh mum broke the tradition just keeping those names as middle names. We are having a girl and dh wants her middle name to be Jamie. I'm not too keen on the name but understand it's significance and we will probably go with it.

EDD: Mar 12, 2012, Aust Qld

tesscou...

By: tesscourtney
Member since Feb 15, 2012
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

@match my partners
Name is james Robert! And everyone calls him Jamie

EDD: Jul 29, 2012

tazz

By: tazz
Member since Jan 04, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

my ds will have my maiden name as his middle name- Marshall- as it died out when I married so it will be nice to pass it on.
I don't have a middle name as mum and dad struggled enough with my first name!! dh has a family name for his- john.
good luck!
x

_aShLiE_

By: _aShLiE_
Member since May 24, 2011
Posted: on Feb 20, 2012

Middle names for our bub will be from my side of the family as the kids all get dh family name. Our first has my middle name and this one will have my fathers middle name as its Blaire a unisex name. My partner doesn't even get a choice! Lol

A*sparklez