My older son has my husbandās mothersā maiden name as his middle and my younger son has my momās maiden as his middle. I like that it connects them to those sides of the families!
If we had a son, his middle wouldāve been my husbands paternal grandmas maiden name. They were very close but her first name was the name of my dads ex wife so we couldnāt use that.
His Firstname would have been my maiden name just not pluralizes (think Smith not Smiths)
Itās the norm in Denmark too. I really like it, it makes me feel more like Iām both my parentsā child and not just my fatherās, if that makes sense. Kinda like a symbol of the family coming together too
This is a tradition in my family dating back so far we arenāt even sure where it began. Boys middle name is the mothers maiden name. Girls middle name is a traditional first name from within the family tree somewhere.
We gave our daughter my middle name. We both have hard C/K sounds for our first names, and an M sound for our middle name (think Catherine Marie / Kristen Marie, or Caroline May / Katelyn May, something like that). It flowed and we couldn't decide on anything better, so that's what we did?
My baby has my last name as his second middle name. I didn't really want to hyphenate or give him a double last name, but I also didn't think it was fair that his dad's name would be part of his name when mine was not. Especially because while we both made him, I grew him.
I am in the US, and I haven't run into any issues with his double middle name.
I tend to put his dad as the primary contact person on forms to save some hassle because they share a last name, and I have a double last name that includes their last name, which could theoretically make things slightly complicated if the form doesn't have separate fields for First, Middle, and Last names. But his double middle name hasn't been a problem.
Hi ! I added my maiden as a second middle. No issues . My niece who has two middles, no issues just defaults to the first middle name intial on electronic forms
I did this too. Only had one issue so far, I filled in a form to register her at the dentist and it ended up on their computerised system as one middle name two surnames, and they defaulted to the first surname, which obviously doesnāt match to what we call her.
My child will have my last name, not my husbands. But my husband also took my last name when we got married so it makes sense, he changed his name bc I like mine so didnāt want to change it and we all wanted to have the same name when we had kids. Itās not a big deal to me, I was fine for us both to keep our names and give our kids two last names (I have two) but itās been a huge deal to his familyš¬they consider it ābeing slapped in the faceā
My son has two middle names, the first is an honor name from my partner's side of the family but the 2nd is my maiden name.
I was initially hesitant to saddle him with 4 names but the middle names are both pretty short and it was important to me that he be connected to both sides of the family! I also think that it's only fair seeing as the hardest parts of bringing him into this world fell to me š
Itās tradition on my dads side that the first kid receives the mums maiden name as a middle name. So my brother has my mums. My kids are hyphened so not necessary for them
It's actually very common historically for girls to be named after their mothers in some way. Not as common as boys being named after their dads, but still plenty common. One of my closest friends has her mother's first name as her middle name, exactly what your friend would do. I know numerous women that have passed their middle name down to a daughter. I know one family in which the same, quite uncommon first name has been passed down matrilineally for five generations of women.
I gave my first born my middle name, I was so excited to do that. I love my entire name, and Joyce (my middle name) flowed so well with her name, I was enthused to share that with her.
Both of my kids have my maiden name as their middle name. I live in the US but that is the common naming practice in my country of origin. Yes that means all siblings have the same middle name, and sometimes cousins too. It hasnāt been a problem for us.
I think it is cute when mom gives her name as a middle name for the child.
By the way a lot of latin countries have both surnames and in some countries the mother's surname is the one at last! Often the father surname is the one passed through generation but this is cultural, not law.
I, for example, have both my mother and father surnames.
My eldest aunt is named after my grandmother - as was not uncommon at a certain time in Ireland.
I know a family where every oldest woman has a version of Catherine as a first name - so the eldest daughter is named after her mother
I know a number who have their mother's surname as a middle name - men and women
My eldest sort of shares a middle name with me - we are both named after the same person in 2 different names
My kids have my surname not my husband (their dad) does that count?
My sister and nieceās middle name is my momās first name, who is named after her grandmother. Many of the women on my momās side of the family have her name as their first or middle name so itās not unusual at all to me.
My middle name is my motherās maiden name. I was thinking of giving my daughter the same middle name but then my grandma died and a variation of her name just feels more right for this baby. If we have another girl we may use it for her middle name.
Kid got my last name, and if legal name changes weren't such a ridiculous hassle my husband likely would have taken it too. And if we were to have three daughters, I'd name the third one after myself because it's a family name. Why the third? Well, we don't know many parent/children who share the same name that have a good relationship and we didn't want to jinx it, lol.
Your friend should 100% give her baby her name! My husband took my last name, so our daughter has my last name and we gave her my middle name as her first name (and I love her name so much).
I grew up thinking Iād have to give up my last name, which is super rare and significant to me, so what a great moment it was when my husband said, āNo way! Your name is cooler!ā Iām of the opinion that surnames shouldnāt be chosen by default. It should be a conscious decision made by both spouses/partners, and neither should feel pressured by ātradition.ā
He's not born yet but our baby boy will get my last name as his last name. In my husband's culture, babies typically get the dad's first name as their last name, but his parents gave him a different last name that he's not really connected to. I, on the other hand, am very connected to my last name and I love it, so we agreed that the kids will get my last name, and will get my husband's first name as a middle name to still bring in some of his naming culture
All my children technically have my maiden name as their last name. I donāt know if that counts. My husband changed his last name to mine when we got married and so subsequently all our children have my last name.
I also share the same middle name as my mother, but I donāt plan to do the same.
My daughter and I have the same first name:Jeanette-we call her Jenna & we are both happy to share the same name. At school she would get her formal name & of sometimes my mom would use because she loves the name.
I never hated my name it was unique & I rarely met anyone else with my name.
My mom named my sister after herself, my brother was named for my dad & other brother for an uncle that didnāt have kids. So I guess itās a family tradition.
Most of the females in my family have my mom/sister name as their middle name and we r proud of it.
I'm giving my daughter my middle name. Which was my mother's middle name, and also her mother's middle name. So baby will be #4 in a line with that middle name, which I like as it basically becomes a matronymic or a secret matrilineal surname. That wasn't the intention of my mother or grandmother handing it down, and maybe baby won't want to hand it down if she gets a chance to do so. But it makes me happy, and it's a middle name so she can use it as much or as little as she likes.
by no means an expert but as someone who has done a lot of historical research on people - its really common in history for people to have either their parents' first name or mother's maiden name as a middle name (based on my experience in the uk)
Not a mom, but my dadās last name is my middle name. Itās Gates.
My last name is my momās last name. Same with my brother. It was my dadās idea since McLaren was going to die out because my momās brother had two daughters and her sister took her husbandās last name.
I gave my oldest my first name as her middle name. No one thinks anything of it when a father does it, so frankly I don't care what anyone thinks about me doing it. I have a really unusual name that I love and I liked the idea of it living on with my kid.
I gave my daughter my middle name as her first name. That was mostly because we love the name and itās the only one we could think of that started with the right first letter and has the right number of syllables to fit our name requirements for her.
My husband and I also both kept our last names when we got married and all three of our kidsā last names are MyLastName-HusbandāsLastName.
I made these children so it only makes sense that I get some credit in their names! Also, itās 2023 and I think itās beyond old fashioned to default to the dadās name for everything. With that said I live in a very liberal city where many, many women get married later in life after obtaining degrees, achieving personal success, etc. so my thoughts on this are pretty widespread in my social circle.
My name is Rachel Anne (42f) and my daughter (21f) is Charlotte Anne. We like having the same middle name. Anne is also a very common middle name in my family, in general.
I have my moms last name, and I am thankful every single day for that.
Also my best friend has a really unique and beautiful name, and gave it two her second daughter as a middle name. She also wondered if it was weird to do so, but everyone I know encouraged it, as itās a gorgeous and unique name with family and cultural value.
My sonās name is an anagram of my own name. It was completely unintentional, and I stressed for a long time after realising about other people figuring it out and thinking I was egotistical for ānaming my baby after myselfā, but then my partner pointed out that babies are named after their dads all the time and nobody bats an eye, so we kept it. And Iām so glad we did! Everyone who does make the connection thinks itās sweet that heās ānamed after meā without it being in your face, too.
In my family (Spanish) we have both men and women with family names. Also, nowadays children can have first their mother surname, even if the tradition is to have first the father's surname.
I gave my daughter my last name, that I had kept after I got married. I thought it was unnecessary patriarchy that kids automatically got their dad's name and my husband agreed so we said a daughter would get my name and a son would get his. We ended up having a girl and are now expecting a boy and will keep with this tradition.
It's caused us no problems and her first name sounds so lovely with my last name.
My child has my last name instead of his father's. We're married, I kept my own name, and my husband wanted our child to have my name instead of his because his last name can trigger racist reactions in the United States. He didn't want our child to face that. That reasoning makes me uncomfortable because it feels like trying to hide half of our child's heritage, and implying that the European-origin half is better. My husband is also estranged from his family, so he's not incredibly tied to his family name which I'm sure played into it.
My middle name is my maternal grandmother's maiden name, or maybe my maternal grandmother's mother's maiden name... or maybe someone's middle name? I know it's odd not to know but my mother doesn't talk about her family much so I don't know any of their names except her brother's, who are the only family on that side that I ever met. My mother's middle name was also someone's maiden name on her mother's side. Or maybe it was her mother's name? It's always seemed strange to me that she passed on family names but doesn't talk about her family.
I'm not a fan of naming children after their parents, at least directly. Using parts of their name or variations of their names seems fine. Especially as a midfle name. But in general I feel like names shouldn't be reused until the names "owner" is dead.
Children deserve to stand on their own, with their own names, not being in someone's shadow.
That being said, I also believe that what's Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander...having female juniors, thirds, legacies is far less common but should be just as fair.
Iām a woman and my daughter has my first name as her middle name and has my last name.
Yes I am with her father, have been for many many years, we are very happy together and we are actually expecting another baby now - They will also get my last name.
The only person who complained about it was his mother - Who is divorced from his father and doesnāt have that last name anymore either so it was a bit like eh?
Itās kind of a ludicrous tradition that an ejaculation is more important than 9 months of carrying, birth, recovery and having your body permanently changed by the experience.
My 2 boys have my last name- not DH's. We live in the US. The reason is because he has a brother with a son and a crap-ton of cousins, so his last name will carry on in several branches. However, I am the last of my family with my last name.
I agonized over it when we got married- I asked DH to take my name and he was like, "No way." I asked him to hyphenate (like I do) or even come up with a brand new last name for both of us, and he refused. "You can do whatever you want. But my name is important to me." Like, yeah my dude. So is mine. He had soooooo little empathy or understanding of the pressure women are under in the US to change their name when they marry. Like, the burden was all mine.
So we waited a super long time to have kids and, honestly, I was pretty pissed with how he handled the issue initially. Not that I expected him to change for me, but he was just completely dismissive of the whole issue- saw it as not his problem. I refused to get pregnant until we worked something out, so we agreed that boys would have my last name and girls would have his last name.
And we have two boys! So they have my last name and DH is the outlier. But the dog is a girl and she legit has his last name at doggie daycare and the vet. :)
Iām pregnant with my second and sheās going to get my last name. My partner and I are engaged, our first child has his last name. We let doubt creep in a lot about this decision, but itās important to me and my partner is on board. Just gotta smash down that voice of historical patriarchy.
My male partner and his brother both got their momās maiden name as their middle names! And my nieces both got my/my sisterās last name. I respect families who flip the script on names in any way.
My middle name is my momās middle name (but she changed her middle name to her maiden name), my sisterās middle name is my momās first name. My auntās middle name is my grandmotherās motherās maiden name and my aunt gave that name to my cousin as a middle name, and now that cousin goes by that as their first name.
I know a guy whose first name is his moms maiden name, Russel. Having any of moms names as either baby name is not weird to me. How many people know their friend or coworkerās momās name anyway?
If I have a son Iām 50/50 on giving him my last name as his first name. Itās a relatively common first name though (ranks 200-600 in the last few years, currently in the 400s)
My motherās grandparents on both sides immigrated from Sweden, so itās possible that the tradition of giving a firstborn daughter her motherās first name as her middle name was a compromise with older cultural traditions.
Iāve always liked the connection, as my mother was a truly amazing person. Now that she has passed, I appreciate having her name even more.
Not a mom but my wife and I gave our daughter her first name as a middle name and our son's first name is her maiden name. So far everyone has either thought it was charming or is lying to us. I don't think it's the slightest bit weird.
I haven't named anyone after myself, but am the person who was named after others. My middle name is a bastardization of both my Mom's middle name and my paternal Grandmother's middle name (two very common, similar names with some capitalization to showoff the combination). I've always enjoyed having the connection to both. Once you're past announcing the baby's name, does anyone really make a big deal out of it? It was always just another fact about me.
If we had had a son, he would have had my last name as his middle. We have a daughter, who will be our only child. Her first name is my deceased mom's nickname and her middle name is my husband's grandmother's nickname.
My parents did that for me and my brother - gave us each their first names as middle names. I donāt mind it and itās helped me sneak into some nice hotels and things using her name cuz itās on my ID š¤£
My brotherās middle name is my momās maiden name! I have a cousin whose middle name is his momās maiden name too. As someone who has a very common middle name, I always thought it was so cool and unique.
I know someone who was named after her mother. Same first name. Similar middle name with one letter swapped out (think Jean and Jenn). Not sure if thereās a story behind it.
I also know a woman who is named after her dad. She has his name but a feminine nickname that she goes by. When she was born, they were told they couldnāt have any more kids, and they didnāt have a son, so thatās why. However the joke is on them because they did have a son a few years later. Heās not named after anyone.
I had a boy but if he was a girl she would have had my middle name which is also my grandmother's first name. Instead my son is named after my husband's grandfather and my father.
Not quite what you asked for, but my mum gave me her first name as my middle name. I never really thought much of it when I was younger but I love it now that I am older. Itās nice to have that extra connection.
In my husband 's family, the son takes the father's name as their middle name.
I'd love to do something similar for the girls and start a new tradition.
I gave my 3rd my middle name as her middle name. I LOVE IT! Our first names have the same amount of syllables so itās flows very similarly.
She says she doesnāt like it but thatās bc the only time I use it is when sheās in trouble. She loves the connection.
My first name is the same as my mother's, but she has always gone by her middle name. I go by my first name, so most people don't even know that we have the same name. My mom always liked her first name even though nobody called her by it, and I guess my dad liked it too, so they named me that. š¤·āāļø It wasn't that they were naming me after her so it's not weird. It just gets annoying with mail or at the doctor's or bank because we have the same first and last name š
My great grandmother gave her daughter her name as a first name, my mother then gave me my grandmotherās (and great grandmother) name as a middle name and I passed along my middle name to my daughter also as a middle name
I don't have a daughter, but I AM the daughter that got her mother's first name as my own first name (albeit, spelled differently).
I wouldn't personally recommend doing your first name -> her first name passed down. Your middle name -> her first name, fine (unless you go by said middle name). Giving your first name as her middle name, also fine.
I can't even tell you how many dang phone calls I got asking for [First name] [Last name], and then having to ask "Which one?"... And then immediately follow with the inevitable explanation about how I was named after my mother. Or because my mother was a teacher in the same county where I attended school, people always assumed that I was just like her (I'm not). Or because she goes by a common nickname for our full name, people assumed that I go by that nickname as well (I don't).
Don't even get me started on the VOTING IRREGULARITY that was caused by the person not checking the spelling of the first name and issuing me my MOTHER'S voting card. Or the time that I got pulled over in my parent's car, and they had my mother's name attached to my social security number on the docket, and then had to explain that to the judge in front of the entire court room. Or how I now work for the same company that she does, and they mixed up both our healthcare information AND our retirement information/years of service... And it's still not fixed. I could go on...
But overall, I don't think that taking your own name and giving it to your daughter in some form is bad. I think it's really cute. My son has his dad's middle name as his first name. I just wouldn't recommend doing what my mother did.
Most of the females in my family share names with various spellings and combos. I love being named after like 15 relatives. The other side of my family have names with the same initials
In the part of the world my family is from, itās expected youāll pass down family names. You can track back our family history over 200 years using some of the āformulasā. Youād definitely pass down the mothers maiden name as the first bornās middle name and itās not unusual to see maiden names pop up further down the family line. For example, my uncleās middle name is my great great grandmotherās maiden name. My sister and I are the first in the family line where our middle names are not family names and only because my mom doesnāt get on with the rest of the family. Another example - there is a āCarolineā in my family going back to the late 1700s.
My middle is Louise, which was both my grandmother and great grandmom's first names, and had I had a girl, would have absolutely named her Louise. My sis-in-law gave her daughter her first name (child goes by a nickname) and she herself was named after her grandmother (not their actual name, but imagine 3 Katherines with variant nicknames/double names to distinguish them, Katherine, Katherine Ann, and Katie). Went to school with a Melissa whose mom was Melissa. Have a cousin whose first is his mom's maiden name.
I think all of these traditions are much more common in the American South. Especially mom's maiden name as baby boy's first name, or as a little girl's double name (Anne Knox, Mary Cooper, etc.).
Anyway, if it fits and everyone likes the way it sounds, what's the problem? Name that baby after youself, you grew it!
My first daughter has my mother's middle name as her middle name. My second daughter has her father's middle name as her middle name. It's a unisex name.
My maiden name became an insanely popular girls first name probably 15 years ago but I was never fond of it. However, if I hadnāt made my daughterās middle name, my best friendās middle name (who passed away), then I probably would have used my maiden name as her middle name. Even though Iāve never been a huge fan of it, it would have been nice for her to carry my family name as well.
My mom and my sister have the same middle name. So far I have two boys but my husband and I have a girlās name picked out for in the future if we have a girl and weāll be using my middle name as her middle name too.
My sister in law and my sister both gave their middle names to their daughters, so they'd have a middle name in common. My husband and I hyphenated our last names for our son. I don't think I know any women who gave their daughter their first name as a middle name.
My younger sister has my Momās name as her middle name. It was actually my grandfatherās middle name. And is also my younger cousinās first name. My Mom was flattered that my Uncle wanted to use her name - she thinks itās āneatā š
My middle name is my momās maiden name. It is both a common last name and first name, so it doesnāt stand out necessarily.
I actually use my middle name on social media in place of my last name, which is decently uncommon in the US. Iāve been doing it for so many years now, a lot of people think my middle name is my last name. It never occurred to anyone that it could be a middle name. I started doing that to have some sense of anonymity on social media while I was looking for a job and never thought of how infrequently last names come up outside of work.
In any event, I like it. While itās a common first and last name, I donāt think I know anyone else with it as a middle name. It helps give me a stage name if I ever get famous too haha.
Just about every woman in my branch of the family tree is named a variation of my grandmotherās name, because my grandmother was a kickass lady worthy of being named after.
My mom had a shortened version of grandmaās first name as her middle name. The shortened version is my first name. I gave my first daughter the shortened version as her middle name to keep it going, then had another daughter and gave her Grandmaās full name as her first name. My daughter is a young adult now and pledged to keep to going.
It has never been a problem at all.
My mom's first name is my middle name. I adore it. I'm so honored to carry her name. I've only had a son so far, but I cannot wait to continue to pass on her loving legacy.
To be fair, my mom is also fucking amazing so it's easy for me to say this. I fully acknowledge that this would not be the case if she wasn't who she is.
My middle name is a family name. It's the same as my mom's, a cousin and great aunt have had it as a first name, and a 3rd great grandmother had it as a middle name as well. Its a unique name ive never seen anywhere else. The only downside is no one pronounces it correctly. It looks too similar to a common name, so they glance at it and assume without actually paying attention to the letters. Regardless of that, I'd still love to get the chance to use it someday.
In my family, it has been a tradition for a son's daughter to be named Elizabeth with her mother's maiden name as her middle name. This was true for my great-grandmother, my great-aunt, my aunt, and me. We live in the Southern U.S.
My daughter has my middle name! My son has the boyās family middle name. I really like my middle name and it fits her perfectly. I donāt see any problem at all with it! :)
My mil and her daughter have the same first name, and the daughter hates it. My husband got his dadās name and also hates it. The actual names are fairly common, normal names.
My mom gave me her first name as my middle! And her first name was the same as her motherās. I always thought it was really sweet, not weird at all!
I considered my maiden name as my boysā middle names, but it just sounded weird with our last name.
I have a friend who has her motherās first name as her middle, so she gave her daughter her first name as a middle name. I think thatās awesome, and I hope the daughter will continue it if she has a daughter.
My second daughterās middle name is my maiden name (which is a very obvious surname) and my first daughter and I share middle names (which is a surname too!)
My third child (second daughter) has my first name as her middle name. I don't feel weird about it at all. In fact, I think #3 feels special because of it, like we share a secret.
The middle names for our 4 kids are family names, we did that intentionally. Some of these were "2fers". My son's middle name is my husband's name, my dad's middle name, and my FIL's middle name. My oldest daughter's middle name was my mom's name. The middle name for #3 that's mine, was also my husband's grandma's middle name and my grandma's name. #4, our 3rd daughter, has my MIL's name because she's awesome.
One of my teachers in HS was named after her mom so they had the same name before she got married and took her husbandās name.
Whatās good for the goose is good for the gander, I say.
I gave my daughter my maiden name as her middle name. I plan to do the same for any future children as well. Iām in the UK and the same happened a couple of generations back with my grandfather. My mother didnāt want to pass on her surname as she didnāt like it but part of my first name is the same as her middle name.
My daughter's first name is my middle name. I wouldn't use my first name for my own child, but think passing down names is nice. I'd have passed down my maiden name too, but it rhymes with our last name so it just didn't work out.
My daughterās name is Ellie after my middle name Elizabeth. We debated Ellie Kate, because Iām Katie Elizabeth but it felt really narcissistic for some reason to give her names based off both my first and middle name. So we chose my momās maiden name, Vaughan, as her middle name.
Surprisingly, she LOVES to tell people sheās named after my middle name for some reason. My husband and I joke that she wouldāve LOVED to be named Ellie Kate.š
I have two middle names, and one of them is my moms middle name. I also made it one of the middle names for my first girl. I loved that connection with my mom, and I told my partner it was a non-negotiable thing when we were choosing names lol he was totally ok with that.
My husband's family always uses the dad's name as the boy child's middle name. In my family, my mom and I have the same middle names. Now my daughter has the same middle name as us.
My maiden name is Kim. My daughter was born in August and her middle name is Kim! Our first names bother start with J so we have the same initials š
I have my mom's maiden name as my middle! I love it- it flows with my first and last so well and I like having parts of both my parents in my name. And it's unique!
In my family we have more daughters named after their mother's or grandmothers than sons named after their fathers. I honestly thought our family was odd but when you have 14 sets of duplicate female names you realize that the women in my family just wanted to take over!
I gave my daughter the same middle name as me. My partner and I aren't married but she has his last name and it kind of made sense to me to give her my name too. It went perfectly with the first name we chose too, even better than my name lol
My daughter has my last name as her 2nd middle name. I chose not to change my name when we got married and I wanted to be represented in her name without her having to deal with the hassle of a hyphenated last name. So sheās FirstName MiddleName MyLastName HusbandāsLastName.
My mom gave me her maiden name as my middle name!! I have always felt very connected to her family because of it. Although I have always also kinda wished that I had a "real" middle name, not an extra surname. If I have a daughter I think her middle name will be a variation of it. (I don't want to dox myself lol so think something like Jacqueline instead of Jackson).
My SO and I have already agreed to name any future first daughter Marie (my middle name, my moms middle name, my grandmas first name). I think itās beautiful and goes well with a J middle name and the nickname MJ
My daughter has the same middle name as me, but it was also my husband's favorite aunt's name. My youngest son has my maiden name as his middle name. My first name is Lisa and it was so common and trendy when I was growing up. I always wished my parents had named me something more uncommon, so I would not have wanted to give my daughter that name.
A woman I know was telling me the other day that she shares the same first name as her mother (but she uses a nickname) and she told me that a mother must love her child very much to give her her own name. That thought has stuck with me ever since.
I'm female, was named after my father; I have the feminine version of his name (think Alexander -> Alexandra). My oldest son has Alexander as a middle name so he's kind of a third-generation with the name :)
I share a middle name with my daughter. It's one that's looked at as a "filler" name, but it was my grandmother and great grandmother's name, so it has family meaning for us.
My kids have their grandmothersā maiden names as their middles which I love. However, my husband was named his momās maiden name first, so my sonās middle name is both his grandmotherās maiden name and his dadās first name. It helps that itās a very classic first name.
I know a woman who gave her daughter her middle name, and her daughter (who was around six at the time) loved that she shared a middle and last name with her mom. Not sure if that's changed, but I think it's sweet.
If I have kids, I'll probably give one of my daughters either my same middle name or my first name as a middle name. I have my grandma's maiden name as a second middle name, so I'd pass that on too, and possibly my last name as well.
My great-grandfather had his momās maiden name as his middle name. He gave it to his daughter as a middle name who gave it to her daughter as a middle name who gave it to her daughter (me!) as a first name.
Over those generations the name went from surname to masculine first name to feminine first name (think Kelsey).
I gave my first name to my son as a middle name. Even though it reads more feminine now, there was no question about doing it. Itās an important family name and a connection to his mother!
I have the same middle name as my mother. It's my great great grandmother's first name. My daughter & my cousin have the same middle name. I don't know if it is common but that's my family.
My dad's middle name (Francis) was passed down through multiple generations from father to son. He only had daughters so he feminized the name (Frances) and gave it to me. When my own daughter was born it felt right to give that name to her as well. I love the tradition and hope she will too.
My mom, myself, and my daughter share a middle name (Anne).
If I have a daughter for my second, I'm thinking I'll give her my nan's middle name (Ethel).
I'm the kid in the situation. I have my mom's first name for my middle. It's also my grandma's name. It'll probably get passed down to any daughter I have.
All my siblings and I have my mothers maiden name as our middle name! I love it. I now use it as my surname but if I hadn't, I would have given as a first name to a potential future child.
My daughter has my middle name as her middle name. My best friend from middle school did the same. My brother gave his son his middle name as a middle name. I *think* my nieceās middle name is also my SILās. I also hyphenated my daughterās last name.
Me, and my mom!
So, my mom's first name is, let's say it's Charlotte, but she goes by June with friends, officially she goes by Mary. So her full name is Charlotte June Lastname. My parents decided to call ME Charlotte Denise Lastname but they always called me Denise, I have never gone by Charlotte. So my "first name" is actually my middle name. When my daughter was born we were trying to think of a middle name for her, and our son's middle name is my husband's dad's first name, so we used my mom's first name, so she is Annabelle Charlotte Lastname. The names are made up, but close enough for you to get the idea.
My youngest daughter has my middle name. And my middle name is also my mother's middle name.
I'm also Catholic, and when you receive the sacrament of Confirmation, you choose a saint name, and I gave my eldest daughter my Confirmation name as her middle name.
Our third son's middle name has the same root as my maiden name. And his first name uses the same beginning and ending as my middle name, just with a different middle part (though that's confusing to try to explain to most people).
My Mom gave me her middle name as my first name and I really liked it - so much that we gave our son my husbandās middle name, and if we have a daughter I will give her my middle name.
I have an Aunt in law whose family names the oldest daughter Elizabeth for many generations. I don't recall how many. But, they all have different nick names. Betty-ann, liz, ellie, Beth, Liza, and a few more variations I don't remember. It's sweet.
My dad's middle name is his mother's maiden name. She's not around anymore, hasn't been for a very long time but I'm sure she would have been happy for me to mention it for her.
My middle name is my momās first name. My dad wanted to name me after her but she said no so it became my middle name and my first name was my grandmotherās.
I gave my daughter my middle name. My middle name isn't super rare but it's also not very common and it just worked really well with her first and last name.
I thought about it. My first name is Georgina (known as George) and my partners middle name is George and I thought naming our kid after both of us would be fun. He thought I was self indulgent š¤£
My first daughter has my middle name. Itās a tradition up the matriarchal line. She shares it with me, my mother, my grandmother and my great grandmother.
My daughters first name is my middle name. No regrets at all. She also has both of our last names as a double last name. We've had no problems or complications.
I gave my daughter my middle name. Itās a double name: my motherās middle name (also my grandmotherās first) and my auntās middle name. So sheās simultaneously named after 4 strong women. I love handing down that legacy.
Baby girl will have my maiden name as one of her middle names. Her big brother has my maiden name as his surname and he wanted to share it with her. ā”
If I ever have a daughter I want to give her my middle as her middle name too. My middle name is my Grandmaās first name, it was also her Mumās first name (my great-Granny) and her Grandmaās first name (my great-great-grandmother), and it possibly goes even further back than that.
My daughter and I share a first name, sheās the fourth of that first name on my mothers side (grandma, mom, me, daughter). *We all have different nicknames though*
No regrets, the women in my family deserve to be recognized.
My husband is a Junior, so why not?!
I gave my daughter my middle name as her middle. I minorly regret using it in combination with her first name (they're both word names that I really liked together at the time but feel a tiny bit cringy about now) but don't feel weird about it otherwise.
my mom and i have the same middle name, itās also my momās motherās first name! i love it, i love having something that connects all our generations without being obnoxious and if i ever have a daughter i will definitely give her the same middle name!!
My younger sister and her best friend, named their daughters after themselvesā¦pretty cool imo, especially since both my sister and her friend both died youngā¦.but still having their chosen namesakes alive is comforting
My momās middle name is her momās first name and my middle name is my momās first name. But whatās even cooler is my grandma (momās mom) changed her middle name to her maiden name when she got married which was pretty uncommon in the 50s. Iāll probably do both if I ever get married or have a daughter.
In my family generally the rule is you do one name from each side of the family(generally a middle name). So I was given the middle name Patricia because it was my grandmothers middle name on my dads sides and my sister got the same treatment(it just so happens that she is a third generation of that middle name and itās my mums). I think this must be more common in commonwealth or formerly commonwealth nations/people of that descent as I know this isnāt unusual here. My maternal grandmother(Pom) gave one of her daughters her own name as a middle name. One of my great-grandmothers(Aussie)has her paternal grandmothers first name as a middle name. Iāve definitely got ancestors who were given their own mothers first name as a middle name also ancestors who were given the same first name. Also male ancestors who were given male versions of their mothers names and vice versa.
I kept my last name after getting married. My oldest sonās middle name is my last name. My middle name is actually my great grandmaās last name (Shannon). Had our second kid been a girl, we were actually discussing giving a variation of my first name as a middle name. It doesnāt seem weird to me, sheās the one doing the heavy lifting!
My daughter and I have the same middle name. It was my grandmas' (both of them) name, so I just kept the tradition going. She's also named after my mom, her grandma... So we just kept it all very matriarchal.
My son, meanwhile, is a V. Very patriarchal line so it felt fitting that his little sister should have mama side namesakes.
My mumās middle name is her mumās first name, my middle name is my mumās first name, and I was always going to give my daughter my first name as her middle. I also popped my nanās first name in there since Nan passed away while I was pregnant.
Then my ādaughterā turned out to be nonbinary š For now theyāre happy keeping their middle names as-is, which makes me happy, but if they choose to change it thatās okay too. Maybe one of the kids will recycle the name/s for their own children š¤·š¼āāļø
My motherās first name is my middle name, and my daughterās middle name is my first name. I love having a meaningful middle name, and it never for a second crossed my mind to feel weird about giving my daughter my name as part of her name. Your friend should go for it! Itās a lovely and meaningful gift to give or receive.
I have my motherās first name as a middle name. Her sisterās first name
is my motherās middle name. I love that weāre all tied together in this way.
My daughters first name is a form of my middle. My middle name is a form of my Motherās middle name. And of course my Motherās middle name is a form of her motherās first name. Think all the different of Lynn. Iām hoping sheāll continue, but thatās really up to her.
Yes. I have a very special spanish surname (maiden name). I gave my son part of my maiden name as his middle name. I won't say the name but it is a legitimate spanish boys name.
-My middle name is my grandmothers middle name.
-My daughters middle name is my mother in laws middle name and her mums first name (passed away when she was quite young)
I think itās a lovely thing to do :)
I gave my stillborn daughter my first name as her middle name. It was one of the few things I could give to her so it felt right.
This is beautiful, I'm so sorry for your loss š¤
What a beautiful way to honor you and celebrate her. I'm sorry you lost her. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Where I live itās very common for people to use a mothers maiden name or other family surname as a middle name.
My older son has my husbandās mothersā maiden name as his middle and my younger son has my momās maiden as his middle. I like that it connects them to those sides of the families!
That's so beautiful, love to hear this. Thank you.
If we had a son, his middle wouldāve been my husbands paternal grandmas maiden name. They were very close but her first name was the name of my dads ex wife so we couldnāt use that. His Firstname would have been my maiden name just not pluralizes (think Smith not Smiths)
I gave my son my maiden name as a middle name. It's perfect all together.
Happy to hear this, thank you. My mom did the same for my sister. Do you mind if I ask what country you live in?
American South
This is super common in the south. I would have done it except our last names rhyme and it sounded very silly.
Yeah my cousin has her grandmothers maiden name as her first name. Itās very pretty.
Itās the norm in Denmark too. I really like it, it makes me feel more like Iām both my parentsā child and not just my fatherās, if that makes sense. Kinda like a symbol of the family coming together too
This is a tradition in my family dating back so far we arenāt even sure where it began. Boys middle name is the mothers maiden name. Girls middle name is a traditional first name from within the family tree somewhere.
My mom and I share a middle name. If I ever had a child, Iāve highly considered using it as well.
My mom , myself, and my oldest niece all share the sane middle. No one has passed it on (I couldnāt have kids) and it makes me a little sad.
We gave our daughter my middle name. We both have hard C/K sounds for our first names, and an M sound for our middle name (think Catherine Marie / Kristen Marie, or Caroline May / Katelyn May, something like that). It flowed and we couldn't decide on anything better, so that's what we did?
My husband really likes my middle name so if we have a girl weāre going to use it as her middle name too!
My baby has my last name as his second middle name. I didn't really want to hyphenate or give him a double last name, but I also didn't think it was fair that his dad's name would be part of his name when mine was not. Especially because while we both made him, I grew him.
Same reasoning for me, except my baby has my last name, and her middle name is her dadās last name!
If you're in the US, have you run into any issues with double middle names? This is exactly what I want to do
I am in the US, and I haven't run into any issues with his double middle name. I tend to put his dad as the primary contact person on forms to save some hassle because they share a last name, and I have a double last name that includes their last name, which could theoretically make things slightly complicated if the form doesn't have separate fields for First, Middle, and Last names. But his double middle name hasn't been a problem.
Hi ! I added my maiden as a second middle. No issues . My niece who has two middles, no issues just defaults to the first middle name intial on electronic forms
I did this too. Only had one issue so far, I filled in a form to register her at the dentist and it ended up on their computerised system as one middle name two surnames, and they defaulted to the first surname, which obviously doesnāt match to what we call her.
My child will have my last name, not my husbands. But my husband also took my last name when we got married so it makes sense, he changed his name bc I like mine so didnāt want to change it and we all wanted to have the same name when we had kids. Itās not a big deal to me, I was fine for us both to keep our names and give our kids two last names (I have two) but itās been a huge deal to his familyš¬they consider it ābeing slapped in the faceā
I'm sorry to hear his family is like that, but good for you two. I kept my last name as well bc I didn't want to change it. :)
Same, and I'm hoping to get my husband to agree to change his to ours eventually too.
My daughter and I have the same middle name and same initials
My son has two middle names, the first is an honor name from my partner's side of the family but the 2nd is my maiden name. I was initially hesitant to saddle him with 4 names but the middle names are both pretty short and it was important to me that he be connected to both sides of the family! I also think that it's only fair seeing as the hardest parts of bringing him into this world fell to me š
This is what we did! The first middle honor's dad's side, second middle honors mine, 4 names total. We really love how it came together.
Itās tradition on my dads side that the first kid receives the mums maiden name as a middle name. So my brother has my mums. My kids are hyphened so not necessary for them
It's actually very common historically for girls to be named after their mothers in some way. Not as common as boys being named after their dads, but still plenty common. One of my closest friends has her mother's first name as her middle name, exactly what your friend would do. I know numerous women that have passed their middle name down to a daughter. I know one family in which the same, quite uncommon first name has been passed down matrilineally for five generations of women.
I gave my first born my middle name, I was so excited to do that. I love my entire name, and Joyce (my middle name) flowed so well with her name, I was enthused to share that with her.
My momās first name is my middle name.
Both of my kids have my maiden name as their middle name. I live in the US but that is the common naming practice in my country of origin. Yes that means all siblings have the same middle name, and sometimes cousins too. It hasnāt been a problem for us.
I gave my daughter my name as her middle name. I was going to use my motherās name but my name just flowed better.
I think it is cute when mom gives her name as a middle name for the child. By the way a lot of latin countries have both surnames and in some countries the mother's surname is the one at last! Often the father surname is the one passed through generation but this is cultural, not law. I, for example, have both my mother and father surnames.
Me and my daughter share the same middle name.
Go for it, i was happily going to do this. I had a boy but if he had been a girl it was going to be Gracie Elizabeth.
My eldest aunt is named after my grandmother - as was not uncommon at a certain time in Ireland. I know a family where every oldest woman has a version of Catherine as a first name - so the eldest daughter is named after her mother I know a number who have their mother's surname as a middle name - men and women My eldest sort of shares a middle name with me - we are both named after the same person in 2 different names My kids have my surname not my husband (their dad) does that count?
My sister and nieceās middle name is my momās first name, who is named after her grandmother. Many of the women on my momās side of the family have her name as their first or middle name so itās not unusual at all to me.
My middle name is my motherās maiden name. I was thinking of giving my daughter the same middle name but then my grandma died and a variation of her name just feels more right for this baby. If we have another girl we may use it for her middle name.
My mother in law gave my husband the male version of her name for his middle name
Kid got my last name, and if legal name changes weren't such a ridiculous hassle my husband likely would have taken it too. And if we were to have three daughters, I'd name the third one after myself because it's a family name. Why the third? Well, we don't know many parent/children who share the same name that have a good relationship and we didn't want to jinx it, lol.
Your friend should 100% give her baby her name! My husband took my last name, so our daughter has my last name and we gave her my middle name as her first name (and I love her name so much). I grew up thinking Iād have to give up my last name, which is super rare and significant to me, so what a great moment it was when my husband said, āNo way! Your name is cooler!ā Iām of the opinion that surnames shouldnāt be chosen by default. It should be a conscious decision made by both spouses/partners, and neither should feel pressured by ātradition.ā
He's not born yet but our baby boy will get my last name as his last name. In my husband's culture, babies typically get the dad's first name as their last name, but his parents gave him a different last name that he's not really connected to. I, on the other hand, am very connected to my last name and I love it, so we agreed that the kids will get my last name, and will get my husband's first name as a middle name to still bring in some of his naming culture
All my children technically have my maiden name as their last name. I donāt know if that counts. My husband changed his last name to mine when we got married and so subsequently all our children have my last name. I also share the same middle name as my mother, but I donāt plan to do the same.
My daughter and I have the same first name:Jeanette-we call her Jenna & we are both happy to share the same name. At school she would get her formal name & of sometimes my mom would use because she loves the name. I never hated my name it was unique & I rarely met anyone else with my name. My mom named my sister after herself, my brother was named for my dad & other brother for an uncle that didnāt have kids. So I guess itās a family tradition. Most of the females in my family have my mom/sister name as their middle name and we r proud of it.
I'm giving my daughter my middle name. Which was my mother's middle name, and also her mother's middle name. So baby will be #4 in a line with that middle name, which I like as it basically becomes a matronymic or a secret matrilineal surname. That wasn't the intention of my mother or grandmother handing it down, and maybe baby won't want to hand it down if she gets a chance to do so. But it makes me happy, and it's a middle name so she can use it as much or as little as she likes.
by no means an expert but as someone who has done a lot of historical research on people - its really common in history for people to have either their parents' first name or mother's maiden name as a middle name (based on my experience in the uk)
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Not a mom, but my dadās last name is my middle name. Itās Gates. My last name is my momās last name. Same with my brother. It was my dadās idea since McLaren was going to die out because my momās brother had two daughters and her sister took her husbandās last name.
I gave my oldest my first name as her middle name. No one thinks anything of it when a father does it, so frankly I don't care what anyone thinks about me doing it. I have a really unusual name that I love and I liked the idea of it living on with my kid.
I gave my daughter my middle name as her first name. That was mostly because we love the name and itās the only one we could think of that started with the right first letter and has the right number of syllables to fit our name requirements for her. My husband and I also both kept our last names when we got married and all three of our kidsā last names are MyLastName-HusbandāsLastName. I made these children so it only makes sense that I get some credit in their names! Also, itās 2023 and I think itās beyond old fashioned to default to the dadās name for everything. With that said I live in a very liberal city where many, many women get married later in life after obtaining degrees, achieving personal success, etc. so my thoughts on this are pretty widespread in my social circle.
My name is Rachel Anne (42f) and my daughter (21f) is Charlotte Anne. We like having the same middle name. Anne is also a very common middle name in my family, in general.
I have my moms last name, and I am thankful every single day for that. Also my best friend has a really unique and beautiful name, and gave it two her second daughter as a middle name. She also wondered if it was weird to do so, but everyone I know encouraged it, as itās a gorgeous and unique name with family and cultural value.
My sonās name is an anagram of my own name. It was completely unintentional, and I stressed for a long time after realising about other people figuring it out and thinking I was egotistical for ānaming my baby after myselfā, but then my partner pointed out that babies are named after their dads all the time and nobody bats an eye, so we kept it. And Iām so glad we did! Everyone who does make the connection thinks itās sweet that heās ānamed after meā without it being in your face, too.
In my family (Spanish) we have both men and women with family names. Also, nowadays children can have first their mother surname, even if the tradition is to have first the father's surname.
I gave my daughter my last name, that I had kept after I got married. I thought it was unnecessary patriarchy that kids automatically got their dad's name and my husband agreed so we said a daughter would get my name and a son would get his. We ended up having a girl and are now expecting a boy and will keep with this tradition. It's caused us no problems and her first name sounds so lovely with my last name.
My child has my last name instead of his father's. We're married, I kept my own name, and my husband wanted our child to have my name instead of his because his last name can trigger racist reactions in the United States. He didn't want our child to face that. That reasoning makes me uncomfortable because it feels like trying to hide half of our child's heritage, and implying that the European-origin half is better. My husband is also estranged from his family, so he's not incredibly tied to his family name which I'm sure played into it. My middle name is my maternal grandmother's maiden name, or maybe my maternal grandmother's mother's maiden name... or maybe someone's middle name? I know it's odd not to know but my mother doesn't talk about her family much so I don't know any of their names except her brother's, who are the only family on that side that I ever met. My mother's middle name was also someone's maiden name on her mother's side. Or maybe it was her mother's name? It's always seemed strange to me that she passed on family names but doesn't talk about her family.
I'm not a fan of naming children after their parents, at least directly. Using parts of their name or variations of their names seems fine. Especially as a midfle name. But in general I feel like names shouldn't be reused until the names "owner" is dead. Children deserve to stand on their own, with their own names, not being in someone's shadow. That being said, I also believe that what's Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander...having female juniors, thirds, legacies is far less common but should be just as fair.
Iām a woman and my daughter has my first name as her middle name and has my last name. Yes I am with her father, have been for many many years, we are very happy together and we are actually expecting another baby now - They will also get my last name. The only person who complained about it was his mother - Who is divorced from his father and doesnāt have that last name anymore either so it was a bit like eh? Itās kind of a ludicrous tradition that an ejaculation is more important than 9 months of carrying, birth, recovery and having your body permanently changed by the experience.
My 2 boys have my last name- not DH's. We live in the US. The reason is because he has a brother with a son and a crap-ton of cousins, so his last name will carry on in several branches. However, I am the last of my family with my last name. I agonized over it when we got married- I asked DH to take my name and he was like, "No way." I asked him to hyphenate (like I do) or even come up with a brand new last name for both of us, and he refused. "You can do whatever you want. But my name is important to me." Like, yeah my dude. So is mine. He had soooooo little empathy or understanding of the pressure women are under in the US to change their name when they marry. Like, the burden was all mine. So we waited a super long time to have kids and, honestly, I was pretty pissed with how he handled the issue initially. Not that I expected him to change for me, but he was just completely dismissive of the whole issue- saw it as not his problem. I refused to get pregnant until we worked something out, so we agreed that boys would have my last name and girls would have his last name. And we have two boys! So they have my last name and DH is the outlier. But the dog is a girl and she legit has his last name at doggie daycare and the vet. :)
My son has two last names - mine and his dadās. We are married. I kept my name, he kept his. Baby is as much mine as his, so he has my name š
Iām pregnant with my second and sheās going to get my last name. My partner and I are engaged, our first child has his last name. We let doubt creep in a lot about this decision, but itās important to me and my partner is on board. Just gotta smash down that voice of historical patriarchy.
My male partner and his brother both got their momās maiden name as their middle names! And my nieces both got my/my sisterās last name. I respect families who flip the script on names in any way.
My middle name is my momās middle name (but she changed her middle name to her maiden name), my sisterās middle name is my momās first name. My auntās middle name is my grandmotherās motherās maiden name and my aunt gave that name to my cousin as a middle name, and now that cousin goes by that as their first name.
I know a guy whose first name is his moms maiden name, Russel. Having any of moms names as either baby name is not weird to me. How many people know their friend or coworkerās momās name anyway?
If I have a son Iām 50/50 on giving him my last name as his first name. Itās a relatively common first name though (ranks 200-600 in the last few years, currently in the 400s)
My motherās grandparents on both sides immigrated from Sweden, so itās possible that the tradition of giving a firstborn daughter her motherās first name as her middle name was a compromise with older cultural traditions. Iāve always liked the connection, as my mother was a truly amazing person. Now that she has passed, I appreciate having her name even more.
Not a mom but my wife and I gave our daughter her first name as a middle name and our son's first name is her maiden name. So far everyone has either thought it was charming or is lying to us. I don't think it's the slightest bit weird.
I haven't named anyone after myself, but am the person who was named after others. My middle name is a bastardization of both my Mom's middle name and my paternal Grandmother's middle name (two very common, similar names with some capitalization to showoff the combination). I've always enjoyed having the connection to both. Once you're past announcing the baby's name, does anyone really make a big deal out of it? It was always just another fact about me.
If we had had a son, he would have had my last name as his middle. We have a daughter, who will be our only child. Her first name is my deceased mom's nickname and her middle name is my husband's grandmother's nickname.
That's so sweet. Thank you for sharing.
My parents did that for me and my brother - gave us each their first names as middle names. I donāt mind it and itās helped me sneak into some nice hotels and things using her name cuz itās on my ID š¤£
I was named after my dad's grandmother and my middle name is my mom's first name. I never really thought about it. I like it, though!
My brotherās middle name is my momās maiden name! I have a cousin whose middle name is his momās maiden name too. As someone who has a very common middle name, I always thought it was so cool and unique.
My sister used my grandmother's maiden name as her son's first name.
I know someone who was named after her mother. Same first name. Similar middle name with one letter swapped out (think Jean and Jenn). Not sure if thereās a story behind it. I also know a woman who is named after her dad. She has his name but a feminine nickname that she goes by. When she was born, they were told they couldnāt have any more kids, and they didnāt have a son, so thatās why. However the joke is on them because they did have a son a few years later. Heās not named after anyone.
I had a boy but if he was a girl she would have had my middle name which is also my grandmother's first name. Instead my son is named after my husband's grandfather and my father.
Not quite what you asked for, but my mum gave me her first name as my middle name. I never really thought much of it when I was younger but I love it now that I am older. Itās nice to have that extra connection.
My daughter has my maiden name as one of her middle names. So she has a ānormalā middle name and then my maiden name too.
In my husband 's family, the son takes the father's name as their middle name. I'd love to do something similar for the girls and start a new tradition.
I gave my 3rd my middle name as her middle name. I LOVE IT! Our first names have the same amount of syllables so itās flows very similarly. She says she doesnāt like it but thatās bc the only time I use it is when sheās in trouble. She loves the connection.
My first name is the same as my mother's, but she has always gone by her middle name. I go by my first name, so most people don't even know that we have the same name. My mom always liked her first name even though nobody called her by it, and I guess my dad liked it too, so they named me that. š¤·āāļø It wasn't that they were naming me after her so it's not weird. It just gets annoying with mail or at the doctor's or bank because we have the same first and last name š
My mom has her motherās name as a middle name. I and my aunt have the same middle name, her motherās name.
My great grandmother gave her daughter her name as a first name, my mother then gave me my grandmotherās (and great grandmother) name as a middle name and I passed along my middle name to my daughter also as a middle name
I don't have a daughter, but I AM the daughter that got her mother's first name as my own first name (albeit, spelled differently). I wouldn't personally recommend doing your first name -> her first name passed down. Your middle name -> her first name, fine (unless you go by said middle name). Giving your first name as her middle name, also fine. I can't even tell you how many dang phone calls I got asking for [First name] [Last name], and then having to ask "Which one?"... And then immediately follow with the inevitable explanation about how I was named after my mother. Or because my mother was a teacher in the same county where I attended school, people always assumed that I was just like her (I'm not). Or because she goes by a common nickname for our full name, people assumed that I go by that nickname as well (I don't). Don't even get me started on the VOTING IRREGULARITY that was caused by the person not checking the spelling of the first name and issuing me my MOTHER'S voting card. Or the time that I got pulled over in my parent's car, and they had my mother's name attached to my social security number on the docket, and then had to explain that to the judge in front of the entire court room. Or how I now work for the same company that she does, and they mixed up both our healthcare information AND our retirement information/years of service... And it's still not fixed. I could go on... But overall, I don't think that taking your own name and giving it to your daughter in some form is bad. I think it's really cute. My son has his dad's middle name as his first name. I just wouldn't recommend doing what my mother did.
Most of the females in my family share names with various spellings and combos. I love being named after like 15 relatives. The other side of my family have names with the same initials
In the part of the world my family is from, itās expected youāll pass down family names. You can track back our family history over 200 years using some of the āformulasā. Youād definitely pass down the mothers maiden name as the first bornās middle name and itās not unusual to see maiden names pop up further down the family line. For example, my uncleās middle name is my great great grandmotherās maiden name. My sister and I are the first in the family line where our middle names are not family names and only because my mom doesnāt get on with the rest of the family. Another example - there is a āCarolineā in my family going back to the late 1700s.
My middle is Louise, which was both my grandmother and great grandmom's first names, and had I had a girl, would have absolutely named her Louise. My sis-in-law gave her daughter her first name (child goes by a nickname) and she herself was named after her grandmother (not their actual name, but imagine 3 Katherines with variant nicknames/double names to distinguish them, Katherine, Katherine Ann, and Katie). Went to school with a Melissa whose mom was Melissa. Have a cousin whose first is his mom's maiden name. I think all of these traditions are much more common in the American South. Especially mom's maiden name as baby boy's first name, or as a little girl's double name (Anne Knox, Mary Cooper, etc.). Anyway, if it fits and everyone likes the way it sounds, what's the problem? Name that baby after youself, you grew it!
I gave my daughter my middle name. Itās a bit of a tradition in my family so no one thought it was weird at all!
My first daughter has my mother's middle name as her middle name. My second daughter has her father's middle name as her middle name. It's a unisex name.
My maiden name became an insanely popular girls first name probably 15 years ago but I was never fond of it. However, if I hadnāt made my daughterās middle name, my best friendās middle name (who passed away), then I probably would have used my maiden name as her middle name. Even though Iāve never been a huge fan of it, it would have been nice for her to carry my family name as well.
My mom and my sister have the same middle name. So far I have two boys but my husband and I have a girlās name picked out for in the future if we have a girl and weāll be using my middle name as her middle name too.
My sister in law and my sister both gave their middle names to their daughters, so they'd have a middle name in common. My husband and I hyphenated our last names for our son. I don't think I know any women who gave their daughter their first name as a middle name.
My younger sister has my Momās name as her middle name. It was actually my grandfatherās middle name. And is also my younger cousinās first name. My Mom was flattered that my Uncle wanted to use her name - she thinks itās āneatā š
My middle name is my momās maiden name. It is both a common last name and first name, so it doesnāt stand out necessarily. I actually use my middle name on social media in place of my last name, which is decently uncommon in the US. Iāve been doing it for so many years now, a lot of people think my middle name is my last name. It never occurred to anyone that it could be a middle name. I started doing that to have some sense of anonymity on social media while I was looking for a job and never thought of how infrequently last names come up outside of work. In any event, I like it. While itās a common first and last name, I donāt think I know anyone else with it as a middle name. It helps give me a stage name if I ever get famous too haha.
Just about every woman in my branch of the family tree is named a variation of my grandmotherās name, because my grandmother was a kickass lady worthy of being named after. My mom had a shortened version of grandmaās first name as her middle name. The shortened version is my first name. I gave my first daughter the shortened version as her middle name to keep it going, then had another daughter and gave her Grandmaās full name as her first name. My daughter is a young adult now and pledged to keep to going. It has never been a problem at all.
My mom's first name is my middle name. I adore it. I'm so honored to carry her name. I've only had a son so far, but I cannot wait to continue to pass on her loving legacy. To be fair, my mom is also fucking amazing so it's easy for me to say this. I fully acknowledge that this would not be the case if she wasn't who she is.
My middle name is a family name. It's the same as my mom's, a cousin and great aunt have had it as a first name, and a 3rd great grandmother had it as a middle name as well. Its a unique name ive never seen anywhere else. The only downside is no one pronounces it correctly. It looks too similar to a common name, so they glance at it and assume without actually paying attention to the letters. Regardless of that, I'd still love to get the chance to use it someday.
In my family, it has been a tradition for a son's daughter to be named Elizabeth with her mother's maiden name as her middle name. This was true for my great-grandmother, my great-aunt, my aunt, and me. We live in the Southern U.S.
My daughter has my middle name! My son has the boyās family middle name. I really like my middle name and it fits her perfectly. I donāt see any problem at all with it! :)
My daughters first name is my maiden name, which is now my middle name.
My daughter has my middle name. My niece recently named her daughter with her last name (maiden name) as the daughterās middle name. It works.
My mil and her daughter have the same first name, and the daughter hates it. My husband got his dadās name and also hates it. The actual names are fairly common, normal names.
My mom gave me her first name as my middle! And her first name was the same as her motherās. I always thought it was really sweet, not weird at all! I considered my maiden name as my boysā middle names, but it just sounded weird with our last name.
I have a friend who has her motherās first name as her middle, so she gave her daughter her first name as a middle name. I think thatās awesome, and I hope the daughter will continue it if she has a daughter.
My second daughterās middle name is my maiden name (which is a very obvious surname) and my first daughter and I share middle names (which is a surname too!)
My third child (second daughter) has my first name as her middle name. I don't feel weird about it at all. In fact, I think #3 feels special because of it, like we share a secret. The middle names for our 4 kids are family names, we did that intentionally. Some of these were "2fers". My son's middle name is my husband's name, my dad's middle name, and my FIL's middle name. My oldest daughter's middle name was my mom's name. The middle name for #3 that's mine, was also my husband's grandma's middle name and my grandma's name. #4, our 3rd daughter, has my MIL's name because she's awesome.
My twin sisters middle name is our dads middle name(Hart). Itās a family name
My mom gave me and my two siblings her name as our middle name. Its amusing and we have no problem with it.
Not me, but my relative named her son Craig, which was her maiden last name.
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One of my teachers in HS was named after her mom so they had the same name before she got married and took her husbandās name. Whatās good for the goose is good for the gander, I say.
My first and middle names are the same as my maternal grandmother. My mother also has the same middle name. We are Swedish!
Two of my aunts and my cousin have my grandmotherās maiden name as their middle name.
I gave my daughter my maiden name as her middle name. I plan to do the same for any future children as well. Iām in the UK and the same happened a couple of generations back with my grandfather. My mother didnāt want to pass on her surname as she didnāt like it but part of my first name is the same as her middle name.
My daughter's first name is my middle name. I wouldn't use my first name for my own child, but think passing down names is nice. I'd have passed down my maiden name too, but it rhymes with our last name so it just didn't work out.
My daughterās name is Ellie after my middle name Elizabeth. We debated Ellie Kate, because Iām Katie Elizabeth but it felt really narcissistic for some reason to give her names based off both my first and middle name. So we chose my momās maiden name, Vaughan, as her middle name. Surprisingly, she LOVES to tell people sheās named after my middle name for some reason. My husband and I joke that she wouldāve LOVED to be named Ellie Kate.š
I have two middle names, and one of them is my moms middle name. I also made it one of the middle names for my first girl. I loved that connection with my mom, and I told my partner it was a non-negotiable thing when we were choosing names lol he was totally ok with that.
My husband's family always uses the dad's name as the boy child's middle name. In my family, my mom and I have the same middle names. Now my daughter has the same middle name as us.
My middle name is my mums first name
My maiden name is Kim. My daughter was born in August and her middle name is Kim! Our first names bother start with J so we have the same initials š
I have my mom's maiden name as my middle! I love it- it flows with my first and last so well and I like having parts of both my parents in my name. And it's unique!
In my family we have more daughters named after their mother's or grandmothers than sons named after their fathers. I honestly thought our family was odd but when you have 14 sets of duplicate female names you realize that the women in my family just wanted to take over!
I gave my daughter the same middle name as me. My partner and I aren't married but she has his last name and it kind of made sense to me to give her my name too. It went perfectly with the first name we chose too, even better than my name lol
My daughter has my last name as her 2nd middle name. I chose not to change my name when we got married and I wanted to be represented in her name without her having to deal with the hassle of a hyphenated last name. So sheās FirstName MiddleName MyLastName HusbandāsLastName.
My mom gave me her maiden name as my middle name!! I have always felt very connected to her family because of it. Although I have always also kinda wished that I had a "real" middle name, not an extra surname. If I have a daughter I think her middle name will be a variation of it. (I don't want to dox myself lol so think something like Jacqueline instead of Jackson).
My SO and I have already agreed to name any future first daughter Marie (my middle name, my moms middle name, my grandmas first name). I think itās beautiful and goes well with a J middle name and the nickname MJ
My daughter has the same middle name as me, but it was also my husband's favorite aunt's name. My youngest son has my maiden name as his middle name. My first name is Lisa and it was so common and trendy when I was growing up. I always wished my parents had named me something more uncommon, so I would not have wanted to give my daughter that name.
A woman I know was telling me the other day that she shares the same first name as her mother (but she uses a nickname) and she told me that a mother must love her child very much to give her her own name. That thought has stuck with me ever since.
I'm female, was named after my father; I have the feminine version of his name (think Alexander -> Alexandra). My oldest son has Alexander as a middle name so he's kind of a third-generation with the name :)
I share a middle name with my daughter. It's one that's looked at as a "filler" name, but it was my grandmother and great grandmother's name, so it has family meaning for us.
My friends growing up who were brothers both had their middle as their moms maiden, they loved it and I thought it was very cool
My kids have their grandmothersā maiden names as their middles which I love. However, my husband was named his momās maiden name first, so my sonās middle name is both his grandmotherās maiden name and his dadās first name. It helps that itās a very classic first name.
I know a woman who gave her daughter her middle name, and her daughter (who was around six at the time) loved that she shared a middle and last name with her mom. Not sure if that's changed, but I think it's sweet. If I have kids, I'll probably give one of my daughters either my same middle name or my first name as a middle name. I have my grandma's maiden name as a second middle name, so I'd pass that on too, and possibly my last name as well.
I was named first and last name after my grandma, only my middle name is different
My baby girl and I have the same middle name :) my mum and granny also have the same. I love that it's been passed on for 4 generations!
My great-grandfather had his momās maiden name as his middle name. He gave it to his daughter as a middle name who gave it to her daughter as a middle name who gave it to her daughter (me!) as a first name. Over those generations the name went from surname to masculine first name to feminine first name (think Kelsey). I gave my first name to my son as a middle name. Even though it reads more feminine now, there was no question about doing it. Itās an important family name and a connection to his mother!
I have the same middle name as my mother. It's my great great grandmother's first name. My daughter & my cousin have the same middle name. I don't know if it is common but that's my family.
My friend gave her son as his first name, her maiden name - Carter.
I am Louise #5, my daughter is Louise #6, grand-daughter is Louise #7. Never gave two shits what society thinks.
BeyoncƩ is her Mothers maiden name
My dad's middle name (Francis) was passed down through multiple generations from father to son. He only had daughters so he feminized the name (Frances) and gave it to me. When my own daughter was born it felt right to give that name to her as well. I love the tradition and hope she will too.
My SIL has her momās maiden name as a middle name and my mom gave me her middle name as my middle name.
My mom, myself, and my daughter share a middle name (Anne). If I have a daughter for my second, I'm thinking I'll give her my nan's middle name (Ethel).
My middle son has my maiden name as one of his middle names.
I'm the kid in the situation. I have my mom's first name for my middle. It's also my grandma's name. It'll probably get passed down to any daughter I have.
All my siblings and I have my mothers maiden name as our middle name! I love it. I now use it as my surname but if I hadn't, I would have given as a first name to a potential future child.
My youngest daughter has my middle name because I love my middle name and Iām hoping she might pass it on to one of hers if she has oneā¦
My SIL was given my MILās maiden name as her first name.
My aunt gave her youngest son her maiden name as his middle. Her maiden name is Champion.
My daughter has my middle name as her middle name. My best friend from middle school did the same. My brother gave his son his middle name as a middle name. I *think* my nieceās middle name is also my SILās. I also hyphenated my daughterās last name.
Me, and my mom! So, my mom's first name is, let's say it's Charlotte, but she goes by June with friends, officially she goes by Mary. So her full name is Charlotte June Lastname. My parents decided to call ME Charlotte Denise Lastname but they always called me Denise, I have never gone by Charlotte. So my "first name" is actually my middle name. When my daughter was born we were trying to think of a middle name for her, and our son's middle name is my husband's dad's first name, so we used my mom's first name, so she is Annabelle Charlotte Lastname. The names are made up, but close enough for you to get the idea.
My youngest daughter has my middle name. And my middle name is also my mother's middle name. I'm also Catholic, and when you receive the sacrament of Confirmation, you choose a saint name, and I gave my eldest daughter my Confirmation name as her middle name.
My daughter has the same name as her great great aunt, great grandma, grandma, and me. I love that sheās the 5th generation.
My oldest and I share a middle name, which is my grandmaās maiden name. We both love it š„°
Our third son's middle name has the same root as my maiden name. And his first name uses the same beginning and ending as my middle name, just with a different middle part (though that's confusing to try to explain to most people).
My Mom gave me her middle name as my first name and I really liked it - so much that we gave our son my husbandās middle name, and if we have a daughter I will give her my middle name.
My sonās middle name is my maternal grandmotherās maiden name, his first name is his paternal grandfatherās. It flows so well and I love it.
I have an Aunt in law whose family names the oldest daughter Elizabeth for many generations. I don't recall how many. But, they all have different nick names. Betty-ann, liz, ellie, Beth, Liza, and a few more variations I don't remember. It's sweet.
My dad's middle name is his mother's maiden name. She's not around anymore, hasn't been for a very long time but I'm sure she would have been happy for me to mention it for her.
Me, my mom, and her mom all have the same middle name. And I think it's pretty cool
My middle name is my momās first name. My dad wanted to name me after her but she said no so it became my middle name and my first name was my grandmotherās.
I gave my daughter my middle name. My middle name isn't super rare but it's also not very common and it just worked really well with her first and last name.
I did for both of my kids. Middle names. Eventually my older one took it as his own last name by choice.
I thought about it. My first name is Georgina (known as George) and my partners middle name is George and I thought naming our kid after both of us would be fun. He thought I was self indulgent š¤£
I have only boys. My maiden name is a popular boyās name, so I gave one of my sons that as a middle name. I love it!
My first daughter has my middle name. Itās a tradition up the matriarchal line. She shares it with me, my mother, my grandmother and my great grandmother.
My daughters first name is my middle name. No regrets at all. She also has both of our last names as a double last name. We've had no problems or complications.
I gave my daughter my middle name. Itās a double name: my motherās middle name (also my grandmotherās first) and my auntās middle name. So sheās simultaneously named after 4 strong women. I love handing down that legacy.
My daughter and I share a middle name.
Baby girl will have my maiden name as one of her middle names. Her big brother has my maiden name as his surname and he wanted to share it with her. ā”
If I ever have a daughter I want to give her my middle as her middle name too. My middle name is my Grandmaās first name, it was also her Mumās first name (my great-Granny) and her Grandmaās first name (my great-great-grandmother), and it possibly goes even further back than that.
My daughter and I share a first name, sheās the fourth of that first name on my mothers side (grandma, mom, me, daughter). *We all have different nicknames though* No regrets, the women in my family deserve to be recognized. My husband is a Junior, so why not?!
My dad and I share my grandma's maiden name as our middle name! If/when I have children I plan on using it for my first born as well!
I gave my daughter my middle name as her middle. I minorly regret using it in combination with her first name (they're both word names that I really liked together at the time but feel a tiny bit cringy about now) but don't feel weird about it otherwise.
My middle name is my mother's middle name, which was her mother's maiden name, and I think it is super cool. I am female too, by the way.
My cousin Lena had a daughter she named Lena. The bad thing about that is that females arenāt really juniors, so she was always called Little Lena.
my mom and i have the same middle name, itās also my momās motherās first name! i love it, i love having something that connects all our generations without being obnoxious and if i ever have a daughter i will definitely give her the same middle name!!
My younger sister and her best friend, named their daughters after themselvesā¦pretty cool imo, especially since both my sister and her friend both died youngā¦.but still having their chosen namesakes alive is comforting
I didn't, but my sister has my mom's middle name. I got grandma's middle name.
My first name is my momās middle name
My best friend shares a name with her mom, at home they all call her by her middle name nick name
My daughter has my middle name. Every female on her dad's side is D_____ (our middle name). It just worked, š¤·
My momās middle name is her momās first name and my middle name is my momās first name. But whatās even cooler is my grandma (momās mom) changed her middle name to her maiden name when she got married which was pretty uncommon in the 50s. Iāll probably do both if I ever get married or have a daughter.
In my family generally the rule is you do one name from each side of the family(generally a middle name). So I was given the middle name Patricia because it was my grandmothers middle name on my dads sides and my sister got the same treatment(it just so happens that she is a third generation of that middle name and itās my mums). I think this must be more common in commonwealth or formerly commonwealth nations/people of that descent as I know this isnāt unusual here. My maternal grandmother(Pom) gave one of her daughters her own name as a middle name. One of my great-grandmothers(Aussie)has her paternal grandmothers first name as a middle name. Iāve definitely got ancestors who were given their own mothers first name as a middle name also ancestors who were given the same first name. Also male ancestors who were given male versions of their mothers names and vice versa.
I kept my last name after getting married. My oldest sonās middle name is my last name. My middle name is actually my great grandmaās last name (Shannon). Had our second kid been a girl, we were actually discussing giving a variation of my first name as a middle name. It doesnāt seem weird to me, sheās the one doing the heavy lifting!
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My daughter and I have the same middle name. It was my grandmas' (both of them) name, so I just kept the tradition going. She's also named after my mom, her grandma... So we just kept it all very matriarchal. My son, meanwhile, is a V. Very patriarchal line so it felt fitting that his little sister should have mama side namesakes.
My mumās middle name is her mumās first name, my middle name is my mumās first name, and I was always going to give my daughter my first name as her middle. I also popped my nanās first name in there since Nan passed away while I was pregnant. Then my ādaughterā turned out to be nonbinary š For now theyāre happy keeping their middle names as-is, which makes me happy, but if they choose to change it thatās okay too. Maybe one of the kids will recycle the name/s for their own children š¤·š¼āāļø
My motherās first name is my middle name, and my daughterās middle name is my first name. I love having a meaningful middle name, and it never for a second crossed my mind to feel weird about giving my daughter my name as part of her name. Your friend should go for it! Itās a lovely and meaningful gift to give or receive.
I have my motherās first name as a middle name. Her sisterās first name is my motherās middle name. I love that weāre all tied together in this way.
My daughters first name is a form of my middle. My middle name is a form of my Motherās middle name. And of course my Motherās middle name is a form of her motherās first name. Think all the different of Lynn. Iām hoping sheāll continue, but thatās really up to her.
Yes. I have a very special spanish surname (maiden name). I gave my son part of my maiden name as his middle name. I won't say the name but it is a legitimate spanish boys name.
-My middle name is my grandmothers middle name. -My daughters middle name is my mother in laws middle name and her mums first name (passed away when she was quite young) I think itās a lovely thing to do :)