Middle names?

CH27

lulu_92 wrote: »

Look, I've tried my best.

His mum asked me why we weren't going to get married in a Catholic church because of his roots (he never goes to church!) and I said that in that case we were going to get married in a Mosque because of mine :rotfl: and that soon shut her up!

I don't mind the Irish first names at all. I've always liked the name Niamh. I think there are some beautiful Pakistani names that would be perfect as middle names and go beautifully with the first names but it's finding ones that OH is okay with - he wants more traditional names but is okay with some of the girl names. It's when I get to boys names he starts shaking his head!

I think he thinks that they're going to be more Irish because he's 1/2 Irish and I'm 1/4 Pakistani, which genetically I think both heritages are equally important. I don't want my kids to not know about their background once my grandfather isn't around.

:eek:
I don't like the sound of this.

peachyprice

Mine all have two middle names each, and despite as suggested above, they DO get used!

No.1 son has chosen name, my Nan's surname (as it's also a male first name), paternal grandmother's surname, surname

No.2 son has chosen name, my Dad's name, paternal grandmothers surname, surname

Daughter has chosen name, my/OH's Aunts name, my Nan's name, surname.

They all really like their names, none were chosen because they were in fashion, they like having two middle names and like the reasons for choosing them.

I have one middle name, which I absolutely hate, it bears no relation to any relative and was only chosen because it was very popular at the time, unlike my first name which was a family name and quite unusual. Thank goodness they didn't do it the other way around!

pollypenny

OH doesn't have a middle name and it means his name somehow lacks rhythm.

DS now uses his middle name, as living his the USA, his Welsh first name was causing pronunciation problems.

Lulu, I'm sure you will find names you both like.

LandyAndy

peachyprice wrote: »

Mine all have two middle names each, and despite as suggested above, they DO get used!

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So do mine. The middle ones were chosen for how they sounded together more than anything else though.

suejb2

You say your O.H is Catholic and considering you are T.T.C.This idea will be a fair few years away but if confirmed they will need another middle (confirmation) name ,let your O.H have his say in this name and you choose their "first" middle name now.




After reading the O.P no where has she said her O.H is Catholic I apologise on assuming this.I can only blame my lack of caffeine this morning.Sorry

jackieblack

We gave our DD my maiden name (which is a girls's first name anyway) as a middle name. She loves it and says it makes her feel more 'connected' to my side of the family to have both maternal and paternal family names included her name.

Spendless

Twice I've had identification mistakes due to officials thinking I was someone else of the same name, once by a midwife, my first name shot into the top 3 names 10 years after I was born, but my surname whilst not unusual is not that common. Ok you can get round that by giving date of birth or address, something that probably should have been asked but these aren't something you normally announce, whereas you can reply with first middle and surnames when asked your name. Obviously it wouldn't have worked if we'd shared the same middle name too.

Whilst son's middle name was no issue, it's the same as his dads. I struggled with DD's. We have a short one syllable surname so lots of girls names that contain the same letter don't sound correct, and her chosen first name ends ie and so many girl names end either this way or with a y and they couldn't be put with it either. I even asked another woman who already had a daughter called the same name I'd chosen what her middle name was, as I was going to steal.:rotfl:

Spendless

Ok, thread moved on whilst I was typing. It might be a bit of a tall order to find an Pakistani name that is also commonly found amongst the Irish or vice versa but why not have a flick through.

http://www.behindthename.com/

MrsC....tobe

19lottie82 wrote: »

My initials spell CAC............ not the best! :rotfl:

That was initials for one of our choices! Now it's CIC for a joy and AJAC for a girl! We've used grandparents names for middle names.

Faith177

My middle name is Lesley it's a name used on both sides of our family. On my dad's side it was my dad and my grandad's middle name on my mum's side it was my grandad's first name and aunt's middle

I have never been overly keen on it but I think if I have children then it's a tradition that I would like to continue.

My brother has 1 name on his birth cert but has 2 middle names on everything else. His "official" only middle name was after my mums cousin Mark who died very young. His second name Martyn was added at his Christening. This was my dad's first name he was killed in an accident when my brother was 9 months old.

As others have said have a look at names in your family might be something in there that takes your fancy