Middle Names

[Brad Goodman]

I feel sorry for cricketers with no middle name, they look so out of place on stats lists.

 

[zimma]

I have 2 biblical names... Usually leads to the line of "Oh do you come from a very religious family?", pscht only time I've stepped foot inside a church is weddings and primary school "religious education" where I got forced to.

 

[Fletch Pewterschmidt]

I was the 3rd boy. My parents were obviously running out of ideas. They (seriously - wtf) used the middle name of the doctor who delivered me. I mean, not totally random but... Anywho...flipping awesome, Geoffrey it is.

For our no.1, we went for a name we liked but not enough for a first name. It was a J, Jasmine and she's known as PJ.

Our no.2 got something we liked and thought was a little bit obscure; Oscar. Didn't have the kahunas to use it as his first name, so his middle name copped it.

 

[dales.girl38]

I don't have a middle name, my parents didn't want to name me or my brother after anybody and we have such a long/unique surname that we both got first syllable first names and no middle name. That's all well and good for my brother, but what if I marry someone with a two letter surname or something?

 

[Zach Package]

mines nic, not shortened from Nicholas, it's just nic.

it's so much cooler and snappier than my first name, which isn't bad in itself, but for some reason causes much misunderstanding, even though it's only 4 letters.

My first and middle name are taken from gramps and dad respectively, although my first name is a foreign translation.

 

[DardySingh360]

My middle name is the surname of a certain former hawthorn full forward. Don't know what my mum was thinking letting my hawks supporting father choose my middle name...

 

[wally funk]

Seems to me middle names are mostly used in identifying criminals in news stories. Having said that, I love my middle name - McKinnon.

 

[Quivorir]

Mine is my dads name.

This...I have 3 first names

 

[I bleed Blue]

Middle name also starts with a J.

 

[Cruyff14]

So many of you are Joe's or John's

 

[I bleed Blue]

This...I have 3 first names

Can't trust a man with 2 first names....

Having 3 first names is on a whole other level though. Don't know if I can ever trust you again Quiv

 

[I bleed Blue]

So many of you are Joe's or John's

Actually, my middle name is James

 

[Cruyff14]

Actually, my middle name is James

That would have been my other addition too.

Good name.

 

[LANGFORDandSON]

Mine is my Dad's, as is his. Neither start with J (my first name does though).

Same here exactly.

 

[Selective Retention]

Another J signing in.

 

[Quivorir]

Can't trust a man with 2 first names....

Having 3 first names is on a whole other level though. Don't know if I can ever trust you again Quiv

Just realised my brother has 4. One also happens to start with a J

 

[Upgrayedd]

Two middle names

 

[Roobs321]

My original male middle name was James.

James is a decent middle name, goes well with practically anything.

 

[Gough]

I'm a James, as was my old man, and his before him.

 

[Password is Taco]

My first name starts with J, so no J middle name. No one in my family has a J middle name. I have an A, my aunty's middle name.

 

[Caesar]

Our family seems to use middle names as a way to carry on family names without lumbering the child with an outdated moniker for day-to-day use. Common names in our family include Basil, Heather, Valentine, Herbert, Cecila and Patricia. I'll be damned if I'm calling my kids any of those, but I'll probably give them one as a middle name to keep everyone happy.

I went to high school with a guy who had the same first, middle and last names as I did. Caused no end of problems.

 

[Tulip]

I've always thought they had a place, notable example being the two Josh Kennedy's.

With Paul Roos having created a ground breaking system of telling them apart (JOEY Kennedy!), I now see them as obsolete.

Seriously though, I think they're good for honouring late parents or grandparents.

 

[Tulip]

Our family seems to use middle names as a way to carry on family names without lumbering the child with an outdated moniker for day-to-day use. Common names in our family include Basil, Heather, Valentine, Herbert, Cecila and Patricia. I'll be damned if I'm calling my kids any of those, but I'll probably give them one as a middle name to keep everyone happy.

I went to high school with a guy who had the same first, middle and last names as I did. Caused no end of problems.

Are you actually royalty

 

[Caesar]

Hardly. 100 years ago everybody had names like that. Just for some reason our family is rather unimaginative in naming their kids, so they kept them.

My dad named me after his father, who named him after his father, who named him after his father... and so forth, for time immemorial. If my wife doesn't like my dad's name, I am going to be in a rather awkward position.

 

[I bleed Blue]

Hardly. 100 years ago everybody had names like that. Just for some reason our family is rather unimaginative in naming their kids, so they kept them.

My dad named me after his father, who named him after his father, who named him after his father... and so forth, for time immemorial. If my wife doesn't like my dad's name, I am going to be in a rather awkward position.

Soooo what your saying is, your great, great, great (etc) grandfather, was Caesar?