Do You Have a Middle Name?
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
United States
February 21, 2018 11:08am CST
Don't know why this popped into my head today but I was wondering how many people have a middle name. Do more people have one or don't have one?
My middle name is Anne and when my mom was mad at me she would call me by both first and middle name (Marilyn Anne) and I knew I was in big trouble.
My children all have middle names but my x-husband didn't have one.
All my grandchildren have middle names too.
Since my family loved to name things (including cars) it might seen unusual that both our dogs have middle names too.
Gizmo is Gizmo Godfrey and
Mush is Mush Marie
So that's my thoughts today. As you can see not much is rattling around in my head today 
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Feb 18
in the philippines, middle name means your mother's maiden name/family name. so if your mother's last name was marasigan before marrying your father, whose last name is carandang. your first/middle/last name will be in this order, for example, eloisa marasigan carandang.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
@Betxie1221 middle name in other countries mean second name to us.
for example, eloisa elena marasigan carandang.
first name/given name is eloisa, second name is elena, middle name is marasigan, surname/family name/last name is carandang.
if eloisa elena marries someone surnamed paterno, her new middle name will be carandang, surname paterno, so eloisa elena carandang paterno is her new complete/official full name.
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@Betxie1221 (469)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
maybe she means second name... i think...
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
21 Feb 18
Marie Louise? 
So you are indeed unique!
So you are indeed unique!1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
My x-husband was German and he didn't have a middle name nor did his siblings.
My mom's name was Mary Louise
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@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
21 Feb 18
@garymarsh6 Oh, no. This is not my name. My name is Marie-Luise. This is one name, Luise (no 'o') is not the middle name.
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@AmbiePam (85301)
• United States
21 Feb 18
My name is Amber Myree. Myree is pronounced like you would say Marie. Apparently, Myree, spelled that way, is a name that goes back a couple of generations on my dad's side. It was his mother's middle name as well. As far as I know, everyone in my family has a middle name. I always thought my dad's middle name was unusual: Fray.
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@AmbiePam (85301)
• United States
22 Feb 18
@Marilynda1225 I asked my grandmother how she decided to give my dad that middle name. She said there was a visiting preacher that she and my grandfather admired, and she figured it was just as good as any (My dad was their 15th child, so maybe they needed inspiration).
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
I like the spelling of you middle name Myree. It's different. Yes, I don't think I've ever heard of your dads middle name Fray before.
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@MarshaMusselman (38616)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Feb 18
I've run into both actual or given names and middle names that are unusual. One of the places where my mom resided a few years ago had a lady with a name similar to your dad's middle name. I can't remember exactly it was though. It may have been Foy, which I considered odd for a women's name too.
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@Juliaacv (48266)
• Canada
21 Feb 18
@Marilynda1225 Love that name, and spelt with the "e" is best! My Dad always had a way of slowing pronouncing each and every name of mine when he wanted my or anyone who was within earshot's attention. I loved that about him. And of course he choose my names.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Another thing we have in common (Anne) You certainly are blessed with three names!!
I've always had my name shortened to Ma or Mare
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Every person I've ever met has had a middle name, some even had two. I think it's weird to not have one. lol
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Guess we just assume people have a middle name and it's strange when they don't
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
21 Feb 18
I like to tell the story that we were so poor that we could only afford one name and so I have no middle name.
Anne is a nice name. I have two cousins and a few friends with that name.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
22 Feb 18
@MarshaMusselman I really don't know why I only have one name. Maybe it is not the custom where I lived to give more than one name. Why do they give a middle name?
I never thought about it. Both my daughters have a middle name. Maybe it is a custom only in some places.
@MarshaMusselman (38616)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Feb 18
That's pretty funny, Felix, on the reasoning behind only one name. Course, one never knows it could be that somewhere some culture/country might charge more to have more than one name recorded.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Feb 18
@Marilynda1225 Fredo,Freddie are the two.Some call me Al but this is not a nick name.Good night. Pleasant dreams
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
How about sharing some of those nicknames or can't they be repeated?
@1creekgirl (40423)
• United States
21 Feb 18
All my family and relatives have middle names. Here in the south, people are often called by both first and middle names. Never thought about giving our pets middle names, though.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
I didn't think it was common to give pets middle names but my family is a bit crazy
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
21 Feb 18
OH yes my middle name is David and like you I always knew when I was for it because they would use my proper name!!!
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Yup, you knew there was no fooling around when you heard the middle name used.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Beeny Benz is a perfect name for his car
My car is Wally P Ford (no middle name but he did get an initial)
My car is Wally P Ford (no middle name but he did get an initial) 1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
22 Feb 18
My father had three middle names (which was unusual I think)
My son has two middle names
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Feb 18
@Marilynda1225 You don't see too many with three. Was one (or two) sort of 'family' names handed down from generation to generation?
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
21 Feb 18
My middle name is Lea and I have a lot of my relatives call me by both names. My daughter has a hypenated name so she only has one name and my son has two middle names after his grandfathers.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Many of my relatives called me by both first and middle name until I got older and my aunt started calling me Marilynda and it stuck. I like the name Lea
My oldest daughter has a double first name and her sisters all have a middle name whereas my son has two middle names
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
21 Feb 18
I don't have a middle name and it is okay for me.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Not everyone needs a middle name
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@snowy22315 (169638)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Yes, I have one. Mine is Elaine. My sister had some cats who had middle names..Zoe Samantha and Tristan Sunshine.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
Elaine is a good name!
LOL at the cats with middle names (and great ones). I thought my family were the crazy ones to give pets middle names
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Feb 18
Caesar, Up My middle name is an Ape from Planet of the Apes and a Roman Emperor.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
22 Feb 18
I agree that the majority probably have middle names
@RasmaSandra (73229)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 18
Of course, I do. That is why I use RasmaSandra as my online name but I also have a third name Zane. It is a Latvian name pronounced differently than it would be pronounced in English. My parents named me Rasma Sandra Zane. Go figure.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
21 Feb 18
I like your name and Zane gives it a quality of uniqueness.
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