Middle names?

[lotheryn]

I have a question... Why are middle names so important? I don't have one... no-one in my family has one.

Just want to know... is it unusual to NOT give your child a middle name? Just picking one name is hard enough.

And we are not likely to use any of our parents/grandparents names...

[AuroraK]

I don't have one and the family don't have one. I rekon they are a hassle I couldn't handle 3 or 4 names mines long enough!

[AuroraK]

Lotheryn I think they use to be important like 50 years ago

[lotheryn]

hooray! Good! I was hoping that I wasn't a weirdo! Everyone seems so shocked that I don't have a middle name!

[Opinionated]

In my family, it is customary to give the mothers maiden name as a middle name. It's a way of keeping the name going.

[Leeee]

i see them as being a good way of remembering important family members, family names etc. i often wonder why people give their kids middle names if it's not for that purpose. not judge, just wonder.
but no, they're certainly not 'essential'.

[Hollywood]

DS doesn't have a middle name, neither does his dad or grandfather, so we're keeping up that tradition on my ex's side.

I don't think they're important, it's just a name used in forms occasionally. I get that they are used to keep family names going and all that, but they seem pretty superfluous to me.

[A's Mummy]

We didn't give DD one, I don't have one either Never bothered me.

[hales83]

They're not essential. My dad and my uncles don't have one. Mum and dad gave my brother and I a middle name though. I love middle names. My kids will have middle names. DH has two middle names lol.

[A mothers love]

I have one and two out of six kids (brothers and sisters) have them dd has 2 my nans middle name (pearl) and my surname so that she has a part of me lol no reason but so she belongs to all of us