I grew up with two middles, both honor names for my grandmothers. Unless I brought it up middle names were hardly ever thought of and no one would know I had two unless I told them. Most birth announcements around me in the Midwest seem to have two middles.
If it works well with your surname, then go with it. That said, I think that your picks work very well with each other. We gave both our kids 2 middles, mostly because we believe that names have to do with the character of a person, so we wanted to express these positive things into their very identities. Paperwork has thus far not been an issue. As I got older and started doing my own stuff I added in both or neither depending on what the forms were. She asked for my full name and DOB for the tickets.
However, the airline squished my first three names together, leaving my last name separate. Then I got married. So, we ended up both changing our last names to mine plus his without a hyphen. It took up two lines on my drivers license, and was a major hassle and confusion for everyone. We ended up legally changing our names a couple years later- I eliminated my two middle names and put my maiden name in the middle to simplify it.
Kids with two middle names, and thus three names, might feel a sense of importance. They aren't just Mark or Sarah or Alex but have other names with that too. And they can choose to cite their full name when they want, or just stick with their first and last name when they don't.
They have to option as well to tell a story behind each of the names. And delivering a name that is long and storied simply makes you feel important and unmistakable. Having to recite several names is a mouthful that can get old pretty quickly. It takes more time and effort unnecessarily. Although, let's face it, it can be fun to call a child by all of their many names when they have done something wrong and are about to get into serious trouble!
But really, one middle name will do in such cases. Two middle names might seem a little excessive. The name won't roll off the tongue like others and the child may grow to resent their lengthy name. Often times the decision to give a child two middle names is because they are honoring important people, like grandparents or great grandparents. Having two middle names allows both parents to include an homage to someone special in their family and carry on a family name.
Maybe mom wants to give the child her great-grandfather's name, for example, but dad also wants to honor his cousin who recently passed away. Having two middle names means you can give the child the name you agreed on but still have a piece of both families in there as well. Why did you have to pick such a complicated name? Chances are you'll hear this more than once, or comments like "wow, that's a mouthful!
Both adults and kids can be cruel , and your child might end up being the butt of jokes because of his long name. Keep things simple to avoid any conflict or questioning.
We don't want to make anything harder on the child than it should be. Any experience with this??? My daughter has two middle names. I lived in Hawaii when my daughter was born and wanted to give her a Hawaiian middle name and a regular English one.
It sounds pretty when we say it, but her ss card has 2 lines. I have two middle names. I end up just using the first one usually because theres not enough room. As a child it was confusing because I didnt know if i was supposed to put one or both.
Its a nice thought because they both have meaning to me My sister has 2 middle names and it is horrible for legal documents. Her social security number always has issues because she uses both legal names on her college paperwork and act scores so they can't link the 2 to each other since her SS card only has room for 2 names. Plus when she got married it added to the mess.
She has also had trouble getting a drivers liscence and confusion with her passport. I have two first names and a middle name. People always got confused because they thought the second part of my first name was my middle name. I never had a problem with having two first names, my ID and other legal documents are just really long :.
My whole family has two middle names, tradition on my fathers side. It's fine, do what you like! If they have to make the social security card two lines, they will. Mine is!
Same with drivers license and birth certificate. This is my first, and I've already put my foot down with my husband that this kiddo will have two middle names just like mama. Do you! My name is Megan Ann-Marie Arnett. And for the record, I loved having a hyphen in my name growing up, I thought it was so cool. Lol Buuut, there was no possibility of hyphenating when I got married because of it though.
From a teachers perspective, it makes it really hard to know the difference between first and multiple middle or last names. I would just make it clear when you enroll you child in school what you'd like them to be called. But really it's your choice ; They won't be in school forever!
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