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I have 2 middle names. Violet and Ellen. Violet after my Mum and grandmother and Ellen after my Dad's Mum and his grandmother. When I was at school I used to hate them and would never tell anybody. Now having researched the family I am proud of the names. Sometimes when people as what the V stands for I say Violent or Valentine according to the mood I am in Shirley

my favourite are my childrens middle names, daughter Elouise, after an 80s song my elouise, sons Byron, he doesnt like it, i wanted it as a first name but hubby suggested different first name, i liked byron when i was in my teens but then my hubby was in a place called byron heights when we first new each other, on telling my son he said ' thank god he wasnt in stanley on the falklands'! hmmm i think he could be a comedian.

hi all My daughter Paige,s middle name is Francesca which is after my dad Frank whom passed away just before she was born. tracy

Mine is Langley which was my mother's maiden name. My eldest son has to live with Adam Bruce James which are the names of his two grandfathers and the grandaddy of us all.

so glad my mum never gave me her first name Ethel i got her second name instead ,my second name Joyce came from my grandmother who had a little girl called Joyce but she died at 3months old her second name was Louisa which i would have prefered Margaret

my middle name is ann after my nan (annie) my sons name is mark after my brother and my daughter is eleanor poppy after well no one. i do like daisy and rosannah bel for girls name not sure on boys louise

Hi Russel My full name is Elaine Barbara. Apparently after a cousin Barbara Elaine who lives in Australia. Still dont know what branch of the family she is though... My little girls name is Connie Mae. I diddn't want to spell it may. Someone I once knew had a daughter Ellie Mae . My sons name is Kyle David,...David after David Bowie...only Joking....after my hubby David...LOL ! Elaine x

My parents were going to call me Michelle, then the beatles hit the charts with their song and Mum got fed up with everyone thinking that was why they picked it, so they chose a christian name they thought was really different....Yvette, but it made middle names awkward so they added Anne. Well they got that one right!! I hated my name growing up as i had an odd surname as well. As a result i was determined to give my children 'normal' names, however i really loved the name Rhian, so compromised by making it a middle name for my daughter, and her first name is Gemma after one of my favourite books as a child, then the world went mad for the name Gemma and everyone started using it. She is always telling me she wishes i had called her Rhian as a first name...so i guess parents will never get it right lol. My sons middle names are son No1 Robert after his father, and son No2 Edward Geoffrey after my much loved Grandad and my husbands father, both who sadly never met their namesakes. Since getting into genealogy i have found that Edward has figured in my grandads family for many generations. So a wise choice? No doubt he will have his own opinion in years to come!! Yvette

hi all mine is gwendoline, my mothers name and grandmothers middle name sandra

Hi Everyone, How about this one. My daughters middle name is ernestine,named after her grandmother. My granddaughter is Amelia,both of these name are very old. My middle name is Elizabeth,we call this the family name. Carrying on the family tradition.After Greatgrandmother,Grandmother,Mother. Other family names,are Joseph,Jack,Charles,Lauren,May, Sophie. regards trish

I haven't got one but i have traced, Sidney, Oscar and Foakes

My Dad wanted to call me Kathleen but my Mum had other ideas so Kathleen became a middle name - so my Dad could sing, 'I'll Bring You Home Again Kathleen', to me at every opportunity! When I was very young I promised myself I would call any daughter after my Grandmother and I did - Rosina is her middle name. Being a keen genealogist I also gave her a double barrelled name containing my maiden name as blokes are a bit short in our family!

My middle name is Patricia because my dad apparently liked it. My christian name, Aileen, was chosen by my mum who said she knew a really nice person with the same name!! I have been called Eileen, Elaine and everything else by people over the years but most say they still haven't heard of it and rarely can spell it! Aileenx

Sadly I don't have any family history to my name at all, none of my sisters do either. Chloe Amy. Boring! They heard the name 'Chloe' from a girl who lived down the road. Haven't a clue why it was Amy, my eldest sister wanted me to be called Chloe Sue.... great name! Thanks!! LOL When I have my kids, I will be sticking to family names, most of the time. My two grandmothers, Lily and Grace. I want to use those names. Don't fancy their middle names... (Bertha and Muriel!) LOL. I quite like Lily-Grace. As for a boy, Jakob, after my great grandfather, I want to keep the spelling too!

hi my middle name is emily it was my grandma's name when i was at school i hated it i always wanted to be called phillis! tina xx by the way im in monk bretton where abouts are you?

My middle name is Gale, spelt that way as it was my mums mailden name. i hated it when i was young but am quite proud of it now , specially since i started doing my tree.

All of which goes to show that girls should get to choose their own names, and change them with the season....boys don't give a damn. Evidence? Wife #1 couldn't make up her mind about anything and was laid out exhausted after the event, still clutching the shortlist of possible names for our new daughter and worrying about choices. So, I wrote the lot on new daughter's toe tag on the assumption that the little one would eventually make her own choices. Of course she hated them all, and made up her own at age 3, which has stuck with her for 18 years. Wife #2 had 2 boys, much to her chagrin, where we used the one syllable, 3 letter theory because its easier to shout.I'm not sure they know their middle names...or care. John in Aus

My middle name is Roger, not the trendiest name in the world to have when you're growing up! My mother's cousin is called Roger, so that could be where that came from. My brother's is Antony (no letter 'h'), but that came about as I had a mate at school with that name, and my parents liked it. As for my parents, well my mother's is Mary (probably derived from my grandmother's name) but more interestingly, my father's is Beacher! His father's middle name was Beecher, but have no idea where that sprang from and have no-one else in my tree with any connection to that name.

My middle name is Maree after Loch Maree in Scotland! Considering they thought sure I was a boy and my name was chosen as Gordon I'm quite pleased with it really. My two are Andrew John (Andrew after his dad and John after an uncle of mine who died). We call him Drew which I like. and Rebecca Mary (Mary being my mums name and my mum-in-laws middle name). Unfortunately as our surname is Bacon, she is known as Becky Bacon ARGGH!! Lord forbid she ever has to wear glasses...... Names I wish I had chosen are Elliot, Robbie, Joe Girls (now that I've started the searching - Emily, Rachel, Claudia, Annabel. Most of my cousins have already pinched these for their kids. Pamela Maree

got mine from birth mother, my mum and dad thought it would be right thing to do but i hate it