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We have first, middle, and of course last name set for our little boy. My hubby wants to add in his grandfathers name just because. I'm not completely against it, even though I don't like the name. But I just don't see the the purpose When do you ever use four names? We would essentially still have to choose one of the middle names for him to go by on documents, right?
Newest First. I know lots of people have 4 names! I'm not sure if they only have to use 3 on documents though LeyLou, I personally don't care for two middle names. I just think it's way too much! Also I work at a bank and our system only allows for one middle name so u would end up having to go by the first middle name in those types of situations.
LeyLou, Our son has 2 middle names. We both wanted to use our grandfather's names so we did both instead of leaving one out. He is Kellen Richard Walter H. LeyLou, My little one will also have two middle names. If you want to have two or three or four go for it. Surname is Faygan spelled without the y. So far we seem to be doing okay with naming discussions.
Nobody has a hill to die on, YET. My surname is G0dl3y but obviously spelled with letters instead of numbers. Niall did agree to having G0dl3y be a middle name for this child and any others we may have. I have a whole list of potential middle names. What I want to know is, logistically and legally speaking, what is the maximum number of middle names a person can have?
Why, though? Who cares? I like middle names. But I digress. So, anyway. Where do I write multiple middle names? Do I have to do something extra in order to add extra names? I used to think it would make an awesome first name for a boy, but after living in SF it just seems to give off too much of a stonery or pottheadsih vibe. Amethyst- from one of my favorite books, The Ordinary Princess. So then I jokingly suggested Rainbow, which I really do like.
Somebody come with me on this. I did not know the answer to this. Typically the comments section of a name blog is and should be filled with opinions, but what is needed here is a gear-change into FACTS.
Here are the facts I have so far:. Birth certificates and their application forms vary by state. Each state has their own way of doing it. This drives me crazy. Not a whole lot of space.
I think you could squeeze four middle names in there if you wrote small. Some states have their forms available online, to be partially filled out ahead of time.
This seems like a great idea if you want to practice writing tiny. Also, I vote that your husband be put in charge of being firm yet charming with any clerk who proves stubborn.
Maybe just print the first one? Maybe print as many letters as will fit in the field? This also applies to suffixes such as Jr.
This means that the government takes no official stance on how many middle names your child may have. This is a little odd coming from an entity that cares what color pen you use to fill out the forms, but okay. On the page I just linked to, it literally says that it does not matter if the middle name s or suffix es are incorrect or omitted on government forms and cards.
It may matter to the bank, or it may matter to a particular government clerk who mistakenly thinks it matters, but it does not matter to the government itself. So no, the child will not have to use all middle names on all forms, though he or she is very likely to regularly run into problems with people who think consistency IS required.
In the early stages of this research, while still bogged down in sites full of people saying what they THOUGHT about multiple middle names, I asked Paul to help me figure out how to figure this out.
He found two interesting things to contribute:. So she must have found a way to fill out the form. His name are you ready for it? Niall and I had agreed on the first name Tiernan a couple of months before his birth, but managed to keep it a secret until he was born we had to make SURE that was his name once we got a look at him on the outside.
Well this is really a shock. I have two middle names, as I have been told my whole life, and I have never questioned this for a second but have also suddenly realized that I have never been provided with a single, standard way to represent these two names on forms, etc. Mind blown! My husband has 2 middle names. Born in a different country than the US.
Alright, so she has 5 middle names…28 letters in all, not counting the spaces. Still not sure how it got handled paperwork-wise though, or if anything has changed since things have gotten more computerized. Middle names are literally meaningless? My brother was upset for a period of time when he had to pick because there was only space for one. We also accidentally did the same starting initial of the middle names for our first born, so we consciously continued that so that it could work as a stand in for both on those forms that simply want a middle initial.
You could always do a double first name in order to get some of the names listed and have the effect of two middle names. About a week later, the trouble started. Next, the hospital sent us two bills for his birth, one with the first half of his last name, the other with the second. By the time he turned one, we had encountered issues with almost every major institution we interacted with.
Three years later, when our second son came along, we moaned and groaned in anticipation of another hyphenated name.
Motherhood had introduced all kinds of other unexpected things into my life extended breastfeeding and doing elaborate song-and-dance routines to get my kids to eat vegetables , so I felt more comfortable doing something a bit unconventional as long as I felt it was best for my kids.
For example, the Helling-Coleman brothers become the Hellman brothers. Why my two children have different last names The new name felt both fresh and grounded in their history. Explaining the change to others was more of a challenge—we definitely ruffled some feathers. Once the legal name change was complete, most of the opposition quieted down.
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