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Yes, according to this article, tomorrow is Middle Name Pride Day. After seeing some of the middle names some people have been saddled with, I don't feel so bad about mine, as old-fashioned as it is. My middle name is Louise - neither bad, nor uncommon; is yours odd, crazy, something you'd rather forget or do you, like some people, go by your middle name because your first name just sucks?

http://www.asylum.com/2009/03/05/the-15-weirdest-middle-names-awesomely-freakish-monikers/

Alan. It's the masculine version of my mothers first name (Alice), and the spelling is evidently taken from Alan Alda

I absolutely hate my first name with a passion. I hate it to the point that I never put it down when I got married. I used just my middle name and my husband's last name. I love my middle name. It's short and it doesn't have any god connotations to it.

Francis. I suppose it makes my full name sound better, when I use the initial instead, but I'm no fan. At the very least, I'm glad it isn't an ordinary, nondescript middle name, like Frank.:D

I think #3 and #2 on that list is fake.

As for me though, my middle name is Andrew, which is ok.

Francis. I suppose it makes my full name sound better, when I use the initial instead, but I'm no fan. At the very least, I'm glad it isn't an ordinary, nondescript middle name, like Frank.:D

I actually wouldn't mind Frank for my first name. Due to my speech impediment I can't pronounce my first name. :(

My middle name is Part IV: The Reckoning.
It could be worse, my father's middle name is Part III: In Space. His father before him was Part II: The Return.

And before anyone decides to act like their clever by pointing out that Part IV: The Reckoning doesn't start with an N, H N is my first name.

I actually wouldn't mind Frank for my first name. Due to my speech impediment I can't pronounce my first name. :(

I would mind having Frank as any part of my name. So... I don't know, not common, but plain. And I imagine that your impediment would make introducing yourself hard.

"Hello, my name is *indistinct mumbling*"
"Hmm?"
"MY name is *more indistinct mumbling*"
"Speak up, I can't hear you name!"
"My name is *Very loud mumbling*!!"

Jokes aside, I feel sorry for you.:(

I would mind having Frank as any part of my name. So... I don't know, not common, but plain. And I imagine that your impediment would make introducing yourself hard.

"Hello, my name is *indistinct mumbling*"
"Hmm?"
"MY name is *more indistinct mumbling*"
"Speak up, I can't hear you name!"
"My name is *Very loud mumbling*!!"

Jokes aside, I feel sorry for you.:(

Well it's not that they can't understand me, I just have problems with the S sound. So they either think I'm Tom, or John, etc.

I have two middle names. Anthony and Luke. This makes my initials BALD.

Well it's not that they can't understand me, I just have problems with the S sound. So they either think I'm Tom, or John, etc.

Muhahahahahaha! I now know what your first name is! *stalks*

I have two middle names. Anthony and Luke. This makes my initials BALD.

My husband and I share the same initials: BD.

I wish my middle name was "Oh my god! It's everywhere! In every orifice!"

Unfortunately, I didn't get to pick it. :(

Muhahahahahaha! I now know what your first name is! *stalks*

Let's hope you like seeing my tree and two boulders in the morning then.

I have a cousin who initials are D.A.M.N :p

As for me I put w.s down before my last name and after the first on everything I have to sign as a little trademark if you will because when my clasmates would signed their names using fancy stars and writing I won't have anything intresting. So that is what I did.

Let's hope you like seeing my tree and two boulders in the morning then.

:eek:

My husband and I share the same initials: BD.

Admittedly my birth certificate indicates my initials to be BAD, but changed it to be BALD (and took on the name Luke) after my brother died at birth.

Admittedly my birth certificate indicates my initials to be BAD, but changed it to be BALD (and took on the name Luke) after my brother died at birth.

Ouch.

Still... at least it doesn't spell MAP.

I think #3 and #2 on that list is fake.

Nope (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3369609/Teenager-changes-name-to-Captain-Fantastic.html) and nope (http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nicholas_Barbon).

Both real.

Admittedly my birth certificate indicates my initials to be BAD, but changed it to be BALD (and took on the name Luke) after my brother died at birth.

Wow, one ironic name after another huh? :)

As for my middle name, its nothing special, although my first name is kinda interesting.

Ouch.

Still... at least it doesn't spell MAP.

I quite like my initials. Makes for an interesting talking point :)

Nope (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3369609/Teenager-changes-name-to-Captain-Fantastic.html) and nope (http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nicholas_Barbon).

Both real.

So the kid changed his own name....yea see THIS is why we don't let them vote till they're 18 but seeing how the kid is 19....Maybe 21?

Hmm, what do y'all think of the name Robert, or Bobby?

So the kid changed his own name....yea see THIS is why we don't let them vote till they're 18.

Hmm, what do y'all think of the name Robert, or Bobby?

He's 19 ;)

EDIT: Damn your fast edit.

So the kid changed his own name....yea see THIS is why we don't let them vote till they're 18 but seeing how the kid is 19....Maybe 21?

Hmm, what do y'all think of the name Robert, or Bobby?

Plain, and plain. Not embarrassing at least.

Plain, and plain. Not embarrassing at least.

Hmm, I wouldn't mind changing it to Merovingian. Yes I am this big of a Matrix geek. Sue me.

Hmm, I wouldn't mind changing it to Merovingian. Yes I am this big of a Matrix geek. Sue me.

Hey, TCT! Come here a minute!:p

Nope (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3369609/Teenager-changes-name-to-Captain-Fantastic.html) and nope (http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nicholas_Barbon).

Both real.
Based upon his picture, and the caption beneath it, I have decided that if I ever meet Captain Fantastic, I am going to knock him on his idiotic ass and start hitting him. I'm not sure when, or if, I'm going to stop hitting him. It will be a lot of hitting, is what I am saying.
A whole lot of hitting. Probably a little bit of kicking, and maybe some eye gouging too.

Based upon his picture, and the caption beneath it, I have decided that if I ever meet Captain Fantastic, I am going to knock him on his idiotic ass and start hitting him. I'm not sure when, or if, I'm going to stop hitting him. It will be a lot of hitting, is what I am saying.
A whole lot of hitting. Probably a little bit of kicking, and maybe some eye gouging too.

Jealousy?

Based upon his picture, and the caption beneath it, I have decided that if I ever meet Captain Fantastic, I am going to knock him on his idiotic ass and start hitting him. I'm not sure when, or if, I'm going to stop hitting him. It will be a lot of hitting, is what I am saying.
A whole lot of hitting. Probably a little bit of kicking, and maybe some eye gouging too.

And you claim I play the role of "internet tough guy." Ha!

And you claim I play the role of "internet tough guy." Ha!

He plays the role of 'Drunken Internet Psycho'.

As long as my title of NSG's Misanthropic King is secured, I don't care what y'all are.

Hmm, what do y'all think of the name Robert, or Bobby?

Robert is alright but Bobby uhh ehh hmm well it just sounds very middle class and American. As fpr my middle name it is Edward

Robert is alright but Bobby uhh ehh hmm well it just sounds very middle class and American. As fpr my middle name it is Edward

Edward isn't too bad... Bobby sounds very backwoods-y.

As long as my title of NSG's Misanthropic King is secured, I don't care what y'all are.

there's a certain amount of irony to this.

And by "certain amount" I mean "a lot"

Jealousy?
I am enraged by his sense of whimsy.
And you claim I play the role of "internet tough guy." Ha!
I am the name police.
He plays the role of 'Drunken Internet Psycho'.
MY ATTITUDES AND INTOLERANCES WILL BE RESPECTED!

I'm a fan of using the maiden name of mothers as last names. It seems very dignified.
If not that, then "The." It would be especially good if the child had an occupational last name, like "Frank The Smith," or "Lewis The Cartwright," or "Bob The Builder." Okay, maybe not the last one, but the rest would be cool.

I'm a fan of using the maiden name of mothers as last names. It seems very dignified.
If not that, then "The." It would be especially good if the child had an occupational last name, like "Frank The Smith," or "Lewis The Cartwright," or "Bob The Builder." Okay, maybe not the last one, but the rest would be cool.

My surname means "vexed", "angry" or "depressed" in ancient Scottish Gaelic. I'd rather not be known as Brett the Depressed.

I'm a fan of using the maiden name of mothers as last names. It seems very dignified.

That only applies under certain circumstances, viz. not mine.

My middle name came from my old man trying to suck up to his brigade commander by using his last name. Don't care for it and only use the first letter......

I'm a fan of using the maiden name of mothers as last names. It seems very dignified.
If not that, then "The." It would be especially good if the child had an occupational last name, like "Frank The Smith," or "Lewis The Cartwright," or "Bob The Builder." Okay, maybe not the last one, but the rest would be cool.

Mmmmm, no. I don't think I want to be named for a pickle. As to the other, I would be (first name) the (name of tree).

No, doesn't work.

All my names sound foreign. Well, maybe not my middle name. My middle name is Sebastian. And my first name is Kiril.

My middle name is Alana, but I often spell it Alanna because I prefer it spelt that way. I love it, though.

Nope (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3369609/Teenager-changes-name-to-Captain-Fantastic.html) and nope (http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nicholas_Barbon).

Both real.

To add some context, Nicholas Barbon's father was Praise-God Barebone [note different spelling], a radical Fifth Monarchist, and the man after whom Barebone's Parliament - the body set up by Oliver Cromwell after the dissolution of the Rump Parliament - was named.

The Fifth Monarchists were a Puritan group that believed that Jesus would return in 1666 to rule the world to inaugurate His thousand year kingdom on earth. The four previous monarchies in their reckoning were the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman.

They were active in Parliamentary circles during the English Civil War. They eventually collapsed when, following the restoration of Charles II, one of their leaders (though not Praise-God, who had been arrested for treason following the Restoration) attempted to gain control of London in the name of 'King Jesus' - at the head of only 50 followers.

All of which sort of explains how Nicholas ended up with the name 'Nicholas Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon'

I hate my middle name with a passion. It's Arthur. My family has a stupid tradition that every middle name has to start with an A. Making me TAP and my brothers MAP and CAP, my mother's is SAP. I only ever use my initials when I have to, and none of my name is used as my signature.

I would mind having Frank as any part of my name.

Then from now on, we'll call you Frank F(ranklin) Frankson the Frank. :D

I have two middle names, one quite popular, the other almost archaic.
I like them both though.
My first name was of my fathers choosing, and though not unusual, somewhat rare.
My first middle name is the popular one, and the one my mother initially wanted to name me. It was so popular in fact, that from 1-6 grade, I had three other people with that name in my class alone.
My second middle name is after my father´s father.
And I have had two last names all in all, being born out of wedlock and all.
The first was from my mothers side, a very rare and unusual version of a very common last name.
And my present one, a very common last name. So common that 4 families in my neighborhood share it.

I've always gone by my middle name, until I got into the military, where it became more difficult because both of my names are apparently a bit hard for people. My first name is simpler, so I don't really correct anyone.

My middle name is William, it rounds out the rest of my name very nicely according to anyone who knows my full name.

My middle name is Matthew; my first name is also found in the bible. Man, talk about plain. Thanks Mom.

If I were Dido I wouldn't even bothered with a new monicure, dropped my first and last name, and just gone with Cloud De Bounevialle.

I also no longer trust Harry "S." Truman. What that hell was he trying to hide?

Otherwise some of these parents are just crule.

I didn't like my old middle name any more than the rest of it. As well as the obvious reasons why, it sounded a bit posh and my school insisted on putting middle names on timetables, reports etc, so everyone would take the piss when they were handed out. But I got to change it, so...yay?

I don't even have a middle name. No need for it, either. I like my name.

Robert is alright but Bobby uhh ehh hmm well it just sounds very middle class and American. As fpr my middle name it is Edward

Ned it is then.

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My middle name is William, it rounds out the rest of my name very nicely according to anyone who knows my full name.

William William Williams. I tells ya three times ...

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Mine is Julius. That's the price you pay for being a Caesar.

William William Williams. I tells ya three times ...


I prefer to go by Billy William (Or Billiy Willy on the local scat scene) and my last name is Williamson, not Williams. Billy William Williamson.

Actually thats not even close to my name :p.

My middle name is Danger

I prefer to go by Billy William (Or Billiy Willy on the local scat scene) and my last name is Williamson, not Williams. Billy William Williamson.

Actually thats not even close to my name :p.

Your parents just kept adding more words, and at the bottom of your birth certificate it says "see attached" but there isn't anything attached.

It's almost like being an orphan. You ask them about it, but they can't remember. Except something about all their friends being there and someone had a video camera ...

My middle name is Danger

Dessicant Danger Do not Eat.

Your parents just kept adding more words, and at the bottom of your birth certificate it says "see attached" but there isn't anything attached.

It's almost like being an orphan. You ask them about it, but they can't remember. Except something about all their friends being there and someone had a video camera ...

I got the typical first last and middle name style I assure you.

I have never met anyone who shares the then-middle, now-first name I use.

Go here (http://www.behindthename.com/name/bianca) to find out my name and the meaning of... if you dare.

Now that I think of it I have a freind from NS who successfully guessed my full name with just my initials... I wonder if anyone else could accomplish that feat....

I have never met anyone who shares the then-middle, now-first name I use.

Go here (http://www.behindthename.com/name/bianca) to find out my name and the meaning of... if you dare.
Some traps are just too obvious. ;)

I ended up with Andrew. Why, we do not know. My father gave it to me and no one ever got around asking him where he got it from. However, due to my first and last names, my initials end up spelling out the first three letters of my first name. I always wanted to know if my dad planned it that way or it just happened.

I got the typical first last and middle name style I assure you.

"William" is at least versatile. Not as much as "Robert" perhaps, or "Elizabeth."

I feel particularly sad for those dubbed with a one syllable name, like Beau or Tod. Poor sods.

I have never met anyone who shares the then-middle, now-first name I use.

Yanker it is then.

I have never met anyone who shares the then-middle, now-first name I use.

Go here (http://www.behindthename.com/name/bianca) to find out my name and the meaning of... if you dare.

I have, we "dated" in High School. Actually what we did was go to school functions together from time to time to keep people from bothering us.

The origin of my short form first name is often mistaken to be anthos.
My first middle name is the Scandinavian version of the name of the patron of soldiers.
The second middle name is the Scandinavian version of the first inventor of the submarine.

Yes, according to this article, tomorrow is Middle Name Pride Day. After seeing some of the middle names some people have been saddled with, I don't feel so bad about mine, as old-fashioned as it is. My middle name is Louise - neither bad, nor uncommon; is yours odd, crazy, something you'd rather forget or do you, like some people, go by your middle name because your first name just sucks?

http://www.asylum.com/2009/03/05/the-15-weirdest-middle-names-awesomely-freakish-monikers/


My middle name is Michael. :D

Yes, according to this article, tomorrow is Middle Name Pride Day. After seeing some of the middle names some people have been saddled with, I don't feel so bad about mine, as old-fashioned as it is. My middle name is Louise - neither bad, nor uncommon; is yours odd, crazy, something you'd rather forget or do you, like some people, go by your middle name because your first name just sucks?

http://www.asylum.com/2009/03/05/the-15-weirdest-middle-names-awesomely-freakish-monikers/

My middle name is very odd. I don't have one.

I don't even have a middle name... on the one had, this is bad since it means that I am stuck with my first name, OTOH, I would not trust my parents to choose an acceptable middle name, let alone a good one.

Wayne....It kinda sucks, but, it has a cool story behind it, in that im named after my dad, who was named a name my grandparents hated because it supposedly wasnt a family name for god knows what reason, but, after two generations, and hopefully a third, itll sure as hell be a family name then, lol...

(and its bullshit anyway, Im related to a Lieutenant-Colonel of an Artillery Battery in the Civil War that had the same name, lol)

Hmm, mine is Joseph, so it doesn't really matter.

I have a friend though, his middle name is Maria, that's just too funny =D

Two middle names: Marie Ivimey, first one is normal, second, not so much.

Olga Lydia. Yes, I have a middle name.

My middle name is Matthew; my first name is also found in the bible. Man, talk about plain. Thanks Mom.

Is it Nebuchadnezzar? Thats the first name in the Bible I thought of.

Is it Nebuchadnezzar? Thats the first name in the Bible I thought of.

Thatd be a kewl as hell name to have...Christian or Muhammad, etc. Id think would be the worst names to have, Itd make any kind of freedom to choose difficult, imo...

Edward isn't too bad... Bobby sounds very backwoods-y.

That is good way to describe it.

My surname means "vexed", "angry" or "depressed" in ancient Scottish Gaelic. I'd rather not be known as Brett the Depressed.

You have a new nick name on these forums :D

Now that I think of it I have a freind from NS who successfully guessed my full name with just my initials... I wonder if anyone else could accomplish that feat....

Challenge us, what are the initials.

Thatd be a kewl as hell name to have...Christian or Muhammad, etc. Id think would be the worst names to have, Itd make any kind of freedom to choose difficult, imo...

Yeah I suppose it would restrict yourself, that's why I'm glad I am named after an Irish monk.

Actually a story about my middle name it is also my fathers middle name (first born son) and his fathers middle name (also first born son), myself being the first born son also gets the same middle name, I am glad it is a decent name and not something like Rosalyn.

Yes, according to this article, tomorrow is Middle Name Pride Day.

I have just one personal name and one family name.

(My fiancee has 5 personal names and 1 family name, though... which one counts as middle name, the 3rd or the 4th or both?)

Hmm, mine is Joseph, so it doesn't really matter.
Joseph... and you sport a "Grammar Nazi" flag... is it for Dr.Joseph Goebbels? :eek: Do you give furious pro-grammar speeches? Wollt ihr das totale Rechtschreibreform?
;)

I have a friend though, his middle name is Maria, that's just too funny =D

Quite common in Italy. Take former archbishop of Milan Carlo Maria Martini. Or my almost-father-in-law, he has 5 names, including the four first names of his grandparents.

My middle name is Alana, but I often spell it Alanna because I prefer it spelt that way. I love it, though.

You shouldn't do that, it'll fuck things up for you if you try to get a passport or something.

You shouldn't do that, it'll fuck things up for you if you try to get a passport or something.

Nope. On UK passports there's a section for aliases.

My parents gave me a very unusual first name (so unusual that I have yet to meet anybody with the same name), but then gave me a more conventional middle name. They figured that way I could use my middle name if I decided I didn't like my first name.

As it turns out, I don't particularly like my middle name. It's not horrible, but it simply does not fit me at all. I couldn't picture myself going by that name.

And I love my weird first name. :D

And I love my weird first name. :D

I always knew you were a Maven.