Do you have any friends with double middle names?

[Bucky]

Do you think it makes someone seem pretentious to have two middle names?

[Skittles]

1. not that I know of but I'm thinking of Dusty Springfield

she was born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, and Cilla Black: Priscilla Maria Veronica White

maybe more common for the Brit gals? They both came from very humble beginnings.

[AllenVanAllen]

2. I have a friend who's first name is the same

as his last name, with a St. in the middle.

[Bunny]

3. Both of my kids have double middle names.

It's an Irish thing.

[Demoiselle]

16. Mine, too.

We had a lot of relatives we wanted to honor..

[old mark]

4. No, but I knew of a PA Dutch woman who uses a hyphenated last name...Since her husband is also

PA Dutch, it comes out something like Mary Jane Diefenderfer-Shinglehacker.

Her business cards are 3 inches long.

mark

[velvet]

5. I have two middle names

One for each grandma. Except my maternal grandmother didn't like her first name, Maud, so I got her middle name instead.

Pretentious, moi? I don't use either of them, apart from legal documents.

[joneschick]

6. all three of my daughters....

given the last name and my distaste for common *or* weird first names, it made sense for us. Ages 19, 21 & 23 and they all like their multiple names, although it makes it challenging on some standarized forms. :hi:

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. Is it an Irish thing or a Catholic thing (or both)?

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I was raised Catholic and you give YOURSELF a fourth name when
you go through the Catholic sacrament of Confirmation.
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I chose the name of what would have been my year-older brother
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It was actually my third choice. My folks had put their foot(s?)
down and forbid "Bozo" and "Dan'l".
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[Iggo]

8. My mom.

She wasn't supposed to last the night, and they named her after everyone in sight: doctors, nurses, orderlies, janitors, priests, nuns...you name it, they did.

Later on, her mom finally settled on a first name, two middle names, and a last name. (Gran was Irish from Ireland, and Gramps was English from England, if that means anything. EDIT ADD: Catholics, in case that wasn't clear.)

[CBR]

9. My husband does -- a regular middle name and his Mom's

maiden name.

[KamaAina]

10. Yes

but she's of Chinese ancestry, so no, not pretentious.

[Glorfindel]

11. Yes, lots of them, but I don't think it's pretentious

I had a great-aunt named Florence Rose Ella Mae

[frogmarch]

12. My older half-sis has 2 middle names

I always thought it was because her father was British.

[grace0418]

13. My mom has four middle names.

Sadly I don't care for any of them, but I always liked the idea of multiple middle names.

[blueamy66]

14. As a Catholic,

I have a Confirmation name....so yes, I have 2 "middle" names.

[Roon]

15. Yep! My brother and sister both have two middle names.

I was never confirmed,so I just have one.

[abq e streeter]

17. Not a friend, but a favorite name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish

pitched for the Phillies among others

[Swede]

18. An aunt had 7 middle names.

One for each of her aunts.