Comments on: The Name Game: Middle Ground

By: Shirelle

Shirelle — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:00:30 +0000

I love the name Sparrow James Midnight! It’s so different and wierd and that’s why I like it.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:22:55 +0000

I have always loved long first names, but when I married into a very long, difficult-to-pronounce last name, I had to go with shorter names for my children. My daughter is Molly, and I am due in Feb. with another girl, who will likely be Claire. I like using longer family names as middle names – in my case, it’s Molly Elizabeth and Claire Lorena. The names are not common here, but recognizable and easy for little people to say.

By: Säde

Säde — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:05:40 +0000

I have three names, Säde Maria Talvikki.

By: Sam and Freya's mum

Sam and Freya's mum — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:45:35 +0000

skylar, I wasn’t say it was hard to pronounce. I had a re-read and couldn’t see where I was negative about the name Aisling, if that’s what was implied? Everyone we know or have met since Freya arrived knows our to pronounce her name so have had no issues personally. Fray-uh, as it looks I guess, like Mai-a, etc.

By: Sarah M.

Sarah M. — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:20:33 +0000

Ali – I know a family with a Brayden. His full name is Brayden Thorn. His dad wanted his name to stand out, and you certainly don’t hear Thorn as a name often. They just had another little boy today and named him Brody Gage.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:55:03 +0000

My daughter’s name was Abigail Faith Lowine (last name). Lowine is MY middle name, my mom’s, and my grandma’s. For future baby girls I will give one of them Lowine as a middle name.

I like different names.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:29 +0000

My first two children inadvertantly were named for capital cities, Austin and Madison. When it came time for the third child the big joke was which capital he would be, unwilling to stick him with a name like Dallas or Lansing, I was on the search for something unique. A good friend insisted he be named Slade, I tossed the name around for several months, but ended up feeling the name was just too punk rock for me. He ended up being Brayden Lucas, but I almost regret not giving him Slade as a middle name. I think that unique names are great, Austin and Madison are both names I hear all the time, and while Brayden is not as popular you still hear it quite often. I would think it far preferable to have a name no one’s heard before than to have one that every third child has.

By: laliche

laliche — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:00:11 +0000

i just love sanskrit!!!!! it can be hard to pronounce at times but every single word in sanskrit can be used as a name. you can experiment with random words and mix them together to get a whole new unique word with a different meaning.
i’m from india and we dont have a tradition of middle name. in north india, the names follow the pattern of first name, father’s name and surname. in south india, mostly it is like surname, family name(usually the name of a god they believe in) and a really long first name (which is usually a bunch of names honoring ancestors, grandparents, friends,etc. and, of course, their own name). many people have complicated first names and choose the easiest of the names as their official first name and usually the family name becomes the middle name if required.
though there is a large choice for choosing a name, there are many who usually end up being named sneha(meaning friendly), hima(meaning snow; himalaya = temple/adobe of snow), bindhu(drop or as hima-bindu = snow flake) and priya/priyanka. every second girl is named priya. some times in combinations like hima-priya, devi-priya(beloved of the godess) and so on. this is the case of girls. i am maned lalitha chetana… lalitha meaning grace or beauty and chetana meaning full of life, together beautiful life or something like that……
boys usually end up with common names like karthik(meaning undeniable), aditya(number one), abhishek(the honored), abhilash, and whatever that you can team up with abhi. i have a cousin named karthik bhargav meaning respected by every one.

By: irina

irina — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:30:18 +0000

i think rose is way too common for a girl and thomas for boy is also overused.
im from russia, and we all had our father’s names as middle names.
my daughter’s name is Jasmine Leila. it was hard for us to pick a middle name for Jasmine because nothing sounded right with our long last name.

By: amber leigh

amber leigh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:59:57 +0000

My sister and I chose places to for our kids names. My son’s name is Kodiak Kade, after the Kodiak Island in Alaska and the bear. He goes by his middle name but thinks his first name rocks. It suits him he is definitely a bear! My daughter’s name is Kordelia Kansas, which is obvious. She goes by Kordie which again suits her and her uniqueness! My sisters girls are Bosten Blu and Joey Joplen. Bosten is the perfect name! Joplen is the name of a town we found while looking at an atlas. Joey after our brother that passed away.