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peacock2121 · #126 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:13 am

Someone should do a poll thingie and let American know what the most popular middle names are.

Someone should.

I wanna win something.

fantine33 · #127 Post by **fantine33** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:14 am

peacock2121 wrote:Someone should do a poll thingie and let American know what the most popular middle names are.

Someone should.

I wanna win something.

They did this at one time. I think Lynn/e came in third, to Ann/e and Marie.

minimetoo26 · #128 Post by **minimetoo26** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:16 am

fantine33 wrote: The recent turn of the thread is very funny. My given middle name is..........

You guessed it, Lynn! But it was just kind of placeholder until I got a confirmation name (it's an IRC thing, you wouldn't understand.).

My mom didn't have a middle name (but everyone botched Marianne into Mary Anne anyway, so it was sorta like having a middle name), and her confirmation name was also Veronica.

But she hated it and wouldn't use it. I think she didn't like Veronica Lake or something...

peacock2121 · #129 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:18 am

fantine33 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Someone should do a poll thingie and let American know what the most popular middle names are.

Someone should.

I wanna win something.
They did this at one time. I think Lynn/e came in third, to Ann/e and Marie.

But..... I wanted to win!!!!

fantine33 · #130 Post by **fantine33** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:21 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
fantine33 wrote: The recent turn of the thread is very funny. My given middle name is..........

You guessed it, Lynn! But it was just kind of placeholder until I got a confirmation name (it's an IRC thing, you wouldn't understand.).
My mom didn't have a middle name (but everyone botched Marianne into Mary Anne anyway, so it was sorta like having a middle name), and her confirmation name was also Veronica.

But she hated it and wouldn't use it. I think she didn't like Veronica Lake or something...

I loved Veronica Lake! That was one of the reasons that I took Veronica. Going by the saints themselves I was torn between Veronica and Cecilia, and that tipped the scale. I also used to rock the Veronica Lake hair, but that's another story.

My first choice was actually Dymphna, but that was shot down.

fantine33 · #131 Post by **fantine33** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:23 am

peacock2121 wrote:
fantine33 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Someone should do a poll thingie and let American know what the most popular middle names are.

Someone should.

I wanna win something.
They did this at one time. I think Lynn/e came in third, to Ann/e and Marie.
But..... I wanted to win!!!!

That poll was several years ago, maybe all the 50's-70's Lynns have given our people a surge ahead.

Don't worry, some Google Hound will let us know. Unless they've thrown up their hands and given up on this thread already.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #132 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:24 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
fantine33 wrote: The recent turn of the thread is very funny. My given middle name is..........

You guessed it, Lynn! But it was just kind of placeholder until I got a confirmation name (it's an IRC thing, you wouldn't understand.).
My mom didn't have a middle name (but everyone botched Marianne into Mary Anne anyway, so it was sorta like having a middle name), and her confirmation name was also Veronica.

But she hated it and wouldn't use it. I think she didn't like Veronica Lake or something...

I really like the name Veronica (and the Elvis Costello song). We thought about it for Maddie, but it didn't have a good "short" name. (I don't like Ronnie...)

fantine33 · #133 Post by **fantine33** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:35 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I really like the name Veronica (and the Elvis Costello song). We thought about it for Maddie, but it didn't have a good "short" name. (I don't like Ronnie...)

I loved it when a Veronica song finally came out, especially since I like Elvis Costello. But it's so sad and the content reminds me of my Grandma, so it makes me cry.

I tried to start going by Veronica, but the Ronnie thing put the kibosh on it. I think my family did the Ronnie thing on purpose just so I'd give up, but everybody else was just presumptuous and annoying.

ne1410s · #134 Post by **ne1410s** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:01 am

really like the name Veronica (and the Elvis Costello song). We thought about it for Maddie, but it didn't have a good "short" name. (I don't like Ronnie...)

Howzabout Nickie?

Appa23 · #135 Post by **Appa23** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:09 am

peacock2121 wrote:Someone should do a poll thingie and let American know what the most popular middle names are.

Someone should.

I wanna win something.

Here ou go (look at the survey link):

http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/middle.html

I like the explanation as to why Ann(e), Marie, and Lynn probably are so popular as middle names.

Ritterskoop · #136 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:10 pm

Appa23 wrote:
I like the explanation as to why Ann(e), Marie, and Lynn probably are so popular as middle names.

Mine was one grandmother's middle name. My first name is the other grandmother's middle name. It was not a throwaway, like that website said.

Ritterskoop · #137 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:12 pm

plasticene wrote:
Ritterskoop wrote:For whoever is keeping score, my middle name is also Lynn.
Ellyn Lynn? I hear an echo! We need to get a secret handshake or something.

Eleanor Lynn = Ellyn

If they'd used my grandmother's first names, I'd be Gladys Hazel. Glaze is not so bad, I guess.

hermillion · #138 Post by **hermillion** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:31 pm

I always felt kind of sorry for my grandmothers. Maternal was #12 of 13, and got saddled with Hazel Fanny. Paternal was 3rd girl and was Elva Ferol. She always hated Elva, and went by Ferol. When my aunt was born in 1925, grandma named her Elva Jean. Go figure.

kusch · #139 Post by **kusch** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:38 pm

My middle name is the same as my father's first name.

That would be Alvin. And no, that name is not used too much by me.

My dad did go by three names, Alvin, Al and Big Al.

I guess we did the usual middle name thing for our daughters:

Jennifer Lynne (notice the correct spelling Pea

)
Elizabeth Anne

The middle names are names of two of Margaret's sisters.

Margaret's mother was 1 of six children (3 girls and 3 boys) and they all had 3 letter first names. We were "just this close" to naming our first daughter after Margaret's mother and her two sisters. I still like it but our daughter still thanks us for not doing it.

Zoe Ena Fay

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #140 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:39 pm

Ritterskoop wrote:
plasticene wrote:
Ritterskoop wrote:For whoever is keeping score, my middle name is also Lynn.
Ellyn Lynn? I hear an echo! We need to get a secret handshake or something.
Eleanor Lynn = Ellyn

If they'd used my grandmother's first names, I'd be Gladys Hazel. Glaze is not so bad, I guess.

I like the name Eleanor a lot.

Maddie really likes the name Eleanor, because of the Beatles song and the Turtles song, and I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up with a granddaughter someday named Eleanor.

If she has children.

a1mamacat · #141 Post by **a1mamacat** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:43 pm

Big J has two middles, one for his dad, and the other is a family tradition of his dad's family, that used to be of german demi nobility, so were Von's, but dropped that during the Boer war when they esca...emmigrated to Canada, but now all the males in the family get Vaughn as one of their names.

5LD · #142 Post by **5LD** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:03 pm

Saucy:

Vaughn was on my list of first names for boys....but hubby didn't like it. My family had a wonderful family friend named Vaughn.

tlynn78 · #143 Post by **tlynn78** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:07 pm

Vaughn was on my list of first names for boys....but hubby didn't like it. My family had a wonderful family friend named Vaughn

I like the name Vaughn, as well. My hub insisted on 'normal' names for the boys. He was, in his opinion, cursed with an unusual name, and didn't want his boys to suffer the indignity. He named the first boy: Michaelryan Kirchner Halpin - people consistently want to make it Michael Ryan - it's not; I named number 2 Andrew William; and 3 was a joint project; Alan James. All three middle names have family connections; Kirchner is m-i-l's maiden name; Williams abound on both sides' family trees and James I thought went well with Alan, and happens to be the name of one of my bros.

t.

MarleysGh0st · #144 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:33 pm

tlynn78 wrote:He named the first boy: Michaelryan Kirchner Halpin - people consistently want to make it Michael Ryan - it's not

Your husband thought the Michaelryan combination was a "normal" name?

minimetoo26 · #145 Post by **minimetoo26** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:51 pm

tlynn78 wrote:
Vaughn was on my list of first names for boys....but hubby didn't like it. My family had a wonderful family friend named Vaughn
I like the name Vaughn, as well. My hub insisted on 'normal' names for the boys. He was, in his opinion, cursed with an unusual name, and didn't want his boys to suffer the indignity. He named the first boy: Michaelryan Kirchner Halpin - people consistently want to make it Michael Ryan - it's not; I named number 2 Andrew William; and 3 was a joint project; Alan James. All three middle names have family connections; Kirchner is m-i-l's maiden name; Williams abound on both sides' family trees and James I thought went well with Alan, and happens to be the name of one of my bros.

t.

Oh, Lordy--I'm sitting right beside my m-i-l's family tree. The Kirschner family. Any chance they dropped an "s" along the way? From Rimpar or Hamburg, Germany?....

VAdame · #146 Post by **VAdame** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:37 pm

and her confirmation name was also Veronica.

But she hated it and wouldn't use it. I think she didn't like Veronica Lake or something...

But...but....you pick your own Confirmation name! Why would she pick a name she didn't like? I like Veronica -- that's the name of my Mom's best friend, who is my sister Rosemary's Godmother.

Mine is Helene. I dunno why. I liked it better than plain old Helen, & I couldn't very well use Eileen since it was already my sister's first name! Now she has a sort of off-the-wall middle name: Majella.

After this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Gerard_Majella
The St. Gerard Majella Church was near our house, and my Dad liked the name. We have never met anyone else named Majella.

I like the name Vaughn, as well. My hub insisted on 'normal' names for the boys. He was, in his opinion, cursed with an unusual name, and didn't want his boys to suffer the indignity. He named the first boy: Michaelryan Kirchner Halpin - people consistently want to make it Michael Ryan - it's not;

I like Vaughn -- but then, I should considering our last name! Good thing we never had a son -- we might have been tempted to name him Vaughn DeVaughn! Nah, we wouldn't do that to a poor little kid

Of course, I do have a stepson named Sean DeVaughn! Don't blame me; I wasn't around when he was named!

Michaelryan sort of reminds me of John-Angelo. Karen wanted to give her son a name "sort of like Michaelangelo" -- but with John instead! BTW -- 2 months old today & weighing in at well over 13 lb!

tlynn78 · #147 Post by **tlynn78** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:00 pm

Your husband thought the Michaelryan combination was a "normal" name

You don't know my husband ... normal is relative (just not any of MY relatives)

Oh, Lordy--I'm sitting right beside my m-i-l's family tree. The Kirschner family. Any chance they dropped an "s" along the way? From Rimpar or Hamburg, Germany

Prolly not related - Kirchner means church-goer in Deutsch, and with an 's' it's about cherries, isn't it? Anyhoo, all that fam damily is from der Schwatzwald, Bad Kissingen.

t.

T_Bone0806 · #148 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:34 pm

Ritterskoop wrote:
plasticene wrote:
Ritterskoop wrote:For whoever is keeping score, my middle name is also Lynn.
Ellyn Lynn? I hear an echo! We need to get a secret handshake or something.
Eleanor Lynn = Ellyn

If they'd used my grandmother's first names, I'd be Gladys Hazel. Glaze is not so bad, I guess.

Eleanor was my dad's mom's name. Of course, I knew her as Nanny.

JasperSuchard · #149 Post by **JasperSuchard** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:15 pm

My middle name is Rigel, not that I care.

VAdame · #150 Post by **VAdame** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:43 pm

JasperSuchard wrote:My middle name is Rigel, not that I care.

Are you named after Orion's left knee? Do you have any relatives named Beetlejuice (or Bellatrix, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, or Saiph?)