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How to Choose a Great Middle Name

by Pamela Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, Posted Apr 21st 2011 10:30AM

No sooner had we declared the death of such old-style middle names as Ann, John and Marie -- mere connective tissue between the first name and the last -- than we started seeing the rise of a whole new generation of undistinguished middle names. ...Don't stick your baby with a bland, boring middle name.
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Is My Daughter's Name Too Confusing?

by The Name Lady, Posted Dec 16th 2010 11:00AM

We named our daughter Kennedy for her first name and Devyn for her middle name. We now realize that when just hearing her name, no one knows if she is a boy or girl, because both first and middle names can belong to a girl or a boy. Did we make a ...If you decide that the confusion isn't worth it, the good news is that you only need to change the middle name.
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Should We Use Two Middle Names to Keep the Peace?

by The Name Lady, Posted Sep 16th 2010 4:10PM

What are your thoughts on using two middle names? I have two boys who would both like to select the middle name for their new brother. Of course, they can't agree! - Compromising Mom This is a new twist on an extra middle name. Most parents who ...So you promised your kids they could name your next born? Welcome to the family, Poopie-head Fartface Smith. It's The Name Lady to the rescue!
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We Know the Middle Name, Now What?

by The Name Lady, Posted May 27th 2010 11:00AM

If my husband and I have a girl, we'd like to give her a middle name after my mother, Nancy. We're having trouble finding first names that sound good with Nancy. Any advice? -Anagogic Indeed, I do have advice. You're doing this backwards. ...
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How Many Names is Too Many?

by The Name Lady, Posted Feb 4th 2010 11:00AM

I really want to name our soon-to-be daughter after my grandmother or my husband's grandmother. But my husband is not a fan of either name. We finally agreed to go with Lyla, using both of their names as middle names. Is Lyla Clara Melanie too much ...
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Baby has 25 middle names in honor of world's greatest boxers

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 27th 2007 4:31PM

Autumn Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Hart Burns Johnson Willard Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Carnera Baer Braddock Louis Charles Walcott Marciano Patterson Johansson Liston Clay Frazier Foreman Brown's parents thought it'd be fun to give ...
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