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| Sun, 12-17-2006 - 8:51am |
Is it okay to use a middle name that you wouldn't use as a first name? My name is Allison so I wouldn't use Addison as a first name for a girl. Also, my son is William (Will) so I wouldn't use Grace as a first name for a girl. Would it be okay to use either of these as middle names? Thanks!

Of course it would be okay, however I do prefer family names or names with significance, not just names that weren't good enough to be the first name.
-Nikki
I think the middle name slot is a great place to put names you love but can't use as first names, either because of cultural references or other names in the family. I say go for it. They both make fine middle names.
Funny--my name is Alison, too, and I have Addison listed on my "middle name only" list for the same reason.
Yes, I think it's perfectly okay to do that.
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