two middle names?

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Registered: 08-30-2006
two middle names?
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Tue, 06-05-2007 - 10:08am

Hi, I'm wondering what you all think about double middle names. Would it really be a pain for my daughter every time she fills out paperwork? Do you think it's impractical? I am not normally the type who would give two middle names, but here is our situation:

Our daughter is due in 3 weeks and we've already picked the namd Marie Gretchen (Marie is my middle name and my great grandma's name. Gretchen is dh's grandma's name.) We love the name and so does all of our family. But, we live in Turkey and will be here for at least a few more years. We'd kind of like to give her a Turkish name too - we're thinking Ilayda (pronounced like Eliza but with a d instead of a z). Making her name Marie Ilayda Gretchen or Marie Gretchen Ilayda. We don't want to change the rest of the name around because 1. we like it, and 2. it would really hurt some grandmother's feelings if we did. I know it's a mouthful. Please give opinions.

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Registered: 01-17-2005
Wed, 06-06-2007 - 8:20am
My son has two mn and its no problem at all. Whenenever i do paperwork for him or anything i just leave out the 2nd mn. He is Vincent Evan Theophilus. I think 2 middle names is a great idea.
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Registered: 12-13-2006
Thu, 06-07-2007 - 12:10pm
i LOVEEEEE Marie Ilayda Gretchen. I think you should keep it.
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Registered: 07-12-2006
Thu, 06-07-2007 - 10:45pm

All of my kids have 2 middle names, against popular thought here

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Registered: 06-09-2007
Sat, 06-09-2007 - 3:37pm
DH and his 3 brothers all have 2 middle names and they love it! We gave our daughter (Margaret Elizabeth Grace) 2 MN to carry on the tradition. I like the one with Gretchen as the first MN. I think that it is beautiful.

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