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14. My dad does

Reply to Buddha_of_Wisdom (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 03:59 PM

Oct 2013

It's because his first name is given to girls probably about ten thousand times more often than boys and he hates it. His middle name is much more masculine.

He was named after his father and I guess maybe in the early twentieth century it was more common for men to have the name.

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No names please... how many of you go by your middle name? [View all] Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 OP

I was 12 before i knew my name wasn't... ret5hd Oct 2013 #1

I do. Aristus Oct 2013 #2

my nephew is VIII grantcart Oct 2013 #5

Yeah, but Aristus Oct 2013 #7

yep and he just got married. grantcart Oct 2013 #8

Is his name Henery? ashling Oct 2013 #21

So far, we only go up to my cousin, who is V. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2013 #25

Have despised my first name since childhood and used my middle name ALWAYS.... Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #3

I do the initial then middle name thing also HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #4

That is what I do too. MuseRider Oct 2013 #28

I do KamaAina Oct 2013 #6

Let me guess... Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #10

It's a fish KamaAina Oct 2013 #11

:-) MuseRider Oct 2013 #29

It was briefly the state fish KamaAina Oct 2013 #31

Really? MuseRider Oct 2013 #35

I believe they dropped the idea of a state fish altogether KamaAina Oct 2013 #37

Crazy MuseRider Oct 2013 #38

I think middlefingermom does.........eom mrmpa Oct 2013 #9

Would that make him M. Finger Mom? Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #16

!!!! n/t mockmonkey Oct 2013 #40

My dad does tabbycat31 Oct 2013 #12

Unfortunately... pipi_k Oct 2013 #13

My dad does Tobin S. Oct 2013 #14

Not me - I don't even have a middle name. MadrasT Oct 2013 #15

Names in our family tradition are fluid. hunter Oct 2013 #17

A nickname for my middle name OriginalGeek Oct 2013 #18

I have a female middle name, so no! B Calm Oct 2013 #19

You are the opposite of me tabbycat31 Oct 2013 #39

Nota me! My first and middle and last name are long! raptor_rider Oct 2013 #20

I legally changed handmade34 Oct 2013 #22

So you're *THAT* British spy :) Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #26

I really want to go by my middle name. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #23

Not me. a la izquierda Oct 2013 #24

I can't Ron Obvious Oct 2013 #27

I don't have one either, and sadly I've never been fond Saphire Oct 2013 #47

Me. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2013 #30

Japanese people have no middle names. yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #32

And most of the time, they don't even use their first names, Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #41

haiiiiii! yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #42

OK Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #43

oh... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #44

I don't like my middle name and in the US don't tend to use it davidpdx Oct 2013 #33

Not on your life! LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #34

I do. Iggo Oct 2013 #36

Yes, middle name. First name was also my mother's name. No Vested Interest Oct 2013 #45

Not me, but my mom does laundry_queen Oct 2013 #46