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I gave all my children 3 names each, on the advice of a friend's aunt. She'd worked for the military and had to contact surviving relatives when their enlisted relative died in action. She said that her task was almost impossible in the case of, say, John Smith (several pages of them to choose from) and almost as bad for John William Smith, but John William Henry or John William Charles would be one of a kind.

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This made me think that 3 given names must be the best possible way to individualise a child, especially one with a run-of-the-mill surname. Much better than tweaking the spelling!