View Message

There's none I refuse to use, but there exist names I like that just happen to fit well in most combos. But the important thing is that I like them.

---

Marie
Louise
Rose
James
Scott

---

^ in my experience, these are the most common

---

However, I do have a preference for longer middle names like Valentine, Nicholas and Jeanette so I'm unlikely to use those anyway.

I don't refuse to use names in combos. There are names that I view as filler and I still like them, though then I'm more likely to use them as first names. There are filler names that I refuse to use just because I find them excruciatingly boring and don't like them, but not solely because of the fact that they are filler.
I do think Rose and James (but especially Rose) are filler middle names. Generally I guess the phenomenon is more present in girls' names. I don't see Samuel or Jonathan as filler middle names, and Jack much less than John. But then I am not an English native so my perception may very well be skewed.
Names I consider filler middle names: May/Mae, Rose, Ann(e), Lyn(ne), Fay(e)/Fae, Hope, Joy(ce), Faith, Katherine/Catherine/Kate, Mary/Marie, Louise, Lee/Leigh, Jo, Jane, Jean, June, Sky(e), Grace, Elizabeth/Beth, Michelle (or perhaps these people I've come across with the middle name Michelle just were named after a relative, I don't know, I know or have heard of a lot of younger women/girls with middle name but haven't ever heard anyone say it's a filler), Rae, Shay, Kay, Jay, Belle, Jayne.
John, Michael, Jack, James, Joseph, Joe, George, Owen, Patrick, Jay, Lee, Wynn, Reid, Ray, Thomas.

Grace, Marie, Rose, Lee, May, Ann, Louise, Lynn, and Elizabeth. I'd consider using Elizabeth and Ann in the middle spot, a year or so ago my hypothetical future daughter would have been Lily Elizabeth, but I find it dull now.

I think of these names as "filler": Rose, Lynn, Elizabeth, Anne, Marie, Grace, Nicole, Renée, Louise, James, maybe William

---

Lots of them are common because they sound good with first names. Something like "Sophia Marie" works well because of the emphasis on the second syllables. It sounds sing-song.

---

If I loved a "filler" middle name, I would use it regardless. My middle name is somewhat "filler" and I don't mind it.

The first filler MN's I think of are: John, James, Jack, Marie, Anne, Lynn. Maybe Jane and Louise too.
I can see how Elizabeth is sort of fillery, but it's too long to really be a filler MN. It's just a common one. Same with Michael for boys.

---

I don't think names with a clear picture are fillers, even if they're common. Rose, May, Jade, Skye, and (maybe) Brooke have definite pictures that go with them so I don't think they're fillers. Fillers are like blank names. I don't think Rose is that common of a middle name to begin with so it wouldn't be fillery anyway, but even if every other girl's mn was Rose I think it would still be immune from filler-ness because it has a clear picture of a rose that goes with it.

Where I live these are very common as middle names:
May / Mae
Rose
Grace

---

James
Jay.

---

They are also common as the second part of hyphenated names.

---

I would use Rose as I do genuinely like it.

---

For my generation and older:
Jane / Jayne - Jayne seemed very popular in the 70s.
Marie
Louise

---

Not sure about boys but probably John, James and Mark.

The three popular virtue names: Grace, Faith, and Hope. They’re incredibly filler, and I don’t really like them anyway.

Rose, Anne, Lynn and Marie feel very filler-ish. Not sure about boys. It’s a non-issue for me since I’m not Anglophone, but I probably would never use Marie as a mn because it feels so fillerish, though it actually works with a lot of names.

Names I consider filler: Anne, Lynn, Marie, Rose, Grace, May, Rae/Ray, Kay, Lee, James, Michael, William, Jane
There's probably a lot more that I'm not thinking of right now. I use them. I think they became common fillers for a reason - they flow well with most any name. I really prefer to use them.

I don't mind filler middle names! Or, at least, today's filler middle names.

---

I actually probably wouldn't use either James or Rose as first names, but James would be any potential first son's middle name because it's honoring. Rose is also a top choice for a middle, because I love the name Rose, but don't really like the nickname Rosie/Rosy.

---

My current top combos all have relatively filler middle names: Mae, Rose, James, and Joseph.

---

For girls, I think my generation's filler middle names were Katherine and Catherine, Marie, Nicole, Michelle, Ann and Anne, Kate, Grace, and maybe Louise and Elizabeth.

I was thinking about this just this morning!

---

I want to use the name Michael as middle name (honoring), but I don’t like how it looks like a filler middle name. It’s nondescript and unless the first name is something unusual like Napoleon than a filler name sounds quite good I think (Napoleon Michael / Napoleon James), but with a more common name there are probably dozens named Liam James / Asher William etc and I don’t like that.

---

I might use Micah instead..

---

Chase Michael vs Chase Micah

Fillers. Hope, Renee, Faith, Rose, Elise, Marie, Ann/e, James, Hunter, Henry, ETC. I don't use them because I think they're lame. I agree that Elizabeth is filler. Its my middle name and I'd never use it.

I feel similarly, especially when those 'fillers' are actually honouring/family names and have great thought and meaning behind them. Especially infuriating with the middle name May, but I simply just cannot use it (guess it helps I hope to use two middle names though).

---

In my opinion, some filler names are... (influenced by ones where I live)
Alice
Ann / Anne
Anna
Bella
Charlotte
Claire / Clare
Elizabeth
Grace
Hannah
Jade
Jane
Louise
Lynn
Maria
Marie
May
Rose

---

Alexander
Andrew
Charles
Edward
George
Henry
Jack
James
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Joshua
Michael
Oliver
Robert
Samuel
Thomas
William

This message was edited 8/9/2020, 4:45 AM

The only filler name I would use is Rose after my husbands grandmother Rosemary as she meant the world to him.

---

Ann was a really popular filler name when I was growing up as were Marie and Jane.

---

Boys seem to have less in the way of filler names than girls but John was a popular filler name as was Michael when I was growing up.

In my generation, Elizabeth is the ultimate filler. I know so many Lauren Elizabeths it's ridiculous. Other than that, Nicole is a big one, and also Marie, Lynn, Lee, and Anne. Matthew, David, Michael, and James for boys.

---

Despite its overuse, I do love Elizabeth in the middle. Anna Elizabeth is pretty much perfect in my eyes.

---

Nowadays, Grace is the ultimate. I'd never use it in the middle. Also Rose, Claire, Jane sort of, Kate sort of. I also notice a lot of Charlotte and Violet.

---

James rules with boys. Also Alexander. Lots of Aiden James boys. Lots of made up names like Crew paired with Alexander to lend them an air of... I dunno? legitimacy?

This message was edited 8/9/2020, 3:58 AM

Rose is so beautiful, I love it as a first and as a middle name. It depends on the combo. Hannah Rose or Ella Rose are boring and overdone, but Philippa Rose or Lucia Rose (any name that is not super common paired with it) are nice.

---

Honestly, many of the names you use in your combos are filler middle names, in my opinion. I love May, but it is definitely a filler middle name. So are Brooke, Elizabeth, Jade and Skye. Jade is actually really common as a middle name for the newer generations.

---

I find these really common:

---

Newer generations:

---

Rose
May, Mae
Faith
Hope
Grace
Joy
Kate
Jade
Skye, Sky (not as common as many of the others, though)
Brook, Brooke
Belle (I see this more and more often)

---

James
John
Alexander
Christopher
Charles
Michael

---

I don't know if filler is the right word for the boys middle names. I feel that these are incredibly common but that they are still often named after their fathers or family members. For girls this happens too but I feel that for girls they are more likely just to be chosen for their sound.

---

Older generations:

---

Lynn, Lyn, Lynne

... Load Full Message

Girls: Marie/Maree/Mary, Lee/Leigh, Ann/Anne, Grace, Hope, Faith, Rose, Jade, Elizabeth, Katherine/Kate, May, Louise, Eve.

---

Boys: James, John, Michael, William, Robert, Thomas, Lee, Adam, Andrew, Jordan.

---

I mostly avoid them, not just because they’re filler, but because I love too many far more interesting names that have more meaning or significance to me.

This message was edited 8/9/2020, 2:20 AM

I think Grace,James and Rose are quite common filler names. I wouldn't use them. I used family names as mn