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HelpRe: A Little Dilemma With Honour Names (Warning: long!)
in reply to a message by Cynthiana
Would it look stupid? No. It would look like honouring. A common and reasonable thing to do.
Would I do it? Only if I loved the person I was wanting to honour and liked the name.
Would I use a variation? In a heartbeat, if there was one I loved.
Would I swap it to the middle? Definitely. I see no logical reason for giving a child a particular first name, but deliberately calling them by their middle name.
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
He is becoming greater, I am becoming less
Bits of the journey here: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/
And some family cuteness here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41705228@N08/
Would I do it? Only if I loved the person I was wanting to honour and liked the name.
Would I use a variation? In a heartbeat, if there was one I loved.
Would I swap it to the middle? Definitely. I see no logical reason for giving a child a particular first name, but deliberately calling them by their middle name.
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
He is becoming greater, I am becoming less
Bits of the journey here: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/
And some family cuteness here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41705228@N08/
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As someone who goes exclusively by her middle name, I have to say it is a GIANT pain in the ass. I can't wait till I move back to Aus and can switch my names around legally (wish I could ditch my first name completely, but it means so much to my father that I can't bring myself to do it). I'd rather go through the hassle of changing all my legal paperwork than continue going by my middle name with all that that brings with it.
And it was my choice to switch. I don't get the point of doing it if you plan to call them by the middle name right from the start. Just give them the first name you plan to call them, and the other in the middle. It's still just as much honouring.
And it was my choice to switch. I don't get the point of doing it if you plan to call them by the middle name right from the start. Just give them the first name you plan to call them, and the other in the middle. It's still just as much honouring.
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I know most people think it's a pain, but I haven't actually had any problems with it. My parents were very accommodating, though, and informed teachers, etc, at schools that I preferred to be called by my middle name. There was another girl in my class who went by her middle name, and most of us didn't even realize that it wasn't her first name until graduation (after 6+ years together in the same class). However, I'm still reluctant to call my child by his/her middle name, but it might end up being the only way to compromise. I'm glad I still have lots of time to think of it!
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Agreed. Most people I know (who go by their middle) did it by choice.
I call my dd Bituin a lot, but never really in public, so she knows she is Clarisse.
The only exception I would make to that is people who share the exact name as their fathers or mothers (Juniors, etc)... then a middle name might make sense if the first name only has one nickname or none.
I call my dd Bituin a lot, but never really in public, so she knows she is Clarisse.
The only exception I would make to that is people who share the exact name as their fathers or mothers (Juniors, etc)... then a middle name might make sense if the first name only has one nickname or none.
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