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HelpWhen did Rose become THE middle name?
I'd like to speak about Rose as a middle name. I still think it's gorgeous, even though very overused.
Do you like Rose? First or middle name?
When did it first become a popular middle name where you are? When did you start to have the feeling that it became the most popular middle names?
Which middle names were the most popular ones before Rose came along?
Do you think Rose has already started to become less popular as a middle name? Which name will replace it?
Do you like Rose? First or middle name?
When did it first become a popular middle name where you are? When did you start to have the feeling that it became the most popular middle names?
Which middle names were the most popular ones before Rose came along?
Do you think Rose has already started to become less popular as a middle name? Which name will replace it?
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When people had a third daughter in the US between the 1980-2000s - because Marie and Nicole were already used
The thing is I really really love the name. I'm not typically one for classics or floral in particular but I love, Rose. I love that it's short, beautiful, timeless and unless someone is wildly creative, has one predominant spelling.
I think it's a common middle name for the same reason Marie is, it goes with just about everything.
The thing is I really really love the name. I'm not typically one for classics or floral in particular but I love, Rose. I love that it's short, beautiful, timeless and unless someone is wildly creative, has one predominant spelling.
I think it's a common middle name for the same reason Marie is, it goes with just about everything.
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Early 2000s?
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It feels like it always has been to me.
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Lynn, Rae, Jean, Dawn, Nicole, Rae replaced by Grace, Rose, Elise
Anne & Marie have remained in style.
I was at work and five residents at the table had the middle name Jean.
Anne & Marie have remained in style.
I was at work and five residents at the table had the middle name Jean.
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Early 2000s, yeah. Not long after the birth of Lily-Rose Depp (that was 1999)
I wouldn't have used it because of it seeming like filler, and my daughter was born in 2006.
I feel like Grace got popular a bit before Rose was. Before that, maybe Ann.
There seemed to be a lot of gals with mn Nicole and Renee too.
I wouldn't have used it because of it seeming like filler, and my daughter was born in 2006.
I feel like Grace got popular a bit before Rose was. Before that, maybe Ann.
There seemed to be a lot of gals with mn Nicole and Renee too.
This message was edited 7/1/2023, 1:42 PM
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Rose is an extremely common middle name here in the UK, but another which is almost as common is May/Mae. I’m eighteen and it seems like 80% of girls my age have either Rose or May as their middle name, so I guess it started to become popular around early 2000s or perhaps a little before then?
I think Rose is gorgeous as a first name, yet incredibly bland as a middle name. But I prefer Rosalind and Rosemary.
I think Rose is gorgeous as a first name, yet incredibly bland as a middle name. But I prefer Rosalind and Rosemary.
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Speaking as someone whose middle name is Rose, because it was a family name (on both sides)... I knew it was common, but I still wouldn't have called it "the" middle name. My perception has always been that Marie, Jane, and Lynn were all more common middles, putting Rose more on par with... idk, Louise.
These days, I think Grace is the most common middle name for little girls (in the US at least, I can't speak for other countries). Jane and Lynn might still be used a lot, but I think Grace is replacing Marie, which became a bit dated (maybe).
These days, I think Grace is the most common middle name for little girls (in the US at least, I can't speak for other countries). Jane and Lynn might still be used a lot, but I think Grace is replacing Marie, which became a bit dated (maybe).
This message was edited 7/1/2023, 1:12 PM
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Actually I feel like I heard about Rose more widely used as a middle name on here than elsewhere.
Where I grew up, it seemed Ann (almost always Ann, not Anne) was the placeholder nickname born by every third girl. Marie was another popular one, and Lynn was the third in the overused middle name trifecta. It always seemed to me that those names were given with limited thought as a suitable name to include in a middle name slot on a birth certificate. (That was almost certainly an unnecessary and unjustifiable judgment on my part.)
But as a result, I'm not a fan of any of those names as middle names, but I think all but Lynn are lovely as first names. (Well, not Ann - I so prefer Anne.)
As I recall, middle names were not really used in my area until the late 1700s, and even then only by a limited portion of the upper crust of society, though they were in wide circulation by the middle of the 19th century. I'm guessing that data wouldn't be hard to track down, though I have no idea what common ones may have been in place. (Maybe familial/godparent relations? Political-adjacent names?)
Where I grew up, it seemed Ann (almost always Ann, not Anne) was the placeholder nickname born by every third girl. Marie was another popular one, and Lynn was the third in the overused middle name trifecta. It always seemed to me that those names were given with limited thought as a suitable name to include in a middle name slot on a birth certificate. (That was almost certainly an unnecessary and unjustifiable judgment on my part.)
But as a result, I'm not a fan of any of those names as middle names, but I think all but Lynn are lovely as first names. (Well, not Ann - I so prefer Anne.)
As I recall, middle names were not really used in my area until the late 1700s, and even then only by a limited portion of the upper crust of society, though they were in wide circulation by the middle of the 19th century. I'm guessing that data wouldn't be hard to track down, though I have no idea what common ones may have been in place. (Maybe familial/godparent relations? Political-adjacent names?)
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Louise was also a popular one.
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I like Rose as a first name, but not as a middle name.
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