Would you give your child a first name only?

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Would you give your child only a first name & no middle name?

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I would and did but my situation is a little different and I kinda contradicted myself lol! I’m named after my grandma so for so long the only way to distinguish between the two of us was by using my middle name. Even when it came down to legal stuff, applying for loans etc there were times when we were confused with one another. Like she co signed for my student loans but they put her as the borrower and me as the co signer 🤦🏻‍♀️ so our kids have middle names...once I did get married though I dropped my middle name all together because now there’s only one Irene Botsolis instead of 2

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I didn’t give my daughter a middle name. My husband doesn’t have one either. I do but I never use it 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Having a middle name seems to be an American thing. I am from south Africa and my whole family only has first names. My son only has one name and I am pregnant now and this baby will only have one name. I don't see the importance of a second name. My nephew has a second and it's my dads name who passed away and that's all

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Personally I wouldn't. The only person who I know that doesn't have a middle name is my mom and the few times she's talked about it, she's expressed disappointment that she didn't have one. But I don't think there is anything wrong with omitting a middle name on the face of it. I just personally wouldn't do it.

Would you give your child a first name only?

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