Thoughts on maiden names as middle names?

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We most my mother in law unexpectedly in December. Her maiden name was Engel (en-jel). We’ve though of using it as our daughters middle name.. thoughts? We aren’t big fans of her first name so we kind of landed there..

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Engel means angel over here, so I think it's beautiful. Go for it.

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I love it! I think it’s a great way to honor her

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Love maiden names for middle names!

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We are giving my last name to my daughter as a middle name. It's not even super "pretty sounding", but it ties her more to my family.

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I plan to use my last name as a middle name.

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My middle name (which we also used as my younger daughters middle name) is my grandmothers maiden name. I love it.

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Engel means Angel in German. Since it’s a middle name, you could stick with Engel, or you could still honor her by using Angela, Angelina, or Angelica.

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Our first son has my husband’s grandmother’s maiden name as his first name. 
Our last baby, which is our second son, will have my grandmothers maiden name as his middle name.

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My mom almost named my brother Blair as a first name, bc that was her maiden name. It’s pretty common and normal here

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Love the idea!

Thoughts on maiden names as middle names?

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