Where did you get your middle name from?
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My grandfather, I think. I think there's a school named after him somewhere or something.
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Almost every male in my family has the middle name "martin" so i guess you could say tradition?
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James... I think my mom wanted it to sound a bit posh, I must be such a disapointment lol :-)
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My mom's middle name was Marie and she gave all of her daughters the same middle name. So it's either tradition or lack of creativity
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Apparently I was going to only have one name, Brian, but when somebody commented that I looked like my father my parents decided to add his name. They decided that John Brian sounds better than Brian John and that's how I came by a middle name that's the only name I use.
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My dad wanted all the kids middle initials to be the same as his. J for John was his and we all have it to! Mine is Joan. It makes my feels so extra special knowing he did that!
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Was named after my mom and grandma. (we all have the same middle name)
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My mom and my grandmother's first name is my middle name.
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My dad. It's a tradition for certain Indians I guess. Everyone in the family has a middle name from the first name of the male head of the nuclear family (even if dead). I guess it makes it easier to recognize a family. Almost like a second surname. "Whats your name?" "AA BA CA" "Oh, so you're from that "CA" family. I think I know your sister."
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My middle name stems from the time when my Great great great great Grandfather Robert McQueen otherwise knowns in Lanarkshire Scotland as The Hanging Judge during the 18th Century. His first son bore the middle name Lawson... the laws sone/son of the law & so every male has obtained that middle name throughout the generations
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Francisco, from my Grandfather on my mother's side of the family. Many of his relatives had the "Francisco" name as a middle name. It has been a family tradition.
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Here it goes from me into history... Dad Grandpa His dad His dad Ya my middle name is Edward.
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From my mother, her middle name was Marie and she didn't want to name me Carol Ann so instead she named me Carol Marie.
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osbourne, from ozzy osbourne ofcourse.
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My parents gave me the same middle name as my godmother's.
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It is the first name of my Mother's best friend.
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My grandfather made it my mother's middle name after one of his Army buddies that died in WWII.
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A popular song from the 1940's - Louise.
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Well, my mother and father never gave me a middle name... So when I was younger I would just take my grandmas name and use it as my middle name... It's Elizabeth... I loved my grandma very much!! :o)
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I have a whole group of them , mostly Saints names but a couple after family members.
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Both my first and middle names are from my paternal great grandmother.
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It's the same as my mother's... Ann
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First name is Joshua, from the Old Testament of the Bible, who led the Israelites into the promised land. Middle is Andrew, from the New Testament, who led people to Jesus.
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i was named after my grampa Joseph... my middle name is Jo!
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