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Post by librarylady on Apr 12, 2015 0:08:54 GMT
I kept my maiden name on papers because I liked it and it is in danger of disappearing (no males to carry it on). I have been sad because I liked my middle name and it is disappearing. I had no idea it was a southern custom.........I thought the southern custom was to give one of your children your maiden name as a first name........
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Post by polz on Apr 12, 2015 0:24:12 GMT
I'm really glad this dropping middle name thing is not a thing in New Zealand. For starters, I have three middle names and a double barrel surname as my maiden name. So say I was Polz Mary Sue Ellen Smith-Jones before I got married, I'd have to be Polz Smith-Jones Brown after the wedding? How odd. BTW, my middle names are all named after relatives. I would find it odd just to abandon them.
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Post by anxiousmom on Apr 12, 2015 0:34:03 GMT
I had no idea it was a southern custom.........I thought the southern custom was to give one of your children your maiden name as a first name........ I have lived in the south all my life, multiple generations before me have lived in the south...but I have never heard of this particular custom. I have hear maiden names as middles for kids (my son is one) but not maidens for firsts. We do like to name our kids juniors, thirds, and so on. And nicknames, we love our nicknames. My youngest is a Boo-even his girlfriend calls him Boo.
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Post by tracylynn on Apr 12, 2015 1:08:36 GMT
Perhaps tradition has changed?I would have been married 30 years in November. I dropped my middle name when I married and have always used my family name as my middle name. I would have chosen the same as was suggested to you. No one in my family has ever done that either. Middle names are very important - in fact, my maternal grandmother was upset at my mother for not passing on the middle name that they both share. If/when I get married, I will not be dropping my middle name for my maiden name. That may be a tradition in some parts of the country, but certainly not in the PNW.
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