Can I not give my child a middle name?

“A middle name is not legally necessary. Another reason is that parents want to help distinguish their kids from others with the same first name. “It is especially important if our first and last names are common.

What do you put if you have no middle name?

Use the initial of your first or last name.

Are you required to have a middle name in the United States?

While there is no strict rule about how many middle names a citizen can have in the US, there are limitations to the number of characters in a name in certain states.

What is the point of having a middle name?

Today, as Wilson notes, middle names serve much the same purposes they always have: they’re a way to keep family names going and thus preserve relationships; they’re a way to try something new or “put old names out to grass” without cutting the cord entirely.

What is the purpose of middle name?

The historical purpose of middle names is to honour a relative or another person, particularly a godparent, or even a completely unrelated person, such as a locally or nationally prominent figure.

Is it uncommon to not have a middle name?

It’s absolutely normal to not have a middle name. There are millions and millions of people without a middle name. They have just one given name / first name. There are others who have given names but no surname.

Are there people who do not have a middle name?

There are millions of people who do not have a middle name. Here in India, most people do not have middle names. Some people don’t even have a last name. In some cultures there are certain naming customs like having one’s name as the middle name of their child, middle names relating to place of ancestry et cetera.

What happens if you don’t name your baby before birth?

In general what seems to happen in these cases is that if the parents forgo naming their child within the allotted time before a birth certificate must be processed, no name is given and the parents are simply allowed to submit one later when they ultimately decide on one.

Should you name your child after your wider family?

That both parents are happy with the choice is essential; she says, but sometimes it is the wider family who are distinctly unchuffed. “If there is hostility,” says Dyson, “the most important thing is to keep it away from the children and don’t make their name a battleground. It is their identity, their sense of self.”

What happens if parents don’t name their child in Germany?

Going back to what happens if parents don’t name their child, Germany is also one of many, many countries where if you fail to choose a child’s name after the allotted time period (in this case 4 weeks), an official at the Standesamt will simply choose for you.