Middle Names

[Zakama]

What's yours? Mine's Ruggles, no joke. :smallcool:

[Headless_Ninja]

Paul. Although sometimes I think it's John, but that's my brother's.

[Flickerdart]

Following traditional Russian patronymic, mine is Alexeevich, meaning "Son of Alexey".

[randman22222]

I want an awesome Russian middle name like that! Instead I'm stuck with the single most common western male name there is. Christopher.

EDIT: @V Lol. :smallsmile:

[Trog]

Danger :smalltongue:

[Supagoof]

Heh, try Michael. :smalltongue:

[CrazedGoblin]

Edward, wooooooooooooooooooooo!:smallbiggrin:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Danger :smalltongue:
*applauds*



Mine is Vorpal of course. Full name is to the left.

[RabbitHoleLost]

My parents argued enough over my first name that they didn't even try to give me a middle name.
Everytime I bring that up, people decide to pick one for me.

So, GitP, what do you think? :smalltongue:

[Headless_Ninja]

Francis. A friend of mine has no middle name, and that's what he tells people his is.

[Collin152]

Thomas.
Also, Lucien, but not yet.

[Ego Slayer]

Ann. It goes well with the rest of my name.

[Kaelaroth]

My parents argued enough over my first name that they didn't even try to give me a middle name.
Everytime I bring that up, people decide to pick one for me.

So, GitP, what do you think? :smalltongue:

Callisto?

And my middle name's bloody awful. And shall never be offered up. So, I offer this:

Kaelaroth Morgellus leStrange :smallamused:

[randman22222]

My parents argued enough over my first name that they didn't even try to give me a middle name.
Everytime I bring that up, people decide to pick one for me.

So, GitP, what do you think? :smalltongue:

Excalibur! or... Equinox! or... Djinn'n Tonyx! (two middle names, but oh well.) or... Thor! or... Valkyrie! or... Hammertime! or... Elizabeth. Yeah. That one.

[Zakama]

My parents argued enough over my first name that they didn't even try to give me a middle name.
Everytime I bring that up, people decide to pick one for me.

So, GitP, what do you think? :smalltongue:

Hathaway?
Juliet?
Danger?

[RabbitHoleLost]

Callisto?

And my middle name's bloody awful. And shall never be offered up. So, I offer this:

Kaelaroth Morgellus leStrange :smallamused:

Oooh. A nymph? Also an X-Men character omg I'm a nerd
:smalltongue:
I might just have to adopt it

[Dallas-Dakota]

My middle name? :smallredface:

*looks paranoid around left and right, front and back, up and down*

Valentijn, which can be translated into : Valentine.

:smallredface:

Ofcourse thats the one in the bad fantasy world, you know when I'm not on my pc, I go there.

[Collin152]

My parents argued enough over my first name that they didn't even try to give me a middle name.
Everytime I bring that up, people decide to pick one for me.

So, GitP, what do you think? :smalltongue:

Jasque.
When you need a name, look no farther than the French.

[Flickerdart]

I want an awesome Russian middle name like that! Instead I'm stuck with the single most common western male name there is. Christopher.
Well, in Canada, I don't have a middle name. It's not in my documents. But it's on my Russian passport, so it still technically exists.

[TheShadowSage]

Hunter. >.>

[Mauve Shirt]

Warburton.

[Sucrose]

Much akin to the Russians, I'm middle-named after my father; specifically, it's his middle name, Lee.

[RTGoodman]

Thomas.

No! That's mine! Give it back!

Seriously, though, I don't particularly like my middle name, but once I'm a famous historian or something I'm going to start going by it. Specifically, I'll go by "R. Thomas" instead of "Ryan," since it sounds much fancier. :smalltongue:

[WalkingTarget]

Alan, which is also my father's middle name.

Of course he got it just because of an actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ladd) my grandmother liked.

[GrassyGnoll]

Shephard. Yes, the "h" is intentional. For some reason my parents thought it'd be cute if my first two initials were SS. They claim to have been inspired by boat names, but I know what they really are secret nazis

[CurlyKitGirl]

<.<
>.>
Curly. Kit. Girl.
Hence: Kit.

Lorraine

[randman22222]

Shephard. Yes, the "h" is intentional. For some reason my parents thought it'd be cute if my first two initials were SS. They claim to have been inspired by boat names, but I know what they really are secret nazis

I knew a family of three, who decided to only make their names start with K, since the parents' names started with K. :smallsigh:

[Collin152]

No! That's mine! Give it back!


Funny you should say.
Gimme two, three years, I'll have it changed.
Gentlemen, prepare to say hello to James Lucien Bennet.

[An Enemy Spy]

I have many many names (most of which I make for fun) but only one middle name. However, if I were to reveal the horrid truth of what it is your feeble human minds would be shattered

[sktarq]

Thankfully I didn't get the middle name wackyness that was common growning up in a hippy town. The Beam sisters had middle names of Sun and Moon. Nah I was to get the name that my mother loved the sound of but hated its dimunitive. Matthew. Why she liked that particular noise I'll never get.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

... Djinn'n Tonyx! (two middle names, but oh well.)

*ahem*

Don't go giving my name away without my permission, good sir.

[wxdruid]

My middle name is Lynn, so is my mother's and so is my daughter's (catlover)

Long ago, I knew a family that had 8 boys, every single one of their names started with the same letter - A

[randman22222]

*ahem*

Don't go giving my name away without my permission, good sir.

:smalleek: Eeep! Sorry, forgot...

[Dallas-Dakota]

Can't you see. Its very short. Its : -

[Hoggy]

My middle name is Colan. Apparantly, it's greek, and when you put my two names together it should read (in greek) as something like "man of the land".

/waits for the resident Rogue to come and finally confirm what his name means :smalltongue:

[Szilard]

I don't have a middle name cause I'm cool like that. But I have two awesome nick-names.

[randman22222]

Sizzzllllllle!

[Jack Squat]

Scott. Also, my Confirmation name is Patrick, so I guess that'll get thrown in there as well.

[Badgerish]

oh so boring middle name: Paul.

I mean, was it worth going through the extra effort just for ... paul?

[Bor the Barbarian Monk]

Danger :smalltongue:

All middle names no longer count. Trog won the thread. :smallbiggrin:

[Lord Blace]

Bleh. My middle name is Cooper.
My whole name means, 'Enthusiastic barrel making son of Peter.' :smallannoyed:

[Lyesmith]

Finlay!
I have the best middle name.

[Dihan]

My middle name is DoIhaveamiddlename?

But really, I go by my middle name so I shan't reveal that information... Though some people probably know.

[Thiel]

I don't have one, but my parents almost saddled me with Kaallund, which translates to something along the lines of Meadow of Cabbage. :smallfrown:
Luckily, they reconsidered.

[de-trick]

i have 3 middle names

andrew david john

[Mc. Lovin']

Dereck, Alexander, Mark.

Combined with my first name, the initials spell my name :smallbiggrin:

[Hell Puppi]

Lorrin, which is a mix between Lori and Lorraine, my mother and grandmother respectively.
My first name is also a fairly common name with unusual spelling....almost no one gets it right. My husband went to fill out paperwork and put my middle name as 'Lorraine' :smallsigh:

[Vibrant]

Marie. I once counted, and there was something on the order of 23 other girls in my grade (of 125 total bodies) with the same middle name.

[Rollin]

Lorrin, which is a mix between Lori and Lorraine, my mother and grandmother respectively.

How interesting! Mine's Rollin. (hence my forum name)

[Lucia]

Mine´s Paula in spanish.. I guess it translates to Paulla? Initially it was my mother´s idea as first name, but ended up agreeing with my father on another first name and leaving Paula for second.
I like ir, though I like my first much more!

[Volug]

Squadala
Filler

[The Orange Zergling]

Donald. My dad's father's name.

My brother's is Martin... it fits him but I'd trade any day. Martin was my mom's father's name. Sometimes I hate being the second-born.

I know this sounds mean but after my grandfather's gone I'm going to try to get it changed. It's never brought up, but damn I hate that name.

[Thiel]

Lorrin, which is a mix between Lori and Lorraine, my mother and grandmother respectively.
My first name is also a fairly common name with unusual spelling....almost no one gets it right. My husband went to fill out paperwork and put my middle name as 'Lorraine' :smallsigh:

Could have been worse. He could've written Lorry* instead.

*British English for truck.

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

James. Also, filler.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Though Trog already won, I'll put mine in.

Tomas, long 'o', stress on first syllable.

Named after a Great-uncle, or maybe a great great-uncle. I dunno.

Edit: Or, alternatively, 'ap', meaning 'of'.

Gwyn ap Nud means Gwyn of Nud, or Gwyn son of Nud. He's a character in Welsh mythology.

[DraPrime]

Thanks to my Polish parents I have the fantastic middle name of Andrzej. It translates into Andrew, but I like it that way since it goes so well with my last name Biedrzycki. Over here in English-speakey America almost no one can pronounce my middle or last name. My first name however is quite mundane. I won't reveal it. I'll just say that my initials are DAB

[Em Blackleaf]

My middle name is Rose.
Which is my favorite flower (totally not because it's my middle name, what are you talking about... ?! >.>).
So, Emily Rose.
I was shocked when I first heard of that movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Which came out on my birthday of that year. Creeeeeeeepy.

I like my middle name.

[adanedhel9]

Patrick here. I was named after the priest that married my parents.

Of course, he was also my dad's best friend and introduced my parents... so I can forgive them.

[Agamid]

My first name means complete, thus i don't have a middle name :smallsmile:

for a long time there i wanted to legally adopt Elizabeth as my middle name, but that would have made my initials N.E.W. and i'm happy without one.

Middle names in my family are Jan(mum - though she goes by it rather than her first name), Paul (dad), Robin (eldest brother), Francis (older brother) and Wollumbin (my little brother - it's the local aboriginal name for mount warning, which he was born at the foot of).

All of the kids in my family except my little brother had their names decided on before we were born, thus, all of our names are unisex (or can be made the other gender without much trouble).

[de-trick]

as I said earlier my middle names are Andrew David John

not gonna give out last name or anything but togeather my names gives me DADJP

[B-Man]

I don't like my middle name. It's a mockery of what I stand for morally. I don't like my middle name as I share it with my biological father, who I do not and cannot respect. :smallyuk:

For those who are curious, it starts with a P.

[Collin152]

I don't like my middle name. It's a mockery of what I stand for morally. I don't like my middle name as I share it with my biological father, who I do not and cannot respect. :smallyuk:

For those who are curious, it starts with a P.

Phil?
Cause this is filler! Filler night! And nothin's gunna save you from the beast about to strike!

[B-Man]

Phil?
Cause this is filler! Filler night! And nothin's gunna save you from the beast about to strike!

Sorry, but you struck out. :smalltongue:

[Ego Slayer]

For those who are curious, it starts with a P.
Penguin? Purple? Pencil? Pwn? Pomegranate?

Meh, I already know. *stalks off*

:smalltongue:

[OwlbearUltimate]

I use my middle name as my name actully. My first name is Robert and my middle name is Alexander, which I use as Alex. It's extremely troublesome, all my records record me as Robert and I always have explain that I go by Alex. I always have to be stopped at airports with my passport, because the names get mixed up in records :smallsigh:

[Collin152]

Sorry, but you struck out. :smalltongue:

After one swing? I'm doing worse than usual.
Some people I know would blame the manner in which I swing.

That means I get two more, right?
Paul?
Peter?

[B-Man]

After one swing? I'm doing worse than usual.
Some people I know would blame the manner in which I swing.

That means I get two more, right?
Paul?
Peter?

A pox on you guessing at the common English names starting with P! Suffice to know that it's one of the two listed.

Seriously, I get really angry whenever someone has the gall to name me by my full name. Which would be First, Middle, and Surname instead of my preferred First and Family.

[Lady Tialait]

My middle name is Blake, same as my father and my Grandfather, and his father, and His father, and His father ect, ect, ect,....My dad wanted his first born to be a son....he never got a son..so he showed me how to play ball...and how wrestle...how to play D&D...how to play M:tG....how to use a computer...how to fight....Isn't it great being a tomboy daddy's girl?

[Lord Tataraus]

Aslan, yes the lion. My older sister's middle name is Kathina (I don't thionk that's the right spelling, its from Witch World), my younger brother's middle name is Elrond and my little sister's middle name is Meliene (or something, Witch World again I think). Needless to say, my mom is big into fantasy books :P

Of course the real kicker is my first name: Timon (tim-on, not time-on, and definitely not tim-mon from lion King I was born before that). I only know I one other person in the world with the same name (and even the same pronunciation), he is a bellboy in a hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Yeah, imagine both of our shock in that elevator thinking our name was so special...strangest thing that ever happened to me.

[Serpentine]

Tataras: Wow, your mum's a total geek :smalltongue:

Elizabeth Bayliss here. Elizabeth was my great-great-great-great-great-great(?) grandmother, and Bayliss is mum's maiden name. It varies, whether a company will use Elizabeth or Bayliss... Gets a bit confusing sometimes.

[Dihan]

I'm Owain Bryn, I go by Bryn... Please don't try to pronounce it, I'll sleep happier that way. In Welsh my first name only has one consonant :D

Other middle names in my family are:

Elizabeth, Paul, Paul, Haf, Llwyd, Abigail, and the I've forgotten the rest.

[Tempest Fennac]

My middle name is my father's first name. (It annoys me to be honest. Why do some parents insist on doing that sort of thing?)

[Serpentine]

Some possibilities:
Bron
Brine
Brinn
Sam*
Brurn
Brawn
Brun

Your name looks like it would sound nice, though, if you know what I mean...

*What? It's Welsh.

[SDF]

Livingstone, as I am descended from Dr. David Livingstone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone) you may presume.

[Dihan]

Some possibilities:
Bron
Brine
Brinn
Sam*
Brurn
Brawn
Brun

Your name looks like it would sound nice, though, if you know what I mean...

*What? It's Welsh.

The third one is correct.

[Serpentine]

There, you see? That wasn't so hard :smalltongue:

...So not Sam, then?

[Adumbration]

I think my middlename is the strangest here - Heikki. :smalltongue:

[Rawhide]

Paul?
Peter?
A pox on you guessing at the common English names starting with P! Suffice to know that it's one of the two listed.

Mary perhaps?

[Totally Guy]

I have two too.

Patrick Randal

The Randal atually passes onto any male heirs I might have.

This means that initials will end in RM with first name and middle name as my/our choice. This could spell WARM maybe... or WORM.. but that one's cruel.

[Dallas-Dakota]

My younger brother's middle name is Elrond
Can we switch parents?:smalltongue:

[Tempest Fennac]

Glug, would you have to pas that middle name onto any male children, or is it just a tradition?

[Winterwind]

Mine's Antoni.

Which is the Polish version of Anthony, of course.

[Castaras]

Rachel.

I has a sheep as my middle name. Baa.

[Lolzords]

That's Michael Alex to you, sir.

[banjo1985]

Dislike my middle name quite a bit....Edward....

I feel like a potato :smallfrown:

[Spiryt]

Mine is Marek. It's quite nice, I think that it's better than my first name.:smallannoyed:

[Thanatos 51-50]

Dislike my middle name quite a bit....Edward....

So far, I count three "Edwards" posting in this thread, one of which is me.

I kinda like it, because it meas "great".
My whole name is something like, "Beloved, Great Leader"
'Tis awesome.

[FdL]

Danger :smalltongue:

Awww, I totally entered the thread to post this :p

Great minds think alike?

[Dallas-Dakota]

Dislike my middle name quite a bit....Edward....

I feel like a potato :smallfrown:
Imagine Dr. Bath then...

[Totally Guy]

Glug, would you have to pas that middle name onto any male children, or is it just a tradition?

Just tradition. There is nobody to enforce it. It's posh sounding though so I'll try to keep it. Of course that's a long way off as I don't even have a partner yet...

[Tempest Fennac]

Okay thanks (I was just wondering whether there was some legal requirement for some reason).

[DraPrime]

I think my middlename is the strangest here - Heikki. :smalltongue:

You think so? Just look at Andrzej.

[Shadowcaller]

I think my middle name was Erik or something... Or maybe that was my brothers?:smallconfused:

[H. Zee]

My middle name's nothing special. It's James.

Although I know someone who's middle names are Che Drake Paolo Beowulf...

[WalkingTarget]

I have a friend whose surname is Kirk.

We're all big enough nerds to make the obvious recommendation for him to name his son should he have one (has a daughter who's about a year old now), but it's hard to justify giving any child the middle name of "Tiberius".

[Prophaniti]

I have the coolest middle name in the world. It's Cornelius. Not kidding.

[Winterwind]

You think so? Just look at Andrzej.That's not so strange once you know the pronounciation rules. :smallbiggrin:

[Shraik]

Joseph. After me dad.
and this thread reminds me of the story of Francis. Francis was a kid at my gaming store who's actual name was Will. During the MTG games, there were two Wills, so the two of them had a game of magic for the name. Francis lost so we decided to call him by his middle name. Now, this was before I went to the store, and did not know his name was Will for a few months. It spread to work, school, and even his home. So now everyone calls him Francis.

[GrassyGnoll]

So far, I count three "Edwards" posting in this thread, one of which is me.

I kinda like it, because it meas "great".
My whole name is something like, "Beloved, Great Leader"
'Tis awesome.

Lucky, my name translates roughly into "Scottish shepherd who happens to fish for eels" or "celestial Scottish shepherd". Depends if you want to believe my family's anthropologist or the internet.

[DraPrime]

That's not so strange once you know the pronounciation rules. :smallbiggrin:

Yes, well not many people outside of eastern europe would know.

[wadledo]

My middle name's Jonathan.

Which makes me feel a bit bad when I see almost anyone I know:

Noelani Beatrix Karlson(She's half Chinese, half Swedish).
Moon Gift Star Daughter Montgomery(She calls herself Sara).
Phineas Wilkinson Mudd(No coment).

[Winterwind]

Yes, well not many people outside of eastern europe would know.Oh, I definitely do not contest that. :smallbiggrin:

[DraPrime]

Oh, I definitely do not contest that. :smallbiggrin:

It's really good that my first name isn't Grzegorz or something like that. The Americans have enough trouble with the rest of my name.

[Spiryt]

It's really good that my first name isn't Grzegorz or something like that. The Americans have enough trouble with the rest of my name.

Przemysław... That would be killer. Or Sławomir. Although they won't be so bad in shorter, usually used versions.

[Collin152]

Hmm...
Unless I'm mistaken, my name all strung together means "The Twin of Generous Victory."
I think I like my new name's meaning better... "Blessed Usurper of Light"...

[captain_decadence]

Mattingly.

I'm a fan of it.

[Winterwind]

Przemysław... That would be killer. Or Sławomir. Although they won't be so bad in shorter, usually used versions.At some point my father started his futile attempt to teach Germans the proper pronounciation of his name (Wiesław).
Finally, he settled for the shorter version as well. :smallbiggrin:

I think Grzegorz would probably indeed be just about the most difficult one.
(for the Polish speakers, as inside joke a citation of a rather well known Polish movie that toys with the trouble Polish can give to non-Polish speakers: "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Z miasta Chrząszczyrzewoszyce w Powiacie Łękołody." :smallbiggrin:)

[ForzaFiori]

Man, i have a hard enough time trying to remember how English and Spanish are pronounced. I think I'll stick to languages that use the same alphebet as mine no offense.

My middle name is John, by the way. I managed to bag the two most common western middle names, Michael John. Sometimes i wish my parents were more creative.

other middle names in my family: Malinda, Marie, Lynwood, Edward.

other fun middle names from friends: Mcvey, Kirby.

[Blayze]

David. It just so happens to be my dad's name, and so logic dictates he wanted my name to pander to his ego. One of these days, I'll get around to changing it to Blayze.

[DraPrime]

Przemysław... That would be killer. Or Sławomir. Although they won't be so bad in shorter, usually used versions.

Eh. Those would only really be hard because of they include letters normally not in the roman alphabet. I know someone with the last name Pałuba, which just gets pronounced as Palooba. Przemisław would just need some explaining, although the rz might be a bit of a problem. It seems that quite a large amount of people seem to have a hard time remember that the sound made by rz is different from the sound made by the letter J. Thus, my last name often gets butchered from Biedrzycki into Biedjitski. Seriously people, rz does not equal j. It's the same sound made by the s in "vision." Is that so hard to understand?

[Spiryt]

Eh. Those would only really be hard because of they include letters normally not in the roman alphabet. ?

Dunno, I never was American, but Przemysław seem pretty hard, beacuse of : "rz" right after first consonant (in "vision" it's after vowel),and "ł" that must simply go into "w", which actually is pronounced like "v".

EDIT: Maybe better ask some english speaking folks what is harder to pronounce.

[Player_Zero]

For some time I had no idea what my middle name was, then I couldn't remember whether it was Anthony or Antony and if it was Anthony then how the heck I was supposed to pronounce it... Which I still don't, come to think of it...

Either way, it's Anthony, however it may be pronounced.

[ForzaFiori]

Eh. Those would only really be hard because of they include letters normally not in the roman alphabet. I know someone with the last name Pałuba, which just gets pronounced as Palooba. Przemisław would just need some explaining, although the rz might be a bit of a problem. It seems that quite a large amount of people seem to have a hard time remember that the sound made by rz is different from the sound made by the letter J. Thus, my last name often gets butchered from Biedrzycki into Biedjitski. Seriously people, rz does not equal j. It's the same sound made by the s in "vision." Is that so hard to understand?

dude, y'all need to raise some money and buy some vowels. The letters P, R, and Z should have something between them, lol. I dont know if I even am capable of saying that. :smallsigh:

Then again, I'm willing to bet you'd have trouble with some southern words. Like the fact that "hide" is two syllables. :smallbiggrin:

[DraPrime]

dude, y'all need to raise some money and buy some vowels. The letters P, R, and Z should have something between them, lol. I dont know if I even am capable of saying that. :smallsigh:

Then again, I'm willing to bet you'd have trouble with some southern words. Like the fact that "hide" is two syllables. :smallbiggrin:

PRZ only makes 2 sounds that flow smoothly together. It's no more complex than PSH. But how on earth does "hide" have 2 syllables?

[Dihan]

EDIT: Maybe better ask some english speaking folks what is harder to pronounce.

Must I say the dreaded Llan- word? :smalltongue:

[Zarrexaij]

My middle name was an attempt to have a feminine-sounding, "pretty" feel to it. Like the name "Dawn," it tends to backfire.

Lynn. Sounds like Len. A GUY'S NAME.

Thankfully my first name isn't as masculine sounding, and thankfully my parents didn't go about naming me Ichabod (yes, a woman named Ichabod, it explains everything wrong with my life).

[Collin152]

PRZ only makes 2 sounds that flow smoothly together. It's no more complex than PSH. But how on earth does "hide" have 2 syllables?

If you're like me, you read it Hii-deh.

Oh, and Lynn? Both my parent's middle names.

[Spiryt]

dude, y'all need to raise some money and buy some vowels. The letters P, R, and Z should have something between them, lol. I dont know if I even am capable of saying that. :smallsigh:


I agree with dragonprime, 'prz' is easy.



Then again, I'm willing to bet you'd have trouble with some southern words. Like the fact that "hide" is two syllables. :smallbiggrin:

How "hide" is southern, exactly? :smallconfused:

And it's indeed "hi - de", although it's not so heard in pronunciation.


Must I say the dreaded Llan- word? :smalltongue:

If you are Cymreig, ok, you win the contest of unspeakable words :smalltongue:

Now it's about second place.

[DraPrime]

If you're like me, you read it Hii-deh.

The language of southerners will never cease to impress me with its weirdness.

[Collin152]

The language of southerners will never cease to impress me with its weirdness.

Strictly speaking, I pronounced that with my Japanese phoenics. Us Phoenicians speak with the blandest english you've ever heard.

[DraPrime]

Strictly speaking, I pronounced that with my Japanese phoenics. Us Phoenicians speak with the blandest english you've ever heard.

Clearly you've never met people from New Hampshire.

[Blayze]

Or from Birmingham.

[wadledo]

Clearly you've never met people from New Hampshire.

Hehe.
Neaw Ham-ptshure.

:smallwink::smalltongue:

[Griever]

Patrick Gray; nice to see those of us with two (or even three) middle names are uncommon.

[RTGoodman]

If you are Cymreig, ok, you win the contest of unspeakable words :smalltongue:

Now it's about second place.

Which is exactly why I've given up any hope of teaching myself ANY Celtic language, much less Welsh. Honestly, who wants to live in a place called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch)? You'd waste half your day (and an inordinate amount of space on envelopes for your mail) just saying or writing it! :smalltongue:

[Dihan]

Which is exactly why I've given up any hope of teaching myself ANY Celtic language, much less Welsh. Honestly, who wants to live in a place called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch)? You'd waste half your day (and an inordinate amount of space on envelopes for your mail) just saying or writing it! :smalltongue:

Pssshh it's really easy to say and write! It only takes a few seconds to say.

[Fridesgerte]

Mamie, after my paternal grandmother. Who's maiden name was Frankenstein (no joke) :smallbiggrin:. My father wanted to use Mamie as my first name, but my mother talked him out of it, for which I am eternally greatful.

I almost never use my full middle name, but I always use the initial M as part of my legal name.

They weren't thinking when they gave my brother the middle name Arnold (after a great uncle); he never uses his initials, since they spell JAW.

[EvilElitest]

DeVault
from
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[DraPrime]

Hehe.
Neaw Ham-ptshure.

:smallwink::smalltongue:

I forbid you from ever saying that again.

[wadledo]

Hey, a third of my family lives in New Hampshire.
And my grandparents had 14 kids, so I think I'm allowed to make fun of them in one instance at least.

[Winterwind]

dude, y'all need to raise some money and buy some vowels. The letters P, R, and Z should have something between them, lol. I dont know if I even am capable of saying that. :smallsigh:If you are capable of saying the word "pyjamas", you are capable of saying what 'prz' is supposed to sound like if you do it right; the 'pyj'-part doesn't sound exactly like it, but fairly similar.

[SoD]

Which is exactly why I've given up any hope of teaching myself ANY Celtic language, much less Welsh. Honestly, who wants to live in a place called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch)? You'd waste half your day (and an inordinate amount of space on envelopes for your mail) just saying or writing it! :smalltongue:

So? What about Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīramya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi? The only City whose name uses more than one language!

[Vespe Ratavo]

David. :smallconfused:

[Lady Tialait]

I forbid you from ever saying that again.

Would you rather he said "New Hamster" like my grandpa calls it.

[SoD]

David. :smallconfused:

What?! You kno-oh, wait. OK, yes. Your middle name, of course.

That was basically my thought pattern...I thought you knew me...*hides under the table*

[KingGolem]

Ok, after a while on the internet, I have successfully uncovered two possible origins of my middle name: Hamner.

Origin 1: A variant of the name "Hanmer," which means "of Hanmer," which was a parish in the diocese of St. Asaph.

Origin 2: It means, "In the vicinity of Hand-Mere Lake"

I think that my middle name was originally the last name of some great-great-uncle on my mother's side.

I've had quite a few people misspell it as "Hammer." :smallsigh:

[Nibleswick]

I have a very wet middle name: Blair, it means marsh.

If you people think you have heard strange accents, the you have not heard the worst Utah has to offer. Some people here are barn in barns, eat with farks, drink melk, sleep on pellows, climb moun'ains, and ask you questions like "Jeet?". Truly it is a strange place.

[Pocketa]

Meh, no joke. It's Meh.

[DraPrime]

Would you rather he said "New Hamster" like my grandpa calls it.

Yes, actually I would prefer that.

[Dihan]

So? What about Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīramya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi? The only City whose name uses more than one language!

That's just Bangkok though. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychgwyndrobwllllantisliog ogogoch is what it's called, nothing shorter. That's it.


Ok, after a while on the internet, I have successfully uncovered two possible origins of my middle name: Hamner.

Origin 1: A variant of the name "Hanmer," which means "of Hanmer," which was a parish in the diocese of St. Asaph.

I live near St Asaph... If it's the Welsh town you're referring too.

[KingGolem]

I live near St Asaph... If it's the Welsh town you're referring too.

Well, Hanmer was a parish in the diocese of St. Asaph, and a diocese is a district of churches ruled over by a bishop. Therefore, I assumed St. Asaph was a bishop. That town was probably just named after him.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Edward, after my great grandfather Edward Williams.

Incipiently my first name, Matthew, is after another great grandfather Francis Matthew Foweraker.

[Mercenary Pen]

James, though it was almost my first name...

[beeblebear]

My middle name is Harry.
If my mother had been allowed her choice it would have been Robin, to go with my first name which is Christopher.
I am very grateful that my Dad decided to to take my wheelchair -bound mother up the flight of stairs to the room where birth certificates were done. :-)

My first son's middle names are David Harry, and My second son's middle names are Thomas Francis.
Of course their first names are Taliesin and Caedmon respectively. (Being a Chris, I got fed up with a common name. My sons have the choice of which one they get fed up with. They can have the "where does that name come from?" or 20 people sharing their names in any given room, depending on which name they choose to use.)