Middle Names?

[Mrs. Forgetful 2]

Middle names. We here in America are used to people with middle names. When I met my husband and found out that he didn't have a middle name, I thought it was a little odd. I was dreaming about this last night and thought I would ask.

[melly 0]

My fiance has a middle name.

I was really confused at first about how they name kids in Egypt but I guess the system works for them. I'm still not quite sure how they manage to make a family tree. How do you know who's related to who when all the last names are different???

[Veiled Princess 1]

He has several middle names but they are not his... his name goes... his name, his dad's name, his grandad's name, his great grandad's name, etc and then his tribe name

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Which brings up another thing americans marrying ME/NA peeps should talk about before marriage, or at least before having children. Will the kidss names follow the naming conventions of the ME/NA country (often as VP mentioned, their name, father's name, grandfather's name, etc)?

[Bosco 1]

He has several middle names but they are not his... his name goes... his name, his dad's name, his grandad's name, his great grandad's name, etc and then his tribe name

Curious, do they consider this a middle name, or is this a continuation of the family name? My husband has two last names and has been prompted to put one as a middle name on forms by people, but they are really his last name.

[Veiled Princess 1]

Which brings up another thing americans marrying ME/NA peeps should talk about before marriage, or at least before having children. Will the kidss names follow the naming conventions of the ME/NA country (often as VP mentioned, their name, father's name, grandfather's name, etc)?

Mine will inshallah

He has several middle names but they are not his... his name goes... his name, his dad's name, his grandad's name, his great grandad's name, etc and then his tribe name

Curious, do they consider this a middle name, or is this a continuation of the family name? My husband has two last names and has been prompted to put one as a middle name on forms by people, but they are really his last name.

Well I consider them middle names because they're in the middle between his name and his tribe name and when we filled out forms we had to put them as middle names... not all of them though... just how he had it on his passport THANK GOD!

[MrsAmera 41]

My husband doesn't have a middle name but our son will. Middle names started in the United States as a convention of the church - so that when you were Christened you were given a "Christian" name but it has evolved into a tradition in the US. I have friends who had like 4 names because they were given an extra Christian name at their Christening.

[doodlebug 3]

by the time i say all of his names it's almost time to log off!!!!

[Jenn! 918]

Wadi has no middle name. I think I prefer it that way although we haven't had this discussion as it will pertain to our kids....

[Mrs. Forgetful 2]

Adil says no to middle names, but I think I will get to choose that one. I mean, the woman is the one who really gets to name the child right? If not, we should since we carried it in our belly for 9 months!

[Veiled Princess 1]

Adil says no to middle names, but I think I will get to choose that one. I mean, the woman is the one who really gets to name the child right? If not, we should since we carried it in our belly for 9 months!

Yousuf has two boy names picked out and I have two.... I also have two girl names and I think he has two too so we're just gonna have to alternate naming them.... unless I'm gonna have 8 more kids

[Mrs. Forgetful 2]

well ten kids isn't that bad!

[ya falaha! 0]

Is that typical of Moroccans..to not have middle names?

My husband has..his name, his dad's name, his grandfather's name, his great grand's name, his great-great grand's name and his family name.

My kids have the same. My oldest son's name is...Zayd Sadek Abdo Ali Mohamed *******.

I was raised Catholic so if I were still Catholic I'd be..Kara Ann Marie Christine *******. Ann and Marie are two separate names. That would be my first, middle, baptismal, confirmand, and last name.

Hahaha..yeah you would THINK. My ex and I both agreed on our son's names but I wasn't allowed to decide on my own. If so my younger son would be named, Sami. I do like his name though and it's more fitting for him.

Adil says no to middle names, but I think I will get to choose that one. I mean, the woman is the one who really gets to name the child right? If not, we should since we carried it in our belly for 9 months!

[Veiled Princess 1]

well ten kids isn't that bad!

If we lived in Libya then you're right but in Amreeka!!! who can afford 10 kids????

Curious, do they consider this a middle name, or is this a continuation of the family name? My husband has two last names and has been prompted to put one as a middle name on forms by people, but they are really his last name.

This just made me realize the voting could be skewed because of this though because I consider it a middle name while you may not so we're voting two different answers for the same thing?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

He has several middle names but they are not his... his name goes... his name, his dad's name, his grandad's name, his great grandad's name, etc and then his tribe name

My husband has this also. It's the tradition in many Arab societies. He gets confused by Western-style naming traditions, especially middle names "out of nowhere" -- he says "How will they know who is the family ?"