Mother's maiden name (or family surname) as middle name - General Name Discussion

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you know anyone with their mother’s or another relative’s surname as their middle name? [name_f]Do[/name_f] they like it? [name_f]Do[/name_f] they wish they had a middle name that wasn’t a surname? Is this a common trend where you live?

I’m curious because the only person I know (or actually, know of- I know her father and asked him about his kids’ names) whose middle name is a surname, hates it. It’s her mother’s maiden name- don’t want to post it here, but it’s similar to [name_m]Walter[/name_m]. Her mother goes by a hyphenated surname, [name_m]Walter[/name_m]-Husband’s last name. This girl apparently hates her middle name and wishes she had “a real middle name”. Her older sister’s middle name isn’t a surname.

My family is [name_f]Asian[/name_f] and we live in an area with a pretty high [name_f]Asian[/name_f] population, so probably at least half the people I know don’t have middle names at all, or have an [name_f]Asian[/name_f] name in the middle spot but don’t consider it a real middle. Most [name_f]Asian[/name_f] surnames wouldn’t work as given names anyway.

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