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	Middle name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the West, a middle name is effectively a second given name and is frequently abbreviated by its possessor to its initial letter.
		For example, it is quite common to use the mother's maiden name as the middle name as a way to acknowledge the mother's (and maternal grandparents') family name.
		In Philippines, the mother's maiden name is used as the middle name of a legitimate child.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_name (1155 words)

	Middle name: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs....
		A "maiden name" is the family name previously carried by a woman who is now married and uses her husbands name....
		Generation name is half of the two-chinese character given name given to newborns in the same generation of one surname lineage....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/middle_name.htm (1965 words)

	Wanna make something of it
		Often, the middle name is the place where the rich and not-so-rich tuck in a family surname.
		The first name was a spiritual name, often a favorite saint's name; and the second one, which would later be known as the middle name, was the secular name," McClure said.
		It was not uncommon for the spiritual name to be the same for all the children of the same sex within the family," she said.
	www.namenerds.com /uucn/stlouisarticle.html (926 words)

	Middle Names at Keep Kids Healthy Baby Name Guide
		Picking a middle name or initial is just as important as finding a first name, and in general, the same naming guidelines can be used.
		When picking a middle name, be sure that it sounds good and has some balance and rhythm with the first and last names that you choose.
		While our search engine doesn't find middle names specifically, you can use the baby name finder to search for a middle name and then enter your favorites into the middle name field as you search for a first name.
	www.keepkidshealthy.com /newborn/middlenames.html (336 words)

	Once Upon a Life - No middle name?
		My grandma gave only one of her seven children a middle name...and she only gave that one a middle name so that she could have a saint as a part of her name the way all of her siblings did.
		Middle names are the rule rather than the exception.
		However, as a middle name it would be used infrequently enough that hearing it would still always bring a memory of Grandma to mind and it sounds much prettier when complimented by a more contemporary name before it.
	www.onceuponalife.com /forums/showthread.php?t=9848 (688 words)

	Middle Names - Knowledge Base, HouseofNames.com
		If your child doesn't like the first name you chose, he or she has three options: bear it grudgingly, get the name legally changed, or go by his or her middle name.
		So although the majority of people do not use their middle names on a daily basis, they are becoming increasingly helpful in computerized societies.
		My brother was given the middle name Douglas for no better reason than my mother thought it sounded nice, or flowed well in combination with his first and last names.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/kbid.257/sid.15f85c54-f5be-4154-bfa1-4029de0e8540/qx/knowledgebase.htm (315 words)

	Mother’s Middle Name
		They do it by passing their last names to their sons, and then to their sons’ sons, and then to their sons’ sons’ sons, and so on.
		As every biological family has two parents, there is no reason why it shouldn’t also have two family names: the father’s last name (as how patriarchy has it) and the mother’s middle name (as proposed here).
		With the addition of the mother’s middle name running parallel to the father’s last name, the mother will be as visible and recognized as the father name-wise.
	www.geocities.com /ysnorvalo/mothersmiddlename.html (617 words)

	Chilling Words: The Middle Name
		Middle names are not unique in the context of familial relationship, so we rely on first and last.
		My middle name is the middle name of the first born sons for generations back, and is my oldest son’s middle name to continue the tradition.
		Most of my other children’s middle names are the names or middle names of people or family members we wanted to honor.
	blog.0kelvin.net /archives/000719.html (758 words)

	Middle Names
		Name connoisseurs call them "filler" names, or "throw-away" names because they seem to be just that- a pretty sounding name that doesn't have much substance that acts as a 'bridge' from the first name to the last name.
		Names with the same number of syllables and the same stress tend to sound sing-songy.
		Middle names for boys are a bit of a different story.
	www.namenerds.com /uucn/advice/middle.html (1203 words)

	E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore - Poe's Middle Name
		Neither his father, grandfather nor great-grandfather had middle names, suggesting the form of first and last names only was a sort of family tradition.
		Edgar's middle name of "Allan" was added by John and Frances Allan, who took Poe in as an orphan and served as his foster parents.
		His name appears this way beginning with the very earliest surviving manuscript, a few lines written about 1824 as "Poetry -- by Edgar A. Poe." He continued, however, to use "Edgar Allan Poe" as a signature in some letters as late as 1849.
	www.eapoe.org /geninfo/poeallan.htm (531 words)

	Middle Name/Initial Display - Oracle Calendar Support - Cal Poly
		Sometimes they see their preferred name in the first name field and then part of their middle name in the middle initial field.
		The sources are not consistent in their handling of the middle name field – sometimes a data source may contain the full middle name; sometimes it may contain just the middle initial(s) of an employee.
		The middle name field in the OCS infrastructure is populated with the middle name as provided by the data source for the person’s primary role with the University, unless that middle name exactly matches the person’s preferred name, as described further below.
	email.calpoly.edu /calendar/documentation/middlename.html (514 words)

	ipedia.com: Middle name Article
		In the West, a middle name is someone's Christian - or forename, other than their first name.
		French, Italian, Spanish and Polish men are sometimes given a female middle name, like Marie or Maria.
		Although technically incorrect, since many Chinese also have only one syllable in their given name, so there is no middle position in their full name.
	www.ipedia.com /middle_name.html (730 words)

	What's Your Middle Name?: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Thirty-six names were submitted to the district as suggestions for what is now known as Middle School "OO." School board members will choose a name Tuesday for the site opening in August in Live Oak Preserve.
		Numerous guidance counselors sent letters asking that her name be chosen for the middle school.
		Names, such as Blaise, Michael's and herb were submitted with no explanation.
	www.tampatrib.com /News/MGBFG04U2FE.html (452 words)

	Naming Your Baby In Chinese
		Let your baby keep the name she was given by workers at the welfare institution (orphanage) where she was processed after being found.
		So the child's name could be Meigui, pronounced "may-gway", a beautiful, charming name ("gui" means extraordinary or admirable, but its use with mei2 to make mei2-gui4 is mainly to differentiate it from another mei2 that means plum; it is the easiest way in spoken Chinese to distinguish the two mei2's).
		My name is Selina Yoon and I founded Asia for Kids educational catalog and www.asiaforkids.com as I was clueless about teaching my children about their Chinese heritage and language without enough knowledge to do so myself (I am of Korean Heritage).
	www.pshrink.com /chinadopt/NameYourBaby.html (1497 words)

	Migrainepage Discussion Forum - "Middle Name"
		My real first and middle names are spanish - long family line of the same name....but in my mother's joyous ecstasy at my birth she failed to list my middle name - she swears she did.
		I was given the middle name Beth (after a great uncle) when I was born.
		With the last name of Smith, when naming my children I wanted their names to be not so common, yet not so unusual that they were made fun of.
	www.migrainepage.com /dcforum/misc/3579.html (1037 words)

	Once Upon a Life - Another middle name question
		July 26th, 2004 10:41 PM I don't think that the name is terribly awful :dunno: And she doesn't need to tell her "friends" her middle name.
		Kids seem to find the concept of middle names inherently amusing (or perhaps my friends and I were just really lame) :lol: The only middle names I think would pose a possible long-term problem are the ones that make bad initals, like KKK or BUM.
		My brother's middle name is Oliver and I would tell people his middle name and then we'd all laugh at him.
	www.onceuponalife.com /forums/printthread.php?t=9025 (1111 words)

	Delta's middle name - Delta Goodrem's Official Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		I was think if Delta doesn't have a middle name we should adopt one for her.
		Like everyone writes down a name they think would be a good middle name for Delta and then we put it in a poll and the one with the most votes will be Delta's middle name.
		I was bored and wrote down that idea my cousin gave it to me. She said wouldn't the fans like to have a part of delta that they made up so i said i would write it down as a suggestion.
	forums.deltagoodrem.com /index.php?showtopic=8332 (590 words)

	Florence Theme @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Florence's recorded history began with the establishment in 59 BC of a settlement for Roman former soldiers, with the name Florentia.
		In 1497, it was the location of the Bonfire of the Vanities (a plaque in the middle of the plaza commemorates that event), followed in 1498 by the execution of its instigator, Girolamo Savonarola
		In 1504, it was the original location of Michelangelo's David (now replaced by a reproduction as the original was moved indoors to the Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno), in front of the Palazzo della Signoria (aka Palazzo Vecchio).
	www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Florence (1367 words)

	Middle name - Wikiquote
		And my middle name used to be Helping People.
		Note: It was revealed in another episode that her actual middle name is Marie.
		Actually, my middle name is Marion, but I don't want you spreading that around.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Middle_name (211 words)

	Behind the Name: View Name: Paul
		He was originally named Saul, but changed his name after converting to Christianity.
		This was also the name of six popes.
		Famous bearers of this name in the art world include Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin, both 19th-century impressionist painters from France.
	www.behindthename.com /php/view.php?name=paul (87 words)

	Your Middle Name? - Deaf Online
		One thing that I like about my middle name is that a lot of famous people have Ann in their names, especially like Anne Sullivan or Anne Frank (except mine doesn't have an "e" in it).
		NOT an unusual middle name to be sure! It was supposed to be in memory of my mother's sister who died suddenly at age 15.
		The name is fine with me, after you are married you no longer need a middle name, anyway.
	www.deafonline2.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=4025 (1058 words)

	The Baby Place - FREE Baby Name Book
		Not only is she named after her parents but she also has her great-grandmother's middle name.
		But know that im having a girl, there aren't so many names in those stories that i like, so I'm going to name her Kassidy cause i think that she'll be just as clever as her daddy.
		I have always wanted to name one of my girls Lauren, and this middle name was chosen because it belongs to my great-great grandmother, Bessie Gertrude Olive India Mae, a strong, loving, and caring woman.
	www.midcoasthealth.com /babyplace/mchn/post.asp (2326 words)

	Bad Baby Names 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Also, it's hard to name your baby a different name, because when you think that no-one have that name there will be someone who have the same name your baby have when think you have named your baby different.
		The family middle name is Mercedes so at least that is handled(I got used to the name when I met his family, the women are strong and passionate) it means virgin mary and is latin.
		MY first daughter name is Unique Melanie [last name] I wanted her fisrt name to be unique and she has my first name s her middle.
	www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com /babynames/6.html (2060 words)

	Middle earth name translator
		In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the.
		In particular, the dwarves' names in the Hobbit, are taken from the V?lusp¨¢ of...
		The hobbit's name was Bilbo, and he lived in a burrow in a part of Middle-earth...
	www.busyfreelancer.com /middle+earth+name+translator.html (368 words)

	Coats of Arms (Family Crests) & Surname Histories
		Your source for surname ancient coat of arms and surname histories: House of Names features historically authentic arms prints and histories of last names, that are based on over 35 years of research.
		Our surname history scrolls provide a summary history of a given last name, are over 1,800 words, and are printed on an 11x17 inch parchment.
		To preview surname histories go to our name search and type in a surname - you will get an excerpt of the last name origin and family coat of arms, and see a variety of coat of arms products you can purchase such as an anniversary scroll, family tree scroll, plaque, and ceramic plate.
	houseofnames.com /xq/asp/kbid.257/.../qx/knowledgebase.htm (708 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / The name game
		TEN DAYS AGO, in a news story on President George W. Bush's decision to nominate Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, New York Times reporters laconically noted of the Bush administration's top lawyer that "the White House declined to release his middle name, saying that Mr.
		It's possible, of course, that Gonzales' middle name is merely a personally embarrassing one: Rosebud, for example, which in a memorable episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" turned out to be the middle name of Rob and Laura Petrie's son Richie.
		But given the fraught atmosphere in Washington these days, I suspect the name in question is one that might prove politically embarrassing.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/11/21/the_name_game (284 words)

	middle names - Page 9 - CBH Forums
		My middle name is Elizabeth, my sister's middle name is Ann, my friend's is Anne, my other friend's is Ruth, my other friend's is Dawn.
		My middle name came from my aunt's nickname because she did not like her real name.
		So she always goes by Dawn and I like her nickname which means I like my middle name too.
	cbh.gospelcom.net /forum/showthread.php?p=48276 (253 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| US man sells middle name on eBay
		After years of hating the middle name Jean, given to him in honour of a grandfather he did not like, the 31-year-old decided to take action.
		He used the auction site eBay to sell his middle name, vowing to replace it with any name the highest bidder chose.
		The middle name was taken from his late grandfather, Jean Stelter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4417391.stm (255 words)

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