My middle name actually is Grill. For real. I make this joke often. It usually works out, though, as I do enjoy grilling (and cooking in general).
Well, if you want to be DISTINCTIVE, don’t have a middle name.
My parents didn’t give me a middle name when I was born. My mother explained to me, “When you get married, your maiden name will be your middle name.”
(talk about an incentive to get married!)
People simply do NOT know how to function if you don’t have something to put in that space that says “Middle.”
Daddy was in the Air Force, and the great military solution for a person with no middle name is to fill that blank on the form with “NMN.”
Unless the form wants a middle initial, and then it’s “NMI.”
Be an irritant. Forgo the middle name entirely.
~VOW
I know you said no names like Voltron or Fido, but still… Voltron.
A good way to test out a middle name is to see how it sounds if you use only the first letter of your first name, as in F. Murray Abraham or C. Thomas Howell.
I came to suggest “Waightfret”.
But seriously, I can’t imagine choosing just based upon sounds. You are naming yourself; who do you want to honor? Who do you want to be reminded of every time you fill out a form or give your name for the rest of your life?
Are you a passivist? Ghandi. or Mohandes
Are you a College Football fan? Knute, or Gip
Are you truly into horse racing? Kelso, or Fager, or Miesque
Are you a soldier? Audie, (right, OK, Murphy then) or Leonides, or Gurkha
Tell us who you admire, and what you like best, and maybe we can help you get creative.
I like “Wiggles”
I would go for something that makes an acronym or a word
eg. Stephen Oliver Simpson= S.O.S.
Daniel Ivanovich Kampmann
But you could not go wrong with CECIL
Is there anyone you admire who you’d like to honour? Any person from your family, friends, past? Anyone from history (Mike Ghengis Khan Smith), music (John
Vedder Jones), movies (Stephen Clooney Brown), science (Robert Hawking Taylor), literature (Brian Pratchett Hernandez)? Any place you have an attachment to such as birthplace, where you honeymooned, where you went on vacation as a child? A hobby perhaps - John Travolta’s son was named Jett because of his father’s passion for flying. Have you looked up a name site and searched for names by meaning, trying to match a name with an attribute too feel you possess?
If you want to pick a name on how it sounds alone, it’s hard to suggest without knowing the first and surnames that will go alongside it. Baby name style books suggest mixing up the number of syllables in each name for a more pleasing effect. John Mike Smith (1, 1, 1) vs Jonathon Michael Smith (3, 2, 1).
Pardon me if these are repeats. I did speed read the other posts but didn’t take notes.
Mother’s maiden name ought to work unless it’s a weak name.
Others:
Mycroft
Sterling
Belmont
Miles
Rayford
Kyser
You’d think Capt Kirk would have suggested “Tiberius.”
~VOW
Thought about it, I did:D
Wendell? Bonus if your first name is Oliver - it worked for Holmes and Douglas.
You can have my middle name. Then there’ll be two people in the world with it.
How about Wesley? That’s a popular name from my family.
Or Waitforit.
Hieronymus.
Serious answer? James.
I’m actually leaning towards this. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!
T-Bone
If you don’t want to go with Thelonious, at least use Sphere.
May I direct your attention to an earlier post.
Given that, I think James might be his best choice.
Somewhat odd. Nothing ordinary like Hypno or Gagundathar, but servicable.