Thank you very much, ThatDuckIsEvil. I like it, too. I never really went through that, “I hate my name” phase.
Say ‘Hi’ to your sister for me. I go by Becky most of the time, too, although it always seems to get shortened to “Beck”, no matter how I introduce myself.
Tell her she can go by ‘Becky Sue’ and I’ll be ‘Becky Jean’ and we can hang out at the rodeo together, wearing Wranglers and ropers and teasing our hair all up. 
My middle name is June, because I was born in . . . June.
My younger sister’s middle name is April, because she was born in . . . April.
My youngest sister’s middle name is Marie, because she was born in . . . February. I still think “February” would have been a kick-ass middle name. Especially since it wouldn’t have been mine.
My son’s middle name is George. He was named after my husband’s maternal grandfather, his idol.
Joseph, after both grandfathers.
It’s a deal, Wintermute. Her Wranglers haven’t been out in years!
Although now she’s all uppity and prefers to only be called “Rebecca”. I still just call her Beck. 
None. Don’t have one, never did. My brother doesn’t have one either. My father’s middle initial is I, but he doesn’t know (or won’t admit) what it stands for.
My daughters have them. My oldest has my wife’s unusual first name as a middle name - by tradition it goes from first to middle across generations. My youngest has my wife’s maiden name.
Not having a middle name is the secret of my success - think how much time I saved not writing it on test papers all through school.
Lloyd
Sad to say, it fits.
Victoria, named after my maternal great-grandfather, Victor. My first name, Katherine, is after my maternal great-grandmother.
Knowles
It was my grandfather’s middle name
Q.N. stands for Quicksilver Nefertiti.
IRL, you mean? Oh, well then. My parents named me after their maternal grandmothers. My first name is Laura; mom’s maternal grandmother was Laura Belle. My middle name is Jeanette; dad’s maternal grandmother was Clara Jeanette.
I like my name now, but when I was a kid, it bugged me that I had a “weird” middle name. Everyone else’s middle names were Ann and Lynn and Marie and Elizabeth, and I’d never ever met another Jeanette (still haven’t).
My parents shrugged and said, “It could’ve been worse–we could’ve named you Clara Belle.” :eek:
Catherine, which is my mother’s (and maternal grandmother’s and great-grandmother’s) first name. My mom wanted to give my younger sister “Emma” as a middle name after my paternal grandmother, but for whatever reason, Grandma didn’t want that, so SerenSib ended up with “Anne.”
[Austin Powers]Danger is my middle name[/Austin Powers]
but seriously me and my brother got our Dads first name as our middle names and its Joseph
Mine is Lyn. My first and last names are so long (18 letters together), that my parents gave me the shortest middle name possible. Guess they didn’t like Ann. Which turned out to be a good thing. After they named me they realized they had a trend. Mom’s middle name is Lee, Dad’s is Lawrence. My sister got Lauren. Not sure if I’ll carry on the tradition, as the Hubby’s middle name is Keith.
Phallyn.
I can hear the snickering now. “Heh heh… like ‘phallic’… I said ‘phallic’, Beavis… heh heh…”
My mother asked my elder brother what he thought they should name me when I was yet an embryo. He replied that he didn’t have a favorite name, but wanted me to have the same initials as his – J.P.K.
Mama picked out the first name easily enough, and the surname was a done deal, but the P middle name stymied her. She could only think of Penelope and Patricia and didn’t care for either. Then she was saved by “Dallas”. The famous 80s soap had a character called Fallon, and mama got the brilliant idea of replacing the F with a Ph. She added the -lyn to the Phal- in honor of her sister, Bobbielyn, who was killed by a drunk driver in 1969.
Interestingly, my birthdate is only six days apart from my aunt Bobbielyn’s birthdate – I’m December 6, she was December 15.
“Ka”, pronounced “Kay”, not “Kah.” Sometimes complicated to explain.
Stratton, yes I know it’s a last name, but myfamily were welathy landowners who married another another family of wealthy landowners named Stratton in Gloucestershire about 200 years ago and since then it’s been traditonal for male members of the family to have this as their last middle-name (I also have another middle name).
MC Master of Ceremonies Please drop me a note. I’d love to talk with you about genealogy since you and Rico share the middle name/surname tradition. 
(email is in my profile)
Kathy
Molloy, because my grandfather (Last name, Molloy) had two daughters. Mom wanted the name to live on in infamy, and so passed it to me.
FTR, my father would claim that my mother turned Molloy(Maiden) into her middle name when they were married, and wanted me to have the same middle name.
I officially claim that this was done so that with my last name being french Canadian, no one can place clear blame on my ancestry when I get drunk and hit someone. The Beauchamps, Dufresnes and Molloys, all generations long additions to the family, can now claim an equal share. If I hit someone particularly hard, the Swed family may also stake a claim, albeit a sitting one, as their size makes it impossible to stand within the confines of the bar.
My middle name is Marie. Bleagh. Not very fond of it. To make matters worse, when I was younger and didn’t know better, I picked my own confirmation name, which is Ann. All the kids in Catholic school used to call me “Rachel Marie Ann-toinette.” It bothered me at the time.
cadolphin - I love the name Kinsey! And I love the books. (I actually got a HANDWRITTEN letter from Sue Grafton once.) I am trying to convince my husband that it would make a great first name should we ever have a daughter, but it looks like I am going to have to use it for a pet.
What do you all think about “Raphael” for a middle name for a boy? My husband’s late father’s name was Ralph and my father’s name is Michael, and I think it is a good way to combine them. I could never name a child after just one of them. The problem is, we have a Mexican last name, and I am afraid “Raphael” sounds a little too “ethnic.” Or too teenage mutant ninja turtle-like.
I do not have a middle name. However, they stuck me with an initial. M. It has caused many problems over the years. When I applied for a Social Security number in the early '60s, the SS people sent my application back, telling me to correctly fill out the form.
The education system here in Idaho does not deal well with a lack of a middle name. Ditto for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Please, do your children a favor and give them proper middle names.
Jeanette – which I think is cooler than my first name; my teenage attempts to go by it back-fired when I didn’t respond to the name…some day, perhaps.
It was the name of my father’s former French sweetheart prior to marrying my mom - how she agreed to it, I’ll never know!