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My middle initial is for most recently deceased relative. Family tradition

My middle name is an old family name that many women in my family share.

Jewish religion, after a deceased relative, very usual custom. I’m Harry named after my grandfather Harry. Have cousins named Harriet, Helene and Harvey, all named after our grandfather.

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No. My parents just preferred unique names.

No. My mother just liked Gaelic names.

Yes. I was named after everyone that came before me. That’s how time works... 🧐

Yes, I was named for my grandmother.

My middle name is my grandmother’s maiden name. Family tradition on my mom’s side would’ve had my middle name be her maiden name... not sure why they didn’t follow that.

First name, religious figure. Middle name, deceased grandfather.

My parents just liked the name.

I was named after almost every human to ever exist, yet before every human that will exist.

I was named after Abraham Lincoln.

My first and middle name. Thomas Edison.

Not a real person, just a mythical creature.

Just middle name, which is a family surname. It's my grandmother's maiden name, AKA my great-grandparents' last name. Seems to have been a family tradition, at least for some generations; my mom's middle name had the same history.

Caused me a little grief in elementary school because it's similar to the name of a bird and I remember being taunted on the playground about it; and again in my young adulthood when I was stopped by cops in northern California (my infamous "I was standing in the rain looking at cows in a pasture" story), when one cop asked me if my *middle* name on my *birth certificate* (this was before non-driving IDs, so I carried my BC for ID) was my maiden name... (I never figured out if this was a trick question, or if he was really that dumb.) But I grew to really like it a lot, finally.

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My middle name, yes.

No, but I always ask people that!

A guy in the Bible.

A song

My uncle

Yes some actress on General Hospital..

I was named after the milk man

My mom's ex-boyfriend from 1982 also had my name. :/