Issues with a girl name...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is being called a middle name any different from being called a nickname?

Many nicknames have an obvious connection to the first name--so it's no surprise to hear an Elizabeth say she goes by Liz. In that case, too, she probably gets called Elizabeth sometimes by the people close to her, too, like parents, siblings, spouse. If she goes by her middle name, you have to learn the middle name and know that's what she's called.

[Anonymous]

DC is called by middle name and LOVES it.

[Anonymous]

One of the names we've chosen for DS flows really badly one direction, so we'd call him by his middle name in that instance (actually, a nickname of his middle name). Two of my mother's siblings go by their middle names, and it's not a huge issue. Most all their paperwork (checks, school registries, etc.) lists them as F. MiddleName LastName.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the names we've chosen for DS flows really badly one direction, so we'd call him by his middle name in that instance (actually, a nickname of his middle name). Two of my mother's siblings go by their middle names, and it's not a huge issue. Most all their paperwork (checks, school registries, etc.) lists them as F. MiddleName LastName.

This makes me feel better. For a moment I thought I had doomed my DD. Hopefully she will be resilient enough to deal with not being called by her first name.

[Anonymous]

The only reason it makes sense to me to call a child by his or her middle name is to name the child after someone, say if you want to preserve a line of Jr. or III or whatever but don't want to call the child by the first name.

[Anonymous]

One other thought....the monogram concern you have may be temporary anyway. Later down the line (waaaaay later!), she may decide to get married and may decide to take her husband's last name. Granted, you may not be trying to buy her all kinds of monogramed items at that time, but the point is that there is a real possibility that she may likely spend the majority of her life with different initials down the road.

I'd go with the name you and hubby want and not worry about the monogram aspect.

[Anonymous]

I vote Eloise. People won't shorten it if you don't want them to, I don't think. I know a Joseph who is never Joe, Bradley who is never Brad, Susan who is never Sue, etc.

We were very careful not to name our daughter something that would require us to call her by her middle name, because I have several friends who really hated it growing up. I know some people don't mind, but I've known several who minded a great deal. One of them just had his first and middle names switched legally because he grew so fed up with it. I've also had three female friends who dropped their given, unused first names entirely when they got married so that they could take their husband's name but keep their maiden name as their middle name.

[Anonymous]

what nicknames do you like for margaret anyways? just curious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what nicknames do you like for margaret anyways? just curious?

Maggie and Maisie are my favorites.

[Anonymous]

I do think you need to worry about the 'monogram' .... think of it in terms of 'initials' and how many times you have to write your initials out at work and school. sure, not all the time, but you definitely use your initials fairly commonly...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what nicknames do you like for margaret anyways? just curious?

Meg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do think you need to worry about the 'monogram' .... think of it in terms of 'initials' and how many times you have to write your initials out at work and school. sure, not all the time, but you definitely use your initials fairly commonly...

People use just their first and last initial for this all the time.

[Anonymous]

Madge as a nickname for Margaret is cool.

[Anonymous]

I wish I had thought of this before we got her official social security card " Thomasina Isabelle T."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I had thought of this before we got her official social security card " Thomasina Isabelle T."

too funny