Is your middle name?

I don't have one [:'(]

? So many of my friends have this! Mine isn't btw

My two best friends at primary school had Louise as their middle name. I was the odd one out. Never got over it.

Mine's not but then I was given the same middle name as my mam - Ann.

My 2nd youngest sister's middle name is this and OH's Aunty! I think you're onto something...

I have 2 middle names but neither of them are Louise

Yes it is! I had no idea my parents were so unimaginative. Early-mid 80s baby here.

It only gets used when I was either in trouble with my mum or when OH wants to tease me now.

Nope. I'm an Amy; doesn't suit me at all.

Yes! I'm an 83 baby, most of my friends have the same middle name. What was going on back then?!

Nope, but mines pretty popular too... Sarah

Four Emmas in my school year, the other three all with Louise as a middle name. Another Emma I worked with, Emma Louise. During PhD, I shared a house with a Helen Louise, a Kelly Louise and a Claire Louise.

It's clearly a name than runs well as a middle name.

Jane, another very common middle name.

yup, i am a middle name jayne as was my mother!

was there a famous louise kicking about in the 80s to inspire people?

Me too!

I dont have a middle name.

im an 83 baby and their middle names were always something we laughed at as we thought they were 'old' names. Prob quite fashionable now.

I was always glad i didnt have a middle name.

PS

THIS IS MY 1000th post!! Took a while but I got there!!

Early 80s baby here. My parents said they tried really hard to pick my sister and I original first names, so didn't bother with middle names. Called my sister lisa (three people in her school year called lisa), called me Claire ( 6 people in my school year called Claire), they were going yo call me Emma, but thought that was too popular! One of my best friends growing up had exact same first name and surname. I had to pick a middle name when starting uni as another two girls at uni with exact same first name, surname as me. Caused no end of problems. My parents had the ultimate fail when they named by brother and selected the name that then became the number one boys name for next 3 years!

Wow

Its been a long day and I seem to be going mad!! I give up!

Sorry for de railing and talking to myself for past 3 posts.

Ahem... Back to middle names people! ?

Mine is Elizabeth, which was also fairly common around that time, I think. It's also my mum's name. There were three Helens in my primary school class, and two of us were Helen Elizabeth! At secondary school there were hardly any Helens, but then at uni there were 4 in my college doing medicine (different years). Helen is very out of fashion now though ☹️

Born in '85 and yes my first middle name is Louise.

Snap, except mines Anne. I know a lot of girls with Louise as their middle name though

Born in 1990 and a Rachel. So common in my class at school!!

No ?....I'm '79 so just missed cut off!

I'm an 86 child and my parents were slightly more imaginative on of my middle names is 'Louisa'. Does the a make me special?

I was born in '83, and yes, my middle name is Louise.

I also work with a lady who is a similar age, and we're both Emma Louise. There must have been a collective lack of name imagination in the 80s...

I also know alot of girls with Louise as a middle name. I nearly got it too but my Dad changed his mind on my first name and this prompted a change on my middle name too.

I don't have a middle name.

I'm '85, and don't know anyone of a similar age with Louise as a middle name. I do know three 6-10 yr olds with it as their middle name though.

Should have said, amid the plethora of Something Louises, that they were all mid-70s children.

this...and mummy flow still calls me first name, middle name, without fail, even on facebook

No, but a lot of my friends have middle name of Louise or Jane! I knew/know a lot of Sarahs and Emmas....pretty much all of them are Sarah Jane and Emma Louise! Hehe.

Mine was my dad's mum's name as she died just before I was born. Kathleen. [:'(] Always hated it. Very few people know it....and now *Everyone* will when we get married! Bah.

Mine is Elizabeth, which is my Mum's name. My first name is Victoria so I think my parents may have been hoping I'd be a queen! One of my best friends was born in 83 and her middle name is Louise.

I was born 1980 so I just made the cut! I am Claire Louise, my 2 best friends are Claire Louise and Emma Louise. How original.

My school friends were Louise Martine, Hayley Louise, Emma Louise and Rebecca Louise - just to confirm Mini's theory.