2006-12-24 05:41:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
we have middle names to seperate people. it also can let a family name go on, kinda what last names do. your middle name makes you different than someone with your same name. ex- Sue Marie Holler is different than Sue Lou Holler.
2006-12-24 05:47:18 · answer #1 · answered by Susie Q 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know. It seems possible that middle names got started as a custom because there was more than one person with the same first and last name already living in a place so somebody thought up a way to get rid of the confusion that would come up when the same named people did anything and other people wanted to talk about it.
2006-12-24 05:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by Fawn M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of John Smiths in this world. Even tho there may be a lot of John Wayne Smiths in this world there are definately few JWS than there are JS. My first name is John. This is probably one of the most popular first names ever. My middle name is Mark. Another popular name. I go by both, John Mark. In this town I live in there are MANY Johns. But as far as I know I am the only John Mark. Plus ... middle names were invented for mothers. Everytime my mom got mad at me I knew I was in big trouble if she sternly said JOHN MARK!!!
2006-12-24 05:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm i agree with fawn..i think the reason for middle names is that there may be people with the same first and last name,and to avoid confusion with the population that has ur same full name.They can also be to define the person with character.etc...im not Einstein! {coughs}
2006-12-24 14:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by liz c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine the reason is to individualize us. Many people are named Michael but maybe only a few are named Michael Frederick or whatever.. you see?
2006-12-24 05:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because that is what the person who named us wanted us to have.
2006-12-24 05:46:09 · answer #6 · answered by m c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More important - why do chinese have only 4 letter names - with 2 billion people they sure must have a lot of redundancy
2006-12-24 05:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by Michael Kane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At one time I would say that it increases ones individuality. But in the U.S.A. a social security number does that for us.
2006-12-24 09:56:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-So our moms can use both when they're REALLY mad
-So people can tell the difference between "mary" and "mary louise"
-cuz our parents couldn't decide between two names so they decided on giving us both.
-cuz they're fun.
ugh. my name is luisa alejandra, and my two half brothers are called luis fernando and luis eduardo. talk about having no imagination. -_-"
2006-12-24 06:19:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
incase we dont like our first name( wild guess)
like if our name is Kelly Peter so in so and we're a boy we use Peter instead ( may be)
2006-12-24 05:45:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋