I've known several--nay, many--Utahns who have made up names from both the names of the parents or of the two grandfathers. "Boydell" and "Dalyn" come immediately to mind.
I was named after my mother's mother, Donna. She was a wealthy non-Mormon, and my father really wanted the money. Over the years he told grandma how rotten his children were, so he could isolate the estate. I could hardly speak to my grandma, so low was her opinion of me. Sure enough, grandma left everything to my mother, which my father seized by means of priesthood dominance.
This drove me crazy - none of my SIL's have middle names and took their maiden name as their middle name after they married. It always seemed to me that the message was - the men in our family are worthy of a middle name but you girls have to EARN your middle name by getting married. What if they never married?
DD got a middle name and has, over the years, gotten several lectures on not depriving her daughter of one. I know it's not entirely a Mormon thing but the way it's done in my husband's family has put me off the idea for life. Besides, how would a daughter know when she was in trouble if you couldn't use her middle name?
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Shummie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mormon girls weren't given middle names for > generations. Kept the geneology charts a lot > simpler.
bentleye Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Then of course there is the venerable Mormon Name > Generator. > > > http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/mormon/index. > php#.UtCbO_RDvTo
from everyone else; to stand above the crowd and show how special you are. Evidence of this abounds in TBM FB activity; everyone always trying to show how perfect and superior they are.
I have a whole gaggle of TbM married and unmarried nieces and nephews on FB. The women in particular spend all of their free time fixing themselves up and posting numerous selfies. They seem to have an inordinate need for validation and a desire to to distinguish themselves.
It's pathological.
What I find particularly odd about the weird name syndrome is that in UT at least there will be a whole bunch of babies born around the same time named "Picketfence" for example but the spellings will vary, ie. "Picetphence" "Piketfence" "Picketfense"....
what I find interesting with Mormon names is how a lot of Mormons use Tongan or south pacific type names for their children. From what I know, this happened before I was born, but I have also grown up with many kids with "island" inspired names. Lailani anyone?