Absolutely.

I agree! Elder O. Dog

So do I!

Ifi C. Hietokolob


And on a serious note...
My parents had an argument about my middle name. My dad's middle name, from a great-grandmother's maiden name, was "Dalton." He wanted to make that my middle name. My mom didn't like it, and since her middle name was "Diane," she suggested just an initial "D." Which dad accepted, and is what is on my birth certificate.

Dad's father, TBM grandpa, didn't like that the "Dalton" didn't get passed down, however. So when he did my blessing (dad was jack already), he told the church my middle name was "Dalton."
Then when I was baptized, dad used "D." again.

So my church records are confused, some with one, some with another. Does that make me seem smarter? ;-)

My one syllable first name and initial E make me sound like a little kid.

William Shakespeare
Albert Einstein
Jane Austen
Stephen Hawking
Paul Allen
Judit Pulgar
Steve Jobs
Garry Kasparov

Middle initials are only necessary for Mormon church leadership to sound more impressive.

Jesus H. Christ.

Does that sound more smarter?

like ancient Romans or with numerical suffixes like royalty.

Is this why the mormons went through a phase in the 40's/50's where they didn't give their daughters a middle name? My mother refused to give any of her daughters middle names. Her excuse was that our Maiden name would be our middle name. Ummm, not thanks.

My maiden name is a mile long, and nobody can spell it. I've never ever used it for my middle name. Ends up the IRS gave me my ex-husbands last name for my middle name. I don't mind because it connects me to my children. Makes more sense than using my maiden name.

"Now, LOOK, Dammit!"

He burst out laughing and said, "That's it! My new name if I ever go to Conference! 'D. Dammit Catnip!'" We have laughed about that one for years.

I. M. Boner.

When the middle initial comes first, you get E. Bobby or D. Dobby like a house elf in filthy garments.

Some of the muslim names are like a whole sentence, especially if they're royalty. I say a person should only get three names, including their last name, and a maximum of twenty letters. Any more and you just truncate the name down to twenty letters, maybe twenty-five if it's easy to pronounce in English.

A.Harry Burns

Yep, actually knew a mormon that thought this was a great name to be proud of. Named his kid Harry C. Burns.

What's wrong with these people?

I went by my middle name my entire life until I reached retirement age. Now Social Security and Medicare insist that I go by my first name and meiddle initial.

So now I get called by everyone that doesn't know me by my first name which I hate.

Parents, remember whatever you name your kid, he/she has to live with it the rest of his/her life.

Padding out one's name with an initial has been a cheap "influence" hack for a very long time.

Like adopting the IBM uniform, LDS Inc.'s corporate Jesus has been using the early sales & self-improvement stuff for a while now.



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When one has a hyphenated last name, one appears the smartest of all.

Gladstone "Stony" Nobsen-Bollox