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BriAndOlisMum 
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 Posted: 25 June 2010 at 4:00pm |
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i know a guy called lionel and he is about 24 so it is still around just not very popular.
DD has the same middle name as my mum and I and if i have another baby and its a girl iher middle name would be the same too.
DS has two middle names, Heath and Garry, they don't really go together but i don't mind. Garry is after my uncle who died not long before i got pregnant and Heath is after DP's baby sister who died, her name was heather but we couldn't call a boy that (in the old days they would have) so shortened it to Heath.
Again if we have another girl her name would be Rose Marie, Rose is DP's baby sisters middle name and Marie the same as mine.
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lil_lease
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 6:35pm |
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Lionel is a pretty cool name. I'd go with it.
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 7:22pm |
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Jelly
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 8:11pm |
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We did the same with DS, James is his middle name and was Grandad's first name. I was going to use Grandad's middle name (Patrick) but DP had sort of an all out war going on with a guy named Patrick at the time so that was NOT gonna happen.
I know a Lionel, so it's definately not a name people who don't know you will think you're weird for using.
Personally I would have a sneaky attempt to find out his middle name, but if that's a no-go I'd go with Lionel.
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 8:31pm |
If he was in the war, you can go to war records. You can get one lot of personnel papers for free. I can't remember the website though.
People might affiliate it more with him if you use his first name than an unknown middle name.
Both my kids have mine & Dh's middles names. Coopers middle name handly is a family name on both side 
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kabe
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 8:36pm |
I'd use it too. Especially as it has such significance to you. I quite like the name
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 8:46pm |
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Is your grandad buried near you? Normally they put their middle names on the headstone as well.
I think its cool to use family names - we did with Rhyley and Elodie.. Elodie even has Dh grandad's middle name as hers - Sydney .
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 9:48pm |
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And names grow on you. We called DS Roy because DH and I both had a grandfather with that name. When DH suggested it I was really dubious but went along with it. It actually took me a few months to get used to calling him that, but it's cool now!
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kiwi2
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 12:17am |
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Because my Dh is chinese we have given the kids a chinese middle name. It doesn't go well with european names but the meaning behind it is good. They use chinese characters from ancesters and then we can mix them to find a middle name we like. After they are born the name just sort of fits. So use the family name. It is far more meaningful and once it is chosen the child owns the name and it just seems right.
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caliandjack
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 8:16am |
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The only popular reference for Lionel I think of is Lionel off Shorty Street and that was a long time ago now.
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 8:22am |
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I think even if you ask what your Grandad's middle name is, it will still be a nice surprise for the family if you actually use it - I'd certainly check what it is just in case it is better!
Another idea is to get a look at your mother/father's birth cert as your Grandad's name would be on that.
LOL -Lionel off shorty street - I think the main guy in Braindead was also Lionel?
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 11:12am |
I also like using family names as middle names. Chelsea's middle name is Olive after DH's nana who passed away right before we found out I was pregnant. If we have a boy next his middle name will be Joseph which is still a family name as my brother and one of DH's brother's middle names are Joseph, and it's also MIL's maiden name. But really I just like it  No idea about another girl though!
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